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Hanging In The Balance [NME, 26th March 1983. Words: Mat Snow. Pictures: Peter Anderson.] HANGING IN THE BALANCE “Depeche Mode are the fast way forward to the future,” concluded Lynn Hanna a year ago. [1] The tape has wound on 12 months and finds the band with their fourth...

Sound Of The Suburbs [NME, 20th March 1982. Words: Lynn Hanna. Pictures: Peter Anderson.] SOUND OF THE SUBURBS Apart from his clothes, which are meticulously modish, Martin Gore’s baby blond curls, bashful expression and sweet smile make him look like the boy in Bubbles, Millais’ famous...

Astrologer Fixes Depeche Release [NME, 17th October 1981. Words: Uncredited.] ASTROLOGER FIXES DEPECHE RELEASE Depeche Mode will have their album ‘Speak And Spell’ issued by Mute Records some time next month. They can’t give a precise date because, they say, they’re waiting...

Another Rock Week At The ICA [NME, 5th September 1981. Words Leyla Sanai. Picture David Corio.] ANOTHER ROCK WEEK AT THE ICA The second day of the ICA Rock week sees the immaculate combination of The Chefs, Tarzan 5 and Depeche Mode. The Chefs are high-grade Peelie pop, accessible...

Three Modes In A Boat [NME, 22nd August 1981. Words: Paul Morley. Pictures: Anton Corbijn.] THREE MODES IN A BOAT So I’m surrounded by three of the sweet Depeche boys, impressed by the variety of their haircuts, surprised by their simplicity, and I do what any responsible writer would do...

The Knee Drone Is Connected To The Thigh Drone [NME, 2nd May 1981. Words: Paul Du Noyer. Picture: Anton Corbijn.] THE KNEE DRONE IS CONNECTED TO THE THIGH DRONE This ole house, the London Lyceum, becomes a gilded palace of synths tonight as it plays host to Daniel Miller’s Mute Records, a...

Mute Speak [NME, 2nd May 1981. Words: Vivien Goldman. Pictures: Jean Bernard Sohiez.] MUTE SPEAK “When I’m introduced to people they all look in horror at me, and say – that’s Daniel Miller?!? “Which suits me perfectly. That’s what I like. They all expect some kind of Steve Strange...

Basildon A La Mode [NME, 21st March 1981. Words: Chris Bohn. Picture: Peter Anderson.] BASILDON A LA MODE Mute maestro Daniel Miller has a notoriously sweet tooth - one that’s balanced by a taste for bitter extremes. The opposite poles of the spectrum are reflected on his label by Non’s...