As most of you will know, 'A Strange Hour' kicks off in Barcelona @ Sala Apolo this coming week on March 12th, with the second event taking place in Madrid @ Sala Macumba on March 13th.

These are the first two Recoil shows ever in 25 years - there are a few tickets still left and we hope you will be there to witness this momentous occasion!

Since we know all you Spaniards don't like to venture out until well past midnight, be aware that on-stage times for Recoil for these two events is early, due to a strict curfew - 20.30 for Barcelona & 20.00 for Madrid.

Recoil will be sharing the bill with EBM legends Nitzer Ebb for these particular events. Alan's collaborations with NItzer Ebb stretch back almost 20 years, and along with PK, he is thrilled to join up with his old friends again to finally embark on the 'Selected Events' tour.

For more info about Nitzer Ebb & their current activities, please visit:

www.nitzer-ebb.de


The Shunt Staff

We are very excited to be able to confirm the first of a series of dates in the second leg of Recoil's 'Selected Events' tour. 'A Strange Hour' will be presented in Mexico City in May.

Alan has been waiting to return to this part of the world ever since he played there last in 1994, where the support was overwhelming.

He says: "Ever since that last DM show and also in support of the Recoil project, I have received so many goodwill messages and pleas to come back to Central and South America. Now it is finally happening and I'm really looking forward to it." The details of the event are as follows:

14.05.2010 : Mexico City - Pasaje America (info)

For tickets go to the : Selected promo site

Please note: tickets will take up to 1 week from this announcement to be available. Thank you for your patience.


Stay tuned for more...

The Shunt staff

Alan Wilder has initiated a series of YouTube clips centred around the 'Selected' live events and forthcoming album, out on MUTE - 19th April 2010.

Starting on the 12th of March, with 21 dates across Europe, 'A Strange Hour' with Alan Wilder & Paul Kendall promises to be a unique experience, with a few surprises along the way, celebrating 25 years of Recoil music. Alan will talk about his plans, how the 'Selected' release came about and what is in store for the fans over the next months.

You can now find the 1st update here

Also now online, produced by Martin and Shinji, a new website called Recoil TV Archives dedicated to Alan's TV interviews and features about Recoil over the years. Some of you may be familiar with DM TV archives and will be aware that the team collect and re-master rare clips to make them available to all. New clips will be added regularly to accompany Alan's latest video updates, so keep checking back for these additions over the coming weeks.

More updates to follow soon.

The Shunt staff

Due to demand, two extra events have been added to complete the European leg of Recoil's tour. 'A Strange Hour' will be presented at Gothenburg, Sweden and Athens, Greece. The details are:

11.04.2010 : Athens - Fuzz Club (info) / Tickets : www.i-ticket.gr / www.ticketpro.gr

Please note: tickets for this event will be available from March 5th.

28.04.2010 : Gothenburg - Club Storan (info) / Tickets : www.storan.nu

More news very soon.

The Shunt staff

After a wait of 16 years, many Mode fans’ dreams came true last night when an on-stage reunion took place at The Royal Albert Hall in London. Alan appeared as a special guest during the DM show to perform the song ‘Somebody’ with Martin Gore.

A well-kept secret was finally revealed to an unsuspecting audience at the moment of the first encore for the band’s special one-off performance at the historical venue.

This unique show was in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust with all proceeds from the show going to the charity.

You can see a clip here : YouTube

Says Alan: "Dave contacted me a few weeks back and asked if I’d be willing to join them on-stage. He assured me that everyone in the band was into the idea. I was very happy to accept, especially as it was all in a good cause and we were long overdue some kind of reunion of this sort. It was great to see everyone again and catch up a bit, and it was also the first time I have actually ’seen’ Depeche Mode perform!"

The Shunt Staff

Two more Russian cities have been added to the list of dates: Ekaterinburg and St. Petersburg. These complete the European events for 'Selected'. Details as follows:

01.05.2010 : Ekaterinburg - Tele Club (info)

02.05.2010 : St. Petersburg - Club Jagger (info)

Please note: tickets for these events will be available through the venues.

Stay tuned for more...

