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!
In the early days you guys were successful making synth pop music, so is fair to say that Depeche were an inspiration to you?
ARNO: Yes you can say so. Apart from DM, basically we were attracted by the whole sound that came from Britain in the early 80s, also The Cure, The Smiths, New Order/Joy Division. The ´positive melancholy´ is something you can hear in most of our songs. Our first band was named after...
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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 .
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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.
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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
Bare Session tracks (video):
Nothing's ImpossibleSurrenderWaiting For The NightKROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas performance (audio):
Personal Jesus
Walking In My Shoes
Precious
I Want It All
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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.By April, with about six tracks programmed, Alan travelled with engineer Paul Kendall and wife/assistant...
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