Tracklist CD Deluxe Edition / Digital: CD1-01. Welcome To My World
CD1-02. Angel
CD1-03. Heaven
CD1-04. Secret To The End
CD1-05. My Little Universe
CD1-06. Slow
CD1-07. Broken
CD1-08. The Child Inside
CD1-09. Soft Touch / Raw Nerve
CD1-10. Should Be Higher
CD1-11. Alone
CD1-12. Soothe My Soul
CD1-13. Goodbye
CD2-01. Long Time Lie
CD2-02. Happens All The Time
CD2-03. Always
CD2-04. All That’s Mine
Info:
Depeche Mode have announced they will release their highly anticipated 13th studio album, entitled Delta Machine, on March 26th worldwide via Columbia Records. The album, recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City, was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood. In addition to the album announcement, Depeche Mode have also confirmed that the video for the first single “Heaven” will debut on VEVO next Friday, February 1st. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode will release Delta Machine in an exclusive Deluxe Edition with four additional new tracks and accompanied by a 28 page hardcover book including photos by longtime artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn (please see track listing, as well as album and single configurations below).
Martin Gore said of the release, “Writing this album was incredibly daunting as I wanted the sound of this collection to be very modern. I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It’s just got something magical about it.”
Dave Gahan added, “With this release we’ve completely shifted our idea of how to create an album. When we hit a wall where we realize the album is beginning to sound too normal, we’ll mess it up and really give it that organic Depeche Mode Sound. Delta Machine is no different, and I can’t wait for all of our fans to hear it.”
Following the release of their new album, Depeche Mode will embark on a European stadium tour, kicking off in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park on May 7th. They will perform 34 shows in 25 European countries, featuring appearances at Milan’s famed San Siro Stadium, the Stade De France in Paris, and Moscow’s Locomotive Stadium before wrapping up the European leg of their tour in Minsk, Belarus on July 29. A full North American tour will follow, with details to be announced in the coming weeks.
Press Info (English):
VCMG release EP3 / Aftermaths on 20 August 2012, with remixes from Vince Clarke, LFO, Alva Noto and more.
Taken from Ssss, out on Mute now and voted # 2 in The Quietus’ recent Albums of the Year So Far, the project is the long awaited reunion of electronic pioneers Vince Clarke (Erasure/ Yazoo/ Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode), who joined forces for the first time in over thirty years to craft a 10-track album which demonstrates their mutual love of electronic music.
Following on from the remix packages available for EP1 / Spock and EP2 / Single Blip, remixes for EP3 / Aftermaths come from techno pioneer LFO, aka Mark Bell, who produced Depeche Mode’s Exciter and Alva Noto, aka Carsten Nicolai, multi disciplinary artist and co-founder of the Raster-Noton label whose forthcoming project, Diamond Version (with Olaf Bender aka Byetone), will be released on Mute. The digital release features additional remixes from Vince Clarke, Gesaffelstein who has recently remixed Zombie Zombie and Sweden’s Christoffer Berg, whose previous remixes inc Moby and Metronomy.
Press Info (German):
VCMG, Vince Clark und Martin L. Gore, veröffentlichen die dritte und letzte EP aus dem Album “Ssss”. “Aftermaths” erscheint am 17. August und beinhaltet unter anderem Remixe von Vince Clarke, LFO und Alva Noto.
Ssss, das Album der beiden Electro-Pioniere Vince Clarke (Erasure / Yazoo / Depeche Mode) und Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode), markiert die erste Zusammenarbeit der beiden seit etwa 30 Jahren. Hier feiern und demonstrieren sie ihre gemeinsame Liebe zur elektronischen Musik. Gekrönt wurde sie unter anderem von Quietus, wo Ssss einen 2ten Platz in der Kategorie ‚Albums of the Year So Far’ belegen durfte.
Die Remixes auf “EP3 / Aftermaths” kommen von Techno Pionier LFO aka Mark Bell, der Depeche Modes “Exciter” produzierte und Alva Noto aka Carsten Nicolai, dem inter-disziplinärem Künstler und Mitbegründer des legendären Raster-Noton Labels, über dessen aktuelles Projekt, DIAMOND VERSION (mit Olaf Berger aka Byetone) noch zu reden sein wird. Die digitale Version des Releases von “EP3…” wird weitere Remixes von Vince Clarke, Gesaffelstein und Christoffer Berg enthalten.
Content USB stick: 01)
Full 84 minute stereo soundtrack – choice of 24bit wav, 16bit Apple Lossless, FLAC or 320 kbps mp3
02)
3 x ‘A Strange Hour 2′ reconstructions – stereo audio – choice of 24bit wav, 16bit Apple Lossless, FLAC or 320 kbps mp3
03)
Extended trailer for ‘A Strange Hour In Budapest’ – approx 5 minutes : 1080p HD mp4
04)
24 page Blu-ray Art booklet including additional spreads – PDF format
05)
Over 100 x high res Recoil live photographs and film stills
06)
Project wallpapers for smartphone, iPad and computer screen
Info:
On June 1st, in conjunction with Umatik Entertainment, Recoil will release the concert film ‘A Strange Hour In Budapest’ on Blu-ray. This is a full HD production with 5.1 surround sound & stereo audio mixed by Alan Wilder and Paul Kendall.
‘A Strange Hour’ was presented during 2010 & 2011 in 52 cities across the world as part of the ‘Selected Events’ tour to celebrate 25 years of the Recoil project.
