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The Ultimate Remix Album
 
Depeche Mode Remixes 81-04
Released October 25th on Mute Records
Released October 26th on Reprise Records
 
Depeche Mode - Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher - are unique. For nearly 25 years they have been making groundbreaking music, which has influenced generations of artists.
 
Depeche Mode have always been at the vanguard of remix culture since its inception, and the history of Depeche Mode is inextricably linked with the history of the remix. Very early on in their career the band worked closely and extensively with up and coming remixers who would go on to become pivotal figures in the field including Francois Kevorkian, Adrian Sherwood, William Orbit, Portishead and Air.
 
"Remixes 81-04" is a 2-disc set spanning over 20 years of Depeche Mode's pioneering remixes. Almost a greatest hits collection, the album is a compendium of Depeche Mode classics remixed by some of the best remixers in the world, including Underworld, Goldfrapp, Air, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Timo Maas, Flood and of course Depeche Mode themselves. It is also released as a limited edition triple disc set, featuring a bonus disc of highly collectable and rare remixes. At once a celebration but also an historical record of the evolution of the remix, the album is a fascinating and deeply rewarding document of an emerging art form.
 
Highlights include a brand new remix of "Halo" by Goldfrapp, "Barrel Of A Gun" by Underworld, "Home" remixed by Air as well as a new mix of "Enjoy The Silence" by Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda.
 
The limited edition bonus CD features remixes of "A Question of Lust" by Flood and "World In My Eyes" by Daniel Miller plus a William Orbit mix of "Walking In My Shoes" and a Danny Tenaglia mix of the hypnotic and seductive "I Feel Loved". Also included are brand new mixes by Goldfrapp, Ulrich Schnauss, Colder and Rex the Dog.
 
The release of this album will be preceded by the single, "Enjoy The Silence", featuring mixes by Mike Shinoda, Timo Maas and Ewan Pearson, plus additional tracks mixed by LFO, Blackstrobe, Goldfrapp and Headcleaner. The single is released October 18th on Mute Records (October 19th on Reprise Records).
 
"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."
 
Alison Goldfrapp adds: "Depeche Mode are the only electronic band to have risen above their own genre and it was a privilege to have worked on such a great track".
 
A sentiment echoed by Timo Maas; "We were proud to be asked to remix, "Enjoy The Silence".... but Depeche Mode are a seminal band and the track is one of the top 10 all time classics... it wasn't easy when the melodies are burned in your brain. I think it worked out pretty well though".
 
"It's a dangerous business messing with the classics", confides Ewan Pearson, "I always swore blind I'd never do a remix of something I loved so much, but of course, when you're asked it's impossible to say no. "Enjoy the Silence" is one of my favourite singles of all time - I still have my battered 7 inch copy and I guess its one of the reasons why I decided to make music myself in the first place."
 
Martin Gore reflecting on the Depeche Mode remix era said, "It's an amazing feeling to sit back and listen to such an interesting mix of artists take the spirit of Depeche Mode and add another dimension".
 
Disc 1
 
Never Let Me Down Again
("Split Mix") Depeche Mode & Dave Bascombe (1987)
 
Policy of Truth
("Capitol Mix") Francois Kevorkian (1990)
 
Shout
("Rio Mix") Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller (1981)
 
Home
(Air "Around the Golf" Remix) Air (1997)
 
Strangelove
("Blind Mix") Daniel Miller & Rico Conning (1987)
 
Rush
("Spiritual Guidance Mix") Jack Dangers (1993)
 
I Feel You
("Renegade Soundwave") Afghan Surgery Mix Renegade Soundwave (1993)
 
Barrel of A Gun
("Underworld") Hard Mix Underworld (1997)
 
Route 66
("The Beatmasters Remix") The Beatmasters (1987)
 
Freelove
("DJ Muggs Mix") DJ Muggs (2001)
 
I Feel Loved
("Chamber Mix") Chamber (2001)
 
Just Can't Get Enough
Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller (1981)
 
 
Disc 2
 
Personal Jesus
("Pump Mix") Francois Kevorkian (1989)
 
World In My Eyes
("Mode to Joy") Jon Marsh (1990)
 
Get The Balance Right
("Combination Mix") Depeche Mode (1983)
 
Breathing In Fumes
Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller (1986)
 
Painkiller
("Kill The Pain Mix") D.J. Shadow (1998)
 
Useless
("The Kruder and Dorfmeister Mix") Kruder & Dorfmeister (1997)
 
In Your Room
("The Jeep Rock Mix") Jonny Dollar & Portishead (1994)
 
Dream On
("Dave Clarke Acoustic") Dave Clarke (2001)
 
