Digital Stores Limited have informed people who have the 12″ for the next Mode single on order, that it has been delayed: “We regret to inform you that due to a manufacturing issue, Mute Records have been forced to delay the release of the 12” Vinyl in your bundle. We have been informed that Mute are now working towards a release date of the 21st December 2009. As such, we will be unable to ship your order until the 12” Vinyl is released.”
Germany music site, MusikWoche (www.mediabiz.de), revealed yesterday that the new double-a-side single from “Sounds Of The Universe” will be released in Germany on December 5th December 11th. “Fragile Tension/Hole To Feed” will feature a selection of mixes of both of these tracks, as well as “Perfect” and “Peace”, and will be released as an extended CD Maxi, digital download and 12″.
It isn’t often a band manages to capture my attention right off the bat, but Compact Space certainly managed it. Before learning more about the band, the debut single, “Push Push”, struck a chord – it felt both very familiar and entirely fresh. A feeling that was quickly explained when I learned who was behind this charming record.
Who’s Compact Space, and why should you care? Well, Compact Space is a band featuring Christian Eigner, Daryl Bamonte and Florian Kraemmer. The first two should sound familiar to any and all Mode fans. The trio started writing together in 2008. The first single ‘Push Push’ is available on iTunes and Amazon right now (link below), and a remix by Andrew Phillpott is still to come, and the album is due to be released at the end of the year. Both album and single were produced by Christian and mixed by Paul PDub Walton.
A mexican newspaper today revealed that the new Depeche Mode video, directed by Eric Wareheim, will premiere today (Friday Sept. 25th) on the band’s official MySpace profile (link). The video is for the track “Hole To Feed”, and it was shot in LA back in August. It’s another band-less video, which has been described as everything from “brilliant” to “horrifying”. Whether or not the video will be followed up by a physical single release remains to be seen. Hit the jump for a truly horrifying video helmed by Eric Wareheim…
“Fragile Tension” jumped the queue and is being lifted from “Sounds Of The Universe” as the third single. The surprising pick comes in the wake of O2 using the song for a TV ad in Germany.
Swedish trio Peter, Bjorn, & John, who are currently supporting Depeche Mode in North America, have confirmed that they have remixed Fragile Tension for DM.
The second single from “Sounds Of The Universe” will hit stores of both the online and brick’n'mortar kind on June 15th*. The single, which is being released on 7″, CD single and CD maxi, as well as an assortment of digital download bundles will include remixes by Justus Köhncke, MGMT, SixToes, Herve, Jonsi (of Sigur Ros fame) and more. Hit the jump for full tracklisting info.
Depeche Mode and Mute confirmed the second “Sounds…” single pick today in a press release posted to the band’s official website. No mention of remixes or any other content specific information, so they are obviously saving the juicy bits for later.