Depeche Mode have announced that The Horrors will be supporting them as their special guests for their Teenage Cancer Trust Show at the Royal Albert Hall on February 17th. They will be donating all proceeds from this very special one off show to help raise funds for the teenage cancer facilities.
Kris Menace is one of the most respected producers and DJs in electronic music today and his remixes for Depeche Mode’s “Fragile Tension” have been some of the most well received remixes in a long time. Here Kris talks to HOME not only about his remixes, but you get his insight about much, much more.
Alan Wilder, former Depeche Mode member, will be remixing a track for the German edition of Nitzer Ebb’s new album Industrial Complex. His remix will be featured on a bonus remix disc that will be included with the standard album. Alan has produced and remixed NE in the past, so we’re excited to hear he’ll be working with them again. NE will be supporting Mode starting this month!
Mute founder and all-round label guru, Daniel Miller, speaking to trade publication Music Week hinted that a live DVD from Depeche Mode, shot in Barcelona, would appear in March of next year. Miller also said the enigmatic “The Posters Came From The Walls” film might see a DVD release in 2010.
Depeche Mode’s “Perfect” hit the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Dance Chart, making it their 9th time on the top of that chart. Only Pet Shop Boys has had more Dance Chart no. 1s - they’ve had ten, the most recent mere weeks ago.
Creative Artists Agency managing partner Rob Light confirmed the news during a touring panel today (July 28) at the 83rd annual IAAM conference and trade show in Anaheim, California, according to Billboard Magazine’s website.
Or rather, it is now official that Ben Hillier is in the studio, and that Depeche Mode are with him. Go figure! Ben’s UK based management updated the producer’s bio with this tiny little line: [Ben's] now back in the production chair for Depeche Mode following their last collaboration on “Playing The Angel” album”.
According to sources close to the band, Ben Hillier will do a repeat stint as producer for Depeche Mode on their forthcoming album. Hillier, who’s CV includes names like U2, Smashing Pumpkins and more recently The Rascals and The Horrors, also helmed Mode’s most recent full length studio output, “Playing The Angel”.
Depeche Mode have finally set a date for when work starts on their forthcoming album, which will hopefully see the light of day in a years time. The band had a meeting just before Easter to make a rough time line and listen to demos. The meeting took place in Santa Barbara, and was also attended by the yet-to-be-announced producer of the album.
The Paris based Crucial Getdown collective has some of their remixes posted on MissingToof.com. I particularly enjoy the delightfully quirky, and slightly out-of-tune, remix of “Enjoy The Silence”.