It's No Good
("Speedy J Mix") Speedy J (1997)
 
Master And Servant
("An ON-Usound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic") Adrian Sherwood (1984)
 
Enjoy the Silence
("Timo Maas Mix") Timo Maas (2004)
 
 
Bonus Disc
 
A Question of Lust
Flood Mix (1986)
 
Walking In My Shoes
("Random Carpet Mix" Full Length) William Orbit (1993)
 
Are People People?
Adrian Sherwood (1984)
 
World In My Eyes
("Daniel Miller Mix") Daniel Miller (1990)
 
I Feel Loved
("Danny Tenaglia Labour Of Love Dub") Danny Tenaglia (2001)
 
It's No Good
("Club 69") Club 69 (1997)
 
Photographic
("Rex The Dog Dubb Mix") Rex the Dog (2004)
 
Little 15
("Ulrich Schnauss Remix") Ulrich Schnauss (2004)
 
Nothing
("Headcleanr Rock Mix) Headcleanr (2004)
 
Clean
("Colder Version") Colder (2004)
 
Halo
("Goldfrapp Remix") Goldfrapp (2004)
 
Enjoy The Silence
("Reinterpreted") Mike Shinoda (2004)
 

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Depeche Mode Release "Devotional" DVD
Released September 20th on Mute Records
 
Depeche Mode release for the first time on DVD, their acclaimed performance film, "Devotional", recorded on the band's 1993 sold out world tour. Directed by the innovative photographer and director and longterm Depeche Mode visual collaborator, Anton Corbijn, this hugely impressive and visually stunning film perfectly captures the essence of one of Britain's most pioneering acts at the height of their powers. On its release in 1993, "Devotional" was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Long Form Music Video.
 
The "Devotional" 2 disc DVD is a compilation of the band's live performances recorded in Frankfurt and Barcelona on the band's "Devotional" world tour. Extras, exclusive to DVD, include a Depeche Mode rockumentary, an interview with Anton Corbijn and six remastered promo videos, including "Walking In My Shoes". The DVD also features a series of eight back projections that were used on the second half of the tour.
 
The performance includes renditions of Depeche Mode classics, "Personal Jesus", "Walking In My Shoes" and "Enjoy The Silence", "Never Let Me Down Again" with exclusive bonus tracks, "Halo" and "Policy of Truth.
 
"Devotional" is a beautifully filmed document of one of the band's most lavish and ambitious shows ever. With an epic and innovative stage design and unique visuals, all produced by Anton Corbjin, "Devotional" is more than just a live DVD - it is a journey not to be forgotten.
 

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www.depechemode.com





/jarmo

That's cool news. I love Depeche Mode. I like to listen to "Shout" when I'm driving home from work. It's a great song to release all your pent up anger to.? I didn't realize they had been around for so long. Twenty-five years is quite impressive.? Maybe someone will buy me The Ultimate Remix Album for my birthday.? :)

Hello,

Any Depeche Mode fans here? They have just announced a 2005-2006 Tour!!!

http://www.depechemode.com

Yeah!!!  :beer:

I love the song "I FEEL YOU". Absolutely amazing. It's very "Rock n' Roll". I love it.

Do they have a new album? I love DM.

"Coming soon" I guess. ;)



Depeche Mode World Tour
(Dusseldorf, Germany, June 16th)
 
Depeche Mode today announce their 2005 - 2006 World Tour, their first in almost five years. The band will be showcasing tracks from their eagerly anticipated new album (produced by Ben Hillier), as well as performing some of their greatest hits.
 
One of the biggest bands in the world today, and renowned for their groundbreaking live performances, this Depeche Mode concert series will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of touring.
 
Prior to their European tour, Depeche Mode will undertake a six week American tour this autumn, before heading to Europe in 2006.
 
Depeche Mode last toured in 2001 with "Exciter". The band played an incredible 85 shows to sellout audiences of nearly two million people.
 
http://www.depechemode.com/




/jarmo

Jarmo,

Have you ever seen DM live?

Yeah, in 1998 on the "The Singles 86>98" tour and in 2001 on the "Exciter" tour.




/jarmo

DM rok. i luv the new version of Enjoy the Silence and Strangle love is a kool song.

New version?

Strange Love has stood the test of time for sure. Back in the day I had a CD of nothing but remixes of that song, it was a great CD.

The new Depeche Mode track "Precious" can now be bought at the Itunes Music Store.

Sounds pretty good....

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Precious single: October 3rd (UK / Europe), October 4th (USA).
 
