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June 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Martin Gore: The Third Chimpanzee E.P.

Martin Gore The Third Chimpanzee E.P. MUTE Martin Gore likes to sneak away from his main gig – Depeche Mode – to make solo records, experimental, instrumental, his band’s music is recognisable as resource but as Gore – or sometimes the moniker MG – he is almost hiding. Though Depeche fans would tell you straight […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Depeche Mode, EP, Instrumental, Martin Gore, Martin Gore: The Third Chimpanzee E.P., Martin L. Gore, MG, Mute, Solo Album, The Third Chimpanzee, The Third Chimpanzee E.P., Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life

I recently posted this – a list of “Ten important metal albums”. And I started it off by linking to this – “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I mentioned then that I would be doing a series of these, across genres, and I repeated the opening paragraph from the hip-hop post. So now I’m going to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, Blue Lines, Daft Punk, Dance, Depeche Mode, Dorfmeister, Drukqs, Electronica, Hometown, Kid A, Kruder, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Leftfield, Leftism, Little Fluffy Clouds, Mad Professor, Massive Attack, Maxinquaye, Mezzanine, Nearly God, No Protection, Pre-Millennium Tension, Primal Scream, Protection, Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s), Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, Screamadelica, Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi, Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, The K&D Sessions, The Orb, The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, Thievery Corp., Thievery Corporation, Tricky ·

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December 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

MG: MG

MG MG Mute MG is Martin Gore, or Martin L. Gore if you prefer – he obviously prefers MG – naming both himself and the album that. You know him from his work with Depeche Mode, and here, on an entirely synth-driven, entirely instrumental album you’ll recognise those textures, those intro/outro ideals from that band’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Atticus Ross, Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, Eno, Jean Michel Jarre, John Carpenter, Martin Gore, Martin L. Gore, MG, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Synth, Trent Reznor ·

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December 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 978

Depeche Mode, Useless [Single] (1997) I love The K&D Sessions and one of my favourite tracks from it is their remix of the Depeche Mode song Useless. Great track. I’d never thought to own the single – a couple of times I had thought about getting some Kruder & Dorfmeister on vinyl (hasn’t happened yet). […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", All Apologies - 90s Music DJ Set, Depeche Mode, DJ, K&D Sessions, Kruder & Dorfmeister, LP, Remix, Single, Useless, Vinyl ·

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