DEPECHE MODE: A milestone?

42 years ago, on August 22, 1983 to be exact, Depeche Mode released “Construction Time Again”. Did you already know these 5 facts?

★ Depeche Mode set a milestone with the use of samplers. “Construction Time Again” was the first album on which different sounds (samples) – these could be musical instruments or noises – were recorded and used to create a piece of music.

★ The third album was recorded in London at John Foxx’s The Garden studios. The producer was – and remained so until 1988 – Daniel Miller.

★ “Construction Time Again” was mixed at Hansa Studios in Berlin. Here, Depeche Mode benefited from the 56-track mixing console – the one in London only had 24 tracks. At the time, Hansa Studio was the only studio in Europe that could record so many tracks.

★ Since then, the city of Berlin has played an important role for Depeche Mode. The studio was also located just a stone’s throw from the Berlin Wall, which created a special atmosphere. The view was directly onto the patrolling border guards …

★ Like the two previous albums, the album cover was designed by Brian Griffin. It shows a blacksmith in work clothes wielding a hammer. He is standing on a rock, with a snow-covered mountain in the background. The photograph was taken in Switzerland. The model is a former US Marine.

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