OFF THE RECORDS - It's "Delta Machine" time!

(ANSA) - ROMA, 25 MAR - Esce in tutto il mondo il 26 marzo Delta Machine (Columbia Records), tredicesimo album dei Depeche Mode. Oltre che in versione standard, e' disponibile anche in edizione deluxe, un doppio cd con 4 brani aggiuntivi e un libro con scatti firmati dall'artista Anton Corbijn. Il gruppo partira' poi per un tour europeo, anticipato da una data all'Hayarkon Park di Tel Aviv il 7 maggio: si esibira' allo Stadio San Siro di Milano il 18 luglio e allo Stadio Olimpico di Roma il 20 luglio, allo Stade De France di Parigi e al Locomotive Stadium di Mosca, prima di concludere la tournee a Minsk, in Bielorussia, il 29 luglio. Dice Martin Gore: ''Scrivere quest'album e' stata una bella sfida, perche' volevo che i brani avessero un sound molto moderno. Voglio che la gente si senta bene quando lo ascolta, che provi un senso di pace. Questo disco ha qualcosa di magico''.  Aggiunge Dave Gahan: ''Con questo album abbiamo cambiato il nostro approccio alla scrittura. Non amiamo il suono troppo 'normale', ci piace 'sporcare' un po' i brani, vogliamo che abbiano la nostra impronta, il Depeche Mode Sound. Delta Machine non fa eccezione e non vedo l'ora di farlo sentire ai nostri fan''.

OFF THE RECORDS - New Depeche single is out!

Article by "The Quietus"

Depeche Mode have announced a new album and a new tour, both happening next year.
We've been given a preview of the as-yet-untitled album, with the band playing a new cut at a press conference in Paris today. Have a listen to the track, also untitled (though Slicing Up Eyeballs suggest it may be called 'Angel Of Love'), below:
The site also reports that the band's Martin Gore told the conference: “It’s got a bit of a feel of Violator on some of the songs and a feel of Songs of Faith and Devotion on other songs. It’s a bit of a hybrid of those two for me.”
He added: “I am very happy with the new album and I think there are at least three or four songs that are up there with the very best that we’ve done."
While the tour will be a massive, 34-date affair, they are only playing one date in the UK, at the O2 Arena in London on May 28. Head here for tickets.

NEWS WAVE - Depeche Gore Vince! The ex duo of DM come 2gether as VCMG project

30 years working on their respective ongoing music projects, Vince Clarke (Erasure / Yazoo / Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) come together for the first time since 1981 as VCMG to release a brand new album preceded by a series of EPs.

VCMG is the fruit of initially tentative discussion and subsequent enthused collaboration where Vince and Martin, both influential as pioneers in electronic music, get to exercise their lifelong love of the genre as the techno inspired VCMG.

As Vince explains: “I’ve been getting into and listening to a lot of minimal dance music and I got really intrigued by all the sounds… I realised I needed a collaborator… so it occurred to me to talk to Martin.”

Says Gore: “Out of the blue I got an e-mail from Vince just saying, ‘I’m interested in making a techno album. Are you interested in collaborating?’ This was maybe a year ago. He said, ‘No pressure, no deadlines,’ so I said, ‘OK’.”

The writing and recording of the album was done in a typically unique way with the pair working alone in their respective studios, communicating only via email, exchanging files until the album was ready. It was in May 2011 that the pair met for the first time to discuss the project when they both performed at Short Circuit presents Mute festival in London.

The album (title to be announced soon) was produced by Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore and mixed by the influential Californian electronic artist Überzone / Q and will be released in the spring of 2012.

The first release is an EP entitled Spock. EP1 / SPOCK features remixes from Edit-Select, aka Tony Scott, the UK DJ / producer and founder of EditSelect Records whose previous remix credits include Speedy J, Death In Vegas and Gary Beck; Regis, British techno musician Karl O’Connor (member of the Sandwell District collective and co-founder of Downwards Records); DVS1, Brooklyn based producer Zak Khutoretsky; plus XOQ, the alter ego of Überzone / Q, who mixed the VCMG album.

EP1/SPOCK has been available initially as a global exclusive on Beatport on 30 November, and then on all DSPs from 12 December with the 12” release following on 19 December 2011.
EP1 / SPOCK TRACKLIST
Spock – Album versionSpock – Edit Select RemixSpock – Regis RemixSpock – DVS1 Voyage Home RemixSpock – XOQ Remix

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VCMG - Spock by Mute UK

LIVE AND KICKING - Al Mute Festival arriva anche Dave Gahan e il "grissino" Alison Moyet dice addio agli Yazoo

Grande successo ieri sera per il Mute Festival a Londra. Tra i momenti imperdibili, l'addio degli Yazoo alle scene (con "Don't go" quale ultima canzone in scaletta del concerto...!), la sorprendente silhouette dimagrita all'inverosimile di Alison Moyet, il vestito rosso-shock di Vince Clarke, gli insulti ai Residents rei di una scaletta troppo lunga prima dei più attesi Erasure, i dj set di Martin Gore e Andrew Fletcher dei Depeche Mode raggiunti a sorpresa da Dave Gahan a bordo di una mega-limousine nera...A breve il resoconto di due giorni già indimenticabili...

LIVE AND KICKING - Anche Martin Gore e Andrew Fletcher dei Depeche al Mute Festival di Londra di sabato...

