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Fletch, 2007
Martin, February 2008, Mexico
May 5th, 2008
People rejoice!
According to sources close to the band, Depeche Mode are back in studio in S.ta Barbara (California) to start the first recording session of the next Depeche Mode album, which is probably scheduled early next year!
The band is currently working with the producer Ben Hillier.
Source: Home
Recording began May 5th, 2008 in Santa Barbara, California
Tentatively scheduled for release early 2009. Label not known at the time of writing.
Producer: Ben Hillier
Engineer/Programmer: Luke Smith
Recording Engineer: Ferg Peterkin
Sie Medway-Smith (pre-production with Martin)
Christian Eigner (pre-production with Dave)
Andrew Phillpott (pre-production with Dave)
Kurt Uenala (pre-production with Dave)
According to Home , the first studio session in Santa Barbara wrapped on May 30th, and then there was a break in June.
The second studio session took place in New York City (July 8th - August 1st).
The third session begun on September 9th, in NYC.
September 16th: DEPECHE MODE DOT COM confirms it all: upcoming Tour and a lot of forthcoming news!
140 dB Management officially confirms Ben Hillier is working with Depeche Mode ( HERE ):
"Ben's now back in the production chair for Depeche Mode following their last collaboration on *Playing The Angel* album."
Engineer Ferg Peterkin is confirmed by his management as well:
"Ferg is currently Stateside with producer Ben Hillier, engineering the new Depeche Mode album."
Depeche Mode sign worldwide exclusive deal with EMI Music - to include the US for the first time
Agreement expands EMI label Mute's decades-long relationship with multi-platinum electronic music vanguards
Depeche Mode to release new album in April 2009, followed by first-ever stadium tour in May
LONDON, 7 OCTOBER 2009 -- EMI Music is thrilled to announce that it has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with multi-platinum recording artists Depeche Mode. EMI Music's Mute label has been the best-selling British trio’s international home since 1981 when the label released the group’s debut single Dreaming of Me in the U.K. The new deal means that EMI Music will now release Depeche Mode’s music in the US for the first time, as well as in the rest of the world.
Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode said: "We are so pleased to be continuing our relationship with Mute, and we feel very positive about the new team and set-up at EMI. This is going to be an exciting new chapter."
Nick Gatfield, EMI Music's president - A&R Labels, North America, the UK and Ireland, said: "We are delighted to be extending our relationship with Depeche Mode, and to be supporting them in the US for the first time. They are one of the world's most innovative and successful bands who continuously push boundaries and excite fans with their recording and live work."
Daniel Miller, chairman, Mute, said: "I am really happy to be continuing to work with the band. They have been reaching new creative heights in the studio and they have one of the most devoted fanbases of any band in the world today. I believe that the Mute and EMI teams are extremely well positioned to help Depeche Mode build on their success."
The first release under Depeche Mode’s worldwide agreement with EMI Music is a new studio album, the band’s twelfth, due outside the U.S. on April 20th, 2009, and in the US on April 21st. Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher are currently in New York working on the album, which will be the follow-up to Depeche Mode’s 2005 release Playing the Angel, which reached No. 1 in 18 countries.
In addition, Depeche Mode has announced dates for the European leg of its "Tour of the Universe 2009" — the group’s first-ever stadium tour in which they will perform in 28 cities across 21 countries. The tour, which kicks off in Israel on May 10th, is the band’s first since 2005’s "Touring the Angel" trek, which smashed European sales records with 1.8 million tickets sold across 87 shows.
Formed in Basildon, England, in 1980, Depeche are considered the founding fathers of the ’80s synthpop movement and have become one of the most influential pop groups of the last 25 years by inspiring generations of new artists with their sublime, superlative electronica. The group has racked up multiple hit singles, including Just Can’t Get Enough, Everything Counts, Enjoy the Silence, People Are People, Master and Servant, Personal Jesus, Policy of Truth and Precious. Their 11 studio albums — 1981’s Speak & Spell, 1982’s A Broken Frame, 1983’s Construction Time Again, 1984’s Some Great Reward, 1986’s Black Celebration, 1987’s Music for the Masses, 1990’s Violator, 1993’s Songs of Faith and Devotion, 1997’s Ultra, 2001’s Exciter, and 2005’s Playing the Angel — have collectively sold more than 75 million copies worldwide.
Fourth studio session begun on October 21st, in California, and ended on November 13th.
Fifth studio session begun on November 18th, in New York City, and ended on December 12th.
DEPECHE MODE ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF "SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE", APRIL 21, 2009
January 15, 2009 - Groundbreaking, chart-topping electro legends Depeche Mode are proud to announce the release of their long-anticipated new studio album, Sounds Of The Universe on April 21, 2009 (Mute Records).
Eclectic and energized, the band's new release is their most dazzling and diverse album in decades. Recorded in Santa Barbara and New York, Depeche Mode returned to using a lot of vintage gear, from analogue synthesizers to drum machines, in order to conjure up the retro-futuristic arrangements featured on the album. Lyrically the release contains many of the group's enduring obsessions plus more overt black humor than any of their previous collections.
Like with their 2005 studio album, Playing The Angel, Sounds Of The Universe features writing credits for both Martin Gore, the group's primary songwriter, and Dave Gahan who after honing his talents on two solo albums, has earned his place as Depeche Mode's second writer. The release also marks a reunion between the band and producer Ben Hillier (Blur, Doves, Elbow), who worked with the band to help give their new album its timeless sound. The first single from the release, "Wrong," grabs the listener's attention from its first stack-heeled, staccato shriek. Over stomping beats, screeching synthesizers, and Dave's overlord chant, "Wrong" already feels like a Depeche Mode classic. Other standout tracks include Martin's velvet-lined Scott Walker croon on the sensual lounge-music ballad "Jezebel," to the sci-fi gospel-blues hymn "In Chains" and "Hole To Feed," which marries modern electronics to a floor-shaking, bone-rattling Bo Diddley beat.
As one of the most influential bands of the post-punk era, with global sales in excess of 100 million, Depeche Mode belongs to a select premiere league of super groups who have survived from the early 1980s with their ideals, creative vision and core members intact. Formed in 1981, Depeche Mode - Martin Gore, Dave Gahan and Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher - continue to win critical and commercial acclaim across the world both in the studio and on the road. All of the band's 11 studio albums have reached the Top Ten in not only the UK and USA but 20 plus countries around the world including Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, and Belgium. Additionally, since their inception Depeche Mode's live shows continue to be a must-see attraction, with the group playing to 2.8 million people across 31 countries on their last tour alone.
Depeche Mode will be announcing additional album details and tour news in the coming weeks. For more information please go to www.depechemode.com.
Further details about the 'Tour of the Universe' on: DEPECHE MODE DOT COM