Playing The Angel album: October 17th (UK / Europe), October 18th (USA), October 13th (Japan).
 
Playing The Angel tracks: "A Pain That I'm Used To", "John The Revelator", "Suffer Well", "The Sinner In Me", "Precious", "Macrovision", "I Want It All", "Nothing's Impossible", "Introspectre", "Damaged People", "Lillian" and "The Darkest Star"



/jarmo

amazing band. Personal Jesus, I Feel You, this is a great band.

I don't know too much of their stuff, but I did catch their new song "Precious" on the radio the other day and I really liked it.  I went and downloaded a few other songs... "Enjoy The Silence" is one of my favourites.

Great band I haven't heard them quite while ago I think I'm going to undust my cd's and hear them more now that they are coming out with a new CD. I've just saw the new video and was normal but the song was cool  : ok:

Yesterday, I have bought their new CD 'Playing The Angel' - It's awesome!  :o

Anyone heard it?

No, just heard the single which is fine, got to check it out.
One question - how many remixes have been done with DM tunes over the years? It seems there are quite a LOT.

Yeah, it is awesome.

My only "problem" is the tracks with Martin Gore on lead vocals.....  :nervous:

People who expect a pop oriented album because they've heard "Precious" will be surprised.


"Playing The Angel" is dark and heavy.



/jarmo

I think "damaged people" is the 2nd best track! It's really great.  :)

The video for "precious" is also great (I have bought the CD/DVD version and that video is on the DVD...)

Are you going to one of their concerts?

Didn't get tickets because they sold out in about 20 minutes. I was trying to get them online but since the server was "too busy" all the time, I didn't get one single ticket!  :-\



/jarmo

Nobody else has gotten the new album?

 :no:




/jarmo

You can get tickets on this site. http://www.biljettnu.se/content/order.php#517  They are never sold out.. I bought my tickets there to see them in globen but they are pretty expensive.

Depeche Mode Re-Ups With Mute, Unveils Tour


October 06, 2008 , 4:50 PM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

Depeche Mode has renewed its long-term deal with Mute/EMI and is planning to release its 12th studio album in early spring 2009. It's unclear who will handle the project in the United States; past Depeche Mode albums were licensed by Mute to Warner Bros. here.

At a press event today (Oct. 6) in Berlin, the band also unveiled its 2009 Tour of the Universe, which will play 28 stadium dates worldwide beginning May 10 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As-yet-unannounced dates in North and South America will follow; Live Nation is promoting.

The last Depeche Mode tour, in support of 2006's "Playing the Angel," was supposed to conclude in Tel Aviv but the show was canceled due to concerns over safety.

"Playing the Angel" has sold 423,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The set was produced by Ben Hillier, who is also producing the as-yet-untitled new album. Frontman David Gahan said during the press conference that at least two songs he'd penned would appear on the set.

Here are Depeche Mode's tour dates:

May 10: Tel Aviv, Israel (Ramat Gan Stadium)
May 12: Athens (Terra Vibe Park)
May 14: Istanbul (Santral Istanbul)
May 16: Bucharest, Romania (Parc Izvor)
May 18: Sofia, Bulgaria (Vasil Levski Stadium)
May 20: Belgrade, Serbia (USCE Park)
May 21: Zagreb, Croatia (Arena)
May 23: Warsaw (Gwardia Stadium)
May 25: Riga, Latvia (Skonto Stadium)
May 27: Vilnius, Lithuania (Zalgirio Stadionas)
May 30: London (02 Arena)
June 2: Hamburg (HSH Nordbank Arena)
June 4: Dusseldorf, Germany (LTU Arena)
June 7: Leipzig, Germany (Zentralstadion)
June 10: Berlin (Olympiastadion)
June 12: Frankfurt (Commerzbank Arena)
June 13: Munich (Olympiastadion)
June 16, 18: Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
June 20: Werchter, Belgium (TW Classic Festival)
June 22: Bratislava, Slovakia (Inter Stadium)
June 23: Budapest (Puskas Ferenc Stadium)
June 25: Prague (Slavia Stadium)
June 27: Paris (TBA)
June 30: Copenhagen (Parken Stadium)
July 2: Bergen, Norway (Koengen)
July 3: Arvika, Sweden (Arvika Festival)
July 11: Oporto, Portugal (Super Bock Super Rock Festival)




/jarmo

Very cool, I hope they tour Canada :)

Jarmo, what would your favorite Depeche Mode album be?

I only have Playing the Angel right now, and really enjoy it.

Violator.

Playing The Angel is their best one since Ultra...

Hopefully the new one will follow in that tradition.





