Entrevista,Wrong e Corrupt Studio sessions...

Os cachecois da MODA chegaram!!!

Pois é DEVOTEES o tão aguardado cachecol DMdevotion já está disponível para quem quiser…Para o encomendares basta deixares aqui um comment nesta noticia(e depois falamos pelo msn),ou então enviares um mail com a tua morada para o nosso mail Pedro.chuva@sapo.pt(assunto: Encomenda do cachecol).Muitos DEVOTEES já pré encomendaram o cachecol,e como alguns encomendaram dois(talvez para oferecer á namorada,amante ou mesmo á secretaria,dizemos nôs…)decidimos fazer um preço mais “económico”,e ainda oferecemos um dos pins que mandámos fazer.Temos 3 modelos e como oferta podem escolher um deles(enviamos a foto dos pins pelo msn ou por mail).No Bessa vai estar calor(leva se na mão),mas em Novembro,a confirmar se o concerto do Atlântico vai ficar muito bem no “dress code” dessa noite…Rumo ao Bessa com o cachecol DEVOTEES!!!

Passatempo MUSICA NO CORAÇAO (segundo bilhete)

Como muitos DEVOTEES sabem a MUSICA NO CORAÇAO ofereceu 3 bilhetes ao DMdevotion para fazer passatempos aqui no nosso(vosso)local de culto.O primeiro bilhete saiu á DEVOTEE Pipa e agora deixamos aqui o desafio para ver quem ganha o segundo bilhete...Aceitam se participaçoes ate final de abril.É simples o que tem que fazer,basta acabar esta frase da forma mais original!Sounds of the Universe é...Boa sorte DEVOTEES!

Poster DMdevotion...

Aqui fica mais um DMdevotion poster para o vosso "arquivo fotografico dos DM"...Sao algumas das fotos mais recentes dos nossos boys!Para o guardares em grande basta "clicar" na imagem...Enjoy!!!Ja agora avisamos que na noticia com o titulo "Finalmente..." temos outro link com o album todo a 320k (melhor qualidade)e podemos desde ja adiantar que o Come Back é bem diferente do que vinha no primeiro link que divulgamos aqui.Vale a pena fazer este download com melhor qualidade e claro com o "novo" Come Back"...

In The Studio - Web Clip #15

Opiniao final DMdevotion...

Depois de muitas audições,e depois de ouvir o álbum em condições,ou seja com o som “á seria”(já que durante a noite não podia acordar a família…),mudei um pouco a minha opinião,que diga se era bastante negativa!Ao ouvir o álbum baixinho pelos phones fiquei muito desiludido,triste mesmo!!!Esperava muito mais!Neste momento acho que não é um álbum assim tão mau!...Nao irá ser nenhum clássico na discografia DM,mas consegue se safar,e levar um 3+ (0-5).Aqui fica a minha opinião sobre as musicas do SOTU.
In Chains,quando entra a voz do Dave faz me lembrar um pouco do inicio do higher love(não me perguntem porque,mas pensei logo nisso!)Calminha mas interessante…Hole to feed na minha opinião é um dos temas mais fortes do álbum.A guitarra subtil do Martin dá “power” á musica!O “breack” da musica aos 2.37 está brutal!O refrão é marcante e viciante…Wrong é sem duvida a musica mais forte do álbum,agora percebo o porquê de ser o primeiro single!Nao é acessivel como “um” Precious mas é sem duvida um grande tema!Tem muita força e está sem duvida muito bem produzido!Fragile Tension,é electrónica ao máximo!Batida viciante e sons interessantes.Acho que a “guitarrada” do Martin estraga um pouco a musica,não devia estar lá…Gosto da parte vocal do Dave,muito melódica!Little Soul,acho fraca,não desenvolve,está a mais no álbum na minha opinião…In Sympathy foi amor á primeira audição!Aposto que vai ser um dos singles do álbum.Adoro a voz do Dave,a batida da musica,os sons electronicos que vão aparecendo gradualmente,o Dave e o Martin em dueto no refrão fica muito bem,enfim acho a seguir ao Wrong o tema mais forte(talvez o mais acessível de todos)…Peace muito electrónico,voltaram mesmo aos 80s!A musica nem parece que foi feita nos dias de hoje.Tem algo muito retro,parece uma musica de um álbum com alguns anos.O refrão deixa me um pouco confuso!Ainda não percebi bem,se gosto dele ou não!É estranho!Come Back é muito downtempo,mas é um bom tema!Por vezes parece me que podia dar uma musica mais rápida e ainda mais interessante…Spacewalker,outro tema que não me parece dos dias de hoje!Parece um tema com muitos anos,muito retro!A melodia é bonita!Dentro do género(instrumental) acho um tema bastante acessível a “qualquer” ouvido…Perfect,é mais um dos momentos fortes do álbum!Batida mesmo “á lá DM” como todos nôs gostamos(penso eu…).Refrao muito melódico e muito marcante.Tudo fica bem nesta musica,as vozes os sons electrónicos a guitarra do Martin,enfim tá tudo Perfect!!!Possivel single?Quem sabe?!?!Miles Away,não gosto,ponto final!Nada aqui me soa bem!Acho que é o tema mais fraco(empatado com Little Soul)…Jezebel,é uma baladinha mesmo á Martin!Vai ser claramente um dos temas que vão tocar ao vivo!Batida um pouco na linha bossa nova,e com umas melodias muito interessantes por cima.Um tema simples mas bonito…Corrupt,logo que entra a batida ficamos viciados!Isto é DM 100%!!!Se In Sympathy foi amor á primeira audição,esta foi amor á primeira batida!A guitarra suja e destorcida do Martin dá um ar “pesadão” á musica mas fica muito bem!O “breack” da musica aos 3.02 está brutal!A melodia por baixo está de sonho…Concluindo,os meus temas preferidos são Wrong,In Sympathy,Perfect,Hole to Feed e Corrupt!Os temas “dispensáveis”,Little Soul e Miles Away.

