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Written by Iain Laskey
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 22:57 |
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 Alan Wilder was a member of Depeche Mode from their second album onwards until his unexpected departure after the Devotional Tour in the 90's and has been instrumental (sorry) in helping develop and hone their sound.
Both during his tenure with Depeche Mode and latterly on his own, he has had a side 'project' under the Recoil monicker which has produced a number of stunning but increasingly dark and disturbing albums. Each one uses a number of different guest musicians and vocalists, so even within a single album there are many different styles, but all have that unmistakable attention to sonic synth detail that he is so good at.
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Written by Iain Laskey
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Tuesday, 27 April 2010 20:53 |
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 Has Been came out a few years ago now and is either a work of genius or utter tosh and even now, I'm not entirely sure which although based on the amount of play it gets around here, I'm leaning on the former.
William Shatner, yes, he of Star Trek, dodgy wigs and hammy acting has finally reached that age where he no longer takes himself quite so seriously and this album shows. An epic work that is quite unlike anything else you're ever likely to hear unless you have a stash of very strange beat-poet albums I've not seen before.
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