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The first single from Depeche Mode's upcoming best of remixes album, 'Depeche Mode Remixes 81-04', entitled 'Enjoy the Silence' is scheduled for release on 18th October with remixes by Linkin' Park member Mike Shinoda as well as Timo Maas and Ewan Pearson.
The history of Depeche Mode, consisting of Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore, coincides with that of the remix as the band worked with currently respected remixers Francois K, William Orbit and Air early in their careers. According to Sideline, the idea of the remix, the idea of something that tampers with fixed states, one track minds and set grooves has been ever present in the travelling story of Depeche Mode.
The whole concept of the 12'' single can be traced back to the early 1980's, which few people understood at the time. The 12'' was similar to a maxi single but like an album in terms of size and it included the original version of a single, a B-side track and another version of the single that was longer, harder, more instrumental and not as vocal. In this case, the song, say Sideline, had been extended, made over, made other. It was the remix.
Depeche Mode are a pioneering synth pop band that moulded, crafted, remodelled and set the trend for the remix and dance music. If you monitor the sequence of remixes put out by the band since the beginning and then listen to their new remix compilation, you will witness the history of the remix - from the tentative primitive early days when a pop remix was often just a small re-emphasized extension to the original song, with perhaps a sketchy little deviant introduction to the late 20th century idea of the remix where a remixed song would often be a different piece of music, say Sideline.
"Hear the avant garde become pop become disco become house become techno become sleaze become abstract become infinitely reversible."
The remix compilation will see versions by Underworld, Goldfrapp, Air, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Francois K., Daniel Miller and Flood and will also include a bonus disc with rare cut mixes.
The first single from Depeche Mode's upcoming best of remixes album, 'Depeche Mode Remixes 81-04', entitled 'Enjoy the Silence' is scheduled for release on 18th October with remixes by Linkin' Park member Mike Shinoda as well as Timo Maas and Ewan Pearson.
The history of Depeche Mode, consisting of Dave Gahan, Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore, coincides with that of the remix as the band worked with currently respected remixers Francois K, William Orbit and Air early in their careers. According to Sideline, the idea of the remix, the idea of something that tampers with fixed states, one track minds and set grooves has been ever present in the travelling story of Depeche Mode.
The whole concept of the 12'' single can be traced back to the early 1980's, which few people understood at the time. The 12'' was similar to a maxi single but like an album in terms of size and it included the original version of a single, a B-side track and another version of the single that was longer, harder, more instrumental and not as vocal. In this case, the song, say Sideline, had been extended, made over, made other. It was the remix.
Depeche Mode are a pioneering synth pop band that moulded, crafted, remodelled and set the trend for the remix and dance music. If you monitor the sequence of remixes put out by the band since the beginning and then listen to their new remix compilation, you will witness the history of the remix - from the tentative primitive early days when a pop remix was often just a small re-emphasized extension to the original song, with perhaps a sketchy little deviant introduction to the late 20th century idea of the remix where a remixed song would often be a different piece of music, say Sideline.
"Hear the avant garde become pop become disco become house become techno become sleaze become abstract become infinitely reversible."
The remix compilation will see versions by Underworld, Goldfrapp, Air, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Francois K., Daniel Miller and Flood and will also include a bonus disc with rare cut mixes.