So we’ve had Personal Jesus in the style of reggae… But this is something else . Imagine the scene: smoky club; gangsters looking shady at the bar; singer looking sultry as she perches playfully on a stool. Something like that. Personal Jesus
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It was inevitable, as the so-called rave scene exploded in the UK in the late-1980s, that a Depeche Mode track would get the official dance treatment at some point. Dangerous, the B-side to Violator‘s first single, Personal Jesus, was one of
This reasonably new, unofficial remix of Enjoy The Silence has been getting some attention in recent weeks. Mixed by German producer/DJ Rico Hüllermeier, Paralyzed RMX is a fairly industrialised version of the second single from Violator.
The final official remix of World Of My Eyes came again via Francois Kevorkian. In contrast to his Oil Tank Mix of the fourth single from Violator, Kevorkian’s Dub In My Eyes is a far more low-key effort, largely doing away with the vocals.
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New crime drama Stalker hasn’t done particularly well with critics in the US, but the soundtrack has caused a bit of a stir. The 11th episode of the first season, aired just before Christmas, featured a cover version of Enjoy The Silence.
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Blue Dress is probably the track on Violator with the least number of remixes kicking about on the web. (Maybe those who like to turn many Depeche tracks into techno-fests just couldn’t figure out a way to boost the song up
It’s not one of those X versus Y-type mixes, but the Colder Mix of Clean certainly has a mash-up element to it. Mixed by the French DJ and producer of the same name for the Remixes 81-04 album, this version of Clean has the trademark rhythm
Depeche Mode performed a bare version of Waiting For The Night during the Tour Of The Universe in 2009 and 2010. The DVD to accompany the tour was filmed in Barcelona in November 2009 and includes a terrific WFTN as the final encore. Watch
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World In My Eyes isn’t an instant club tune in the same vein as Enjoy The Silence or the 2001 track I Feel Loved. But on its release as the fourth single from Violator, Jon Marsh of British house act The Beloved was
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Alongside the plethora of home-made mixes of Enjoy The Silence, there are also a string of official re-workings. We previously featured the orchestral part from the Quad Final Mix, but the Hands and Feet Mix is arguably the best of the conventional remixes
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