Finalmente...

Finalmente temos o cd Sounds of the Universe...Para teres o link para download basta ires aos comentarios desta noticia...Hoje ninguem dorme!!!

Mais datas da Tour of the Universe...

Mais datas continuam a surgir no site oficial da banda(www.depechemode.com)...Desta vez sorte para os fans Ingleses e Irlandeses!Aqui ficam as novas datas...
Dezembro:
Thu 10th - DUBLIN, O2 The Point (on sale now)
Sat 12th - GLASGOW, SECC
Sun 13th - BIRMINGHAM, LG Arena
Tue 15th - LONDON, O2 Arena
Fri 18th - MANCHESTER, MEN Arena

SOTU epk(audio interview)

Aqui fica o link do que parece ser o epk do SOTU (audio interview)...Bastante interessante o que os boys dizem!Vamos deixar o link nos comentarios desta noticia...

DEVOTEES Brasileiros...

Chegou nos "via" messenger esta festa organizada por DEVOTEES Brasileiros...Aqui fica o flyer da festa SOULSHADOW,que se irá realizar no dia 8 de Maio pelas 22h no Inferno club em Sao Paulo.Quem estiver a pensar tirar ferias,é uma boa opçao...

Mais datas...

No site oficial da banda,www.depechemode.com,a cada dia que passa mais datas da Tour of the Universe aparecem confirmadas...Aguardamos confirmaçao oficial da tao falada(e desejada)segunda data em territorio nacional...A 17 novembro,no Atlantico!

Depeche Mode - In The Studio (2008) - Web Clip #14

Motor no SBSR

A banda Motor irá estar com os DM no festival super bock super rock...Esta banda de techno,electro,alternativa irá acompanhar os DM em 20 datas da Tour of the Universe...Aqui fica o link do myspace desta banda para a conheceres melhor...
http://www.myspace.com/motor66

Deluxe box...

No site oficial da banda,www.depechemode.com,podem ver novas fotos da deluxe box...Estao muito boas,pelo pouco que se consegue ver...O stress aumenta de dia para dia!Venha logo o dia magico...

Cachecois DEPECHE MODE PORTUGAL...

Depois de muitas conversas com diversos DEVOTEES,decidimos fazer um cachecol DEPECHE MODE PORTUGAL...Em diferentes conversas,era das coisas que mais falavamos que devia haver com a "marca" DM...Existem,mas muito poucos por essa net fora,e entao decidimos criar o nosso...Proxima terça feira está atento ao DMdevotion,já que para alem dos cachecois,vamos tambem ter uma colecçao de 3 pins e o tao esperado passatempo para o segundo bilhete,que temos para oferecer para o concerto no Estadio do Bessa em parceria com a MUSICA NO CORAÇAO...Fiquem atentos!!!

