On his monthly "Find, Share, Rewind" radio show for KCRW in Los Angeles, DJ Shadow has paid tribute to Depeche with a DJ set of some of his favorite Mode tracks. Not only is DJ Shadow an official Depeche Mode remixer, he's an innovator who has equally achieved legend status and he's never been shy about expressing his admiration for the band.
"They were a huge influence on me working on my first album" - DJ Shadow re: "Endtroducing"
For the "Legends" portion of the show, he did a 30 minute Depeche Mode DJ set that even includes a radio ID from Martin L. Gore himself as well as some insight...
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Depeche Mode have announced today that they will the headlining band on Saturday night at the 2018 Isle of Wight Festival on June 23rd! Other performers announced for the night include Liam Gallagher, James Bay, and Blossoms with more to be announced soon. Tickets are available now, grab yours by clicking here!
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Warpaint are currently on tour with Depeche Mode in North America and have Takeover duties on DM's Facebook page today. They posted a video documenting some of their favorite highlights of the tour that included them doing a cover of "World In My Eyes". In the post they said, "the audio (of the cover) is live and was recorded in the back lounge of our bus whilst on the tour." Pretty cool! The band has also remixed "Cover Me" on the latest single from Spirit, so be sure to check that out as well. Enjoy the video below, but also enjoy the cover and let's hope they release a properly recorded version...
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Dave Gahan provides guest vocals on the latest single from longtime collaborator Kurt Uenala, aka Null + Void. The single, "Where I Wait", comes from the forthcoming debut album "Cryosleep" out 11/3 on Hfn Music and you can Pre-order it here. The video was direced by Tim Saccenti and you can watch the full clip below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUSJ4XK2UXg
Taken from the upcoming album 'Cyrosleep' on hfn music: https://hfnmusic.lnk.to/Cryosleep
Video credits: Director: Tim Saccenti
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Director of photography: Tim Saccenti
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"Cover Me" is out today! Be sure to hit up your local record store or online retailer and grab your copy of the third single from Spirit featuring remixes from Dixon, Warpaint, Ellen Alien, Erol Alkin, Texas Gentlemen, and more! To coincide with the release of the single, the band have released a "Behind The Song" where they describe the evolution of the song and how they got to the version that ended up on the record. It's short, but very interesting and you can watch it below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9quy7MfHlk&feature=youtu.be
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