Depeche Mode 'My Favourite Stranger' (Remixes) 2023

DEPECHE MODE

“MY FAVOURITE STRANGER” REMIXES OUT NOW

MEMENTO MORI VINYL WHITE LABEL REMIX SERIES DEBUTS NOVEMBER 10,2023

Depeche Mode unveils new dimensions of “My Favourite Stranger” with today’s digital release of five new remixes of the track hailed by Allmusic for its “pulsing menace” that “builds to discomfiting yet alluring levels of anxiety.” The latest series of reimaginations of a song from the universally acclaimed Memento Mori (Columbia Records), the newly released “My Favourite Stranger” remixes are by Boris Brejcha, Ela Minus, Long Island Sound, Sunken Cages and Al Wootton.

Meanwhile in the physical world, Depeche Mode announces the launch of the Memento Mori White Label Remix Series, a monthly drop of 12” vinyl singles building on the previously digital-only remixes of Memento Mori’s singles. The series will debut with the November 10 release of “Ghosts Again,” the first of these limited edition, individually numbered pieces. Pre-orders are now open for the Memento Mori White Label Remix Series, which will be available exclusively at in the U.S., and at select physical retailers in Europe.

Digital Remixes (Columbia) | G010005164804Y | worldwide 20 October 2023

1   "My Favourite Stranger" (Boris Brejcha Remix) 07:06

2   "My Favourite Stranger" (Ela Minus Remix) 03:48

3   "My Favourite Stranger" (Long Island Sound Remix) 04:46

4   "My Favourite Stranger" (Sunken Cages Remix) 04:20

5   "My Favourite Stranger" (Al Wootton Remix) 05:38

"MY FAVOURITE STRANGER" REMIXES | DEPECHE MODE

Much loved doom monger emo kids Depeche Mode have always been ripe for remixing by new generations of electronic music artists and so it is that there 'My Favourite Stranger' gets a series of re-rubs here on Columbia. Tech house mainstay Boris Brejcha remixes first and elongates the grooves with mournful pads up top. The Ela Minus remix of the same tune brings some extra textured and darker moods and the best is saved till the last if you ask us. The Lond Island Sound remix is high speed and tinged with electro synth work as the moody vocals echo about the mix to trippy effect.

The fourth of the Momento Mori White Label Remix Series, My Favourite Stranger (Remixes) will arrive February 23, 2024. These LIMITED EDITION 12” pressings are individually numbered, and EXCLUSIVE to the Depeche Mode on-line store.

Memento Mori White Label Remix Series

12" single Columbia | 44-328972 | 23 February 2024 (US)

UK chart: - 2 position

SIDE A

My Favourite Stranger (Boris Brejcha Remix) 07:06

SIDE AA

1.   My Favourite Stranger (Ela Minus Remix) 03:48

2.   My Favourite Stranger (Long Island Sound Remix) 04:46

● MATRIX: RUNOUT / BARCODE

Barcode:   0 19658875601 6

Runout Label Side A:   19658875601A

Runout Label Side AA:   19658875601B

Runout Side A:   19658-87560-1-A

Runout Side AA:   19658-87560-1-AA

Other Front sticker:   19658875601S1

Runout Rear sticker:   19658875601S2

Vinyl record format:   45RPM STEREO

These LIMITED EDITION 12” pressings are individually numbered. 45 RPM, BLACK vinyl disc, in die cut single pocket jacket with 2 stickers (1 on front, 1 on back), with generic paper dust sleeve. Issued shrink-wrapped in white die-cut single pocket jacket with white, die-cut paper inner. Stickers are on sleeve. Release sales start on March 04, 24.

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"My Favourite Stranger"

Release 21 September 2023

Written by Martin Gore and Richard Butler

Video directed by Anton Corbijn

PRODUCTION DETAILS TRACKS

"My Favourite Stranger" (Boris Brejcha Remix) 07:06  •  Remix by Boris Brejcha (German DJ and record producer)

"My Favourite Stranger" (Ela Minus Remix) 03:48  •  Remix by Gabriela Jimeno Caldas (Ela Minus) Colombian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer

"My Favourite Stranger" (Long Island Sound Remix) 04:46  •  Remix by Rob Roche and Tim Nolan (Dublin-born duo 'Long Island Sound')

"My Favourite Stranger" (Sunken Cages Remix) 04:20  •  Remix by Danny Mekonnen and Ravish Momin (Sunken Cages)

"My Favourite Stranger" (Al Wootton Remix) 05:38  •  Remix by Al Wootton (Producer, DJ, artist and operator of the record labels TRULY and Amidah Recordings)

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