Artigo sobre o SOTU...

Aqui fica um artigo a falar de todas as musicas do album SOTU...
'In Chains'
Depeche Mode's twelfth album opens with a tone of such a high frequency that maybe some of their older fans may at first struggle to make it out. One can imagine men of a certain age, with a penchant for black 501s, black leather jackets and white vests being asked to sit in a booth and raise one finger when they thing they can discern the sound. It is joined by a burbling, clicking, analogue and insectile burr, which slowly becomes an orchestra of ancient and angry sounding synth tones. For a few disorientating seconds this sounds spookily like the Anglia TV ident from the 70s, before building into THX proportions. But this doesn't signify a "stunning return to X", or "their most uncompromising album since Y" or a "hauntological take on Z". Instead this fanfare, reminiscent of the work of the Radiophonic Workshop, is more a warning to the listener which says: "brace yourself, we have invested in a lot of vintage synthesizers, creaking drum machines and dusty sequencers, and we are not going to shy away from using them." If anything this slightly disturbing intro is misleading because it ushers in what is arguably the 29-year-old band's most mellow and mature album to date. The actual track 'In Chains' is the kind of bluesy cyber spiritual that the band made their own between 'Personal Jesus' in 1989 and 'John The Revelator' in 2005. Dave Gahan's smooth croon is set off by the feverish efflorescence of Martin Gore's guitar.

'Hole To Feed'
This is one of Dave Gahan's three contributions as a songwriter to the main album, worked on with his writing partners Christian Eigner (DM's regular drummer) and Andrew Phillpott. The construction of Playing The Angel was marred by jockeying for position between the singer and Martin Gore but this has given way to an almost Socialist division of labour. Instead of Gahan insisting on having a certain amount of space on the album before agreeing to even set foot in the studio now both parties (i.e. Gore and Gahan. Andy Fletcher doesn't write the music or play any instruments) write according to their abilities and the group as a whole receives according to its needs. This is as it should be. Gore remains the primary songwriter and Gahan is the front man and secondary song writer, while Fletch, perhaps more crucially is a facilitator. He stops the other two from killing each other and acts as a necessary intermediary for Gore. This is minimal acid blues and concerns the singer's addictive nature, and its minimalism is emphasized by the use of old equipment and a prominent, primitive rock guitar.

'Wrong'
The first single is classic Mode with Gore casting Gahan in the role of corrupt preacher, like a character from Flannery O'Connor's southern gothic novel Wise Blood, railing against his almost apocalyptic bad luck. His slightly mad ravings elevate the scenario to the scale of black comedy: "I was born in the wrong house / with the wrong sign / in the wrong ascendency. / I took the wrong road / that led to / the wrong tendencies. / I was in the wrong place / at the wrong time / for the wrong reasons / on the wrong night / of the wrong day / on the wrong week. / I used the wrong method / with the wrong technique". Buzzing MOOGs are the ideal accompaniment to the stentorian backing vocals that admonish the singer for all his bad choices/lack of choice, like an over-zealous, slightly gothic Greek chorus.

'Fragile Tension'
This song, like 'Jezebel', harks back to 'Lillian' from Playing The Angel and appears to be a bit of an eco-ballad or an elegy to the not-yet disappeared beauty of planet earth. However the melancholia of the synth and the sentiment aren't reflected in Gore's almost raucous guitar playing.

'Little Soul'
Many of these songs are built around a pop, proto industrial skeleton like material you'd find on Some Great Reward or Black Celebration but these tunes themselves are, necessarily, much more mature in tone and content. Abrasive metallic textures underlie this gentle meditation on death and (possibly) rebirth or continuation through children. There has been some talk of retro-futurism influencing this album and it's certainly clear on this track, with Gore's surf guitar calling to mind the exotica of the 50s and 60s mixed with the electronic tones of the space race era.

