RECOIL – REISSUES ON VINYL & CD
RECOIL – UNSOUND METHODS, LIQUID AND SUBHUMAN ALL AVAILABLE ON VINYL AND CD – 11th November 2022 Mute has announced details of a series of Recoil reissues, starting with three long out-of-print albums on double coloured vinyl and CD due for release 11th November 2022: Unsound Methods (1997), Liquid (2000) and subHuman (2007) are the final three studio albums from Alan Wilder’s Recoil project, and these new editions will be available in transparent green/clear, silver and curacao blue respectively. Pre-order:...
read moreDM VINYL BOX SET RELEASES
Officially available from 14th December 2018, Depeche Mode’s 12″ vinyl singles collectors edition box set series continues with the release of ‘Construction Time Again | The 12” Singles’ and ‘Some Great Reward | The 12” Singles’. Reproduced from the original master tapes & artwork, these are the first which featured Alan Wilder after he joined the band full time in 1982, starting with ’Get The Balance Right’. Both box sets contain limited edition versions of rare tracks, alternate mixes, 7″ vinyl...
read moreJUPITER 8 KEYBOARD – FOR SALE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for all collectors of DM memorabilia. BONHAMS of London will be auctioning Alan’s original Roland JP-8 synthesiser. LOT 50TP Guide price: £8,000 – £12,000 11th December 2018, 12:00 GMT Bonhams, New Bond Street, London Full details of the entire auction and how to bid can be found here: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24669/lot/50/ This Roland JP-8 is a keyboard originally owned by DM & Alan Wilder then given away many years ago. By complete chance having been sold on in 2014, it has become...
read moreDays Without – A Short Film
“I make no apology for once again promoting my daughter Paris’ new film project. Her team needs to garner as much support as possible so please chip in something if you can manage it. And sharing this link will help too of course. It’s appreciated!” Indiegogo Campaign | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Alan...
read moreOLIVIA LOUVEL – NEW ALBUM RELEASE
Olivia’s new album ‘Data Regina’ was recently completed and is now ready to be unveiled. The project was inspired by the reigns of Mary Queen Of Scots and Elizabeth I – two queens, cousins, ruling simultaneously over this small island. The album represents a body of work which encompasses electronic songs – ‘The Antechamber’ – along with a series of instrumentals – ‘The Battles’ – all forming a veritable sonic landscape inspired by the 16th century conflicts on the Anglo-Scottish border....
read moreDEDE (featuring ALAN WILDER)
Alan has guested on a debut single by a young and aspiring new artist, Dede, entitled ‘Calling The Clock’. It was released via Smile Records on November 18th 2016 and is now available to download or stream. He met Dede (full name Dédé Davi) when his old mucker from DM days, Daryl Bamonte, got in touch : “Dédé sent over her demo of ‘Calling The Clock’ after Daryl asked if I would oversee a studio recording and arrange & perform the piano part for the final version. I was happy to oblige. The simplicity and directness of Dédé’s words...
read moreDM – ‘VIDEO SINGLES COLLECTION’
Released on November 18th 2016, Depeche Mode’s ‘Video Singles Collection’ forms a career-spanning anthology of music mini-films. The new Sony collection represents more than three decades of worldwide hit singles, from 1981-2013, directed by a who’s who including Julien Temple, Anton Corbijn, D.A. Pennebaker, John Hillcoat and others – all presented in a 3 x DVD DigiPak format. ‘Video Singles Collection’ is the first in a series of band-approved retrospective projects examining Depeche Mode’s entire...
read moreMUSIC FOR THE MASSES
We live in a world of technology – exponentially increasing breakthroughs in all things scientific. So fast that we can’t even keep up with it. So why is it that the audio quality of music is degenerating? Music ‘sounds’ worse. We have stopped listening, we don’t have time. We only have time to be smacked in the face by the loudest, most attention-grabbing blast of souped-up noise imaginable until ear fatigue sets in and the desire to ‘change the record’ takes over. Why are the adverts on TV twice the volume of the regular broadcasts?...
read moreTHE MAKING OF ‘SUBHUMAN’
After a five year break to concentrate on family and home life, Alan Wilder returned to his studio project, Recoil, in September 2005. His first priority was to update The Thin Line and re-aquaint himself with the business of writing, arranging and recording music. In the fast-moving world of technology, five years out of the loop can seem like an eternity. I’d literally forgotten how to work most of the equipment! Mainly operating the software, like ‘Logic Audio’. My computer was also well out of date as was most of the...
read moreTEXAS REFLEXION
Walking tall into the unknown; Texas, a part of the States I’ve never visited apart from my dad’s obsession with westerns – but that was Hollywood, wasn’t it? Post 9-11 security contributed to my normal dread of airport transit, borne out of a hard disc which was once refused entry into my hand luggage as I didn’t have its power supply. It had to be hastily packed, unpadded, into unsecured cardboard box and placed into the aircraft’s hold. “But…” I pleaded “…it contains all my work from the last 2 months.” That time,...
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