/jarmo

Awesome, thank you Sir :)

Hmm ive got Ultra and Violator, maybe ill have to get them out and listen to them for the first time. :beer:

violator & black celebration are probably my faves.


Depeche Mode have announced the European leg of their "Tour of the Universe 2009". The band are currently in New York working on a new album, due April next year. Depeche Mode's follow up to "Playing The Angel" will be the 12th album for the UK outfit. The tour will kick off in Israel on May 10th, 2009. Note that the last date of the "Playing The Angel" tour (August 3rd 2006) was to take place at Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park, but the band were forced to cancel due to the impending war.

This will be Depeche Mode's first ever stadium tour, taking place in 28 cities across 22 countries before finishing at Porto's Superbock Super Rock Festival on July 11th. Depeche Mode are expected to play to over 1.3 million fans on this European leg of the "Tour of the Universe 2009".

I just recently listened to Black Celebration and i dugg it.  "Question of Lust" is a fucking amazing song. 

I also have Playing the Angel and a few greatest hits CDs.  It's funny because i'm actually stealing all of these CDs from my mom who was a big fan in the 80s.  :P

I suppose I'm more close to her age than yours  :hihi:

to me Playing the angel was disappointing, except for a few songs (Lilian, Nothing's impossible, Damaged people).

on Black celebration everything is great, But not tonight is probably my favourite DM song.

Thanks for the recommendation Jarmo, really digging Violator.

Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence, and Policy of Truth are probably my favorite tracks right now :)

Too bad But Not Tonight (originally a UK b-side and a bonus track on the cd release of Black Celebration) isn't included on the single-disc version of the remastered album. Until Depeche Mode release a career-spanning collection of non-album tracks, I'm stuck with the original cd from 1987.

As for Playing The Angel, I'd go as far as to say it's their best since Violator.

weren't these guys a synth pop band originally?

Yes.

Then they went into a more rock sound using guitars and so on.




/jarmo

That's a wonderful album from start to finish.

Music for the masses is awesome too. Much darker I think though.

Sounds good dude, I'll have to pick up a copy along with the new Cure album :)

I wholeheartedly recommend Black Celebration.

Check these out for examples of the more rock sounding stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tEcrq6MUjQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGs6rkKf-lk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJfVWGrAyqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csGnnvq7KDo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40yeIIMbqDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYgz7DhOPW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uot6CaUo-Eo



/jarmo

Cool, thanks for the recommendation :)

I just got a $70 cheque in the mail from the government, so I'll definately add it to my list of albums to pick up.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=52704787

The first video from the new album.




/jarmo

Kewl !!! .

Nice to see a band actually get a video out.

Did anyone go in the end? The last time I went to one of their concerts must have been in 1989 or something and I fell asleep through the set of strobes.

the new album is just great.

don't expect a new "playing the angel" (thanks DM), it's more experimental with retro sounds.

maybe their best album since SOFAD ?

The new video is really cool. I?ve been trying to connect the lyrics to the images to try and find its meaning. Can anyone venture a theory?

New video: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=58727482






/jarmo

They will visit sweden this summer..But they choose a shitty festival instead of the usual stadium.So i won't go ..Maybe they will come back next winter.  Depeche is one of my favourite bands and i just gotta see them before it's too late. They are the only band on my list that i have not seen  yet

Didn't really like PTA as much as Exciter, haven't heard the new album yet, maybe it's about time  :P. Heard Dave got sick, hope he will recover : ok:

My favourite song is World in my eyes and favourite album have to be Music for the masses. Everything counts from pasadena 88 always gets me going.

Probably because the stadium gig in Stockholm in July 2006 wasn't sold out.

They seem to be in between selling out arenas and playing to half full stadiums up here. So a festival makes sense....





/jarmo

I really liked this new DM album.

Although not as great as Ultra is a solid release and a great excuse to see them live! :hihi:

They played here in Sweden last night at the Arvikafestivalen. Which is a festival with a focus on synthpop/electronic music.

So to get the biggest band in that genre was a major achievement for the organizers.



Unfortunately (?) it also meant that we got to see a shorter festival set and missed out on about five songs.

That and the fact that a big part of the crowd were there for the festival itself (and the partying involved) instead of Depeche Mode, made the show just good and not exceptional....




/jarmo

after messing up n getting confused i accidentally fucked up some posts id left in here from a few years ago.

anyway back in 2008 i asked about a song by them which made me think of some middle eastern influence.

that song turned out to be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCNBObnj5QI

Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher has died, the band has announced. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61597992


RIP Andy Fletcher. :(





/jarmo

yeah, sad, wonder how they will manage that, if they decide to continue