Details on Tuesday, as quoted on the Sounds of the Universe thread:
For Immediate ReleaseDepeche Mode Press ConferenceParis October 23 at 1:30pmDepeche Mode - Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher – host a press conference in Paris October 23rd where they will be making an exciting announcement.The press conference will begin promptly at 1:30pm and will be broadcast live online. Please stay tuned to depechemode.com for more details.Depeche Mode have spent much of this year recording their forthcoming new studio album in Santa Barbara, California and New York City.
Depeche Mode Press ConferenceParis October 23 at 1:30pm
Depeche Mode - Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher – host a press conference in Paris October 23rd where they will be making an exciting announcement.
The press conference will begin promptly at 1:30pm and will be broadcast live online. Please stay tuned to depechemode.com for more details.
Depeche Mode have spent much of this year recording their forthcoming new studio album in Santa Barbara, California and New York City.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 October 2012 14:14 (7 months ago) Permalink
maybe I will finally see them live on the next tour
― akm, Friday, 19 October 2012 19:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
They seriously should invite Alan Moulder and Vince Clarke out on tour with them to a) make it awesomer and b) validate the need for a press conference.
― Bout to go Jethro TULL on that ass (Johnny Fever), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:01 (7 months ago) Permalink
Heh. Think you mean Alan Wilder?
― Vast Halo, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
they should invite all the Alans
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:07 (7 months ago) Permalink
Alan Parsons
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
TBF, the press release tease does not specifically say this is about an album. Wilder and the band have flirted with a reunion in recent years, and Gore's reunion with Clarke was interesting. Would not be shocked if Wilder returned.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
Alan Vega would liven things up no end."We're all Alans! We're all lying in hell!"
― Vast Halo, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
My bad, but I approve of this idea!
― Bout to go Jethro TULL on that ass (Johnny Fever), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
Alan Cumming does a mean version of "Get The Balance Right"
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:18 (7 months ago) Permalink
TBF, the press release tease does not specifically say this is about an album.
Given that the press release does specifically TALK about the album they've been recording this year...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
An album that everyone knows is coming, which they've already said is coming, which will surprise no one. So a press conference for a new album would be sort of anti-climactic. "Hey everyone, we've been working on a new album for most of the year, so tune in Tuesday for a special announcement: it's a new album!" But hey! Who knows? Maybe it's got a really cool name.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 October 2012 00:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
Fletch: "We've made an album that we're confident is up there as one of our best" etc. etc.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
"And now we're going to proudly announce the dates for our World Tour!" etc. etc.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
They did a press conference like this for Sounds of the Universe, they're just doing the same again. SOP straight down the way.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 October 2012 18:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
They've been doing press releases like this for years, no?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:21 (7 months ago) Permalink
hold on - they organised a big press conference in Paris just to tell us they were still finishing an album that sounds kinda like Violator and kinda like SOFD?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
And why not. Ben Hillier coproduction, tour dates announced for Europe, no title yet.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:50 (7 months ago) Permalink
It usually feels like forever between DM albums, but it feels like "Sounds of the Universe" just came out. I can't believe it's been over three and a half years. Anyway, bring on the tour!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:51 (7 months ago) Permalink
So is everyone poised for more bluesy-electro tracks about lust, sin and knees, then? :D
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:03 (6 months ago) Permalink
SoFaD is not among my favorite works by this band, so I'm a little disheartened.
― Bout to go Jethro TULL on that ass (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:09 (6 months ago) Permalink
however, "In Chains" is one of the best songs they ever did
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
I've never really understood why some folks are down on Songs Of Faith And Devotion, to me it's pretty much peak Depeche Mode stuff alongside Violator, Music For The Masses and Black Celebration. I dunno, maybe the heavier use of (*sigh*) 'real instruments' put some folks off, or the more 'alternative rock'-leaning vibe of the album, or maybe they were put off by the 'murky' quality of the recording (which I think adds to the overall atmosphere of the album, if anything).
