Depeche Mode -- Delta Machine

he engineered "Call Me Maybe"

In 2011, Dave Ogilvie produced the instrumental mix for Call Me Maybe, the world-wide hit by Carly Rae Jepsen.

thanking u wikipedia

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.

re dave : well i never ... from one extreme ..

ok so they played *But Not Tonight* for the first time EVER last night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4WHM_m2C8

with MG on vocals!

!

See this is why I should have been there, but they sadly did not select me as a winner, so.

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.

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).

So it would seem like they're playing 'Barrel Of A Gun', 'Black Celebration' and 'Higher Love' on this tour!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/7f52bbe0b9d397430e4ea51283b1dd19/tumblr_mmakuvXn9Y1qcoqfio1_1280.jpg

Setlist spread:

Speak & Spell = 1
A Broken Frame = 0
Construction Time Again = 0
Some Great Reward = 0
Black Celebration = 3
Music For The Masses = 1
Violator = 4
Songs Of Faith & Devotion = 3
Ultra = 1
Exciter = 0
Playing The Angel = 2
Sounds Of The Universe = 0
Delta Machine = 8

woah Higher Love..

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

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.

Slightly underwhelming O2 show last night. Dave was great as usual and the highs were spectacular - World in My Eyes, Behind the Wheel, Enjoy the Silence, Personal Jesus, Never Let Me Down Again, I Feel You, Halo - but it was a strange setlist, very heavy on the last decade, and some of the Delta Machine songs sound stolid live. Doubly annoying because the night before they played Walking in My Shoes (my favourite Depeche song), Policy of Truth, Question of Time and Black Celebration.

Annoyingly rockist too, thanks to the bloody drummer. Enjoy the Silence does not require a drum solo nor Just Can't Get Enough a latin beat,and I prefer Gore's guitar when it's providing precise embellishments rather than heavy riffs. I still had fun but, y'know.

This band is a long way - decades, really - away from three dudes standing behind synths and a twirling Dave. They have so many hits and iconic songs there's simply no way to do them all and satisfy everyone. The closest they came, really, was their hits tour some years back.

Yeah, part of me accepts that but another part of me was still disappointed. I preferred this setlist from the last time I saw them:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/depeche-mode/2006/hyde-park-london-england-63d6b69b.html

And Billy Gibbons goes from being a fan to being a remixer:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-billy-gibbons-depeche-mode/

LA show killed. All the Delta Machine selections sounded great live.

Oh also:

I am reasonably certain that Dave will never be able to sing "Should Be Higher" live

― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:26 AM

Incorrect! They did this, it was great, he sounded fantastic.

Here was our setlist via setlist.fm; looks like we got the alternate main set from DL's show:

Welcome to My World
(Extended intro)
Angel
Walking in My Shoes
Precious
Black Celebration
Policy of Truth
Should Be Higher
Barrel of a Gun

The Child Inside
But Not Tonight
(Acoustic; Sung by Martin)

Heaven
Soothe My Soul
A Pain That I'm Used To
('Jacques Lu Cont's Remix' version)
A Question of Time
Enjoy the Silence
Personal Jesus

Encore:

Home
Shake the Disease
(Acoustic; Sung by Martin)

Just Can't Get Enough
Never Let Me Down Again

No "Goodbye" to end the main set and no "I Feel You" in the encore, which I admit honestly surprised me!

Meantime according to Wikipedia, Martin's been doing a lot of changing up during his segments as the tour has gone on -- here are his usual selections:

"Higher Love"
"Only When I Lose Myself"
"The Child Inside"
"When the Body Speaks"
"Shake The Disease"
"But Not Tonight"
"Judas"
"Home"
"A Question of Lust"
"Somebody"
"Halo" (Goldfrapp Remix version)

Only a few tour films from Corbijn this time out -- "Should Be Higher" with the flames and circus performers was pretty good, loved the random "I will take Depeche out in nature and have them do random things" feeling of "Heaven," the doggies for "Precious" were, well, precious (in a good way). Contortionist poses for "Enjoy the Silence," Corbjin letterfonts for "Welcome to My World," there were at least a couple of others.

What else? Peter handled the keyboards as well as ever, Christian sounds like he has fully taken over the transformation of the group into a baroque rock band live. Fletch was Fletch. I mean he REALLY did not give a fuck and I love him for it. I think he only actually played keyboards three times. Martin's stage outfit was one of the most restrained I've seen from him in some years, just a silver demi-kilt plus whatever else he wore. He sounded a bit better than last time, wonder if he's taking some new singing lessons himself or prepping differently. Dave's voice really does sound better as he goes these days, he has aged in the best possible way. I was thinking how two of his most obvious role models when it comes to the stage -- Elvis more vocally, Freddie Mercury in terms of getting the crowd going -- passed on earlier before they reached the age he's at now, so there was never a full chance to compare/contrast. (Of course, he almost joined them several times over...)

Dope! I am going to see them Oct. 8 in Phx, which coincides nicely with the one-year anniv of me & my boyfriend, who is also a huge fan :D

So I gave Delta Machine a listen again from front-to-back tonight, and I guess it's grown on me a fair amount... I think this actually may have knocked Playing The Angel off the perch as my favourite post-Ultra album.

I just pulled up DM on Spotify and was surprised to be reminded they'd released an album only 2 years ago that I had COMPLETELY forgotten about.

the only missteps IMO are "Heaven" and "Slow", everything else ranges from good-if-not-necessarily-immediately-compelling to holy-shit-must-play-on-repeat

current fave song is "Secret to the End"

― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:50 PM (six years ago)

give "slow" a second chance. loud. stoned. you won't be sorry