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"WAGGING TONGUE" REMIXES | DEPECHE MODE
The second 12" white label mix in a limited and numbered edition, dedicated to the remixes of the songs contained in the famous last album of DEPECHE MODE entitled "Memento Mori".
The remixes of "Wagging Tongue" are curated by prestigious DJs, musicians and producers of techno and electronic music: the duo composed of the Canadian Richie Hawtin, also known by the pseudonym Plastikman, and the American John Gaiser, the Englishman Daniel Avery collaborator, "Wagging Tongue" (Daniel Avery Remix), among others, of Alessandro Cortini, member of Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails, "Wagging Tongue" (Hawtin Gaiser Remix) and the Berliner Henning Baer, founder of the Grounded Theory collective, "Wagging Tongue " (Henning Baer's 808 Remix).
Depeche Mode's 'Wagging Tongue' was first released in 2023 as the star number from the indelible synthpop band's comeback album and swansong, Memento Mori. Something of downtempo musical elegy, the original track is a crisp exercise in melancholy uplift, colliding the band's usual synthetic arpeggiations with grass-is-greener lyrical themes. Now, however, comes a new ten-track remix bundle, of which select remixes have been chosen for a set of limited releases on wax. Most of the artists enlisted for the job have done a stellar job, amping up the tempo to a neatly electrified 130-ish-bpm, while indulging the zeitgeist's penchant for well-rounded but beefy sonics. On this one, none other than Daniel Avery sticks out with a futureological cosmic electro take, while Hawtin Gaiser opts for knocking big-room techno, and Henning Baer cools things down with a cityscape-soaring 808 remix.
With over 100 million records sold and live shows attracting over 35 million fans worldwide, DEPECHE MODE are an ever-evolving musical force that still influences music today and is a lifelong source of inspiration to all of their fans and for critics and artists.
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