Depeche Mode

[Erneuert]

…And now for something completely unexpected! Wow. Hopefully this gets the live treatment too. Incredible album.

5-track remix album is also out now.

[DMLiveWiki]

Very good audience recording of the final concert of the Memento Mori tour: https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/2024-04-08_...rmany/Source_1

[Erneuert]

Man, this is actually terrifyingly good for AI:

[kas23]

Man, this is actually terrifyingly good for AI:

That’s pretty terrifying, period. Who’s to stop a record company from clicking the mouse over and over again and cranking out an album worth of material? Of course, we’d know it was “fake” even though it does exist. And I’m sure the would be lawsuits.

But bands have been doing this for decades. Aping a successful band and making money off it. But, whereas music can be similar, now we have a pretty accurate voice. And that’s a unique voice.

Or, what’s to stop an “organic” artist of making their own original music, lyrics, but having AI “Dave” sing the words? How would this even be litigated as they would have to prove the voices are identical. I know there’s a bunch of “likeness” lawsuits making their ways through the court, but these are crazy times.

[Erneuert]

SPIRIT | THE 12" SINGLES— OUT TODAY

Deluxe collection includes first-ever official 12" vinyl pressing of The Highline Sessionsfeaturing previously unreleased performances of “So Much Love” and “Poison Heart.” The Depeche Mode 12" vinyl singles project continues with the release of Spirit | The 12" Singles today. This collector's edition deluxe box set, contains seven 12" vinyl discs including custom replicas of the original three double 12" singles from Spirit; Where's the Revolution (originally released 3 February 2017), Going Backwards (released 23 June 2017), and Cover Me (released 6 October 2017). As a bonus, Spirit | The 12" Singles premieres a special seventh disc: the first-ever 12" vinyl pressing of Depeche Mode’s legendary Highline Sessions, recorded live in New York City on 3 August 2016. The most complete recording of the Highline Sessions ever released in any format, this five-song 12" vinyl single includes the band’s galvanizing cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" (celebrating the anthem's 2017 40th anniversary) and two previously unreleased performances of songs from Spirit; “So Much Love” and “Poison Heart.”

[Erneuert]

[jmtd]

Do they even need to carefully reproduce album sleeves from 2017? They’ve probably got boxes or em in the cupboard.

[paul_guyet]

If they don't DO it, they can't SAY they did it.