The 19th of March here in 2015 celebrates the 25th anniversary of Depeche Mode's classic album Violator. In it's honor we have put together a streaming audio tribute to the band, the album, and the Violator era. So if you have some time and want to take a walk back to 1990, here is "Home's 25 Years Of Violator Tribute" for you to listen to via HOME's official Soundcloud page.
https://soundcloud.com/homemode/25-homes-25-years-of-violator-tribute
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Johnny Marr is set to release his cover of Depeche Mode's "I Feel You" on a seven-inch single on Record Store Day 2015 which takes place on April 18. The 7" single will also be backed with a live version of the 1984 Smiths classic b-side, "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want".
Marr describes the cover, which is part of his live set: "I've surprised myself that it sounded so like me and my band. When you cover a song you have to bring something of yourself to it. I was playing it on tour, just in my dressing room, and it sounded good, and then I started to sing it and we worked...
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Martin L Gore's new album titled "MG" will be released on April 27th via Mute Records and you can stream a brand new song called “Europa Hymn” now via Mute's Soundcloud page! MG is a 16-track electronic instrumental collection Mute Records is billing as the “soundtrack to an emotional and mysterious film of your own design.” This album was written and produced by Martin Gore with mixing and additional production by Q, the alter ego of Californian producer Überzone.
Martin describes the album, "I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic and give it an almost sci-fi...
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Is there something new in the works from Martin L. Gore? Could be. There was a nice little teaser that was posted up on his official Facebook page that was a photo and the hashtag, #MGxMG Lots of speculation floating around the internet already, but we'll confirm the details as soon as we get official confirmation. Stay tuned...
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In a brand new interview with Thrasher Magazine, Trentemøller says that remixing Depeche Mode was one of the funnest remixes he has done and that it lead to Martin L. Gore personally asking them to support Depeche on the Delta Machine tour. We're big fans of Trentemøller and his remix for "Wrong", so it's great to hear that the work he did with Depeche really meant something to him. While short, it's a great interview, especially him talking about DM, so I thought I would share an excerpt of it here with you here since the interview isn't available online.
Excerpt from the April...
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