4/3/2024 0 Comments Depeche mode songs downloadThen we eq’ed the sound to make it seem like it was sung in a deep southern church hall in the 1960’s, rather than Wembley stadium. How did you get the crowd effect at the end of Judas? Did you get all yer mates in to sing it or was it a case of some serious multitracking?ġ5 people (tape op’s, studio secretaries, the cook etc…) multitracked 6 times making a total of 90 voices + delays and reverbs. who wants to listen to a technically perfect record with no soul or passion? There are definitely imperfections in the sound of ‘SOFAD’ from the mixing through to the mastering but so what…. We would listen through small speakers most of the time. ![]() ‘I Feel You’ was basically mixed for the radio. The syncopation is a nice effect on a shitty stereo, but play it on something that can bring it out and it takes over the song. It’s just that I remember you talking about surround sound not really being viable and that the best policy is to mix a record for the lowest common denominator. ![]() Listening to ‘I Feel You’ on headphones or a really good stereo, do you not find that the syncopated (I think it’s panned to the right) bass part is mixed rather loud? Was this your intention. We hoped it would surprise people and make them curious about the rest of the album. The main reason for the choice was that the track had attitude and was radically different to what we had done before. If I remember correctly, everyone else felt ‘I Feel You’ should be first, including Daniel. Was ‘I Feel You’ your personal choice to lead off the album, and do you feel like its rock-feel set the tone for how fans and the media perceived the direction of the entire album (since some suggest DM turned rock)? The final version was completed very late in the day and Martin didn’t say much about it which is his way of indicating he doesn’t like something.ĭave has suggested that he would have preferred ‘Condemnation’ to be DM’s first single released from ‘SOFAD’. There was also the original demo style as well as a sort of blues / country version. We actually recorded that track in 3 or 4 different ways, the reggae-ish version being the second incarnation I think. Huge fight? No, but true to say that Martin and I didn’t really see eye to eye on that one. Can you shed some light on these recordings please! Your version was eventually used, and Martin’s reggae–ish version remained on the reject pile. ![]() I’ve read somewhere that there were two very different versions of ‘Judas’ and a huge fight ensued. ![]() It was a difficult album to make at times but I think some of DM’s best work is contained on it.ĭid you ever consider releasing the different versions of ‘Judas’ as remixes? I consider ‘SOFAD’ to be the best DM album and obviously the best ‘Pop’ album ever. It’s nothing particularly unusual – just some degenerating (filtering) delays with reverb on the delays only. What is the amazing effect you used on the drums in the middle of ‘Rush’ (album version) and which you used on several songs on ‘UM’ (it sounds like a kind of weird echo)? There is also a string/choir pad (another backwards sound) playing the same chords in the background. Each chord was sampled individually and then double-tracked with a second but different guitar sound. Those 3 notes are just amazing because they drive the lyrics and make it work perfectly : “Twoo – I’m hanging on your words – Twaa – Living on your Breath -Twee – Felling with your skin -Twee – Would I always be here…”Īffectionately known (to me anyway) as ‘Splang’ rather than ‘twoo, twaa and twee’, the sound is derived from a guitar. What is the origin of the sound for the 3 notes in the middle of the chorus of ‘In Your Room’ (LP Version)? It sounds like a mix of piano and a synth factory preset. What’s the sound used in the first verse and at the end of ‘In Your Room’? This sound was also used in the live version of ‘Mercy In You’, in the final verse I think?
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