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ShareBy Mike Angus Throughout the 1980s, emerging technologies were slowly revolutionizing the way music was created, recorded and distributed. From portable computers to digital instruments, synthesizers and simulators, artists were inspired to new heights in innovative sounds and genres. While mainstream pop music struggled awkwardly to harness its potential, electronic music was already a confident [...]

ShareThree of Depeche Mode’s best-known albums will be reissued May 16th via Rhino in expanded form. The band’s 1981 debut ‘Speak & Spell’, 1987’s ‘Music For The Masses’ and 1990’s ‘Violator’ will be bolstered with a bonus DVD disc featuring a 5.1 audio mix, B-sides and remixes and new interviews with band members about the [...]

ShareAs announced exclusively by Side-Line already last year (and as usually denied by the official website and the label at that time), Mute/EMI are to release the entire back catalogue of Depeche Mode as SACD including limited editions holding a DVD as well. The first three releases to hit the shop shelves are ‘Speak & [...]

ShareLast year was busy for Depeche Mode, and 2006 is shaping up to be just as busy, with a massive tour already booked, more shows being added all the time and… get this… another album! Don’t expect a full length album of new material, however. It’s a compilation – a ‘Best Of’ of sorts – [...]