The Shunt staff

We are pleased to announce that our dear friend Olivia Louvel has been added to the bill in Kulturkirche Altona, Hamburg on March 20th, and at Le Bus Palladium, Paris on April 23rd.

Olivia is a French composer and performer, based in England and described in turn as ‘digitale diseuse’, ‘mutant Björk’ and ‘electronic diva’…

Her 4th album ‘Doll Divider’ is available now as a digital release. Composed by Louvel and mixed by Paul Kendall, the artwork features new photographs taken by Alan Wilder at his home in West Sussex.

For a full biog plus more about Olivia and ‘Doll Divider’, go to: www.olivialouvel.com

The Shunt Staff

Recoil is heading east... Two more cities have been added to the 'Selected' tour. They are:

20.04.2010 : Lodz - Klub Wytwornia (info)

30.04.2010 : Moscow - Discoteque (info)

Please note: we will post links for the ticket sales as soon as they are available - this may take 2-3 days. Thank you for your patience.

More news about the final European events will be announced shortly.

The Shunt Staff

Another date has been added to Recoil's 'Selected' events tour. The details are as follows:

31.03.2010 : Zurich - Kaufleuten (info)

Tickets: www.kaufleuten.ch


Most European dates are now in place with just a few more to be added very soon. Keep checking in for updates about special guests and other activities.

The Shunt Staff

Alan is very proud to announce the first ever Recoil event in his home town. The event details are as follows:

25.04.2010 : London - O2 Academy Islington (info)

Tickets: www.flagpromotions.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk


More tour updates to come...

The Shunt Staff

We are happy to announce that a further three cities have been added to the ‘Selected’ tour. The details are:

23.03.2010 : Antwerp – TRIX XL
Tickets: www.fnac.com / www.ticketmaster.de

16.04.2010 : Budapest – Diesel Club
Tickets: www.eventim.hu / www.ticketportal.hu

17.04.2010 : Prague – KC Vltavska
Tickets: www.ticketpro.cz

Please note: it might take up to 3 days for tickets to be available online. We apologise for any previous difficulty getting tickets due to this.

More tour updates to come…

The Shunt Staff

Recoil's 'Selected' album has been set for worldwide release on 19th April 2010. The album features an eclectic mixture of vocalists including Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy, Samantha Coerbell, Siobhan Lynch, Toni Halliday, Nicole Blackman , Maggie Estep and Carla Trevaskis.

So far, as well as the main CD, a double pack edition has been confirmed which will include many new remixes and alternative versions, again chosen and edited together by Alan and Paul Kendall.

Below is the track list for 'Selected - Remixed' (CD2)

01. Supreme - True Romance
02. Prey - Shotgun mix
03. Drifting - Poison Dub
04. Jezebel - Filthy Dog mix
05. Allelujah - Noisy Church mix
06. Stalker - Punished mix
07. The Killing Ground - Solid State mix
08. Black Box (excerpt)
09. 5000 Years - A Romanian Elegy for Strings
10. Strange Hours '10 - featuring The Black Ships
11. Missing Piece - Night Dissolves
12. Shunt - Pan Sonic mix

We now have a promo site (http://selected.recoil.co.uk) dedicated specifically to the 'Selected' release. This is where you can keep up to date with the 'Selected' Events tour, press articles and reviews, wallpaper downloads and more. Audio excerpts will also be added soon.

The Shunt Staff

Two more dates have been added to the 'Selected' tour. The details are as follows:

09.04.2010: Milan - Magazzini Generali (info)

Tickets: www.greenticket.it / www.ticketone.it / www.vivaticket.it


10.04.2010: Rome - Circolo degli Artisti (info)

Tickets: www.greenticket.it / www.ticketone.it / www.vivaticket.it


These will be the first Recoil events that Alan has ever attended in Italy and he is really excited to catch up with his Italian fans. Further European dates still to come, and watch out for a few video updates soon.