Scratch beneath the surface of the recording and the arrangements, though, and I still feel it's a batch of SONGS as strong as those that were on the previous three.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
I mean: 'I Feel You', 'Walking In My Shoes', 'Condemnation', 'Judas', 'In Your Room', 'Rush' and 'One Caress' are up there with Martin Gore's best-ever songs IMO.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
I do think there's a lot of kneejerk "oh noes GUITARS" reaction to that album, which is just silly (especially when those guitars are fueling songs like "I Feel You")
"Condemnation" isn't their best effort, though.
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:17 (6 months ago) Permalink
It's a solid record, and by that I mean it sounds really solid, like, muscular. The singles were all pretty great, iirc. It's of a piece with the "lost" era of DP - Songs ..., Exciter and Ultra.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:18 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:17 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, exactly... and it's not like Depeche hadn't used guitars before: 'Enjoy The Silence' and 'Behind The Wheel', anyone? Or you could even go as far back as the middle eight to 'Love, In Itself'!
The only thing I don't like about 'Condemnation' is the video they made to go with it - otherwise, I love the song and think it's one of Dave Gahan's Top 10 vocal performances.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, October 25, 2012 1:03 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yup.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
STOKED
First song: promising
These guys are the unlikeliest of Energizer bunnies
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:56 (6 months ago) Permalink
So it would seem like Mr. Martin Lee Gore has ruffled Simon Cowell's feathers a bit!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/x-factor/9705123/Simon-Cowell-fury-at-Depeche-Mode-star.html
Remarkably, this made front page of The Mirror tabloid newspaper here in the UK - so christ, it must have been a slow news day...
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:10 (5 months ago) Permalink
hahahaha
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:11 (5 months ago) Permalink
Hahah yeah, read about that the other day.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
I guess Mr. Cowell doesn't understand that by branding Gore a 'weirdo', he is in some way (by extension) branding fans of Depeche Mode in the very same way. That's how I feel about it, anyway. I don't think Gore would be too bothered mind, he's been successful on a worldwide level on his own terms for... oooh, years now.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:19 (5 months ago) Permalink
oh no, a weirdo, how insulting
― mh, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 22:09 (5 months ago) Permalink
I like how he says that as if he, Simon Cowell, is the most normal man on the planet
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 22:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
he thinks he's super-normal, and helps shape the mainstream of totally normal music, and is important.
― mh, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 22:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
Well, he did joke that Cowell should be shot. I'm surprised Cowell left it at "weirdo."
Still, if I was to guess which of these two had a fish fetish, I would say ... Cowell.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 22:37 (5 months ago) Permalink
the disparity in insult is also hilarious
like, I'm certain in Cowell's mind calling someone a weirdo actually IS as nasty/violent as wishing for someone to get shot, but life kind of doesn't work that way
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 22:43 (5 months ago) Permalink
I think he means "weirdo" like "the people who are not normal who actually do shoot normal people, like myself, Simon Cowell"
really only two types of people in Simon Cowell's world: people that want to be like Simon Cowell, and all those weirdos who do that weird shit
― mh, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 22:46 (5 months ago) Permalink
And listen to that weird music.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 22:48 (5 months ago) Permalink
“I am very happy with how the album turned out,” comments DM’s Martin Gore. “The music has a similar vibe to Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion and I think the songs on the album are among some of the very best we’ve done.”
I loved it. It was better than Cats. I'm going to see it again and again.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:22 (5 months ago) Permalink
Anyway, album out in March. Tour to follow in the summer.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:23 (5 months ago) Permalink
Do we have a title yet?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
They've had Playing the Angel and Sounds of the Universe so I'm guessing the new one is something like Cosmic Mopegasm
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
They are hard at work in the office devising a title.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:48 (5 months ago) Permalink
Rumor has it it is called "Cosmic Mopegasm."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:49 (5 months ago) Permalink
I reckon they should call it More Songs About Suffering, Sin and Knees
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:36 (5 months ago) Permalink
They should call it either "Depeche Mode" or maybe "Da Violator II." That would be awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:11 (5 months ago) Permalink
New Studio Album ‘Delta Machine’ coming March 26th on Columbia Records!
First single ‘Heaven’ next Friday, February 1st.
