Alan Wilder

Alan Wilder to remix Nitzer Ebb

Alan Wilder, former Depeche Mode member, will be remixing a track for the German edition of Nitzer Ebb's new album Industrial Complex. His remix will be featured on a bonus remix disc that will be included with the standard album. Alan has produced and remixed NE in the past, so we're excited to hear he'll be working with them again. NE will be supporting Mode starting this month!

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Wilder addresses the state of affairs in the music business

Alan Wilder has written an op-ed for the music webzine, SideLine. In the piece, titled "Music For The Masses - I Think Not!", Alan tackles subjects ranging from the loudness wars, to the impact of downloads on the music (as opposed to the music business), and how difficult it is to actually get something as seemingly straightforward as a CD single released these days. It's a fascinating read, and should tie you over till we've put the finishing touches on our own Recoil feature, which *will* hit the site on Saturday!! The full op-ed can be read here!

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Recoil press release – new CD single!

Alan Wilder is pleased to announce, due to popular demand, a limited edition CD release of ‘Prey’/’Allelujah’ on 25th February 2008. This enhanced CD package includes ‘Prey’ mixes, the reduction mix of ‘Allelujah’ plus a never-before-seen film for 'Allelujah', directed by Dmitry Semenov. It will also be accompanied by an exclusive downloadable booklet featuring video stills, ‘subHuman’ art and commentary from Alan Wilder, Hepzibah Sessa and Dmitry Semenov. The CD is being issued, with the support of Mute, through Russian label Gala Records in conjunction with www.depeche-mode.ru and...

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Recoil wins Electronic Album of the year at IGN!

Alan Wilder's Recoil project has been granted the title of Best Electronic Album of 2007 at IGN.com. Now, this comes as somewhat of a surprise... not because the album doesn't warrant every bit of critical acclaim it can get, but because IGN to me is pretty much synonymous with tits and video games. Oh well... read on for the full review...Upon casual inspection the latest offering from Recoil (the nom du musique of former Depeche Moder Alan Wilder) seems to be following in the footsteps of Moby's Play. But whereas Richard Melville Hall sampled and essentially remixed forgotten blues and folk songs...

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