SummersRadio™ New Music! VCMG - 'Single Blip' (Original Mix)/ (Mathew Jonson Remix)
VCMG aka Vince Clarke and Martin Gore have just released their second EP this week! We featured VCMG's first single 'Spock' back at the start of December which you can check out/ revisit here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/12/summersradio-new-music-vcmg-vince.html
'Single Blip' is their second EP featuring the title track plus four remixes - one each from Mathew Jonson, Terence Fixmer, Byetone, and Wolfgang Voigt - and it's currently available exclusively on Beatport here: http://www.beatport.com/#release/ep2-single-blip/870381
Unlike the first single/ EP 'Spock', 'Single Blip' does not feature the vocals of Martin Gore - it's an instrumental track - so it sounds a bit more techno than say perhaps a new Depeche Mode single. Both tracks are set to be featured on their collaborative forthcoming ten track debut album called 'SSSS' - which is expected to be largely instrumental - and is set for release on March 12th on Mute.
First up we have the 'Original Mix' of 'Single Blip'... Enjoy!
And this is the rather leisurely remix by Berlin's Mathew Jonson... Enjoy!
I wonder if we'll have to wait another 30 years before these two sneaky snakes collaborate again :) Here's the cover art and full tracklisting for 'SSSS':
Ssss Tracklisting: STUMM441
1. Lowly
2. Zaat
3. Spock
4. Windup Robot
5. Bendy Bass
6. Single Blip
7. Skip This Track
8. Aftermaths
9. Recycle
10.Flux
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SummersRadio™ New Music! VCMG (Vince Clarke & Martin Gore) - 'Spock' (Original Mix)/ (Edit Select Remix) I'm sure that I wasn't the only Depeche Mode fan that thought it was a bit odd that Vince Clarke remixed their song 'Behind The Wheel' earlier this year for their 'Remixes 2: 81 - 11' release. Why would he suddenly choose to be involved with a band he left 30 years prior? Well it makes a bit more sense now - as Vince Clarke and Martin Gore have announced that they will be releasing a techno album together in the new year under the moniker VCMG!
The first taste of the album has been released this week in the form of 'EP 1: Spock' which is currently available exclusively on Beatport (in some parts of the world) and is set for a full release on December 12th - both digitally and on vinyl. The 'Spock' EP features five tracks (four on the 12") - the 'Original Mix' plus remixes from Edit Select aka Tony Scott, Karl O'Connor, DVS1 aka Derek VanScoten, and XOQ aka Uberzone - who also produced their debut album, which is due for release in the spring. It will be interesting to see how this project does sales wise. It's quite possible that it may remain somewhat underground appealing to mostly hardcore DM fans - but just imagine if these two decided to tour together - how massive would that show be?!
Apparently Vince Clarke had been listening to a lot of 'minimal dance music' and decided last year that he wanted to make a techno album. He sent Gore an e-mail asking if he'd be interested in collaborating and they began at first via e-mail while working in their respective studios, and they eventually met in person to discuss the project at a festival they were both performing at in London in May.
A techno album is certainly no big stretch musically speaking for either artist - as both gentlemen have had massively successful careers releasing largely keyboard based music for three full decades - both starting with Depeche Mode and then later with Yaz and Erasure for Clarke. While the origin of techno often points to Detroit in the mid to late 80's, one can listen to any number of Depeche Mode remixes around this same time period (and even prior to it) and hear many similar sounds.
So how does the first EP sound? Well it's a bit like Depeche Mode (shocker!) but without any conventional pop song structures - or vocals - so a lot like some of DM's remixes then! This is the first single from VCMG - 'Spock' - let's begin with the 'Original Mix' ... Enjoy!
This is the 'Edit Select Remix' - it's a bit darker and simplistic - and sounds like it would be well suited for late night highway driving, use in a film soundtrack, or for having sex to :) ... Enjoy!
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SummersRadio™ New Remix! Depeche Mode - 'Behind The Wheel' (Vince Clarke Remix) Another one of the new 2011 Depeche Mode remixes has surfaced online - hoo-ray! Depeche Mode release their new remix compilation on June 6th called 'Remixes 2: 81-11' - with the triple cd set containing a total of 37 remixes - and 13 of them are brand new for 2011! I've previously featured the new remixes from Alex Metric, Eric Prydz and Royksopp - and today we have a new remix by former band member Vince Clarke! In fact this is the first time in 30 years that Clarke has worked with his former band mates - this is his new remix of 'Behind The Wheel'... Enjoy!
