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Depeche Mode
Biography :
Depeche Mode are an English synthpop band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom. They are one of the most enduring and successful bands to have emerged during the 80s, and particularly from the new wave/new romantic era. The band name is derived from a French fashion magazine, Dépêche mode, which means “fashion dispatch.”

The band have been highly influential in the electronic dance music scene, especially synthpop, techno and trance, in part due to their innovative work, recording techniques and use of sampling. Their most successful album is arguably 1990’s Violator, which reached the #2 position in the UK, #7 in the US, and sold over 8 million copies worldwide. The band has released a long series of high-charting singles over their three-decades long career. Enjoy the Silence is their most recognized song and is one of the most covered songs in history.

The original line-up was Dave Gahan, Martin L. Gore, Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke. In December 1981, Clarke left the band and later went on to form Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure. Alan Wilder joined the group initially in January 1982 as a live keyboardist but became an official member in December 1982. He left mid-1995 to fully concentrate on his Recoil project and the band continued as a trio. In 2010 Wilder re-joined Depeche Mode on stage after 16 years, for a performance of Somebody during a show at London’s Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Depeche Mode’s origins date back to 1977, when Vince Clarke and Andrew Fletcher formed a band called No Romance in China, with Clarke on vocals and guitar and Fletcher on bass. In March 1980, Clarke, Gore and Fletcher formed a band called Composition of Sound, with Clarke on vocals/guitar, Gore on keyboards and Fletcher on bass. Soon after the formation of Composition of Sound, Clarke and Fletcher switched to synthesizers. Dave Gahan joined the band in 1980 after Clarke heard him perform at a local scout hut jam session, singing to a rendition of David Bowie’s ”Heroes”, and Depeche Mode were born.

While playing a live gig at the Bridge House in Canning Town, the band were approached by Daniel Miller, the founder of Mute Records, who proposed them a verbal contract. The result was their first single Dreaming of Me, recorded in December 1980 and released in February 1981, reaching number 57 in the UK charts and followed soon by a real contract with Mute.

As of 2006, it was estimated that Depeche Mode had sold over 100 million records (60 million albums / 40 million singles) worldwide and have had 48 songs in the UK singles chart. They are the best selling band to have never had a UK number 1 single. According to Q Magazine, Depeche Mode is “the most popular electronic band the world has ever known.”


To date, Depeche Mode have released:


    13 studio albums: Speak & Spell (1981), A Broken Frame (1982), Construction Time Again (1983), Some Great Reward (1984), Black Celebration (1986), Music for the Masses (1987), Violator (1990), Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993), Ultra (1997), Exciter (2001), Playing the Angel (2005), Sounds of the Universe (2009), and Delta Machine (2013);

    8 compilations: People Are People (1984), The Singles 81-85 (1985), Catching Up With Depeche Mode (1985), Greatest Hits (1987), The Singles 86>98 (1998), Remixes 81-04 (2004), The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (2006), The Complete Depeche Mode (2006);

    4 live albums: 101 (1989), Songs Of Faith And Devotion Live (1993), Recording the Angel (a series of live recordings; 2006), Recording the Universe (a series of live recordings; 2009);

    49 singles: including Just Can’t Get Enough, Everything Counts, People Are People, Master and Servant, Shake the Disease, Stripped, A Question of Time, Strangelove, Never Let Me Down Again, Personal Jesus, Enjoy the Silence, World in My Eyes, Policy of Truth, I Feel You, Walking in My Shoes, In Your Room, Barrel of a Gun, It’s No Good, Home, Dream On, Freelove, Precious and Wrong;

    11 video materials (VHS/DVD): The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg (1985), Some Great Videos (1985), Strange (1988), 101 (1989), Strange Too (1990), Devotional (1993), The Videos 86>98 (1998), Some Great Videos 81>85 (1998), One Night in Paris (2002), The Videos 86>98 + (2002), Touring the Angel: Live in Milan (2006), The Best of - Volume 1 (2006)

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http://www.last.fm/music/Depeche+Mode/+wiki

DEPECHE MODE - Enjoy The Silence - Live 2013 Audio HQ

Grant Miller - 01 - Colder Than Ice (Happy Remix)

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Extended Version)

Nothing fancy, just an edit to get rid of that verse in the middle

Fancy - Lady of Ice (Trons repeat edit)

Via Verdi - Diamond  (Dub Club Chwaster Mixx) Italo Disco & Dance Mix

Midge Ure - If I Was

A new remix. i think this song works well as a remix.

Synth Ages

Colder than Ice Grant Miller- Remix 2016

Via Verdi (Diamond "1985") - [Vintage Audio Mastering]

Murray Head- One Night In Bangkok

Exclusive mix by Marcelo Mellão aka Dj Dark Side. From lmtd promo compilation "The Dark Side Mixes Volume 13 - Lost & Found Hits" (2011)

Secret Service - Oh Susie (Dark Side Alternate Mix)

03  Alphaville - Dance with Me (Single Version) - [Vynyl Single]

15. AL CORLEY - Square Rooms (Long Version)

27th September 2010 sees the release of Yazoo's Reconnected Live on double CD.

Reconnected Live documents one of pop's most anticipated tours: in summer 2008 Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet reunited for the first time in over 25 years.

The Times said: "Clarke has unobtrusively retooled the band's music for the digital age, making their vintage 1980s synthesizer ditties sound crisp, fluid and timeless" while The Guardian noted, "Yazoo's first tour in 26 years finds the chemistry behind their smash hits unchanged."

Produced by Yazoo, recorded by Martin Hildred and mixed by Vince Clarke, Reconnected Live features classic tracks from Yazoo's albums 'Upstairs At Eric's' and 'You And Me Both', including Only You, Don't Go and Situation plus tracks such as Nobody's Diary, performed live for the first time ever.

"As they breathed new life into their short but immaculate back catalogue, Clarke the glacial controller, Moyet the bringer of warmth, their pioneering contribution to pop music could be heard in every song." - Daily Telegraph

"Performing on a minimalist stage of high-tech steel and neon, Moyet slipped easily into turbo-throated blues-diva mode" - The Times

CD Album 1
Nobody's Diary (Live)
Bad Connection (Live)
Mr Blue (Live)
Good Times (Live)
Tuesday (Live)
Ode To Boy (Live)
Goodbye '70s (Live)
Too Pieces (Live)
In My Room (Live)
Anyone (Live)
Walk Away From Love (Live)
CD Album 2
State Farm (Live)
Sweet Thing (Live)
Winter Kills (Live)
Midnight (Live)
Unmarked (Live)
Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I) (Live)
Don't Go (Live)
Only You (Live)
Situation (Live)

03 Alphaville - Dance with Me (Single Version) - [Vynyl Single]

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