‘Black Celebration’ was no different in this respect and it signaled the end of a co-production relationship with Dan Miller (although I should add, not a falling out).Īfter ‘Black Celebration’, Depeche Mode seemed to tone down the metal-bashing and use of metallic-noises. It’s quite normal, when coming towards the end of an album recording, for there to be a certain amount of tension in the air – too much time spent in close proximity to the same people makes you stir crazy after a while.
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In an interview, Martin said that he thought after ‘Black Celebration’, Depeche Mode would never make another record. No, I don’t think it existed at the time. Did you use a DW8000 at all on that record? I had a Korg DW8000 when I was in high school and I called it my ‘Black Celebration Faker’ because I was able to get a few patches that sounded like some on the record. He wanted the phrase put there for some reason. Where does the sentence “Life in the so-called space age” come from? Was it a title of a song not included on the ‘Black Celebration’ album? ‘MFTM’ actually ‘sounds’ better but is not such an interesting record. ‘Black Celebration’ has some good stuff on it but the mixes do sound odd – too much reverb, not enough bottom end etc….
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In fact, I’d be worried if I didn’t think that about every single record I’ve been involved in. It’s only natural to think, with the benefit of hindsight, that you could have done your previous work so much better. The most likely reason was to bring it down to a ‘radio friendly’ length, hopefully ensuring that dear old Radio1 would be more inclined to play it – such is the wrath of the BBC that they can scare one into butchering one’s own song because they cannot tolerate more than 2 minutes and 43 seconds of any given record before Batesy’s’ Our Tune’ is due.Īre you satisfied with the production / final mixing of the two albums ‘Black Celebration’ and ‘Music For The Masses’? Did the original release have this verse edited out and can you remember why (censorship)? I have an original 7″ pressing of ‘A Question Of Time’ in which the second verse has been completely edited out! Yet the version on ‘Singles 86>98’ includes the verse. What is the most unusual thing that you ever have sampled?ĭan Miller saying ‘Horse’ repeatedly very fast (as used in ‘Fly On The Windscreen’). What is the characteristic synth or/ and sampler of the ‘Black Celebration’ album? “Over and done with” courtesy of Daniel Miller if memory serves correct. I ran it by the Shunt punks and nobody seemed to know.
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It sounds like it could be from radio or television but I have no clue what the person is saying and it bugs the shit out of me. In the beginning of ‘Fly On The Windscreen’ (the version on ‘Black Celebration’), there is a sample of someone talking. "There's a Black & Decker drill in the opening of 'Fly on the Windscreen'. Martin Gore told Electronics and Music Magazine in 1986: This "horse" sample is the "breath sample noise" that Gareth Jones mentions above. What is the most unusual thing that you ever have sampled?ĭan Miller saying 'Horse' repeatedly very fast (as used in 'Fly On The Windscreen'). I can't remember who it was - really it could have been anyone."
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"In this track, you can hear a rather young sounding Daniel saying "over and done with." The breath sample noise at the start is interesting too. " Fly On The Windscreen" is a song from the 1986 album Black Celebration by Depeche Mode.