Monday 28 March 2011

Deconstruction Time Again

Depeche Mode's official site has announced the release of a new re-mix compilaion for 6th June this year. Remixes 2: 81-11 is "An inspiring collection of new and classic mixes of material covering their entire career.." it says 'ere, and quite rightly every period from their 30-years seems to be covered. While the majoirty of remixes are from the year 2000s, a handful are are plucked from the 80s and 90s. Interestingly the massive 37 track collection also features remixes by former band members Vince Clarke and Alan Wilde, who have taken on Behind the Wheel and In Chains respectively. Will also be interesting to hear Röyksopp's remix of Speak and Spell's Puppets.
There will be a single disc edition or the full 3 disc bonanza, as well as , presumably digital downloads.
Pioneers of the genre - the Schizo Mix of Just Can't Get Enough was surely one of the first 12" remixes proper - Depeche Mode have always pushed forward the frontiers of the remix from the deconstructive techniques of the 80s to the kind of 're-makes' that compeletly revolutionised the original tracks in the 90s - witness Brian Eno's reworkings of 93's I Feel You as a fine example. They are also estimated to be about 156 billion fan remixes around, a few of which are actually quite good.
Here's one of the better more recent ones, even though you'll have to wait about a minute before it gets going.


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