Tag: Depeche Mode
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We can be heroes
I heard Depeche Mode do their cover of Bowie’s Heroes as part of their live tour last year, and finally they have put out a version online as part of the Highline Sessions. The song has a particular history in Depeche Mode, it’s the song he sung at his audition to get into the band,…
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Policy of Truth
Really liking this Depeche Mode remix by Dunproofin, very timely…as DM go on stage at the 6Music festival (listening to that now live…) Also check out his cover of The Wonder Stuff’s Circlesquare. Pop star!
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You use up everything you got trying to give everybody what they want
Never knew Nina Simone covered ‘Where Does The Time Go?’, heard this through the haunting Nils Frahm’s Late Night Tales, at last a mix that does express that 3am dark night of the soul hinted- but also love the classic preamble: “We are recording tonight and because we are recording we are trying to do…
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Paranoia in America
As you might have guessed from the last post I’ve been revisiting past eras to find music of resistance for today – the UK and Trump situation isn’t a new one, resisting Thatcher, Nixon, Reagan and Bush v1 and v2 created a lot of music pertinent to today. One of those is The Au-Pairs with…
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Final mashups #2 – Impact Mode
Started 6 (!) years ago, this mashup of Depeche Mode’s Just Can’t Get Enough vs Orbital – Impact (Live) has been featured on mixes, usually from the Parkade but never released – until now. I was never happy with any mashup it has to be told, despite what some people say – stuff that got…