The Shunt Staff

To add to the Hamburg event, three more dates have now been confirmed as part of Recoil's 'Selected' tour. The details are as follows:

19.03.2010: Berlin - Meistersaal, Hansa Tonstudios
Tickets: www.koka36.de & www.eventim.de

25.03.2010: Munich - Hansa 39 @ Feierwerk
Tickets: www.eventim.de

27.03.2010: Cologne - Alter Wartesaal
Tickets: www.wartesaal.de & www.memphis-team.com

We are particularly pleased to announce the event at Hansa Studios which is, after all, where Alan spent a significant part of the 80's helping to produce some classic DM albums... We hope you are as excited as us about Recoil kicking off the German part of the tour in this particular building - in the beautiful Meistersaal. Maybe Recoil will be joined by one or two special guests that evening.

Further European 'Selected' dates will be added very soon.

The Shunt Staff

‘Industrial Complex’. The song is entitled ‘I Am Undone’ and Alan’s remix is featured on a bonus disc, to be included with the album due for release by Major Records on January 22nd.

Says Alan: “My version of ‘I Am Undone’ was originally completed at a slower speed, an error made due to running the supplied files at the wrong tempo! (44.1khz instead of 48khz) However, I rather liked the happy accident and delivered my finished mix at the more sleazy tempo. I think it must have been a bit of a shock as Bon and Doug decided to speed it back up to its original speed. Bit of a shame from my point of view but…. oh well.”

For the remix go to: Shunt – the official Recoil Website

To coincide with the release of the new album, and also the Ebb’s support slot on the current Depeche Mode tour, Mute are releasing 2 box sets : the 5 CD CATALOGUE including all the Mute albums – ‘That Total Age’, ‘Belief’, ‘Showtime’, ‘Ebbhead’ (produced by Alan incidentally) and ‘Big Hit’, and the 3 CD COMPILATION – including ‘Body of Work’ and ‘Body Rework’. Both box sets will be available from January 25th.

Mute Store

Mute are also releasing for the first time a Nitzer Ebb collection of b-sides, remixes & rarities, comprising of 60 tracks. The digital album entitled IN ORDER is available now on iTunes.

Alan will be appearing at a few events with Nitzer Ebb either as part of Recoil’s ‘Selected’ Events 2010 Tour, or as part of the Ebb’s own Industrial Complex Tour. Try to catch some of the shows!

The Shunt Staff

We’re very pleased to reveal the official cover artwork for ‘Selected’ along with the tracklist.

The ‘Selected’ tracks have been carefully edited, where appropriate, by Alan and Paul Kendall and lovingly re-mastered with Simon Heyworth @ Super Audio Mastering.

01. Strange Hours
02. Faith Healer
03. Jezebel
04. Allelujah
05. Want
06. Red River Cargo
07. Supreme
08. Prey
09. Drifting
10. Luscious Apparatus
11. The Killing Ground (excerpt)
12. Shunt
13. Edge To Life
14. Last Breath

Info on the double-pack edition to follow soon!

The Shunt Staff

A third date has been added to the list of Recoil’s ‘Selected’ events. The event details are as follows:

20.03.2010: Hamburg, Kulturkirche Altona Tickets : Eventim

Further German ‘Selected’ dates will be added very soon.

The Shunt Staff

A third date has been added to the list of Recoil’s ‘Selected’ events. The event details are as follows:

20.03.2010: Hamburg, Kulturkirche Altona Tickets : Eventim

Further German ‘Selected’ dates will be added very soon.

The Shunt Staff

Recoil is set to release an album in the Spring of 2010 entitled ‘Selected’. The exact date is still to be confirmed but it will most likely be in April or May. This release is a selection of classic Recoil tracks chosen by Alan Wilder who says: “The collection is made up of my personal favourites, remastered and edited together into what I consider a cohesive and total listening experience.”

So far, the ‘Selected’ formats have been confirmed as a single CD version as well as a double pack CD. The double CD will feature a second disc including many new remixes and alternative versions, again chosen and edited together by Alan and Paul Kendall.

In support of the album, we are also very excited to announce a Recoil Events tour which will take place across Europe and in the US between March & May. Dates will be announced shortly and you can expect some interesting developments as each city is confirmed.

More soon…

The Shunt Staff