the thing that always fascinated me about Depeche Mode's music is how complicated it is. There are so many sounds, beats, textures in it and yet all of them work together. I also think you have to be a genius to combine and use all the equipment/technology and yet the music to be so emotionally and not robotic like most of the electronic music. But then again, not every band has a Dave Gahan as a lead singer
@@marguskiis7711 I think you're deaf or mentally challenged if you can't hear the difference in sound between Violator and 80s early 90s mainstream pop & house
Probably partially because the same synths and samplers they used (or their software emulations) are still used by today’s producers in a lot of modern music.
@@marguskiis7711 go away hater, violator is timeless, no pop band even in the 90s achieved the violator sound, the arrangements were way ahead of their time
When Personal Jesus was released, my first thought (as a huge DM fan) was: “WTF? Now they are doing guitar rock and songs with no real chorus?” 35 years later it’s all history and Violator the greatest synth pop album forever.
You had the perfect choice of a producer and mixer. When you look at the list of everyone flood has worked with you can see why he is a genius of a producer.
Agreed enjoy the silence is my favorite song ever out of over 1600 like songs on Spotify also, over 60 hours on my absolute favorites playlist. Researching music since ‘80 I’m a musical beast now, but, it all comes back to dM and enjoy the silence even the covers!!
SOFAD sonically was ahead of its time. Production on the tour was mind blowing for the early 90’s. The textures and arrangements and tones hold up to this day. That being said Violator started what should have been their signature sound going forward had a certain musical genius remained in the band. This album put them over the top and will always be my favorite with SOFAD a close second.
Great producer, great performances in the studio coupled with great gear. What makes it great is Depeche understood how important it was that the songs have heart and soul and not be overshadowed by cool techno riffs and grooves. We all love the cool techno riffs and grooves but the soulful songwriting and the performances in the studio for the record made it magical. Techno can easily come across as cold too digital and they understood the songs stripped down needed to be good so when you add the techno-synth sounds in it elevated the stripped down essence of the songs giving them a profound sonic depth to them. I'm sure they used some classic analog gear to give the synth sounds that warmth like the Oberheim filter in the OB-6.
Der Gesang von Herrn Gahan ist wohl mit einem ausgewählten Shure SM 57 aufgenommen worden. Das wundert mich nicht, aber beeindruckt mich, weil es ein tiefes Verständnis des Produzenten zeigt, die technisch beste Lösung zwischen Technik und Herrn Gahans kraftvoller Performance zu finden. Chapeau - es hat sich gelohnt!
This is the first time I've heard isolated tracks from Enjoy the silence - although they did a dance rework of the demo, they kinda kept the spirit of original - replacing Harmonium with choir samples. Brilliant.
Violator, Songs of Faith and Devotion and Ultra remain my all-time favourites. Easily the band's most innovative era. Having Flood and Moulder in your corner will do that! Thanks for another great episode!
On Violator I saw them in NYC Songs of Faith and Devotion saw them in Minneapolis, Kansas City and Pasadena Ultra was NYC and Chicago Devotion was more than Epic
This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for the hard work it obviously took to put it together!. Waited in line for an hour the day Personal Jesus was released and we absolutely lost our fucking minds!
I recall Nils as a very affable bloke (suggested to us by engineer Peter when we were discussing sound options) but what he remembers here isn’t entirely accurate. You can hear he actually plays the riff in ‘Clean’ which we no doubt asked him to, after which it was re-sampled and placed into the track. I’m sure he played along to the basic backing track in order to achieve the correct tempo and key. We got him in specifically for that song but would have also asked him to provide many improvised slides and other options to use both within the song’s framework and for general use. Typically, anything left over from a session like that, which could be utilised, I would have jumped on being the musical magpie that I am;). Alan wilder “ clean “
I recall Nils as a very affable bloke (suggested to us by engineer Peter when we were discussing sound options) but what he remembers here isn’t entirely accurate. You can hear he actually plays the riff in ‘Clean’ which we no doubt asked him to, after which it was re-sampled and placed into the track. I’m sure he played along to the basic backing track in order to achieve the correct tempo and key. We got him in specifically for that song but would have also asked him to provide many improvised slides and other options to use both within the song’s framework and for general use. Typically, anything left over from a session like that, which could be utilised, I would have jumped on being the musical magpie that I am;)
I'm pretty sure the snare drum used on PJ and WIME comes from a sample album from the late 80's, I remember recognizing it when I first heard WIME. I even remember not wanting to use it at the time because it was so distinct sounding it felt too obvious from where it origin. So stupid :)
I had heard more than once that almost all of the sounds were sampled into an Emulator III and then recorded to tape because they felt it added a quality to tge sounds they were rather keen on.
