Depeche Mode chose Violator classic Enjoy The Silence to tease fans ahead of the release of the new Live in Berlin DVD/CD. The full bonanza will be released on November 17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItOV_oz1t_s
Later With Jools Holland, since 1992, has pretty much become the only place on British terrestrial television to see up-and-coming or established alternative bands. Yet despite Depeche Mode’s huge success around the world (and in the UK), it took 19 years before they finally went
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If simplicity is the key (rather than over doing it) to remixing Depeche Mode tracks, then this version of Personal Jesus B-Side Dangerous is a decent enough example. Overhauled by Dominatrix, Depeche aficionados will notice elements of the album of version of Black Celebration at
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This version of Enjoy The Silence is nowhere near as slickly produced as the breakbeat/drum and bass treatment of Waiting For The Night. Still, it’s a decent enough effort, albeit one that gets a bit lost in crazy D&B-land about two-thirds
Tucked away on one of the many versions of the CD single for Enjoy The Silence is the Quad: Final Mix. (The Quad: Final Mix also appears on a very rare, 12-inch vinyl in its own right) The 15-minute track was pulled
Religion, guilt, confessions – familiar territory for Depeche Mode. French Canadian movie Le Confessionnal, directed by Robert Lepage, used Waiting For The Night for its theatre trailer. The award-winning 1995 film starred Kristen Scott Thomas (The English Patient) and Lothaire Bluteau (seen
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We previously mentioned the hard house/trance version of Personal Jesus, mixed by Eric Prydz. Any such rumblings of discontent from Depeche fans can perhaps be soothed a little bit when the track is consumed part of an “overall journey” (as
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Here is the first in a series of blog posts featuring Violator songs which ended up in movies. The Devil’s Double, a biopic recounting the story of Saddam Hussein son Udday and a supposed double he used, made use of Personal Jesus for
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Mute Records boss Daniel Miller stepped away from full-time production duties with Depeche after the Black Celebration album, but has popped up here and there for some mixing briefs. His take on World In My Eyes (the original was undoubtedly
Difficult to improve on a classic, so why bother? This doesn’t stop others out there trying their hands at remixing Depeche Mode songs, of course. Halo is no exception, yet perhaps only the Goldfrapp version really challenges the original from the album –