Depeche Mode C or D/S& D

The new Junior Boys actually reminds me a little of "A Broken Frame", one of my fav DM albums.

I've got that, it's great. Actually, Devotional was filmed in Frankfurt and Barcelona...

I threw on Exciter a month ago, though, and couldn't get through it, which was sad, as I'd quite enjoyed it upon release. The 84-90 period seems to have aged the best, for my taste.

Ultra is definitely underrated.

I recently discovered the Thomas Brinkmann mix of "I Feel Loved" - wow. The original underwhelmed me though.

saw the devotional tour twice in 3 nights at birmingham and manchester. took my little sister to the latter (front row!)
and she's honestly never been the same since. that tour had the greatest opening to a gig i've ever seen or heard of.

it was only later that people realised what had actually been going on backstage each night, and the likes of Q mag would start calling it 'the most debauched tour of all time'.

the singles 86-98 dvd box has the best extras ever (EPK stuff)
by the way y'all.

Definitely agreed there. I do love Exciter quite a bit but it would be really interesting to see another Simenon-produced album.

"Depeche Mode is one of the most influential groups of our time", says Mike Shinoda on one of his favourite bands, "Their music is an inspiration to me, and I am excited for our fans to hear my take on one of my favourite Depeche Mode songs."

I'm a bit dissapointed that the unreleased Markus Schulz remix of "I Feel Loved" is not on that 3CD. It's a hell of a lot better than that Danny Tenaglia version. So everybody, off to soulseek!!

Even if it's just that, I'll be intrigued to hear the end results. Now about this Schulz remix on slsk which say if you were signed on to anytime soon we might be able to find somewhere in a folder that might be yours... ;-)

However, the LFO mix on the re-released single will go a long way toward earning my forgiveness. That, and because it's one of the greatest songs ever written.

Ewan Pearson
Richard X
Black Strobe
Rex the Dog
Goldfrapp
Colder

This is going to be fucking ace!

I don't know why I didn't answer this thread before... ? Anyway, classic all the way, from the beginning to the most recent of recordings. I love SOFAD to DEATH and think Exciter was a pretty damn good album, though my favorite DM album of all time will have to be Music for the Masses, featuring that creepy Halloweenish instrumental, "Pimpf".

A friend of mine passed along some pics of Dave doing some radio station promo. Since my bedroom is in a temporary state of utter chaos, I can't access my scanner to share the pictures, but they're pretty glorious ones and I'm ecstatic she's shared them with me.

Oops, I thought everyone noticed from the link I posted on the other thread! Yeah, that single is definitely high on my 'must hear' list. And now I have all six of the singles box sets and the Devotional DVD is out soon and...

Commercial release:

12 BONG 34
A: Enjoy The Silence - Timo Maas Extended Remix (8:41)
B: Enjoy The Silence - Ewan Pearson Extended Remix (8:39)
 
CD BONG 34
1: Enjoy The Silence - Reinterpreted by Mike Shinoda (3:32)
2: Halo - Goldfrapp Remix (4:22)
 
LCD BONG 34
1: Enjoy The Silence - Timo Maas Extended Remix (8:41)
2: Enjoy The Silence - Ewan Pearson Remix (Radio Edit) (3:33)
3: Something To Do - Black Strobe Remix (7:11)

Promo release:

P12 BONG 34
A: Enjoy The Silence - Timo Maas Extended Remix (8:41)
B: Enjoy The Silence - Ewan Pearson Extended Remix (8:39)
C: Enjoy The Silence - Richard X Extended Mix (8:22)
D: Enjoy The Silence - Ewan Pearson Extended Instrumental (8:35)
 
PL12 BONG 34
A: Something To Do - Black Strobe Remix (7:11)
B1: World In My Eyes - Cicada Remix (6:18)
B2: Photographic - Rex The Dog Dubb Mix (6:20)
 
PXL12 BONG 34
A: Halo - Goldfrapp Remix (4:22)
B1: Clean - Colder Version (7:09)
B2: Little 15 - Ulrich Schnauss Remix (4:52)
 