I remember playing this for my grade 12 classmates and one of the fellow 18 year old kids’ telling me they weren’t very talented. I’ll never forget that because of how stupid that comment was 😝
It’s mostly practical rather than aesthetic. For fair use of the material, it’s much better to be altered in some way so I went with that. I’d prefer to have it clean though.
I recall Nils as a very affable bloke (suggested to us by engineer Peter when we were discussing sound options) but what he remembers here isn’t entirely accurate. You can hear he actually plays the riff in ‘Clean’ which we no doubt asked him to, after which it was re-sampled and placed into the track. I’m sure he played along to the basic backing track in order to achieve the correct tempo and key. We got him in specifically for that song but would have also asked him to provide many improvised slides and other options to use both within the song’s framework and for general use. Typically, anything left over from a session like that, which could be utilised, I would have jumped on being the musical magpie that I am;)
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Almost 35 years later and Violator is STILL my favorite album of all time.
Violator is over 30 years old and it still sounds fresh and modern. All time classic album for sure.
Very true, I don’t think it will ever age.
Totally agree!
I still have the original vinil..😊
the thing that always fascinated me about Depeche Mode's music is how complicated it is. There are so many sounds, beats, textures in it and yet all of them work together. I also think you have to be a genius to combine and use all the equipment/technology and yet the music to be so emotionally and not robotic like most of the electronic music. But then again, not every band has a Dave Gahan as a lead singer
One of the best sounding albums ever, a masterclass in both production and composition
Violator has such a uniquely futuristic sound to it for something made over 30 years ago proving it's timelessness.
Futuristic??? WTF. It was the late 80s early 90s maimstream pop & house. Very smooth one. No corners.
@@marguskiis7711 I think you're deaf or mentally challenged if you can't hear the difference in sound between Violator and 80s early 90s mainstream pop & house
Probably partially because the same synths and samplers they used (or their software emulations) are still used by today’s producers in a lot of modern music.
@@doctorhook4022 those are used to create such a smooth, boring and effortless sound really.
Johnny Hates The Jazz sound
Their best album. The production still holds up.
Not at all. It is a smooth pop album. Nothing else. 2 hits and the massive MTV rotation. Whole mystery.
Sounded great even on my chitty Dodge k-car stereo 😂
S.O.F.A.D best
@@marguskiis7711 go away hater, violator is timeless, no pop band even in the 90s achieved the violator sound, the arrangements were way ahead of their time
@@ianabreu3360 Ultra is brilliant
One of my all time favorites albums. Can listen to this from start to finish over and over. Brilliant album.
This music changed my life back in the days
When Personal Jesus was released, my first thought (as a huge DM fan) was: “WTF? Now they are doing guitar rock and songs with no real chorus?” 35 years later it’s all history and Violator the greatest synth pop album forever.
You had the perfect choice of a producer and mixer. When you look at the list of everyone flood has worked with you can see why he is a genius of a producer.
But Alan ended up doing most of the work especually Sofad...reportedly he left to work on Achtung Baby...
Violator, SOFAD, Ultra. The absolute pinnacle of DM. if there's such a thing as musical prime, then for me this is its perfect representation.
Enjoy the silence for me is to this day the best pop song ever!