'In Sympathy'
How have Depeche Mode not already recorded a song called 'In Sympathy'? Anyway, there was a time that when the band were never far from singing about teenagers and being extremely creepy ('Behind The Wheel', 'Question of Time' etc) but nowadays they seem to be presenting enthusiastic and motivating songs to various children and young relatives. This isn't a bad song by any stretch but there's something ever so slightly prissy about the arrangement of it. There's no point in having loads of really cool old synth gear and then drowning it out with big washes of simplistic guitar.

'Peace'
This is much better, starting a bit like OMD's excellent 'Messages' before revving up the spiritual vibes again. Rather than being Gahan singing soulfully with Gore handling angelic backing vox, this is a straight duet between the two which can be read as the self-determination of recovering alcoholics and drug users who are now clean or a song declaring the end to inter-band arguing. The song has unashamedly massive Beatles-y melodies and stadium sized positivity. The necessary grit is provided by atonal squawks of noise and electro rushes. An album highlight.

'Come Back'
Gahan's finest songwriting moment on the album and possibly to date. This is a real piece of drugged up shoegaze, with warm opiate/amniotic fuzz pop guitars that calls to mind the Jesus and Mary Chain, Ultra Vivid Scene and Spiritualized. The lyrical conceit is one that Jason Spaceman from Spiritualized would be familiar with at least - the analogy between a relationship with a lover and a drug. In the background Steiner Parker synths create random misfires of noise and tune. Sumptuous.

'Spacewalker'
The Eastern synth pop style of this instrumental, made me initially think of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yellow Magic Orchestra but Martin Gore insists it makes him think of Martin Denny. So let's say that it sounds a little like YMO's cover of Denny's 'Firecracker' and an interesting piece of retro exotica and leave it at that.

'Perfect'
Overall Ben Hillier (Doves, Blur, Elbow) has done a grand job on Sounds Of The Universe. He has grasped the overall concept of finding spirituality in science and physics – a kind of religious atheism – and how our expectations of technology have changed over the years by marshalling a combination of bleeding edge technology and anarchic vintage equipment. Trouble is in this instance that this track sounds very much like one or two other tracks elsewhere on the album. The synth chord changes on the verse put this reviewer in mind of Genesis or Peter Gabriel in the early 80s - but in a good way.

'Jezebel'
More from Martin Gore's fascination with exotica. It's easy to imagine the youthful, bleach blond, rubber dress wearing Gore of yore singing this in the manner of a wistful but asexual torch singer. But this almost cabaret number is dedicated to a young woman who (presumably) has a bracing line in the kind of clothing that wouldn't go down too well in Saudi Arabia.

'Corrupt'
This opens like a track from Violator complete with Gahan's lizard croon: "I could corrupt you/it would be easy. / Watching you suffer / girl, it would be easy." It seems that despite maturity and all, the Mode can still be slightly creepy if they want. Who knows who the 'intended victim' of the song is and what she's done to upset the Basildon boys but this is perhaps a reminder that no matter how old they get physically, we don't want them to mature too much.

@ The Quietus

Come Back(Studio Session)

Entrevista a Patrick Daughters...

O realizador Patrick Daughters,que realizou o video do Wrong,deu uma entrevista bastante interessante sobre como idealizou o video para esta musica...Bastante curiosas algumas respostas do "genio"...Aqui fica a entrevista a Patrick Daughters...
How did you get involved with Depeche Mode? Were you a fan beforehand?
I was approached by the commissioner and told that Dave really liked my Liars video. I knew their big hits but not much else. I had seen bits and pieces of some of their great videos that Anton Corbijn directed. It was flattering that they went with me after having developed such a good relationship with a director like him.

Did you—and the band to some degree—see this as an opportunity for them to appeal to a younger audience and have a viral video success?
Though it was never discussed, I think viral circulation is a consideration and a goal with nearly every video made nowadays, at least videos with a concept.

Tell us a little bit about the concept behind the video. We’ve already heard it called “the best 3-and-a-half minute David Fincher video never made.” Do you consider his dark, pre-Benjamin Button films an influence at all? What other directors and artists in general may have influenced this video and some of your other work?
It’s funny you mention that because when I heard the song I thought of the scene from The Game where Michael Douglas is trapped in the backseat of a taxi. The inspiration was pretty much that and a heavy dose, bordering on mimicry, of Jonathan Glazer, who’s one of my favorite directors.

