Memento Mori

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First we will analyze each edition in detail (technical and qualitative analysis), then we will compare the successive editions with their dynamics and assign a final score, and you will be able to listen some samples.

Many of us vinyl junkies look for special messages from the mastering engineers who leave their mark on certain pressings for historical posterity. Finding ’70s prog and new-wave albums made with the etchings “Porky,” “Porky Prime Cut,” or “Porky Pecko” (and other, similar variants) indicate the album was touched by the knowing hands of the great George Peckham, who mastered many albums for artists as diverse as Yes and Elvis Costello.The Conservation Collective's network of local foundations turbocharge action against plastic pollution by supporting community-driven projects, galvanizing community clean-ups, improving local waste management systems, and encouraging businesses and consumers to reduce overall plastic usage. The idea to make this into a connected series of little films and fake interviews came late into the process of shooting these," wrote Corbijn. These days, a new Depeche Mode album is cause for celebration — particularly for tail-end Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers alike who have been following the band since the dawn of the 1980s — and their just released 180g 2LP set, Memento Mori, is worthy of deep listening and devoted examination.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Some of my favorite tracks on Memento Mori so far include Side 2’s “Caroline’s Monkey,” which oddly reminds me a bit of Robert Fripp and David Sylvian’s “God’s Monkey” from their August 1993 Virgin release, The First Day.

Strange and Strange Too are essential titles in both the Depeche Mode and Anton Corbijn catalogues, and are the perfect example of Anton's unique ability to capture the spirit of DM on film.

Memento Mori' is Depeche Mode's 15th studio album and its first as a two-piece lineup of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, following co-founder Andrew 'Fletch' Fletcher's tragic passing in 2022. This process likely began back in the 1950s with Rudy Van Gelder, who left his beloved “RVG” seal of approval in the runout grooves of many classic albums on Blue Note, Prestige, and other vintage labels. Since neither the liner notes nor the official press release specifies these details, I employed a little bit of record-collector sleuthing knowledge to find the name of the disc-mastering engineer — and I found it to be none other than Matt Colton at Metropolis in London.And we will question the quality of the master used for the vinyl record, which is not what one would expect.