Interview

Exclusive Interview: SixToes

As Depeche Mode fans, you're probably already familiar with SixToes for their remixes for the band, but if you missed their single featuring Dave Gahan, you're in luck, it's being released again on a 7" single via Aby Sho Music on September 1st! To warm you up for the "Low Guns" vinyl single, we're pleased to bring you an interview with David Greenep from SixToes! Individually or collectively, the members of SixToes are something special. Their talent, their uniqueness, their individuality speaks volumes and it's no wonder that their creativity connected so closely with the members in and around...

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"There’s something good happening…." Flood mixing new DM record!

I'm loving the little bits and pieces coming out the last few days on the new DM record. The day after we find out the new album will see an April 2013 release, we get word that Flood will be mixing the record! In a new Soulsavers interview for DIY, Dave says, "we’ve got about twenty songs on the go at the moment, and we’ll keep going to a certain point. We’ll look at them and decide which ones will end up on the record. Flood’s going to be mixing the album as well". In another nice bit of info, seems Dave and Mart wrote another song together. This time rather then Dave adding to a Mart...

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New CNN Interview with Dave Gahan

CNN has a brand new interview up with Dave Gahan that you should check out. An insightful interview where they discuss the new Soulsavers project, but we also get a little glimpse in the studio as Depeche work on their forthcoming record. Dave describes the tone at the moment,  "The songs have a bluesy influence. Obviously, it's not a blues record, but there's definitely some of those influences there. And it has a kind of soulful feel as well." I'm getting excited! Read the full interview after the jump!   Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan gets spiritual By Abbey Goodman, Special to CNN June...

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Depeche Mode cover U2?

Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher has revealed that Depeche have covered a track from U2 that will be coming out, according to the time of the interview, sometime in November. Which track and what it will be used for is not known at the time, but we'll post up any info we get. Fan speculation is that it could perhaps be included as a part of the Achtung Baby reissue, but your guess is as good as mine. Watch the video after the jump!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opp94-fl5MY

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“It’s the end of our EMI period” says Martin

Vanity Fair has a Q&A with Martin Gore on their website, in which he answers a bunch of really interesting questions. The most interesting, we thought, was about their future label situation, about which Martin says: "It’s the end of our EMI period. With Sounds of the Universe we only signed for one album and a remix collection. After this we don’t have a label." Martin Gore Q&A @ Vanity Fair

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