A Question Of Lust: Depeche Mode’s Black Celebration Revisited
John Freeman looks back at the album which saw Martin Gore find his voice against a backdrop of inter-band tension. According to his family, Martin Gore was a shy, introverted child. But that was then….
Lady Gaga Plans To Record Depeche Mode Classic ‘People Are People’
From our US correspondent Olivia Roy. In an interview with the USA radio station QMS Radio, American recording artist Lady Gaga has said she wants to record a cover of Depeche Mode’s 1984 hit song…
Watch BBC Documentary Synth Britannia Online Now
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League,…
Synth Britannia On BBC Four, October 16th
In the late seventies small pockets of electronic artists such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle were inspired by Kraftwerk and J G Ballard to dream of the sound of the future…
Depeche Mode Gets Happy After Years Of Turmoil
By Phillip Zonkel ~ Andy Fletcher was worried about the dark forecast last week. Fletcher was on the phone from New York City, a stop on Depeche Mode’s ‘Sounds of the Universe Tour’. The band…
