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out for a while: Depeche Mode – 101 [Mute Records | Sire Records | Sony Music]

Artist:
Depeche Mode

Title:
101

Label:
Mute Records | Sire Records | Sony Music

Cat#:
STUMM101 | 25853 | tba

Release Date:
13th March 1989 (original release date)
02nd February 2004 (re-release)

Format:
2xVinyl, 2xCD, cassette, download & streaming

Tracklist Vinyl:
A1.
Pimpf
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

A2.
Behind The Wheel
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

A3.
Strangelove
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

A4.
Something To Do
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

A5.
Blasphemous Rumours
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

B1.
Stripped
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

B2.
Somebody
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

B3.
Things You Said
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

B4.
Black Celebration
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

C1.
Shake The Disease
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

C2.
Pleasure Little Treasure
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

C3.
People Are People
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

C4.
A Question Of Time
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

D1.
Never Let Me Down Again
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

D2.
Master And Servant
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

D3.
Just Can’t Get Enough
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

D4.
Everything Counts
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

Tracklist CD / Digital:
CD1-01.
Pimpf
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-02.
Behind The Wheel
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-03.
Strangelove
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-04.
Sacred
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-05.
Something To Do
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-06.
Blasphemous Rumours
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-07.
Stripped
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-08.
Somebody
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD1-09.
The Things You Said
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-01.
Black Celebration
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-02.
Shake The Disease
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-03.
Nothing
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-04.
Pleasure, Little Treasure
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-05.
People Are People
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-06.
A Question Of Time
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-07.
Never Let Me Down Again
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-08.
A Question Of Lust
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-09.
Master And Servant
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-10.
Just Can’t Get Enough
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

CD2-11.
Everything Counts
(Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)

Press Info:
SACD Re-Release
Depeche Mode re-issue a 2-disc SACD version of the hit live album ‘101’ on 2nd February 2004.

A top 10 hit on its first release in March 1989, ‘101’ was recorded on 18th June 1988 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena as part of the band’s break through tour ‘Music For The Masses’.

The Rose Bowl was the 101st date and the climax of the pivotal tour that helped launch the band headlong into the musical mainstream.

Alongside the songs from the live album, the highs, lows and hysteria of the tour formed the raw materials from which the acclaimed documentary ‘101’ was forged. This now legendary film was directed by celebrated filmmaker DA Pennebaker, whose work with Bob Dylan on ‘Don’t Look Back’ set the standard for music documentaries. ‘101’, according to Pennebaker, ‘is the most interesting, fun film we’ve ever done’ and was released on DVD for the first time last November.

‘101’ is a fully remastered version of the 1989 live album and is released on Hybrid SACD format. This new enhanced format delivers improved audio quality and is the ideal way to experience the excitement of a band on the cusp of worldwide domination.

The double SACD features 3 distinct versions of the concert. A remastered stereo CD version which is playable on all CD players. A remastered stereo SACD version and a remastered 5.1 surround sound SACD version.

DVD Re-Release
Depeche Mode release the legendary DA Pennebaker film ‘101’ for the first time ever on DVD coupled with their classic concert ‘Live At The Rose Bowl – June 18th 1988’ on 10th November. This highly collectable DVD package features over 3 hours of footage and includes recent interviews with Martin Gore, Andrew Fletcher and Dave Gahan filmed by DA Pennebaker especially for this DVD.

1988 was a pivotal year for Depeche Mode. It was during their ‘Music For the Masses’ world tour that they exploded into the musical mainstream. The Rose Bowl concert was the 101st and last date of the tour and both discs capture a band and their audience at the height of their love affair.

Acclaimed film-maker DA Pennebaker was best known for his seminal Dylan film ‘Don’t Look Back’ in addition to his work with Hendrix and John Lennon. Yet it was his marriage with alternative pioneers Depeche Mode that produced the frank and honest film ‘101’.

“It was the most interesting, fun film we’ve ever done,” Pennebaker said.

“That tour and that film was so important, especially for the perception of the band,” says Martin Gore. “We’d always been on the brink, especially in America but that 1988 tour was the first time we headlined big arenas, the first time the band really took off.”

“There was something special about that whole time,” Dave Gahan adds. “After that concert I remember sitting down in the dressing room and I just cried. It was just so emotional.”

Andrew Fletcher echoes those sentiments: “It was one of the most amazing tours I’ve ever been on and a breaking point for alternative music in the US. The Rose Bowl was the first time that alternative radio sold out a big show in the US.”

Integral to both the DVD and the concert was the relationship between band and audience. A competition was held nationwide where a bus load of winners followed the band around. Some of those fans are interviewed for this DVD and still remain in touch with Depeche Mode.