From there, it was a question of revealing the scenario strategically as the song develops.
How did [Liars drummer] Julian [Gross] end up acting in this video? Did Mute suggest him? He’s a pretty intense performer, so was he a natural in front of the camera?
He’s a good friend. I didn’t think the stunt drivers would be great actors so I asked him if he wanted to do it. Anyone who knows Julian can tell you he’s quite a character, though he’s not an actor. He’s so funny and likable it’s hard to imagine him doing something serious but he did a good job.

Did you give him any direction or did he just roll with whatever movements came to mind given the situation his character is in?
There was direction.

Did you like the fact that Depeche Mode was cool with keeping their appearance to a basic cameo? Will there be an extended version that tells the story of how the hell this guy got put in such a fucked-up situation?
Yes and I think that really speaks to their respect for other creative people. They didn’t want their appearance to compromise the idea and were quite honest about saying that up front. I didn’t think it would. After they decided to go with my idea, they trusted me completely to execute it. That’s really the ideal kind of artist to work with—where they just let you to do your thing.

Total gentlemen, those three.

What’s up with the mask Julian’s wearing? Its Michael Myers quality made the video that much more disturbing.
It was actually just something lying around the office from another shoot.

Where and when was this filmed, how many months of editing did it take to complete, and is this one of the biggest budget clips you’ve ever done?
We shot the band in NY in December and the rest of it in downtown LA in mid January. It took a couple weeks to edit and a few more for post production. It was one of the bigger ones [I've done] but not nearly as big as it looks on screen, which has a lot to do with how well the producer pulled it together and the many many hours of work MPC, the post production company, generously invested in it.

Site oficial...

O site oficial da banda está cada vez mais completo...Agora surgiu no menu,os videos,e podemos dizer que estao lá autenticas raridades...Vai ja ate www.depechemode.com e confirma,vale a pena!

Wrong - Bong40 - Remixes

Para todos os DEVOTEES interessados em receber as remixes do Wrong(Bong40-remixes),é so pedir pelo msn pedro.chuva@sapo.pt .Destacamos as remixes dos Boys Noize(estamos completamente viciados)e a remix mais "normal" de Frankies Directors Cut Dub!
01 - Wrong (Radio Version)
02 - wrong (Thin White Duke Remix)
03 - Wrong (Thin White Duke Dub)
04 - Wrong (Frankies Directors Cut Dub)
05 - Wrong (DIM vs Boys Noize Remix)
06 - Wrong (Magdas Scallop Funk Remix)
07 - Wrong (Caspa Remix)
08 - Wrong (Trentemoller Remix)
09 - Wrong (Trentemoller Dub)

Fletcher @ Fnac.com

Depeche Mode - In The Studio (2008) - Web Clip #12

Billboard chart...

O Wrong entrou directamente para n27 da Billboard chart...Com o Wrong os DM conseguiram a segunda melhor entrada desde 1997.O tema Barrel of a gun na altura entrou directamente para o n22.Aqui fica o link para leres a noticia:
http://billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/charts/chart_alert/e3iee48bd23f07a5c2101c72dcb3ae95399?imw=Y

Tour mais longa...

Dave e Fletcher em duas entrevistas a radios revelaram que a Tour of the Universe irá ter mais datas.A ideia é acabar a tour em Fevereiro 2010.Entre outras revelaçoes Dave assumiu que irá haver mais datas no Reino Unido...Muito bom sinal!É mais uma esperança,para que a tao falada segunda data em Portugal poderá se realizar...Aguardemos mais datas oficiais!
@ Fletch on Kerrang!Radio
Dave on BBC Radio 6

Festao...

Vai se realizar dia 9 de Junho em Berlin uma festa DM com o nome "Convention of the Universe"-International DEPECHE MODE fan event...Como cabeça de cartaz temos ao vivo Nitzer ebb e De vision(aqui no DMdevotion curtimos e muito esta banda)e mais djs para animar a festa,a passarem muito DM,claro...Portanto ja sabem,quem tiver disponibilidade vá ate Berlin,deve valer a pena esta "reuniao" de DEVOTEES!!!

Hole To Feed e Come Back...

Ja temos nas nossas maos mais duas musicas do album que aí vem...A confirmar,se sao as versoes finais ou nao!Sao elas Hole To Feed e Come Back...Quem as quiser peça pelo msn pedro.chuva@sapo.pt