After the electric guitar, no new instrument upended 20th-century popular music like the synthesizer. At first, the synth’s sounds were used to create ambient, otherworldly soundtracks or for epic ...

Tuesday, Oct. 10: Depeche Mode A reconvened Depeche Mode, now sadly down to a duo of Martin Gore and Dave Gahan after the passing of founding member Andrew Fletcher, are touring the U.S., hitting the ...

If you wanted new Depeche Mode, you are in for some great news, especially if you loved the group's last album.

With Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album, Memento Mori, out now, we’ve decided to look back at the band’s synth history and have a go at recreating some Mode-like beats, riffs and sequences. We’ll not ...

Back in the early ’80s, four lanky Brits calling themselves Depeche Mode, armed only with primitive synthesizers, started churning out pop hits. Nearly 40 years later they’ve sold over 100 million ...

Judging by the charts alone, Depeche Mode could be rated one of the most successful bands in history. Along with 45 U.K. singles, top-ranked records in countries around the globe and sales well into ...

Depeche Mode has never shied away from dealing with tough topics. While the band might be primarily known for its dance hit “Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode has managed to keep up a pop beat ...

A major presence on the British music scene since their 1981 electropop debut Speak and Spell, they’ve since tried their hand at goth, new wave, rock’n’roll, industrial music, and classical piano, all ...

English synth-pop duo Depeche Mode is coming to Orlando this fall on their “Momento Mori World Tour,” bringing crowds decades of electronic hits. The band, which comprises Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, ...

Depeche Mode has made a career out of using synth-pop anthems to illustrate the darkest aspects of the human experience, but the band’s new concert film sees them confronting death like never before. ...

A person close to the band said Fletcher died Thursday from natural causes at his home in the United Kingdom. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak ...

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