18 June 1988 was a day to remember for the 60,453 fans who attended the show. Now we can relive the day through the eyes of one of cinema’s most accomplished documentary makers.

Notes From DepecheMode.com
The vinyl version of the album is missing “Sacred”, “Nothing” and “A Question Of Lust”. Original pressings came with a photo book.

The original pressings of the CD came in a slipcase. Later pressings came in a jewel case.

The first pressing of the SACD version of the album was mispressed (track index mark errors, and some multi-channel playback issues). All pressings of the SACD came with a hidden bonus track, the full length version of “Pimpf”.

Snippets:

Video:
“Everything Counts (Live At Rose Bowl, Pasadena – June 18, 1988)”

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out now: Punchbag – I Am Obsessed And I’m Not Your Punchbag [Mute]

Artist:
Punchbag

Title:
I Am Obsessed And I’m Not Your Punchbag

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
NERD07

Release Date:
10th April 2026

Format:
vinyl

Tracklist:
A1.
Fuck It

A2.
I’m Not Your Punchbag

A3.
Pretty Youth

A4.
You Used To Be So Sexy

B1.
What’s In My Bag

B2.
Pile Of Clothes

B3.
Playing God

B4.
I Love This!

B5.
I Am Obsessed

Press Info:
South London sibling duo PUNCHBAG (Clara and Anders Bach) pair their new EP ‘I Am Obsessed’ with their debut EP ‘I’m Not Your Punchbag’ in one combined record, marking their first-ever physical release, arriving as a Dinked Early Doors Edition.

Snippets:

Videos:
“Fuck It”

“I’m Not Your Punchbag”

“You Used To Be So Sexy”

“I Am Obsessed”

“What’s In My Bag”

“I Love This!”

Video Special:
“Live At The Windmill 2024”

Note: this is not an official recording – just something made by a fan 🙂

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Commercial Streaming Services:
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see “I’m Not Your Punchbag EP” on Mute

Booking:
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Websites:
Punchbag
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out now: Punchbag – I Am Obsessed EP [Mute]

Artist:
Punchbag

Title:
I Am Obsessed EP

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
MUTE692

Release Date:
10th April 2026

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
What’s In My Bag

02.
Pile Of Clothes

03.
Playing God

04.
I Love This!

05.
I Am Obsessed

Press Info:
South London sibling duo PUNCHBAG (Clara and Anders Bach) today announce new EP I Am Obsessed, out 10 April via Mute. The EP will also mark the band’s first-ever physical release, arriving as a Dinked Early Doors Edition vinyl which pairs new EP I Am Obsessed with their debut EP I’m Not Your Punchbag in one combined release.

Opening on off-kilter piano stabs, the track sets up a tension that quickly gives way to something far darker beneath their restless leftfield pop. Clara’s lyrics frame fixation as bodily and inescapable, from dirt under fingernails to crumbs in bedsheets and thoughts that won’t leave your chest.

“It’s about being completely obsessed with something or someone, but not in a cute way, more in a ‘your whole body is under attack’ kinda way. It’s sort of disordered, chaotic, overwhelming,” Clara explains.

The new single follows July 2025’s release ‘I Love This!’ (also set to feature on the EP), a wide-eyed surge of feeling that reinforced PUNCHBAG’s instinct for pairing pop immediacy with emotional overload.

Speaking more on their upcoming second EP, the band said: “If our first EP was a selfie, these new songs are like zooming in and thinking, ‘fucking hell my pores look huge’. This EP is turning up the contrast on everyday life, rinsing the disgusting dish towel so far that all the gunk comes out. It’s pushing PUNCHBAG’s sonic world even further, into a grander landscape, and dramatising the everyday more than ever before.”

With each release, Clara and Anders continue to push their instincts further, tightening their sound and leaning harder into the extremes that define it – all part of a wider mission to distil the most intense, concentrated version of who they are as artists.

That intensity spills directly into their live shows, where the duo’s sibling chemistry and unfiltered energy have earned a reputation for turning rooms into something closer to group therapy than a gig – a visceral, communal thrill and a celebration of feeling too much, all at once.

PUNCHBAG were also named a Spotify RADAR: First Listen artist and sold out their debut headline show at Bermondsey Social Club, before further sold out headlines in the capital at Windmill Brixton and The George Tavern, alongside festival slots at Reeperbahn, Iceland Airwaves, The Great Escape, Bergenfest, Pstereo, Twisterella, Live At Leeds In The City, Sŵn, Ritual Union & more, as well as a live performance on Made In Chelsea.

