Today a musicvideo popped up online, with no name, no description, no tags, just the (familiar?) title "Let Me Down" and Christian Eigner in the video thumbnails, uploaded by a mysterious 'Opien2080'. Luckily the uploader's avatar also had the name "opien" in it, which quickly led me to http://www.opien.com. The site reveals that Nico Stössl (who also assisted Dave Gahan on his Hourglass) and Christian Eigner have written a new album called Atlanta, on which they "pay tribute to artists they are influenced by and incorporate their own unique style of sound to create a pure and distinct vibe without...
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It's was really nice to get a note from Matt Fretton letting us know that he is returning to making music! www.mattfretton.com is his new site and it's a blog documenting the recording of his new album. Some of you will remember Matt from his days of touring with Depeche Mode back in '82 and '83, but Matt also had support slots in the early 1980s that included tours and one-off dates with bands like Eurythmics, Gang of Four, Boomtown Rats, Thompson Twins, Billy Idol, and King Crimson. We interviewed Matt for the site back in 2007, so if you missed that interview, be sure to check it out by clicking...
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A nice collection of Clark's remixes are coming out on a new double album containing his best remixes to date along with new material called, "Clark: Feast/Beast" from the brilliant Warp Records. Split into "Feast" and "Beast" respectively this album comes out on the 16th of September on Quadruple Vinyl, Double CD, & Download and it features Clark's remix of Depeche Mode's "Freestate" that was on The Remixes 2: 81-11 album. This collection of mixes also features artists like Amon Tobin, Massive Attack, Nathan Fake, and a previously unheard track ‘Suns Of Bear Paws Kicks’. The double album...
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Our Black Light Odyssey Vinyl contest has ended and we’re please to announce that our winner is Liz Dwyer! We had lots of emails come in from all over the world and thanks to all of you who took the time to enter! An extra special thanks to Black Light Odyssey and Pylon Records for the contest prizes! Our winner has been emailed so we can send you your copies of the “Personal Jesus ’11 Promotional 12″ featuring Black Light Odyssey’s remix of “The Sun And The Rainfall” as well as the “Move On” 12″ from Douglas J. McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb). Congrats to our winner and thanks...
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Billboard.com has posted up their Tops Hot Tours Chart and Depeche Mode leads this week's list with, according to them, more than $60.8 million in ticket sales from the Delta Machine Tour so far. No idea how they got that number, but that is what they are reporting. Other artists included this week are Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and Pink. While this isn't particularly the biggest piece of news, it's great to see articles like this showing the bands drawing power. Fantastic album and tour so far.. with a lot more to go!
Depeche Mode Tops Hot Tours Chart With $60.8 Million Gross
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