Agreed enjoy the silence is my favorite song ever out of over 1600 like songs on Spotify also, over 60 hours on my absolute favorites playlist. Researching music since ‘80 I’m a musical beast now, but, it all comes back to dM and enjoy the silence even the covers!!
Beautiful album. Brings back so many memories to me
SOFAD sonically was ahead of its time. Production on the tour was mind blowing for the early 90’s. The textures and arrangements and tones hold up to this day. That being said Violator started what should have been their signature sound going forward had a certain musical genius remained in the band. This album put them over the top and will always be my favorite with SOFAD a close second.
Without martin gore alan is simply alan depeche mode is and always has been martin since a broken frame
Every song is brilliant.
A great album to test out new hifi equipment ❤
Great producer, great performances in the studio coupled with great gear.
What makes it great is Depeche understood how important it was that the songs have heart and soul and not be overshadowed by cool techno riffs and grooves.
We all love the cool techno riffs and grooves but the soulful songwriting and the performances in the studio for the record made it magical.
Techno can easily come across as cold too digital and they understood the songs stripped down needed to be good so when you add the techno-synth sounds in it elevated the stripped down essence of the songs giving them a profound sonic depth to them.
I'm sure they used some classic analog gear to give the synth sounds that warmth like the Oberheim filter in the OB-6.
Der Gesang von Herrn Gahan ist wohl mit einem ausgewählten Shure SM 57 aufgenommen worden. Das wundert mich nicht, aber beeindruckt mich, weil es ein tiefes Verständnis des Produzenten zeigt, die technisch beste Lösung zwischen Technik und Herrn Gahans kraftvoller Performance zu finden. Chapeau - es hat sich gelohnt!
Yes I have heard too that he used a simple hand held SM57 for the vocals.
This is the first time I've heard isolated tracks from Enjoy the silence - although they did a dance rework of the demo, they kinda kept the spirit of original - replacing Harmonium with choir samples. Brilliant.
Check out the channel Produced like a pro. He analyzed Enjoy the silence in detail with the isolated sound tracks.
Absolutely love these videos. You compact so much into 10 minutes or less. Great work. Love it!!
Thank you! 😃
Thanks Depeche mode for All your music it's just FAB ❤
Violator, Songs of Faith and Devotion and Ultra remain my all-time favourites. Easily the band's most innovative era. Having Flood and Moulder in your corner will do that!
Thanks for another great episode!
On Violator I saw them in NYC
Songs of Faith and Devotion saw them in Minneapolis, Kansas City and Pasadena
Ultra was NYC and Chicago
Devotion was more than Epic
You're really putting these out at a steady rate. Putting in that work! 💪 I appreciate it, love these videos
Thank you! Great to know it’s appreciated 😃
One of my favorite albums of all time. It sounds sooooo good. I used to play this in stores when shopping for hi-fi equipment.
Dave Gahan's voice on stage is the greatest Arp, Moog, Prodigy synth there is.
Amazing video.. Greatest Band ever...
Thank you!
One of most phenomenonal album of DM dark enegmatic songs ❤❤❤🎉
Thanks for the video, amazing work, your voice is great.
Thank you!
Even the B-sides are great.
Perfection- every song!
nice video on a seminal album 🙏🤩
Thank you! 🙏
This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for the hard work it obviously took to put it together!. Waited in line for an hour the day Personal Jesus was released and we absolutely lost our fucking minds!
Thank you.! Great times 😃
Black celebration, music, and violator are my DM favorites.
Legendary record
Violator, SOFAD, UItra ilove this album ❤❤❤
Two days fucking about with a hi hat sound. Just my kind of thing.
Now it takes 2 days to craft an album.
Very interesting insight, thanks 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
This channel really deserves a lot more subscribers!!!Would love to see another Metallica video if possible!
Thank you, definitely more to come!
