MUSIC NEWS - 30 years into an amazing career, Depeche Mode remain one of the most successful electronic bands ever, selling over 100 million records worldwide. And, as they continue to release new and challenging material (like Sounds of the Universe) and perform in front of huge crowds, the enormous popularity of these former Essex Boys shows how their determination to stick with their original vision has repaid them handsomely in the long term.This brand new documentary, Dark Progression (out June 16, 2009) traces the almost surreal development of Depeche Mode from their flirtations with New Romanticism at the start of their career, through the urban industrial landscapes envisaged on Construction Time Again and Some Great Reward into the dark hollow of albums such as Black Celebration, Music For The Masses and Violator to conclude with the departure of Alan Wilder in 1995; a point in their career at which they had achieved enormous commercial success but were now facing huge personal challenges.This dvd release featrures interviews with all the band members, contributions from friends, colleagues and contemporaries such as; Gary Numan, Thomas Dolby, OMD's Andy McCluskey, Daniel Miller, band biographer Jonathan Miller, Depeche Mode producers Gareth Jones, Dave Bascombe, Phil Legg and Steve Lyon as well electronic music experts Mark Pendergast and David Stubbs. Also included are rare performances by Depeche Mode from across their career, archive footage, video clips, location shoots, news reports and much more.
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