Alan Wilder has written an op-ed for the music webzine, SideLine. In the piece, titled "Music For The Masses - I Think Not!", Alan tackles subjects ranging from the loudness wars, to the impact of downloads on the music (as opposed to the music business), and how difficult it is to actually get something as seemingly straightforward as a CD single released these days. It's a fascinating read, and should tie you over till we've put the finishing touches on our own Recoil feature, which *will* hit the site on Saturday!!
The full op-ed can be read here!
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We had originally planned to run an interview with Alan Wilder today, to celebrate the release of his new CD single. The feature will be a little delayed.
This is due to a few different reasons. For one, Amigo and Peter2 went to Vienna a while back, and got really fucked up on gin and Red Bull, and was late handing in the questions to Alan. Sorry about that, by the way!
The other reason, which is actually kinda cool, is that Alan is A) a little busy at the moment working on some new stuff; and B) wants to do the questions justice and will therefore not rush the thing.
So stay tuned....
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Q Magazine conducted a poll of the top 50 all time best British albums, as voted on by the fans, and DM had two albums that made the list.
1990’s classic “Violator” came in at # 15, while 1993’s “Songs Of Faith And Devotion” came in at #36.
Here is the complete list:
1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
3. Radiohead - Ok Computer
4. The Beatles - Revolver
5. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
6. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper
7. The Clash - London Calling
8. Keane - Under The Iron Sea
9. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
10. The Verve...
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“Enjoy The Silence” on yet another compilation. This time it will be featured on the new Late Night Tales mix CD from Groove Armada.
The Late Night Tales mix CD series has been running for over five years now and during this time it has firmly established itself as the connoisseur’s choice of mix CD. It grants the world’s best musical artists, including Fatboy Slim, Nouvelle Vague, Belle & Sebastian and Air, the opportunity to delve through their music collections to create the ultimate late night soundtrack. Now reaching the twentieth in the series, Late Night Tales have called...
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Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy The Silence” will be featured on a new double disc CD collection from NME called “NME Classic”.
This new collection will be featuring NME’s definitive NME tracks of the seventies, eighties and nineties and will be released on February 25th. The collection will also have classic tracks from New Order, Morrissey, The Selector, Aztec Camera, and The Specials just to name a few.
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