I recall Nils as a very affable bloke (suggested to us by engineer Peter when we were discussing sound options) but what he remembers here isn’t entirely accurate. You can hear he actually plays the riff in ‘Clean’ which we no doubt asked him to, after which it was re-sampled and placed into the track. I’m sure he played along to the basic backing track in order to achieve the correct tempo and key. We got him in specifically for that song but would have also asked him to provide many improvised slides and other options to use both within the song’s framework and for general use. Typically, anything left over from a session like that, which could be utilised, I would have jumped on being the musical magpie that I am;). Alan wilder “ clean “
Fantastic video! 🙌😊
Thank you! 😃
I recall Nils as a very affable bloke (suggested to us by engineer Peter when we were discussing sound options) but what he remembers here isn’t entirely accurate. You can hear he actually plays the riff in ‘Clean’ which we no doubt asked him to, after which it was re-sampled and placed into the track. I’m sure he played along to the basic backing track in order to achieve the correct tempo and key. We got him in specifically for that song but would have also asked him to provide many improvised slides and other options to use both within the song’s framework and for general use. Typically, anything left over from a session like that, which could be utilised, I would have jumped on being the musical magpie that I am;)
This album would be out in 2024 , will be a number one hit worldwide…..
And will clean our ears from the shit created by T. Swift and alike
Не станет. Эпоха великих альбомов давно прошла.
I'm pretty sure the snare drum used on PJ and WIME comes from a sample album from the late 80's, I remember recognizing it when I first heard WIME. I even remember not wanting to use it at the time because it was so distinct sounding it felt too obvious from where it origin. So stupid :)
This is where the snare is coming from ua-cam.com/video/io-yKRNwp5w/v-deo.html
I had heard more than once that almost all of the sounds were sampled into an Emulator III and then recorded to tape because they felt it added a quality to tge sounds they were rather keen on.
one of the songs was recorded in Italy by Pischetola
Francois Kevorkian thank you my Armenian friend.
06:21
I thought the breathing sound in Personal Jesus was a sample from “The Dreaming” by Kate Bush.
I read in another article that it was sampled from an Italian porn film and was also used on ‘Halo’.
If I had to pick one song from Violator to save from extermination, it would be between World In my Eyes and Personal Jesus.
🥰👍❤❤❤👍🥰
I remember playing this for my grade 12 classmates and one of the fellow 18 year old kids’ telling me they weren’t very talented. I’ll never forget that because of how stupid that comment was 😝
Violation? Is the thumbnail intentional?
It wasn’t, and you’re the first to actually spot that 😅 🙏
How/where were you able to get the multitrack?
I got them a while ago, I think it was the Songstems website.
@1.22 is Dave Bascombe, not flood
Andy didn’t contribute anything , was sent home sooner before the ending of the records and got paid for it ! Crazy ! He opened a restaurant in London
I always sing it "Personal Hesus" lol No se habla
I was never a fan. But Cash made PJesus. They're WAY cool.
Violator is Alan’s album.
Violator was the last great DM album.
Wait a minute, Alan said minimoog was used for bass line !
Nope, Roland 700, Flood gear, he soeaks about this on details on a youtube video
But they do not sound British ( beatlesque) ? 😂
- BBC
Ok the crappy film effect is starting to get really old. It's not necessary and is a bit distracting! Just post the videos or pictures without it!
It’s mostly practical rather than aesthetic. For fair use of the material, it’s much better to be altered in some way so I went with that. I’d prefer to have it clean though.
Let's see your videos bro.
@@mixingmasteringonline Oh I see. Thanks for making these videos anyway.
I recall Nils as a very affable bloke (suggested to us by engineer Peter when we were discussing sound options) but what he remembers here isn’t entirely accurate. You can hear he actually plays the riff in ‘Clean’ which we no doubt asked him to, after which it was re-sampled and placed into the track. I’m sure he played along to the basic backing track in order to achieve the correct tempo and key. We got him in specifically for that song but would have also asked him to provide many improvised slides and other options to use both within the song’s framework and for general use. Typically, anything left over from a session like that, which could be utilised, I would have jumped on being the musical magpie that I am;)