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Missing In Action: VIENNA
Undo Records are to release ‘History 1984-1991’, a special compilation box set of the lost French technopop act VIENNA. Influenced by KRAFTWERK and Synth Britannia acts, VIENNA sounded like a dreamy,...
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TEC003 Preview: DEPECHE MODE Off The Record Concert 1981
DEPECHE MODE’s appearance on concert series ‘Off The Record’ was significant for being the last ever live gig played by the original incarnation of Vince Clarke, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan and Martin...
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TEC003 Preview: A Short Conversation with SARAH BLACKWOOD
The Electricity Club is extremely honoured to have SARAH BLACKWOOD as its special guest DJ for TEC003 at Hertford Corn Exchange on SATURDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2014. Sarah has been a striking presence on...
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TEC003 Preview: SPEAK & SPELL Discuss Speak & Spell
DEPECHE MODE tribute band SPEAK & SPELL will be honouring thy name soon with a full performance of DEPECHE MODE’s debut album of the same name on SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2014 at Hertford Corn...
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DEPECHE MODE Live In Berlin DVD
The long awaited DEPECHE MODE ‘Live In Berlin’ DVD has just been released in the UK on Sony Music. Contained in rather inconspicuous box, resembling more a CD than a DVD. The package is certified 12,...
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MARSHEAUX A Broken Frame
DEPECHE MODE themselves would rather prefer to forget the existence of ‘A Broken Frame’. To think anyone would want to cover it, in its entirety, could have been a conversation point in itself. But...
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MARTIN GORE MG
“Is simplicity best, or simply the easiest?” Martin Gore would ask hypothetically on ‘Judas’ from ‘Songs Of Faith And Devotion’. Well, the Simplicity Man himself strikes again on his own, after the...
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TEC’s 25 FAVOURITE ARTIST COLLABORATIONS
Artist collaborations can be seen in several ways. They are either a chance to take the best elements of great bands to form an even greater supergroup, or as has happened in many cases, there is a...
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THE ELECTRONIC LEGACY OF MUTE RECORDS
Without doubt, Mute Records is one of the most important record labels in the history of electronic music. While the early electronic legacy of Virgin Records helped the genre gain its first foothold...
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Lost Albums: WINSTON TONG Theoretically Chinese
WINSTON TONG is best known for writing and singing ‘In A Manner Of Speaking’, a song that was subsequently covered by DEPECHE MODE’s Martin Gore on his 1989 ‘Counterfeit’ solo mini-album. Originally...
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TEC Gold: SYNTH BRITANNIA
‘Synth Britannia’ traced the rise of the synthesizer and how it changed popular music forever, particularly in the UK. Superbly produced and directed by Ben Whalley with interlinking cultural...
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TEC PANEL INTERVIEW 2015
This year’s TEC Panel Interview was a truly Trans-Atlantic event. As well as regular TEC contributors Monika Izabela Goss and Paul Boddy, there was Simon Helm, curator of the Nordic-friendly website,...
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TEC’s 2015 End Of Year Review
The user manual for the Roland System 100 semi-modular synthesizer profoundly stated “there are no illegal connections…” – and in modern electronic music, that is still the case with the accomplished...
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TEC Gold: SARAH BLACKWOOD Interview
First as the singer of DUBSTAR and then CLIENT, Sarah Blackwood has been a striking presence on the music scene since 1995. Since departing the latter, she has worked with WILLIAM ORBIT and FOTONOVELA,...
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MARTIN GORE to Compose Soundtrack for New Fifty Shades Movie
Universal Pictures have announced that DEPECHE MODE’s main songwriter MARTIN GORE is to provide the soundtrack for the upcoming erotic film drama ‘Fifty Shades Darker’. The commission comes following...
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A Beginner’s Guide To CLAUDIA BRÜCKEN
With her distinctive ice maiden delivery, CLAUDIA BRÜCKEN is the undoubted queen of cinematic avant pop. She first came to prominence with PROPAGANDA and the Trevor Horn produced film noir drama of ‘Dr...
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