Rare Remix! Depeche Mode - 'Behind The Wheel/ Route 66 (Megamix)' (Remixed by Ivan Ivan) The original b-side for the 'Behind The Wheel' single was a cover of 'Route 66' which was written by Bobby Troup and first became a hit for Nat King Cole in the 1940's! This remix is rare - depending on where you live - as it was only released in the U.S. in 1987. This is a mashup of 'Behind The Wheel' and 'Route 66' by Ivan Ivan... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Remix! Depeche Mode - 'Puppets' (Royksopp Remix) It's been over 3 weeks since I posted the first new 2011 remixes to surface from Depeche Mode's 'Remixes 2' album, which is due out on June 6th.
You can check out/ revisit Alex Metric's remix of 'Personal Jesus' here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/04/summersradio-new-remix-depeche-mode.html
and the Eric Prydz remix of 'Never Let Me Down Again' here: http://summersradio.blogspot.com/2011/04/summersradio-new-remix-depeche-mode_08.html)
Another one of the new 2011 remixes has shown up online this week - a remix of 'Puppets' from their very first album 'Speak & Spell'. 'Speak & Spell' was released in 1981 and is their only album to feature Vince Clarke as a member of the band. Clarke wrote most of the songs on the record, but then departed that same year to form Yazoo with Alison Moyet (and later Erasure with Andy Bell in 1985).
This new remix is from Norway's Royksopp... Enjoy!
SummersRadio™ New Remix! Depeche Mode - 'Personal Jesus' (Alex Metric Remix) Depeche Mode are releasing a new remix compilation on June 6th! (in Europe - the 7th in North America) It's called 'Remixes 2: 81-11' and will be available as a single cd, triple cd set, digital download, and a six piece vinyl set! The single disc version contains 13 remixes - 6 of them brand new - and the triple disc set contains a whopping 37 remixes spanning their entire career - a total of 13 brand new remixes (1 on the first disc and the rest on the third). Here is the full tracklisting for the triple set:
TRIPLE-DISC VERSION
Disc 1:
1. “Dream On” – Bushwacka Tough Guy Mix (2001)
2. “Suffer Well” – M83 Remix (2006)
3. “John The Revelator” – UNKLE Reconstruction (2006)
4. “In Chains” – Tigerskin’s No Sleep Remix (2009)
5. “Peace” – SixToes Remix (2009)
6. “Lilian” – Chab Vocal Remix Edit (2006)
7. “Never Let Me Down Again” – Digitalism Remix (2006)
8. “Corrupt” – Efdemin Remix (2009)
9. “Everything Counts” – Oliver Huntemann And Stephan Bodzin Dub (2006)
10. “Happiest Girl” – The Pulsating Orbital Vocal Mix (1990)
11. “Walking In My Shoes” – Anandamidic Mix (1993)
12. “Personal Jesus” – The Stargate Mix (2011)
13. “Slowblow” – Darren Price Mix (1993)
Disc 2:
1. “Wrong” – Trentemøller Club Remix (2009)
2. “World In My Eyes” – Dub In My Eyes (1990)
3. “Fragile Tension” – Peter Bjorn and John Remix (2009)
4. “Strangelove” – Tim Simenon/Mark Saunders Remix (1998)
5. “A Pain That I’m Used To” – Jacques Lu Cont Remix (2005)
6. “The Darkest Star” – Monolake Remix (2006)
7. “I Feel You” – Helmet At The Helm Mix (1993)
8. “Higher Love” – Adrenaline Mix Edit (2004)
9. “Fly On The Windscreen” – Death Mix (1985)
10. “Barrel Of A Gun” – United Mix (1997)
11. “Only When I Lose Myself” – Dan The Automator Mix (1998)
12. “Ghost” – Le Weekend Remix (2009)
Disc 3:
1. “Personal Jesus” – Alex Metric Remix Edit (2011)
2. “Never Let Me Down Again” – Eric Prydz Remix (2011)
3. “Behind The Wheel” – Vince Clarke Remix (2011)
4. “Leave In Silence” – Claro Intelecto ‘The Last Time’ Remix (2011)
5. “In Chains” – Alan Wilder Remix (2011)
6. “When The Body Speaks” – Karlsson And Winnberg Remix (2011)
7. “Puppets” – Röyksopp Remix (2011)
8. “Tora! Tora! Tora!” – Karlsson And Winnberg (from Miike Snow) Remix (2011)
9. “Freestate” – Clark Remix (2011)
10. “I Want It All” – Roland M. Dill Remix (2011)
11. “A Question Of Time” – Joebot Presents ‘Radio Face’ Remix (2011)
12. “Personal Jesus” – Sie Medway-Smith Remix (2011)
I suppose the casual fan might just cherry pick the new remixes off of itunes - but no doubt I'll be pre-ordering the 3 cd set soon enough! And if 13 new remixes isn't notable enough this release will also be the first time that both current and former members of the band have worked on the same project - as it features remixes from both Alan Wilder and Vince Clarke!
'Personal Jesus 11' is going to be released as an official single from 'Remixes 2: 81-11'- here's one of 3 new remixes of the song - this one by London's Alex Metric... Enjoy!
