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We mourn the loss of our dear friend Andrew Fletcher who passed away yesterday. Such an integral part of Depeche Mode from the very start of their remarkable journey, he will be missed beyond words.
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It is with great sadness that we confirm our great & dear friend, Richard H. Kirk has passed away. Richard was a towering creative genius who led a singular & driven path throughout his life & musical career. We will miss him so much. We ask that his family are given space.
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Today would have been Andrew Fletcher’s Birthday, please join us in raising a glass to him. Here are some words about our relationship with him:
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Happy birthday to Dave Gahan!.Singer, songwriter, and of course legendary frontman of @depechemode 🧡🖤
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We've lost such a dear friend, please respect the privacy of Mark's Family and friends at this time. MARK STEWART – 10/8/60 – 21/4/23.
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Happy birthday to our long time friend and impeccable singer & writer Dave Gahan, be it @depechemode, solo or with Soulsavers 🧡🎉
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Happy Birthday, Mart! ❤️. We’re giving our old friend a day off today by singing Home, one of our favourites, down the phone to him. What would you sing down the phone to Mr Martin L Gore?
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We are thinking of Andy today, on what would have been his 62nd birthday 🖤.We’ve got 'World in My Eyes' on loud while enjoying a Toast Hawaii sandwich and a beer.
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Our hearts go out to his family, Dave and Martin and to all the wonderful fans and friends who loved him. With love from Daniel and his entire Mute family.
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Violator turns 30 today! 🌹.What's your favourite track from the iconic 1990 @depechemode album?
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Dave Gahan of @depechemode delivers his message on his love of Record Stores and encourages you to use their mail order during this difficult time #LOVERECORDSTORES 🧡. info:
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Today we are celebrating our friend, Mr Martin Lee Gore! Your music have been the heartbeat of many listeners playlists and continue to be so — on this wonderful day, let’s dance to some great tunes! Which Martin Gore track you are picking to play out loud?
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We are shocked & saddened to hear of the death of Steve Albini, a wonderful man with revolutionary ideas on how music should sound, both as a musician & a producer. We were lucky enough to have worked with him in his Big Black days & as a producer.
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We wish a beautiful day and a very happy birthday to our dear friend and legend Martin L. Gore 🥳. Party with this playlist of some great @depechemode hits:
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Remembering and raising a toast to the wonderful Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher on what would have been his birthday 🖤
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Happy birthday to our dear friend and iconic songwriter, Martin Gore! 🖤🎉🧡 @depechemode. Which of Martin's many great songs will you listen to today in celebration of his day?
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A big congratulations goes out to @depechemode who have today been deservedly confirmed as one of this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees!
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I'm taking a ride.With my best friend.I hope he never lets me down again.He knows where he's taking me.Taking me where I want to be.I'm taking a ride.With my best friend.We're flying high.We're watching the world pass us by.Never want to come down.Never want to put my feet back d.
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Happy Birthday, Alan Wilder, wishing you a great day, our old friend!. You all have a Two Minute Warning to raise a glass and listen to Recoil as loud as possible!
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Please join us in saying a big happy birthday to our friend, label boss and master of all that is Mute, Daniel Miller! 🧡 Oh and happy Valentine's Day of course.
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Please raise a glass to our dearly missed friend Mr Richard H Kirk, on what would have been his birthday today.
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Can you guess how many years it's been since the release of @depechemode's 'Music for the Masses'?
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Happy Birthday, Vince Clarke! 🎹 Today is all about Only You and since we Just Can’t Get Enough of your brilliance, we are spinning your latest solo album, Songs of Silence. Let's send Just a Little Love and lots of best wishes to our friend!
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Damo Suzuki 1950-2024. “How Damo lived his life is a stark reminder to be true to one’s self, look to the future, not the past, move creatively within your own space, on your own terms, with kindness and a broad smile.”. Our full statement here:
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So sad to hear of the passing of our friend, the great D.A. Pennebaker. He was such a force & inspiration, we had such a great time with him making 101, making history, he was a history maker. such a talent, such a genius, what a legacy. 👌🏻🙏🏼
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CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Vince Clarke @VeryRecords @erasureinfo for winning @AIMAwards Special Recognition Award. Over 40 years of brilliance. We bow down 👊🏻 #AIMAwards2020
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of @depechemode's debut album 'Speak & Spell', a debut that would pave the way for one of music's great journeys 🦢 . Which track here do you go back to more than any other?
