With Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album, Memento Mori, out now, we’ve decided to look back at the band’s synth history and have a go at recreating some Mode-like beats, riffs and sequences. We’ll not ...

After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Judging by the charts alone, Depeche Mode could be rated one of the most successful bands in history. Along with 45 U.K. singles, top-ranked records in countries around the globe and sales well into ...

Back in the early ’80s, four lanky Brits calling themselves Depeche Mode, armed only with primitive synthesizers, started churning out pop hits. Nearly 40 years later they’ve sold over 100 million ...

It’s amazing how long some cliches seem to linger. Even though more than a decade has passed since all-synth bands like Depeche Mode proved that rock could be made without guitars or drums, there are ...

Tuesday, Oct. 10: Depeche Mode A reconvened Depeche Mode, now sadly down to a duo of Martin Gore and Dave Gahan after the passing of founding member Andrew Fletcher, are touring the U.S., hitting the ...

Depeche Mode has never shied away from dealing with tough topics. While the band might be primarily known for its dance hit “Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode has managed to keep up a pop beat ...

Depeche Mode has made a career out of using synth-pop anthems to illustrate the darkest aspects of the human experience, but the band’s new concert film sees them confronting death like never before. ...

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