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101
a été projeté hier
au forum des images en présence d'Andy
Fletcher qui nous a présenté
avec des membres de Labels la vidéo
.
Voici
certaines de ses questions et leurs réponses
(version anglaise pour l'instant, version
française à venir):
-Q:
Will there be a new album with Depeche Mode?
Is there a chance that you will be reunited
again despite all the rumours spreading
?
A: Martin has started to write some new
songs and we're supposed to meet in mid-November
also with Daniel Miller to see what it sounds
like and hopefully we'll be in Studio for
March /April 2004 hoping to release our
new album for Spring 2005 followed by a
Tour. Seeing again 101,I thinkit would be
a very good idea to play again some of our
old songs for the next tour.
Q
: If you had to choose one song that would
sumup all the best of what you've done with
DM which one would you choose?
A : It will be for sure "World in my
eyes" from Violator which I consider
is the best album of our career.
Q:
What about the remix album you mentionned
some time ago will it be released ?
A : Well we had about 19 hours of material
to chose from, and we finally sumedall up
to 2 cd's of our best remixes also including
some remixes never released before. there
will also be some new remixes done by nowadays
remixers. All this should come out in April
2004.
Q:
You had the choice between 101 and Devotional,
as on the official website many people voted
more for the release of Devotional than
for 101?
A : well they are not the same kind of material,
101 is a rock documentary and Devotional
is just a live video from one of our tour.
that's just it.
Q
: Will you ever release a video from the
Violation Tour?
A : when we were kids we used to listen
to Deep purple who released for each album
they made a live albumand a live video,
wedon't want to do that for each album we
release. We have filmed the Violation tour,
but we have no plans to release a live video
for each tour or album.
Q:
Do you think Martin will let Dave write
some songs for the next album:
A : Well if David bring some songs that
is good enough to fit in the album , yes.
I had the chance to work with two of the
best writers : Martin Gore and Vince Clarke,
and I hardly imagine for the next albums
martin doing the music and Dave the lyrics,
that wouldn't do it.
Q:
What about Alan ? after all he also contributed
a lot into your work in the past ?
A : Well it's true we do miss Alan allof
us, but now he's away from everyone . Nobody
in the group has news from him, the last
time I saw him was 4 years at a Christmas
party in Mute. I can understand that after
being in Depeche Mode you would like to
get away from all. But sadly nobody has
any news from him.
Q:
D.A. Pennebaker said back 1999 that during
the 101 shooting he knew that a band member
didn't have his keyboard plugged during
the live performances is it true?
A : ( laughing) well Penny (pennebaker)
isn't nice to reveal Alan's secret that
way ! Alan's gonna be angry now!
Q: Is it true that Dave did record some
audio parts of 101 after the shooting?
A: Well that's something that is done for
live recordings usually by every artist
when the results are not always correct.
He didn't record the whole song or a whole
melody he just corrected some sentences
or words that didn't sound correct.
Q:
Why did you chose to work with D.A. Pennebaker
instead with Anton Corbijn for 101?
A : at that time Anton was quite only our
photograph and we barely had done a few
videos with him, that's the reason.
Q
: Did you pick up some ideas from the way
some of your fans are dressed to choose
your style in the band?
A : interesting question, At the beginning
in fact we all dressed individually on our
own way, but after all we decidedto all
wear black that would be best and fit us
all. But that's all, I may just look at
any of you and find something interesting
I would pick up for me but that's all.
Q
: Will you do more concert dates for next
tour? and some more in France as you did
quite a lot in Germany last time? Will you
like to finish the tour on a big stadium
like you did for 101 ?
A : (laughing) Well no we'll do 50 in germany
and no more in France ;) Well I can't tell
where we're going next time and how much
dates there will be for each country. Last
tour Martin only wanted to do 80 dates and
with barely no break between each place.
For next tour I would like to do it on a
2 leg Tour so we can do it at a more calm
pace. As for the stadium it was nice for
101 but right now we search more to be closer
with the public so it's not in our plans
to do big stadiums for our concerts.
Q : After Martin and Dave releasing an album
would you do it? and would you contribute
with new songs to the next album ? Could
you sing something for us?
A : Oh , well in fact you know, they were
the ones who copied me, because I was the
first one to release a solo album called
"Toast Hawaii " that was mainly
Dave on drums, Alan on piano, Martin and
I on guitar , and we were doing covers of
classic rock songs. There's only one copy
and that's Martin who has it , because if
I would have it i would throw it in the
garbage. Well it's chance you never heard
my lyrics, so no I won't write any songs
to the next album we already have one and
maybe 2 songwriters among the band and that's
enough. As for singing my reputation is
already bad enough I don't want to make
it worse.
Q:
have you done all your choices for the remixers
that will work in the remix album? and what
are your favourite electronic band/artists
at the moment?
A: Well we haven't already choosed who will
be working for those remixes,If we meet
again in 3 or 4 weeksi'll be able to answer
you, but right now I'm not able to tell
you who will do some remixes for us. As
for the artists I prefer at the moment I
think it's quite obvious to say it's CLIENT
or I wouldn't work with them. i mean
that's why Irpoduce them because I think
they're the best electronic band of the
moment.
Q:
Do you know which producer may work on the
next album with you?
A: well no, we're still in the writing process
with Martin and anyway right now Imust admit
we have strange relations with our producers.
There are no news of Tim Simenon since we
worked with him, the same happened to Mark
Bell, even Flood disapeared at the time,
he's in Russia now, but that's all, there's
some kind of curse among DM producers, I
didn't thought we were that terrible...
Q:
What do you think of the french audience?
A: (laughing) terrible
Q: Dave came in Europe to meet the fans
last June ans now we have to the chance
to have you, do you think there's a chance
of seing Martin coming to the fans?
Well you know I think at that exact time
martin is by his swimming pool and enjoying
it. Anyway he's on his writing process of
the next album at the time that's the important.
Q
: Was it a band choice or any of you to
not include subtitle for foreign languages
on the 101 DVD ? Did you record your commentaries
all together ?
A : Well I can't tell I mean I'm not in
charge of those aspects (Labels/Mute staff
member answers :) there isn't subtitle on
the movie but there will be some on the
bonuses with the audio commentary of the
band members and the Pennebakers.
Each of us , along with Pennebaker recorded
individually our comments about 101 while
we were watching it.
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