Full track listing and additional details: http://bitly.com/DeltaMachine
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 24 January 2013 14:26 (3 months ago) Permalink
I will showing fealty in these next couple of days given a certain thing called 'concert pre-sales'
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 02:56 (1 month ago) Permalink
I cordially invite you to eat me because I won't be able to see them on this tour
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 02:57 (1 month ago) Permalink
also I love the love affair with 6/8 and 3/4 on this album
*I* can't help that. I told you to set up the Ponzi scheme among your hapless coworkers but no.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:01 (1 month ago) Permalink
2nd fave is "Alone"
it's very weird to me that on more recent efforts I've started enjoying Gahan as a songwriter more than Gore
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:04 (1 month ago) Permalink
Fresher toolkit given late start? Not that he's been 100% but he seems to have come at this whole thing with some unexpected angles, also he seems to have a good sense on how to collaborate with the hired hands. (Who at this point have been with the band LONGER than Alan Wilder, believe it or not...)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:06 (1 month ago) Permalink
you know what would be awesome, is an album done by Uber Depeche Mode with Wilder and Clarke back in the group for the one-off
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:08 (1 month ago) Permalink
"Thank you, thank you ladies and gentlemen. And now, eighteen versions of 'New Life.'"
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:09 (1 month ago) Permalink
The album sounds better than everything they've done since Ultra - which is comforting, because I was expecting a production job more along the lines of the preceding two. Song-wise? Highlights for me: 'Welcome To My World', 'Secret To The End' and 'Soft Touch/Raw Nerve' are standing out in particular. I don't think there's anything here as good as 'Home', 'It's No Good' or 'Precious', though. About 6/10 for me so far, may improve on subsequent listens, but right now I'm enjoying the new OMD album more (which is something I don't think I could have ever said during the '90s, and I'm a fan of both bands).
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:18 (1 month ago) Permalink
haven't heard the new OMD yet, but they were always a band where I enjoyed isolated songs way more than I ever enjoyed any of their albums
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 03:19 (1 month ago) Permalink
A few years ago for an April Fools press release they announced their new album would have Clarke and Wilder back with everyone (even Andy) writing songs except Martin. Needless to say I was let down when I noticed the date.
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 3 April 2013 04:28 (1 month ago) Permalink
opening bands: Crystal Castles, Bar For Lashes
GOD DAMMIT WHY CAN'T I GO
― relentless technosexuality (DJP), Thursday, 4 April 2013 15:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
Who has tickets and is a smugfuck? Hi there! Now Dan will kill me.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 April 2013 18:21 (1 month ago) Permalink
DEATH TO SMUGFUCK
― relentless technosexuality (DJP), Thursday, 4 April 2013 19:46 (1 month ago) Permalink
ow
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 April 2013 20:05 (1 month ago) Permalink
My first reaction was "Enough of the blues dirges already"
Well, it _is_ called "Delta Machine"
― I, rrational (mh), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:36 (1 month ago) Permalink
Yeah im still very ambivalent about the heavy blues bent of this record. I somehow miss the icy precision that was usually paired with it in the past
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 8 April 2013 19:46 (1 month ago) Permalink
I just thought it was gonna have a lot of samples of table saws and planers, tbh.
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 03:41 (1 month ago) Permalink
I thought it was going to be about incremental changes
― I, rrational (mh), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 04:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
Burnt a CD for myself with the album in this configuration...
1. Welcome To My World2. Angel3. Heaven4. Secret To The End5. My Little Universe6. Soft Touch/Raw Nerve7. Should Be Higher8. Broken9. Soothe My Soul
Ah, that's better.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 11 April 2013 13:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
Don't know the album enough to see what you've changed but i'm surprised you took out Goodbye which is one of teh tracks that stood out on my first listen
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 11 April 2013 13:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
Basically kept the first five songs the same and re-jigged the second half, cut down the length to about 40 minutes. I'm not a big fan of 'Goodbye' to be honest, but I love the way that 'Soothe My Soul' ends.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 11 April 2013 13:29 (1 month ago) Permalink
This album, like the last one, is the audio equivalent of tl;dr.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:01 (1 month ago) Permalink
I think I actually prefer this one over Sounds Of The Universe, and definitely over Exciter.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:39 (1 month ago) Permalink
You guys are pretty tough on Exciter
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
Exciter is mad underrated
― relentless technosexuality (DJP), Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:44 (1 month ago) Permalink
It's a slow burner for sure - also it's got one of their best singles ('Dream On')
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:47 (1 month ago) Permalink
This is definitely better than SOTU and Exciter but yes, too long
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 11 April 2013 14:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
I'm pondering who I'd like them to work with as producer for their next album.
