Depeche Mode

[feather]

I'm at work listening to Zabiela's Four.2 mix and "Precious" comes on

So it occurred to me that Depechde Mode is one of the most underrated electronic acts in today's electronica world. These guys are amazing. After growing up with them in the 80s when they did the whole synth/pop stuff, they're still rocking dance floors today. Seriously, how many bands have such a dance floor friendly/electronica sound that makes for such good remixes?

I think it's cool that they're still pretty much doing their own sound and yet have some relevance today.

I confess, I've had entire singalong sessions with friends when we put on the DM101 dvd.

Depeche Mode rocks

That's all.

[mixu]

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I agree with everything... apart from the singalong

[feather]

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Ok the singalong is ghey

[mixu]

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[Steve Graham]

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dave gahans voice is great for EDM I think. I've always been a depeche mode fan.

[qwerty2222]

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they make some good music, dave gahan's solo album was great too along with all the remixes
i love listening to remixes of their old tracks, and dave gahan's voice, it wouldnt be depeche mode whitout him

[Lorn]

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DM sure has been a driving influence in a lot of peoples electronic musical experience.

[feather]

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The remixes that really stand out for me:
The Silence (Mike Koglin) (guess this is not strictly a remix)
Useless (Kruder and Dorfmeister)
Only When I Lose Myself (Lexicon Ave)
Strangelove (Was it habersham or some other recent remix?)
Precious (I've heard two mixes but not sure which ones they are :-/)

I'm sure there are more which I haven't keep track of.

[Kobe]

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It's weird but I never liked them back in the 80s, now when I hear one of their remixes, I go nuts

[Steve Graham]

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The remixes that really stand out for me:
The Silence (Mike Koglin) (guess this is not strictly a remix)
Useless (Kruder and Dorfmeister)
Only When I Lose Myself (Lexicon Ave)
Strangelove (Was it habersham or some other recent remix?)
Precious (I've heard two mixes but not sure which ones they are :-/)

I'm sure there are more which I haven't keep track of.

that one is one of my all time faves.

"Precious" I believe the hot remix of that is Sasha

dirty sticky floors is also very nice

[asdf_admin]

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PRECIOUS REMIX just came out. They are pretty hot. Dope track, and DM is dope dope.

[feather]

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Definitely ... think I first heard "Only When I ..." on the Digweed Essential Mix 2-3 years ago, that bassline I thought it was a Slam remix ... and then Gahan's voice comes on

[bart_smastard]

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the two precious remixes are both by sasha
gargantuam vocal mix
spooky mix
micheal mayer balearic mix
full vocal mix
misc crunch
motor mix

wierd . just found another folder that has 6 different sasha -precious remixes in it, different names though
original
extended
dance
dominantrixpre
brevity version
diversified


wierd

[J-Shock]

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I love Depeche Mode, been a fan of theirs for a long time now.

By the way, i finished my set saturday by playing Only When I Loose Myself (Lexicon Avenue Remix). It fuckin rocked. I know i was jumping when that bassline came in.

[asdf_admin]

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funny.

maybe Depeche Mode should get bands like Beborn
Beton, Wolfsheim, Perfidious Words, Diorama, A23,
De/Vision, And One, etc to collaborate with the mixes,
instead of using an horde of lame-os to vandalize and
dismantle their basslines, arrangements and melodies....

Won't happen. None of those mixers have the "name" to get club play in the big
clubs, which is really what something like a Sasha mix is for. Yeah, it may
only passingly resemble Precious, but hey, Pete Tong'll play it on Radio 1 just
because it's got the Sasha moniker tacked on.

Nor would one of those mixes fill the floor at Ministry of Sound, sad to say. And that crowd is a lot larger than those that buy A23 CDs.

Hell, I'd be surprised if dM even knew who any of the abovementioned bands were.
The Basildon boys don't really seem to listen to that style of music (Martin's
an IDM-head, from the sound of his DJ sets) and none of them are popular enough
that they'd've heard them on the radio regularly or anything (except maybe
Wolfsheim, if Mart still spends time in Germany).


That said, I still find the choice of remixers baffling sometimes. Sasha I can
understand, since "Involver" sold like gangbusters and was a critical
darling...but why not a DFA or Mylo, a Plump DJs or a Jacques LuCont? A bunch
of guys with hot names right now (and anything James Murphy touches will get a
positive review, it seems) who would probably deliver good mixes. Maybe they
were busy or wanted too much money.