RCD BONG 34
1: Enjoy The Silence - Reinterpreted by Mike Shinoda (3:32)
2: Enjoy The Silence - Richard X Mix (3:30)
3: Enjoy The Silence - Ewan Pearson Remix (Radio Edit) (3:33)

halo - GF remix. gorgeous stuff - with extra GF vocals all over it taking it somewhere else. v.special.

in fact hearing several of these mixes on the triple set makes me think that DM were indeed one of the best bands ever with the whole remix culture.

their ON-U remixes, included here, literally changed my life in 84 (20 years ago !!!) and i suspect many remixes since then have probably done the same for other folks ..

a superb collection.

though this made me chuckle somewhat ..

"DM is one of the most influential groups of our time. their music is an insiration to me, and i am excited for our fans to hear my take on one of my favourite DM songs" - Mike Shinoda on his version of Enjoy the Silence - which is actualyl pretty damn fine.

shinoda mix makes me cringe

Black Celebration always stands out for me as their best album, but I really love their early electro-pop too. Violater was their last great complete album IMO - anything after that I felt was patchy, barring some great singles ('It's no good' is great, and the Hardfloor mix rules). Some highlights:

From their very early era, I have this DJ 12" 'megamix' which is kinda cheesy but has a super-fast version of 'Photographic' and the classic "I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead", which is included in some versions of Speak & Spell (along with Ice Machine and Shout, which should have been on the album). There is also a really long, instrumental version of 'Any Second Now' with beats which gives me chills. Kinda like 'Oberkorn'.

(OMG I'm at work and as I'm typing this post an email came in with the subject "DM show update" which startled me, until I realised it's 'Direct Marketing'. Bleh).

Some Great Reward really struck a chord with me - used to listen to it almost every night at that time.
Black Celebration - pretty much perferct. 'But Not Tonight' may be one of my favourite songs ever.
Music for the Masses is when I remember them becoming HUGE in Canada. It seemed like everyone in our high school (which was a pretty diverse crowd, let me tell you) had the album. (An aside - I was recently in Stockholm and went to a club night named after this album, which to my delight played lots of really old DM stuff. 'See You'! 'Sun & The Rainfall'! Hooray!). It was around this time - 87/88 - that I really got the sense that these guys were going to be legends.

I remember seeing 101 in the theatre in Toronto and it blew my mind - indeed, they PWND Pasadena that night. I loved that scene in Nashville - I remember being really surprised that Martin could actually play the guitar! I've seen them live many times over the years, and loved each show. Even the one where I was outside at the CNE stadium in Toronto, freezing cold in pouring rain (Violater tour - Jesus and Mary Chain opening!). The singles tour gig was a near-religious experience - I feared the vibe just wouldn't be there, since so many of us fans are older now, but I think seeing Dave back in good health inspired everyone to really get into it. What a night.

I mean holy crap I could just go on and on about so much to do with this band - obscure b-sides and remixes, etc. To be honest, the sheer volume of stuff out there kinda put me off them for a while, but now I'm inspired to start listening to them again, since it's been ages. And damn I want that singles set. I'd like to hear that Goldfrapp mix. I personally think her 'Strict Machine' was based on 'Personal Jesus' (it sure makes for a great segue!).

alan is magical and they were the best with him and he has the best solo material too as i was not impressed with martins solo material and i never have been a fan of anything of vinces so alan and dave could have something very special together!

the last martin gore solo album is really good

Great piece, Ned. Thank you

You're welcome.

I had to do some further thoughts and processing, and I wrote this:

https://theshfl.com/guide/depeche-mode

Great piece. I am at best a surface level fan (the sonic textures are frequently fantastic, the lyrics and vocals ...less to my taste) but am listening to Ultra this afternoon.

Yeah, thanks for that Ned! It's been years since I listened to a Recoil album and am enjoying digging back in now. Also, somehow VCMG had slipped my radar so I'm very excited to check it out.

It’s a bit of a monster, that VCMG album, definitely not what anyone was expecting. Ultra was the first album I relistened to after last week’s news, when it was late and I had space to think. It’s always been an excellent late night album. Thanks to you both.