PUNCHBAG will be heading out on their debut UK and European headline tour in April – more details coming very soon, keep an eye on their social for dates and ticket links!

Full Track Streaming:

Videos:
“I Am Obsessed”

“What’s In My Bag”

“I Love This!”

Video Special:
“Live At The Windmill 2024”

Note: this is not an official recording – just something made by a fan 🙂

Recommendations:
Punchbag’s “I’m Not Your Punchbag EP” on Mute
all stuff on Mute & sublabels we featured

Buy Download:
Punchbag @ Bandcamp
Qobuz
Bleep
Boomkat
JunoDownload
Clone Digital
iTunes
7Digital
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Qobuz
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
Youtube Music

Booking:
Punchbag

Websites:
Punchbag
Mute
Mute Deutschland

out now: JakoJako – Tết 41 (Remixes – Part 2) [Mute]

Artist:
JakoJako

Title:
Tết 41 (Remixes – Part 2)

Label:
Mute

Cat#:
IR2STUMM513

Release Date:
18th March 2026

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
03.
Hoa Đào
(Colin Benders Remix)

04.
Ðà Nāng
(DJ Hi-C Remix)

Press Info:
JakoJako, Berlin-based modular synthesist Sibel Koçer, marks todays Lunar New Year with Tết 41 (Remixes, Pt.1), remixes by Rolando and Elin Piel of tracks from her latest album, Tết 41, out now limited-edition vinyl and digitally via Mute. Pt. 2 will follow next month, alongside an ambient live set at Hackney Church on 21 March, with fellow Mute artist Alessandro Cortini.

Taking its name from Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year), Tết 41 – which catalogues her journey to Vietnam with her mother connecting with their heritage – uses a minimal modular set up and field recordings to create a unique and very personal work. Detroit’s Rolando, former Underground Resistance member also known as The Aztec Mystic, takes on ‘Kumquat’’s bright searching melodies and polyrhythmic beats for the perfect introduction to Vietnam’s Lunar New Year, Kumquats being ubiquitous as a key symbol of the Tết celebration, said to bring prosperity and abundance. [DJ

Gothenburg’s Elin Piel, who also appeared on last year’s JakoJako curated collection ‘Hardwired’, remixes ‘Ghi-Ta’. Named after a type of Vietnamese guitar that Sibel encountered on her trip, Piel explains, “What drew me to Ghi-Ta was the harmonies and the small changes in the repetitiveness. It was really fun to play around with the stems trying to find a pulse and create new patterns but still match the original vibe.”

Tết 41 is, in many ways, a distillation of ideas Koçer has been exploring for many years. Tapping into a deep understanding of machine-based music and illuminated by references to her heritage, the album reflects on notions of rebirth, and the pursuit of a sonic core. The album was created with a minimal hardware set up, and from this simplicity emerges some of her most expansive, unworldly compositions to date.

Koçer explains, “I wanted to collect the atmospheres of Vietnam, and strip it back to my language – electronic music. I don’t have huge ties to the traditions of my Vietnamese family, so being able to experience them with my mother, and then bring the Lunar Celebration – the colourful flowers, food and customs – back to Europe through music has helped me realise how important this side of my heritage is.”

A big part of her production process lies in searching for spontaneity, which was heightened during the creation of this album – on just a Eurorack and a Waldorf Iridium Core. Whilst normally she would have a computer to mix and arrange the record, the effects and sequencers of the gear became her tools. She expands; “The more you play with a single machine the more you get to know it. You’ll get muscle memory and play it more like an actual instrument, instead of treating it as a tool.”

Opening and closing with field recordings taken during the Lunar New Year celebrations, she uses the space in between to cast new frameworks, allowing melodic cycles to flow autonomously. Rhythmic fragments weave between analogue processing and harmonic distillations, swirling in organic cycles of warehouse maximalism and sonic minutiae that speak to the somatic and spectral in equal measure.

Engaged in a constant dialogue around the use of hardware in music, JakoJako’s artistic output is informed by the tension and release of techno, but ultimately propelled by ever-expanding forms and structures that play with the contours of the genre. A producer, live artist and DJ who has held a residency at Berghain whilst touring some of the world’s most respected electronic music institutions, she delves into the mathematical patterns of arpeggios and loops, locating kinetic energies that convert into moments of dancefloor catharsis.

Infinitely curious about the threads that connect different genres, as opposed to the rigidity of genre itself, Tết 41 is driven by a desire to document the potentials of analogue and modular synthesis, and to consider new contexts within which these could exist. It’s also a bold and generous vision of new sonic worlds.

Full Track Streaming: