Depeche Mode Remixes 81-04: POLL

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The most remix-friendly band ever? To keep things simple I've stuck to the 81-04 3CD tracklisting (sorry DJP, no Happiest Girl). Some contemporaneous classics, some retrospective efforts, some genius, some filler. Apart from K&D's Useless I can't predict which ones will do well but I have a soft spot for Adrian Sherwood, Francois Kevorkian, Beatmasters, Portishead, Rex the Dog, Ewan Pearson, DJ Shadow and Air.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session™)" – 9:06 (Kruder & Dorfmeister, 1997) (from Bong28)	4
"Master and Servant (An ON-USound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic)" – 4:35 (Adrian Sherwood, 1984)	2
"Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix)" – 6:45 (Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller, 1981)	2
"Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)" – 4:22 (Goldfrapp, 2004)	1
"Little 15 (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)" – 4:52 (Ulrich Schnauss, 2004) (previously unavailable)	1
"Are People People?" – 4:28 (Adrian Sherwood, 1984)	1
"Never Let Me Down Again (Split Mix)" – 9:31 (Depeche Mode & Dave Bascombe, 1987)	1
"Personal Jesus (Pump Mix)" – 7:47 (François Kevorkian, 1989)	1
"Enjoy the Silence (Reinterpreted)" – 3:32 (Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, 2004)	1
"Rush (Spiritual Guidance Mix)" – 5:27 (Jack Dangers, 1993)	1
"Shout! (Rio Remix)" – 7:29 (Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller, 1981)	1
"A Question of Lust (Flood Remix)" – 5:08 (Flood, 1986)	0
"Walking in My Shoes (Random Carpet Mix (Full Length))" – 8:37 (William Orbit, 1993)	0
"Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)" – 3:55 (Air, 1997)	0
"World in My Eyes (Daniel Miller Mix)" – 4:37 (Daniel Miller, 1990)	0
"I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia's Labor Of Love Dub (Edit))" – 11:21 (Danny Tenaglia, 2001)	0
"It's No Good (Club 69 Future Mix)" – 8:50 (Club 69, 1997)	0
"Photographic (Rex the Dog Dubb Mix)" – 6:20 (Rex the Dog, 2004) (previously unavailable)	0
"Nothing (Headcleanr Rock Mix)" – 3:30 (Headcleanr, 2004) (previously unavailable)	0
"Lie To Me ('The Pleasure of Her Private Shame' Remix)" – 6:33 (LFO, 2004)	0
"Clean (Colder Version)" – 7:09 (Colder, 2004)	0
"Policy of Truth (Capitol Mix)" – 8:00 (François Kevorkian, 1990)	0
"Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)" – 8:41 (Timo Maas, 2004)	0
"Strangelove (Blind Mix)" – 6:32 (Daniel Miller & Rico Conning, 1987)	0
"Freelove (DJ Muggs Remix)" – 4:24 (DJ Muggs, 2001)	0
"I Feel Loved (Chamber's Remix)" – 6:17 (Chamber, 2001)	0
"Barrel of a Gun (Underworld Hard Mix)" – 9:36 (Underworld, 1997)	0
"I Feel You (Renegade Soundwave Afghan Surgery Mix)" – 4:57 (Renegade Soundwave, 1993)	0
"World in My Eyes (Mode to Joy)" – 6:28 (Jon Marsh, 1990)	0
"Get the Balance Right! (Combination Mix)" – 7:56 (Depeche Mode, 1983)	0
"Everything Counts (Absolut Mix)" – 6:02 (Alan Moulder, 1989)	0
"Breathing in Fumes" – 6:05 (Depeche Mode, Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones, 1986)	0
"Painkiller (Kill the Pain - DJ Shadow vs. Depeche Mode)" – 6:29 (DJ Shadow, 1998) (from promo cassette)	0
"In Your Room (The Jeep Rock Mix)" – 6:19 (Johnny Dollar with Portishead, 1994)	0
"Dream On (Dave Clarke Acoustic Version)" – 4:23 (Dave Clarke, 2001)	0
"It's No Good (Speedy J Mix)" – 5:02 (Speedy J, 1997)	0
"Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)" – 6:18 (Beatmasters, 1987)	0

― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 4 February 2013 13:38 (twelve years ago)

'Useless', the Kruder & Dorfmeister session. Brilliant stuff - prefer it to the original, even!