Directed and edited by Attila Herkó, ‘A Strange Hour In Budapest’ will be delivered as a Blu-ray only format, presented in two editions: a ‘Red edition’ black case with twin-option reversible cover, and a limited DVD-sized deluxe digi-pack. Each contains a 16-page booklet packed with information & photo manipulations by Ákos Szénási. With the first 1000 copies individually numbered, both editions feature extra promotional films & live projections.
Pre-order NOW via the Recoil Official Store (http://www.store.recoil.co.uk). All on-line orders are dispatched with an exclusive code to receive downloadable extras such as a PDF art booklet with extra spreads, a soundtrack sampler, Recoil ‘live’ photographs and project wallpapers.
Following endless requests to release the stand-alone soundtrack for ‘A Strange Hour In Budapest’, also available is a special edition Recoil USB stick which has been custom-designed with 8 gigabytes of memory and has assets pre-loaded. The stick is finished in stainless steel with Recoil’s Blu-ray catalogue number printed along the edge and comes in a white magnetic seal box.
Alan Wilder’s years in the music industry have seen him go from studio assistant to session keyboard player, but it was his 14 years as a member of Depeche Mode where he really honed his skills. With his attention to detail in the studio, Wilder pushed the boundaries even within the restrictive climate of commercial pop. As an antidote to the demands of the Mode, his studio project Recoil was born in the mid-eighties. Two albums were released: ‘Hydrology’ (1988) and ‘Bloodline’ (1990) both giving an indication of his expanding horizons. After his departure from Depeche Mode in 1995, Wilder resurrected Recoil full-time and has since released ‘Unsound Methods’ (1997), ‘Liquid’ (2000) ‘subHuman’ (2007) and ‘Selected’ (2010).
During his Recoil tenure, Wilder has worked with a varied selection of vocalists including Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), Nicole Blackman, Samantha Coerbell, Toni Halliday (Curve), Maggie Estep, and more recently Shara Worden and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Says Alan: “The idea to take Recoil out on the road evolved during the release of ‘Selected’ in 2010. The events were not so much ‘live’ band but more art installation featuring stripped down, edited sections from many Recoil remixes and alternative versions. For the presentations, I managed to gather together filmmakers from as far as Russia, via the Czech Republic and Hungary, all the way to Argentina.
One of the most memorable moments of the entire tour came about, strangely enough, through adversity. Who can forget ‘Eyjafjallajökull’ and the major headaches and logistical nightmares it caused? Back in April 2010, the Icelandic mountain awoke, spewing its contents into the stratosphere and reaping havoc on the very same day Recoil was due to fly from London to Budapest. After an eternal struggle via airports, train stations, traffic jams, manic phone calls and confusion all round, 12 hours after leaving home my team and I found ourselves back on my own doorstep having got precisely zero kilometers towards the Hungarian capital. The last resort and only option was to drive (in my own car) through the channel tunnel and no less than 7 countries from West Sussex to Diesel club, Budapest – a journey of some 21 hours non stop. Word got around (while others were canceling shows left, right and centre) that, against all the odds, we were on our way – and when we arrived with about 1 hour to spare, what greeted us was one of the most vociferous and appreciative crowds on the whole tour.
To cut a long story short, we wanted to come back, not least to finally see a little of this beautiful city, but most of all to play once again to the warm Hungarian public. The second Budapest presentation and last of 2010 was held in the beautiful newly-renovated Szikra venue. To celebrate this end of year special show we decided to install an extra large fully professional cinema screen and projector. The screen measured a giant 8 x 5 meters and covered the entire stage area.
The performance was filmed using the latest high-definition technology in order to capture the event in its full glory. For this (with the help of the local promoters), the team from Umatik was recruited, headed up by director Attila (‘Atus’) Herkó, and in a similar way to the stage projections, we worked remotely on the editing – I gave feedback to rough edits which Atus sent to me whilst Paul Kendall & I simultaneously worked on the surround sound mix, and everything was refined from there. I think you will agree Attila’s film is stunning and offers a captivating and exhilarating document of ‘A Strange Hour’.”
Videos:
Trailer
Teaser
A Director’s View
The Print House
Public Screening:
01st September 2012 Bio Roy, Gothenburg (Sweden)
21th September 2012 Moods im Schiffbau, Zurich (Switzerland)
28th September 2012 Toldi Mozi, Budapest (Hungary)
29th September 2012 Kino Lucerna, Prague (Czech Republic´) more dates e.g. in Berin (Germany) to be confirmed
Title:
Man Made Machine (Planetary Assault Systems DNA Interpretation)
Label:
CRL
Cat#:
CLR058
Release Date:
28th May 2012
Format:
12″ & digital
Tracklist: 01)
Man Made Machine (Planetary Assault Systems DNA Interpretation)
Press Info:
For our new release CLR058 we have prepared a true collector´s item. None other than Luke Slater, one of the most renowned and inspiring artists in today´s electronic music scene, did a very personal and sophisticated remix of MOTOR´s recent single “Man Made Machine”. For this memorable undertaking the
British producer is actually using his legendary Planetary Assault Systems moniker. Following the recent release of MOTOR´s new album “Man Made Machine” on CLRX, we have produced a one-sided picture disc in red vinyl featuring this exclusive P.A.S. remix. The artwork of the limited edition shows the silhouette of Depeche Mode´s Martin L. Gore, the vocalist of the hailed debut single. Having been able to bring all of those outstanding artists to the same table and create something like this wonderful vinyl
means a lot to us. Thanks to the critical acclaim and the success of the album, we are even more exited about this record.
