"2016 studio sessions:
- From 12 April to 06 May at Sound Design Studios, Santa Barbara
- From 01 June to 23 June at Sound Design Studios, Santa Barbara
- From 11 July to 04 August at ? Studio, New York
Recording finished on 30 July and final studio week until 04 August used for recording studio live versions
'Heroes' (a David Bowie cover) is one of the 5 live studio sessions
The band has recorded +/- 20 songs; 'Spirit' should be a 12 trk album
Dave Gahan has written 4 songs (1 with Martin Gore, 2 with Eigner/Gordeno, 1 with Kurt Uenala)
Producer: James Ford
Programmer: Charles M. Duff aka Matrixxman
Mastering: Brian Lucey (Magic Garden Mastering)
Artwork: Anton Corbijn
Press conference visuals and probably more: Timothy Saccenti
'Global Spirit Tour' visuals: Anton Corbijn (1 week shoot in Miami)
First single: 'Revolution' or 'Where's The Revolution'
Video by Anton Corbijn
Songs working titles:
- Revolution
- Worst Crime
- Scum
- Backwards
- Poisoned Heart
- Move (MG + DG)
- Fail
- Eternity
- No More
- Cover Me
it's a solid depeche mode tune, nothing outstanding. given the times we're in, this was the obvious single choice... am hoping for some more smashing tracks on the album though
I thought Angel was pretty dope, last time around. i was thrilled that they teased Delta Machine with it. Then they chose Heaven which was good but so sooo slow for a first single. I kinde see the humor in their zere fucks attitude towards choosing a radio friendly single.
Delta machine on itself was pretty enjoyable live. No complaints honestly.
"Depeche Mode paid tribute to Bowie at a special concert they recently recorded at New York City's High Line public park. They filmed the performance – which they did without an audience and which included several songs from Spirit – with just a drum machine and Gore on guitar, and they capped it with a cover of Bowie's "Heroes." "I was so moved, I barely held it together, to be honest," Gahan says. "Martin listened to 'Heroes' once it was mixed and randomly told me, 'Wow, that was really fucking good.' And I said, 'Yeah, it was, wasn't it?'"
Although Depeche Mode have not yet decided how they will release this film, Gahan is eager for people to see the whole thing and especially "Heroes."