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Vince Clarke in conversation with Daniel Miller at Rough Trade East 🎤 — available to watch on Mute Youtube channel from 18th December!. Vince shares thoughts on his extensive career, passion for music and answers fan questions ✨
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Happy birthday to photographer, director, artist, frequent Mute collaborator and most importantly our friend, Anton Corbijn 🖤🧡
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Today we wish happy birthday to one Martin Gore, let's show Martin some Mute family love! 🎉
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Cabaret Voltaire (Taylor's Version) 🤘. Listen to Cabs: Reference (and backstory of this little clip):
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Happy Birthday, Dave!. Photo by our good friend Anton Corbijn taken from the session for Dave's solo album 'Hourglass' back in 2007.
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Let's have a black celebration.Black Celebration.Tonight.To celebrate the fact.That we've seen the back.Of another black day.I look to you.How you carry on.When all hope is gone.Can't you see.Your optimistic eyes.Seem like paradise.To someone like.Me.I want to take you.In my arms.
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‘Filming and dreaming, dreaming of me’ - Today marks 40 years of @depechemode’s debut single ‘Dreaming of Me’ 🎹 . It’s the single that started it all, so was it this song or another that brought you into the Depeche world?
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Happy birthday today to our good friend and the pioneering, ever-cool artist that is Vince Clarke! 🎉 . Which of his timeless career-spanning songs will you blast this weekend in his honour? 🧡. @VeryRecords @erasureinfo
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30 YEARS TO THE DAY SINCE WE FIRST REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED FAITH! 🌹. @depechemode. Personal Jesus. Violator. Iconic.
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Window display for 'Upstairs at Eric’s', it was week of release. Our Price maybe? Or HMV? Anyone remember?. @LlSTENlNG_PARTY @AlisonMoyet @veryrecords #TimsTwitterListeningParty #UpstairsAtErics
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Happy birthday, Mr Dave Gahan! The greatest front man from any era, any genre, ever? or !. 🎤 Now the Memento Mori tour is over, what was your favourite DM tour & which moment had you lose your s**t? (The curtain drop on Devotional is a favourite of ours)
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Happy birthday today to the legend that is @chris_carter_! Please join us in wishing our friend and synth maestro a great day 🎉 . If you had one of those sound activated birthday cards for Chris, which one of his tracks would you get it to play to him when he opens it?
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Martin and Daniel about to hit the stage at @Moogfest for their first ever public Q&A @moogmusicinc #Moogfest #MG #DepecheMode #TheNormal
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Songs of Silence, the first ever solo album of ambient beauty by Vince Clarke, set to release on 17th November. Available to pre-order on vinyl, CD & digital. Watch the video premiere of The Lamentations of Jeremiah today at 2:45pm BST:
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42, that is how many years it has been since the debut of Yazoo — Upstairs at Erics. Who's been there since the start?. Rewind:
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Happy birthday to our friend, and one of the longest running Mute collaborators, Vince Clarke @VeryRecords! . 🎉🧡 What Vince track will you listen to today to celebrate with him?
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Words like violence.Break the silence.Come crashing in.Into my little world.Painful to me.Pierce right through me.Can't you understand.Oh my little girl.All I ever wanted.All I ever needed.Is here in my arms.Words are very unnecessary.They can only do harm.Vows are spoken.To be b.
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From Daniel Miller:. We are all so very sad to hear about Seymour’s passing. Seymour was a dear friend and mentor, and the most knowledgeable person about music that I ever knew.
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.@DepecheMode's Playing the Angel turns 15 today! An unbelievable album, and with songs like Precious, A Pain That I'm Used To, Suffer Well and Lillian, it's hard to pick a favourite here. What do you think? 🌫
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Vince & Alf goofing around in 82. It was a whirlwind of creativity & emotions over such a short period of time, we were all still finding our feet. Mute was (is) incredibly proud of what Alison achieved post Yazoo 🧡. @AlisonMoyet .@LlSTENlNG_PARTY .#timstwitterlisteningparty
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Today, on what would have been his birthday, we are remembering Richard H Kirk. Raise a glass and listen to your favourite Kirky tune 🎵🍷
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Happy birthday to our friend and @depechemode talisman, Andy Fletcher! Send your birthday wishes to the man behind the keys! 🎹🧡
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Thank you, Denise. Our love always. “A repeated phrase could be heard in the Mute office, "Who's doing that vocal, it's amazing!" after New Order's Music Complete started a series of entries by Denise Johnson into Mute’s history.”. Read our full message:
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Happy birthday to our long time friend and electronic music legend, @chris_carter_! Please join us in sending Chris some birthday well wishes 🎉
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Join us in wishing a big happy birthday to the @depechemode man himself, our good friend Andy Fletcher! 🎉🧡
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See the breaking glass.In the underpass.See the breaking glass.In the underpass.Warm leatherette.Hear the crushing steel.Feel the steering wheel.Hear the crushing steel.Feel the steering wheel.Warm leatherette.Warm leatherette.Warm leatherette.Melts on your burning flesh.You can.
