Re: Depeche Mode
funny. [quote]
[INDENT]maybe Depeche Mode should get bands like Beborn
Beton, Wolfsheim, Perfidious Words, Diorama, A23,
De/Vision, And One, etc to collaborate with the mixes,
instead of using an horde of lame-os to vandalize and
dismantle their basslines, arrangements and melodies....
[/INDENT]Won't happen. None of those mixers have the "name" to get club play in the big
clubs, which is really what something like a Sasha mix is for. Yeah, it may
only passingly resemble Precious, but hey, Pete Tong'll play it on Radio 1 just
because it's got the Sasha moniker tacked on.
Nor would one of those mixes fill the floor at Ministry of Sound, sad to say. And that crowd is a lot larger than those that buy A23 CDs.
Hell, I'd be surprised if dM even knew who any of the abovementioned bands were.
The Basildon boys don't really seem to listen to that style of music (Martin's
an IDM-head, from the sound of his DJ sets) and none of them are popular enough
that they'd've heard them on the radio regularly or anything (except maybe
Wolfsheim, if Mart still spends time in Germany).
That said, I still find the choice of remixers baffling sometimes. Sasha I can
understand, since "Involver" sold like gangbusters and was a critical
darling...but why not a DFA or Mylo, a Plump DJs or a Jacques LuCont? A bunch
of guys with hot names right now (and anything James Murphy touches will get a
positive review, it seems) who would probably deliver good mixes. Maybe they
were busy or wanted too much money.[/quote]