We had originally planned to run an interview with Alan Wilder today, to celebrate the release of his new CD single. The feature will be a little delayed.
This is due to a few different reasons. For one, Amigo and Peter2 went to Vienna a while back, and got really fucked up on gin and Red Bull, and was late handing in the questions to Alan. Sorry about that, by the way!
The other reason, which is actually kinda cool, is that Alan is A) a little busy at the moment working on some new stuff; and B) wants to do the questions justice and will therefore not rush the thing.
So stay tuned....
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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
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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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