― I, rrational (mh), Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:31 (1 month ago) Permalink
That dude behind Recoil would be a good match, I reckon.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:32 (1 month ago) Permalink
Trentemoller
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 11 April 2013 15:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
the end of "Goodbye" has started reminding me of "Porpoise Song"
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Friday, 12 April 2013 19:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
re new production directions :
trentmoller vs dm = more of the same surely ..
i mean a lot of trentmoller stuff is very dm-esque ...
― mark e, Friday, 12 April 2013 19:42 (1 month ago) Permalink
obv Dave "Rave" Ogilvie
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Friday, 12 April 2013 19:43 (1 month ago) Permalink
ummm .. 10 years ago maybe.
is he still involved and producing ?
not seen his name in credit lists for a long time .. but that could be cos i am not picking up the relevant stuff ...
― mark e, Friday, 12 April 2013 19:45 (1 month ago) Permalink
he engineered "Call Me Maybe"
― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Friday, 12 April 2013 19:47 (1 month ago) Permalink
In 2011, Dave Ogilvie produced the instrumental mix for Call Me Maybe, the world-wide hit by Carly Rae Jepsen.
thanking u wikipedia
― I, rrational (mh), Friday, 12 April 2013 19:47 (1 month ago) Permalink
as much as some people would hate it due to the sonic brickwalling that he is known for, i would actually like to hear a collab between DM and jacknife lee.
the last jacknife lee 'solo' album (which i have never seen in a shop - despite it being a major record label release) was a bit of a slept on gem of noise based electro.
can definitely see the two making something of interest.
― mark e, Friday, 12 April 2013 19:48 (1 month ago) Permalink
re dave : well i never ... from one extreme ..
― mark e, Friday, 12 April 2013 19:49 (1 month ago) Permalink
ok so they played *But Not Tonight* for the first time EVER last night
with MG on vocals!
― piscesx, Saturday, 27 April 2013 21:28 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:07 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
See this is why I should have been there, but they sadly did not select me as a winner, so.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:08 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Meantime, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top in the latest Record Collector says this:
I took a shine to Depeche Mode. I went to see them and it was SO heavy…it was rewarding to me as seeing James Brown in 1965….That inspired me and I was able to lightly steer the band.
Hero.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 03:33 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
ZZ Top were inspired by OMD, too (as were Depeche Mode, funnily enough, although you'd never catch any former or current member that isn't Vince Clarke admitting to it).
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:01 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
So it would seem like they're playing 'Barrel Of A Gun', 'Black Celebration' and 'Higher Love' on this tour!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 4 May 2013 19:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 4 May 2013 21:45 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Setlist spread:
Speak & Spell = 1A Broken Frame = 0Construction Time Again = 0Some Great Reward = 0 Black Celebration = 3Music For The Masses = 1Violator = 4Songs Of Faith & Devotion = 3Ultra = 1Exciter = 0Playing The Angel = 2Sounds Of The Universe = 0Delta Machine = 8
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Saturday, 4 May 2013 21:53 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
woah Higher Love..
― piscesx, Sunday, 5 May 2013 11:48 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Meantime a new remix surfacing for "Soothe My Soul" via Jacques Lu Cont
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/depeche-mode-rage-anew-in-soothe-my-soul-steve-angello-vs-jacques-lu-cont-remix-song-premiere-20130503
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 5 May 2013 15:52 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Incredible show tonight, much better than the one I saw in '09. In the past the live instruments seemed like embellishments (not a criticism) on top of the synth and other pre-programmed components. Now they sound much less constrained and freer with what they can play and how they can play it. Anyhow, it was awesome.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 23:23 (2 weeks ago) Permalink