VCMG bangs, it's fantastic

Greatly enjoyed that writeup and was surprised to see at least one solo Gore release I don't remember ever hearing about before

A terrific piece, Ned.

never have been a fan of anything of vinces

whaaaat -- not even Yazoo? If you say, "Alison Moyet makes them worthwhile," then sure.

Thanks again. It is a little weird realizing Ultra is 25 years old now.

This VCMG album is great.

Considering how much I like Depeche Mode (I'm pretty sure they were my first "favorite band"), it's weird that I never checked out any of the side projects, I guess this is what I'm doing in the next couple of weeks.

What's interesting about the side projects is that while on the one hand you can tell they're all from Depeche one way or another, even Wilder, on the other even if you added up all the parts it still wouldn't be Depeche -- there's enough individuality down all the paths over time, and there's a different kind of synthesis when they all work together (admittedly long gone in the case of Wilder).

whaaaat -- not even Yazoo?

Just to note, you won't be able to debate that question, as the person you're responding to has been perma-banned.

All I know is that I find the encore performance of "Everything Counts" in "101" oddly moving. There's the bittersweet song itself, there's the exultant celebration of conquering America, there's their youth, the singalong, Dave just listening, all that together I just find so weirdly touching.

Dave and Martin have released a statement. Fletch’s passing was due to an aortic dissection, and was completely sudden and (hopefully) painless.

https://www.stereogum.com/2191550/depeche-mode-andy-fletcher-death-statement/news/

"I used to run the websites for the band Client and Fletch's Toast Hawaii label and do lots of other web/graphics odds and ends about 20 years ago (that terrible pineapple logo was mine)."

This prompted me to look up Toast Hawaii's website from twenty years ago and it's, er, very nostalgic:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030621222322/https://www.toasthawaii.com/

Actually I was expecting a Flash-laden monstrosity, but it's subtler than that (optimised for 1024 pixels wide, centred, seemingly made with vanilla HTML). It would have been technically old-fashioned at the time but it works and I can still click on some of the links.

Judging by the DJ schedule page Andrew Fletcher spent March-July 2004 DJing in Milan, Florence, Istanbul, London, Athens, Tenerife, Olten, Vincenza, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and Nuremberg. You can't say he wasted his life.

What did I do in 2004? Looking through my emails I see I bought a Daytek P818 Multi-region DVD, with Dolby Digital and the possibility of 5.1 surround output with the appropriate speakers. I think it's fair to say that Andrew Fletcher had the better lifestyle.

Actually I was expecting a Flash-laden monstrosity, but it's subtler than that (optimised for 1024 pixels wide, centred, seemingly made with vanilla HTML). It would have been technically old-fashioned at the time but it works and I can still click on some of the links.

Oh yeah, I was coding everything by hand. Don't think I was even using CSS or anything, just doing everything the long way. Super old-fashioned (their needs were modest!) but it did the job.

The album/tour rumors are bubbling up and then this got posted just now

pic.twitter.com/x78oPTvXBN

— Depeche Mode (@depechemode) September 27, 2022

Misread that as April next year (American). Glad to see them carrying on, but if it's a new album I guess it's been in the works for some time

This is the longest they've ever gone between albums, isn't it?

They broke their album every four years chain last year yes :(

Album and tour in March.

https://www.depechemode.com/

Memento Mori sure says it all.

Could have called it "Inevitabilis."

jesus christ these tickets are expensive, but I bit the bullet anyway.

Yep, same here, but $120 is not that bad versus what I paid last time, if admittedly closer.

mine were $255 but I perhaps went for better seats than yours. TM did say they'd be doing demand pricing, which I hate. Anyway, I've only seen DM once before (on that last tour) and it was so good and I regret missing all their other ones so much, had to do it.

Hey, can't blame ya!

While we wait, new EP featuring Mr. Gahan.

https://kurtuenala.bandcamp.com/album/manuscript

Said EP I posted about above released today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f094kd6Y4aA