Violator finale Clean wasn’t always the brooding, symphonic, multi-layered assault on the emotions that it is today. As with many of the tracks from the album, Clean started out as a fairly basic demo from Martin Gore – ready for the production team to
Continue readingClean – before a sprinkling of magic production fairy dust
Imagine you have no distractions for 47 minutes. And, then, can listen to a piece of music intensely, giving it your full attention. Yeah, quite a rare opportunity for many people. And this isn’t about plugging in an MP3 player
Continue readingTop tip – Listen to Violator in the dark, VERY loud, on a kick-ass system
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
Two guitars and a keyboard for this stripped (no pun intended) down acoustic version of Clean. Fletch demonstrating his bass background; Martin with a mastery of the backing vocal; and Dave showing how good his baritone can really be.