Mute announce brand new additions to the line up for Short Circuit presents Mute festival - 13 + 14 May 2011 - at London’s historic Roundhouse: Martin L. Gore (DJ set), Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher (DJ set) and Josh T. Pearson performing an exclusive set of covers of some of his favourite songs by Mute artists join recent additions to the 2 day festival: Richie Hawtin, Moby (DJ set), Maps and Polly Scattergood collaboration, Beth Jeans Houghton and a Dirty Electronics Workshop.
Tickets are available from www.roundhouse.org.uk/short-circuit / 0844 482 8008 and are priced as follows: Fri 13 May – £30 (6 pm – 1 am)Sat 14 May – £45 (12 pm – 12 am)Fri & Sat – £65 – limited tickets availableLimited Premium Ticket – SOLD OUT
All events are 14+, 16 and under should be accompanied by an adultMute's Short Circuit festival which runs from May 12th to 15th - and you will be too, after you read our preview with the ever-brilliant Liars - so we're pleased to discover that Anton Corbijn and Flood have been added to the line-up of talks and films, which will be looked after by this very website. The film maker will present 'Mute + Vision', a talk about his work with some of the label's artists including Depeche Mode, Fad Gadget and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, while producer Flood will host a panel game all based round the art of recording. For more information, click here.

—SHORT CIRCUIT PRESENTS MUTE RUNNING ORDER—

FRIDAY 13TH MAY

MAIN SPACE
18.00 - 19.30 DJ RICHARD WARREN
19.30 - 20.30 LIVE RECOIL
20.30 – 20.50 DJ RICHARD WARREN
20.50 – 21.40 LIVE NITZER EBB
21.40 – 22.40 DJ MOBY
22.40 – 00.00 DJ RICHIE HAWTIN
STUDIO THEATRE
19.00 – 19.30 LIVE KOMPUTER
20.35 – 21.20 LIVE BALANESCU QUARTET
21.50 – 22.30 LIVE CARTER TUTTI WITH NIK VOID
23.00 – 23.45 LIVE NON
00.00 – 01.00 LIVE RICHARD H. KIRK
01.00 – 02.00 LIVE POLE
02.00 – 03.00 LIVE T.RAUMSCHMIERE
MADE IN CAMDEN
00.00 – 01.00 DJ DANIEL MILLER
01.00 – 02.00 DJ GUDRUN GUT
02.00 – 03.00 DJ BARBARA PREISINGER
TORQUILS BAR
22.00 – 23.00 LIVE THOMAS FEHLMANN
23.00 – 00.00 LIVE THOMAS BRINKMANN
CIRCLE BAR
INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY:
‘FLIES, GUYS AND CHOIRS’
FELIX’S MACHINES
MUTE SHOP
GROUND FLOOR FOYER –
SCHNEIDERS BEURO

SATURDAY 14TH MAY
MAIN SPACE
18.00 – 18.15 DJ DANNY BRIOTTET
18.15 - 19.00 LIVE LIARS
19.00 – 19.30 DJ DANNY BRIOTTET
19.30 - 20.30 LIVE THE RESIDENTS
20.30 – 20.50 DJ ANDY ‘FLETCH’ FLETCHER
20.50 – 21.50 LIVE ERASURE + SPECIAL GUESTS
21.50 – 22.20 DJ ANDY ‘FLETCH’ FLETCHER
22.20 - 23.00 LIVE LAIBACH
23.00 – 00.00 DJ MARTIN L. GORE
STUDIO THEATRE
19.10 – 19.40 LIVE MAPS + POLLY SCATTERGOOD
20.00 – 20.40 LIVE BIG DEAL
21.00 – 21.40 LIVE POPPY AND THE JEZEBELS
22.00 – 22.40 LIVE S.C.U.M.
23.00 – 23.40 LIVE JOSH T. PEARSON PLAYS MUTE SONGS
THE HUB
12.00 – 14.00 SOUND HALO
14.00 - 14.40 DJ IRMIN SCHMIDT AND KUMO PLAY THE SOUND OF CAN
14.40 – 15.00 LIVE LAND OBSERVATIONS (JAMES BROOKS)
15.00 – 15.30 DJ IRMIN SCHMIDT AND KUMO PLAY THE SOUND OF CAN
15.30 – 16.15 LIVE SIMON FISHER TURNER + MIRA CALIX
16.15 – 16.45 DJ IRMIN SCHMIDT AND KUMO PLAY THE SOUND OF CAN
16.45 – 17.30 LIVE PETER GREGSON
TORQUILS BAR – HOSTED BY ANDREW KING
14.00- 14.30 LIVE BETH JEANS HOUGHTON
15.00 – 15.30 LIVE SPECIAL GUESTS (TBC)
16.15 – 17.30 FLOOD DEMONSTRATES THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF RECORDING
(17:45 – 18:15 DIRTY ELECTRONICS PERFORMANCE IN CIRCLE BAR)
THE BOARDROOM
12.45– 13.45 ‘FAST FORWARD/PAUSE/REWIND’ – GARETH JONES TALK + Q&A
14.30 – 15.30 ‘AN INTRODUCTION IN TO THE SCIENCE OF MASTERING’ – STEFAN BETKE (AKA POLE) TALK
16.00 – 17.15 – ‘DO YOU LOVE ME LIKE I LOVE YOU: THE BOATMAN’S CALL’- FILM DIRECTED BY IAIN AND JANE + Q&A HOSTED BY KRIS NEEDS
17.45 - 19.10 ‘ON/OFF;MARK STEWART FROM POP GROUP TO MAFFIA’– FILM DIRECTED BY TONI SCHIFER
CIRCLE BAR
INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY:
‘FLIES, GUYS AND CHOIRS’
DIRTY ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP
FELIX’S MACHINES
MUTE SHOP
(17:45 – 18:15 DIRTY ELECTRONICS PERFORMANCE IN CIRCLE BAR)
GROUND FLOOR FOYER
SCHNEIDERS BEURO