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 4 February 2013 13:39 (twelve years ago)

Spotify link: spotify:album:3HJcQI3ZZrxh95qo40oacp

― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 4 February 2013 13:43 (twelve years ago)

It's funny how this poll arrived while I was just listening to the 'Grungy Gonads' mix of 'Walking In My Shoes'!

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 4 February 2013 13:45 (twelve years ago)

ulrich schnauss forever, but will relisten before voting. rememebr there being a thread on this at the time (or some time later) but can't find anything.

― ledge, Monday, 4 February 2013 14:16 (twelve years ago)

Shout! (Rio Remix)

― :C (crüt), Monday, 4 February 2013 15:58 (twelve years ago)

"Painkiller (Judas Priest Remix)"

― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 4 February 2013 16:07 (twelve years ago)

Did K+D ever do anything half as good? I think I tried some of their other sessions once and iirc it was all ugh loungecore.

― ledge, Monday, 4 February 2013 16:45 (twelve years ago)

You might like their Bug Powder Dust remix. Similar mood.

― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 4 February 2013 16:47 (twelve years ago)

The non-compilation vocal version of the Rex the Dog mix is one of my favorites

― mh, Monday, 4 February 2013 16:50 (twelve years ago)

You might like their Bug Powder Dust remix. Similar mood.

Fraid not. Can't put my finger on it exactly but to me the Useless mix sounds all downbeat, Bug Powder Dust all up. Could be to do with the mood of the original tracks themselves (I adore Bug Powder Dust fwiw) but I can see the bassline in the BPD mix being played by some horrible white dreadlocked grinning funk hippie, don't get that from Useless. (fyi I don't really dig the way the Useless mix shifts gears for the final two minutes.)

― ledge, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 09:58 (twelve years ago)

"Master and Servant (An ON-USound Science Fiction Dance Hall Classic)" – 4:35 (Adrian Sherwood, 1984)

my first on-u record.

and given that i probably still listen to on-u more than anything else i think its clear where my vote will go.

not only that, but this remix is f*cking amazing ..

― mark e, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 10:22 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtHBXDl3bpM

― phuturephase, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 16:35 (twelve years ago)

"Shout! (Rio Remix)" – 7:29 (Depeche Mode & Daniel Miller, 1981)

So so so good

― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 18:52 (twelve years ago)

Stcking my hand up for Jack Dangers' bleepy, breakbeaty Rush, which makes one of my favourite SOFAD tracks even better. Same goes for Portishead's In Your Room. Still don't know what to vote for in my own poll.

― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:49 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

My top three by some distance are Ulrich Schnauss, K+D, and Rex the Dog. Ok the Rush mix is pretty massive but it loses points for holding off on the amazing post-chorus howl the first two times around. And I get a wry grin from the bizarro world hard rock Mode of the Headcleaner and Linkin Park mixes.

Btw what is the Ewan Pearson ref up there all about?

― ledge, Thursday, 7 February 2013 09:46 (twelve years ago)

My mistake. A couple of the best remixes that came out on 12" to go with the album - Pearson's Enjoy the Silence and Black Strobe's Something to Do - weren't actually on the album.

― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 7 February 2013 11:58 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytpu1lVUbcs

It's available on the excellent Pearson compilation Piece Work

― willem, Thursday, 7 February 2013 12:32 (twelve years ago)

The non-compilation vocal version of the Rex the Dog mix is one of my favorites

yeah the dub is great but the vocal >>>>> the album versh

might vote On-U here

― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Thursday, 7 February 2013 12:39 (twelve years ago)

I had never heard the Timo Maas mix of "Enjoy the Silence" before

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:39 (twelve years ago)

Stcking my hand up for Jack Dangers' bleepy, breakbeaty Rush, which makes one of my favourite SOFAD tracks even better...

― Deafening silence (DL), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Finally! A Depeche track we see eye-to-eye on!! :D

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:42 (twelve years ago)

no Underworld soft mix of Barrel.. ? damn. well failing that gotta go with Beatmasters Route 66.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwRbk2HAXc

― piscesx, Thursday, 7 February 2013 18:20 (twelve years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 8 February 2013 00:01 (twelve years ago)

didn't see this poll - would have voted for the US mix of Little 15 - so good!

― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Friday, 8 February 2013 00:04 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

unknown remix of little 15

says its by Priku in the video but thats just who's playing it, doubt its by him but who knows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlD7oRqb9DQ

― saer, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 18:39 (ten years ago)

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