On the 7th of June (the 6th in the UK), Depeche Mode will be releasing a remix album, Remixes 2: 81-11, chockfull of, you guessed it, remixes by such modern synth masters as M83, Röyksopp, UNKLE, members of Miike Snow, AND (get this) former DM stalwarts Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder. Should be a fun time! I'm down. Pitchfork has just released Röyksopp's contribution, a pretty awesome version of "Puppets," off of Depeche Mode's 1981 debut album Speak & Spell. Here's the link to listen to it. Funny, isn't it, how "Puppets," arguably the darkest song on that album of tinkling and rather light-weight pop ditties is here transformed into a nice and pretty piece of confectionary. I don't mean that in a bad way – it's really quite charming. Longtime (ha!) readers of this site will know that these two artists are among SDU's absolute favourites, as well.
Here's Dave and his Basildon boys performing "Puppets" for a German TV show way, way back in the day for comparison. Cheers, friends!
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