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A great shot here of Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet of Yazoo. 🎹 What's your favourite Yazoo track?
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On what would have been Richard H Kirk’s Birthday, at the Mute office, we’ll be playing some of the mammoth tunes he created as Cabaret Voltaire with Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson. He’s forever missed.
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Happy birthday today to our friend and the legend that is Alan Wilder! @Recoilboss. What's your favourite Alan track from over the years? 🧡
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Happy Birthday @chris_carter_, our magical electronic magician, if a sound doesn’t exist, he’ll invent something so that it does. Have the best day with Cosey and Spook. Chemistry Lessons Vol 1 is soundtracking our Sunday, what Chris Carter classic is making your day divine?
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Remembering Frank Tovey on what would have been his birthday. The legacy he left us, from his work as Fad Gadget, with the Pyros, as a live performer & as Frank Tovey is immeasurable. Cranking his whole catalogue today, starting with Luddite Joe:
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3 years ago today, @neworder released Music Complete on Mute. Office playlist sorted for the day! What's your favourite track on the record?. #NewOrder #MusicComplete #MuteRecords #RecordOfTheDay
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Songs of Silence, the debut solo album by Vince Clarke is OUT NOW!. A 10-track lyric-less album of uncategorisable ambient beauty, available on vinyl, CD and digitally:
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Lies, lies, lies, lies.Gold, gold, gold, gold.Guns, guns, guns, guns.Fire, fire, fire, oh!.Gold, gold, gold, gold.Church, church, church, church.Guns, guns, guns, guns.Fire, fire, fire, oh!.Oh!.Muscle and hate!.Muscle and hate!.Muscle!.Muscle!.Muscle!.Muscle!.Lies, lies, lies, li.
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The definitive box set edition of @depechemode’s newly upgraded 101 documentary concert film and live album has arrived! 💿 Pre-order via Mute Bank:
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Happy Birthday @gillian_gilbert, we hope you’re having a very special birthday backstage rider!.You don’t need to be on tour with New Order to get such fancy treats 🤣.We’ve got Tasty Fish spinning in the Mute office, what’s everyone else playing for Gillian?
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Let me take you on a trip.Around the world and back.And you won't have to move.You just sit still.Now let your mind do the walking.And let my body do the talking.Let me show you the world in my eyes.I'll take you to the highest mountain.To the depths of the deepest sea. .
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Today we remember our dear friend Frank Tovey, on what would be his 64th birthday 🧡 @FadGadgetMusic
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So sad to hear of the passing of Pete Shelley, we had the honour of working with him & Howard when we re-released Spiral Scratch a few years ago, Pete and Howard performed together as Buzzkunst around that time, it was a magical thing. Goodnight shy boy
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Here at Mute we are very saddened by the loss of our dear friend Brian Griffin. You can read our full statement here:
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Please join us wishing a Happy birthday to the one and only Mr Martin L Gore 🎉 . 🧡 We never tire of our old friend's songs, but today we're giving his wonderful Counterfeit albums a spin (the new Barker @samvoltek remix of his track ‘Mandrill’ too), . What are you listening to?
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Mr Andy Bell, wonderful songwriter, exquisite performer, powerful activist, beautiful being & dear friend — from our hearts at Mute — we wish you a very happy birthday!. We’ll be playing & dancing all day to Andy’s music, but which one you would pick to soundtrack your day? 🕺
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Guaranteed to never let us down. @depechemode's Music For The Masses turns 30 today! What's your favourite memory from this era?
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Martin Gore's Counterfeit & Dave Gahan’s Paper Monsters available again on vinyl, pre-order from Mute Bank now.🧡
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