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Before me I have a tribute album to Depeche Mode. Like there already weren’t enough of them. I actually think that there are more tribute albums dedicated to DM then the band actually have in their own discography. Though with closer reading there seems to be something different; it is a Russian tribute album! So now I really don’t now what to expect. It could be blatant copies of the original material, or something more interesting and experimental. Let’s hope for the latter.
A quick scan through the track list shows that every band has their own DM song, so there are no songs used twice. This already seems to be an interesting choice, since a lot of tribute and remix albums use a lot of the same songs in one album.
The first song is by a band called Das Reut, and they start of with the DM classic ‘Black Celebration’. The song is transformed into an industrial dance-track. It’s a pretty weird transformation, fast-paced with some drum ‘n bass influences. It also uses a funny sample and then the song changes in tone. The vocals sound like the electro-industrial of Skinny Puppy or Leaether Strip, but then the synthline sounds real cheesy, like that from cheesy trance-industrial bands. So, pretty interesting transformation, but also very weird combinations of sounds.
Light Collapse transforms ‘A Pain That I’m Used to’ into unrecognizable territory. Here and there you hear some familiar sounds of the original song, but the song is mostly a combination of noise, industrial sounds and deep droning beats. Like a kind of freeform jazz/noise experiment.
Tbilist-89 makes from ‘Monument’ an instrumental martial-industrial song which ends in loud noise. Alexei Borisov takes ‘Walking In My Shoes’ to again unrecognizable territory with lots of noise and manipulation. ‘The Sun And The Rainfall’ by ‘M-28’ is a real cheesy instrumental electro song. With ‘Little 15’ by Stpocold we are again in the unrecognizable terrain, with all kinds of noises all over the place.
Ganzer takes takes four DM classics, namely ‘It’s No Good’, ‘Freelove’, ‘Personal Jesus’ and ‘Enjoy The Silence’, and mixes them into a one-minute track. It’s more of a funny track then it has any artistic qualities. Another interesting variation comes from Instant Movie Combinations, who transforms ‘A Question Of Time’ into a deep droning industrial track. It’s because the song is on this album, else I really wouldn’t have known that it was based on a DM song. This track could have used the source material from J.S. Bach for all I know. ‘Personal Jesus’ by Tsaraas turns the song into a cinematic Eastern soundscape with Russian vocals. This is one of the more original transformations on this album which is listenable. Noises Of Russia recreates ‘Solitude In Society’ with a lot of media samples and halfway works the original song in it.
This might be on of the strangest tribute albums ever! If someone doesn’t now Depeche Mode (which would almost be impossible), they be getting the wrong idea with this album. Almost all the songs are unrecognizable transformations of the original material. As far as originality goes, it gets some point, because we’ve seen too many uninspired DM tribute albums already. This album is different from most tribute albums, because all the songs are extremely free interpretations of the original songs. To rate this album is somewhat difficult, if counted as a tribute/remix album, it’s really interesting, and you never no what to expect from song to song. All are really free interpretations of the original songs, which is good. Counting as an experimental/industrial/noise album, it isn’t the most original in the market. Still it stays interesting to hear the DM sounds in the transformations, or guessing which song it is.
The album could also have been titled ‘Depeche Mode Transformed’, like with the last Xabec album. A lot of times I don’t hear any influences from DM. The album as a whole is a good experience, though it isn’t actually directed at DM-fans, but more at experimental and noise connoisseurs. As a limited edition of 500 copies, it’s a nice collector’s item.
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