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JB - Using Alan Wilder's Sounds

DM by Michigan

Alan Wilder's live setup of synths (1986)

Alan Wilder's live setup of synths (1983)

Can very old friends become current friends?

DM FOREVER

"Inner Peace" didn´t make the cut, and the lyrics are incomplete, but still, Enjoy if you want

Michigan-Inner Peace 2013 Demo

This is a cover with some original sounds sampled. Otherwise it´s all just about programming:)

Michigan-Depeche Mode "Welcome To My World"-Cover-2014

A cover of Depeche Mode`s "Higher Love". Obviously some original samples were used, 

Michigan-Depeche Mode´s Higher Love cover 2014

This is one´s made with 2-3 original samples. The rest of the sounds are made on NI instruments, such as, Massive, Battery, Rounds, and others.  Great sounding track imho!

Michigan - Should Be Higher (instrumental cover)-  origin appears on Depeche Mode´s Delta Machine

A couple of years ago me and some guys bought the original EMAX disc with Alan Wilders set-up for the "Music for the Masses tour-88". So I made this one for fun, a couple of years ago, using the actual sounds he did play. 

Depeche Mode´s  Blasphemous Rumours-88 version ( Alan Wilders original EMAX set-up`s used)

I did this one 2 years ago, using the original Alan Wilder EMAX samples: Always loved the track. It´was THE ONE track that got me into both DM and music.

Depeche Mode- Something To Do-88 version (Alan Wilder´s original EMAX set-up´s used )

Well, we´ve all been a child sometime:) A corny yet, poppy track.

Depeche Mode`s Just Can´t Get Enough-88 version 82 Ending (Alan Wilders original Emax set-up´s used)

A great track in my opinion. To me it represents all the best parts of what a good DM track`s about. 

Depeche Mode´s Black Celebration-88 version (Alan Wilder´s Emax set-up`s used)

Depeche Mode`s Master&Servant 88 version with-84 Ending (Alan Wilder´s Emax´s setup was used)

Another personal favourite. A great tune:)

Depeche Mode`s Shake The Disease- 88 version (Alan Wilder´s Emax setup was used)

Depeche Mode`s Fly On The Windscreen-86 version (Alan Wilder´s Emax setup was used)

Orchestrating their return to Kompakt with the much- acclaimed new full-length MOONBUILDING 2703 AD (KOMPAKT 330 CD 124), iconic pioneers of electronic music THE ORB found fresh momentum in an enticing melange of psychedelic loops, deep textures and striving beats. The album saw the duo at the peak of its creativity, indulging in that distinct style of warped miniature epics they've perfected, ever oscillating between ruminant sampling and propulsive jamming. With MOONBUILDING 2703 AD REMIXES / SIN IN SPACE PT.1, we present three reworks willing to tackle the sonic thicket of the source material - and succesfully translating The Orb's unique brand of musical insanity into their own resourceful idioms.

WOLFGANG VOIGT's aptly named ANTIRETROAMBIENTPSYCHOLKAMIX is the first of two revamps from the Kompakt founder and veteran 4/4 anarchist - starting off innocuous enough with some gently colored ambient trickling, it then suddenly sidesteps into lush pop techno minimalism at its very best. Voigt's second take is a particularly bouncy one, rightfully billed as WASSERMANN PSYCHOSCHAFFELCLUSTERMIX and marking the renewed interest in his concept rave alter ego in the wake of leftfield banger EISEN MEIN HERZ on TOTAL 15 (KOMPAKT 340 CD 125). The trio of remixes gets rounded out by LA-based producer TEEBS - nurtured by Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint, he has built his reputation on rich edit-style beat tapestry, brought to full fruition in his ingenious MOON GROTTO MIX.

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The Orb - Wolfgang Voigt AntiretroAmbientPsycholkaMix

Depeche Mode`s Leave In Silence 86-version (Alan Wilder´s Emax setup used)

Depeche Mode`s The Sun&The Rainfall 82-Version (Sounds from A.W Emax was used)

An obscure track. But it´s definately a good one:)

Depeche Mode´s Shame 83-84 version (Alan Wilder´s Emax sounds were used)

Alans first contribution as a songwriter for DM i believe:)

Depeche Mode`s Two Minute Warning 84-version (Some sounds from Alan Wilder´s EMAX setup were used)

A personal favourite. Some sounds from Alan Wilder´s EMAX set were used to create this.  For example: The "Oboe" sound in the beginning and in the end is from "Everything Counts". Some of the drums are from Drumulator and one sampled kick from "People Are People" `s used. The hardest part was actually to recreate the "Organsound" that is the mainriff throughout the whole track. I´ve used two organ sounds from NI.  Other instruments used on this track are: NEXUS, MASSIVE, VANGUARD, POLYPLEX (Drums), ROUNDS, JUPITER V2, HALION (Sampler), BATTERY-4.

Depeche Mode`s Ice Machine 84-version (Some sounds from A.W Emax setup were used)

Great track. 
Several sounds were taken from Banks of "Fly on the Windscreen", "Everything Counts", "Leave in Silence", and "Something to do". As I try to create the actual soundscape, I clearly begin to see how Alan really worked with the liveversions. Great fun it is:). Enjoy it!

Depeche Mode`s Puppets - 84 Version (Sounds from A.W Emax setup-88 were used)

Party...........................Sounds from banks of "A Question of Lust-93", "Fly on the Windscreen-93", "Something to do-93", were used to create this track. 
Software: Reason, NI Komplete, and different samples.

Depeche Mode`s More Than A Party 84-86 version (Sounds from A´W Emax setup were used)

......Not tonight. The leadsound in this track I built with samples from "Here is the House", along with Alan´s sounds from "A Question of Lust", and "Something toDo" to mention a few.

Depeche Mode`s But Not Tonight (Some sounds from A W´s Emax setup were used)

Alan´s 2nd contribution on "CTA". Sounds from Banks such as "People Are People", "Leave in Silence", "Behind the Wheel" and "It Doesn´t Matter" were used to create the sounds for this track. Obvioulsy some samples were used, and some self-produced parts. Anyway, Enjoy it:)

Depeche Mode`s The Landscape Is Changing 83 version (Some sounds from AW´s Emax setup were used)

This was a tricky one:)..............Enjoy it though!

Depeche Mode`s Get The Balance Right 83-version (Some samples from AW´s Emax setup were used)

My first ever bought record back in -85. Love it!

Depeche Mode´s "It´s Called A Heart" 86-version (Some sounds from AW´s Emax setup were used)

Simpleness at its best:). Sounds from Banks of "Everything Counts-93", "Behind the Wheel" were used to create this, along with a couple of samples of coarse. Nexus, Battery, Reason, Massive, Rob Papen´s Predator were also used for this production among others....

Depeche Mode`s More Than A Party 84-86 version (Sounds from A´W Emax setup were used)

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