ALBUM: DEPECHE MODE – REMIXES 2 81-11
It’s quite a hard task, even for some of the experienced synthesiser generals present here, to remix well-known, established songs. Sometimes the concept evokes square-pegs-in-round-holes, as the remixer attempts to force the song in a direction it was never intended to go in – sometimes this is a good thing, often it is not. Sometimes there’s a ‘will-this-do’ gesture, as the remixer simply lifts the lead vocal, adds a pedestrian... Read More
LIVE: DEPECHE MODE – 17/12/2009
- MEN ARENA, MANCHESTER - You have to hand it to Dave Gahan. He always has an ace up his sleeve – and never more so than in live performance. It’s a miracle that he still with us today after 3 brushes with death in the 1990′s and a nasty bout of gastroenteritis earlier this year. The singer certainly lives up to his nickname ‘The Cat’ Gahan was in full rock star mode at Manchester Arena – strutting provocatively around the huge stage and... Read More
SINGLE: DEPECHE MODE – FRAGILE TENSION
I was slightly pessimistic about the prospect of Depeche Mode’s new tune. Recently there has been a mass of long-running bands releasing disappointing new music. Bands such as Muse, The Cure, and Bruce Springsteen to name a few, and I thought Fragile Tension would fall straight into this category…but it doesn’t! They have created something enchanting with this new tune. They pull off electro pop, where a lot of other bands fail. The chorus “there’s... Read More
