Here is another HOME exclusive, an interview with Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier of Booka Shade! Booka Shade has remixed Depeche Mode’s new single, Martyr, which is out today!

Gwen Stefani is finally ready to release her second solo LP, The Sweet Escape. The album is due out December 5th and features the song “Wonderful Life for Him” with Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore on guitar .

A free limited edition collector’s slipcase is available exclusively by mail order from Mute Bank when you purchase all 3 UK chart formats through them. You can order them here.

EMI have sent over some stream links for you guys to enjoy. There’s a bunch of rare performances - some live in the studio (the Bare Session) and some live from the KROQ Acoustic Xmas show in December ‘05

Alan has been working on a new Recoil LP for almost a year now, and is getting ready to mix it. For more info, and a video greeting from Alan, do read on!

Since October 2005, Alan Wilder has been in the studio, working on a new Recoil LP. In a video posted on YouTube (link below), Alan explains that the first couple of months were spent re-introducing himself with the studio after a considerable hiatus from the music business. After an update of his studio, work really got under way in January.

Black Strobe’s remix for Depeche Mode’s classic, “Something To Do”, will be featured on a new remix collection coming out in December.

Black Strobe AKA Parisian’s Ivan Smagghe and Arnaud Rebotini will be releasing their ‘Shining Bright Star’ as a one-sided limited 12″ mixed by the mercurial Paul Epworth; Black Strobe have remixed two artists he has produced (Bloc Party, White Rose Movement) and, in turn, Epworth has remixed their current single ‘Shining Bright Star’ and is in place to man the controls for their debut album (due Spring 2007). The 12″ will be released on the 27th November.

Home, in cooperation with Rhino Records, is proud to present our second US Remasters Contest! This week we are giving away Depeche Mode’s 1982 classic A Broken Frame.

Over the next three weeks HOME will be giving you a chance to win copies of the US Remasters courtesy of Rhino Records. This week we are giving away a copy of A Broken Frame followed by Some Great Reward and finishing up with Songs Of Faith And Devotion. You have this whole week to submit your answer to the contest question and at the end of the week we will randomly pick a winner. When the entire contest is over all the names of the winners will be sent their cds, so good luck!

Here is Home’s review of the remixes coming out with the new single Martyr. An interesting crop of remixers was chosen this time and they have taken the songs in some new and unique directions.

Martyr (Paul van Dyk Vonyc Lounge Mix)

Side Line is reporting that Client have left Andy Fletcher’s Toast Hawaii record label. We don’t know what this means for the future of Toast Hawaii, but Client’s Kate Holmes has reportedly confirmed they have left.

From Side Line:

Lots of last minute changes to the plans, as Depeche Mode remove two different video productions from their upcoming Best Of releases.

The much talked about Brown Owl documentary has been removed from the “Best Of” bundle, and won’t be released at this time. That isn’t to say it won’t ever see the light of day, mind you… there are just nothing solid at the moment.