After successful performances across Europe and the US, Alan Wilder, formerly of Depeche Mode and now recording as Recoil, will bring A Strange Hour to select cities across the US, Canada, and South America. Alan & Paul Kendall (famed sound engineer, producer, mixer, and composer for many Mute artists over the years including Depeche Mode, Wire, and Nitzer Ebb) are working on an updated set for the tour, so stay tuned to www.selected.recoil.co.uk for further news.
Recoil Selected, a brand new selection of classic Recoil tracks, is out now. Alan Wilder, who chose the track listing, explains, “The collection is made up of my personal favorites, remastered and edited together into what I consider a cohesive and total listening experience.” The album features a varied selection of vocalists including Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb), Nicole Blackman, Samantha Coerbell, Toni Halliday (Curve) and Maggie Estep. Recoil Selected is available to download and as a 2CD physical edition. Limited edition deluxe 4-disc box set and a vinyl edition have both now sold out.
During his 14 years as a member of Depeche Mode, as well as being an accomplished solo musician, Alan really honed his skills in the studio. With his attention to detail, Wilder pushed the boundaries even within the restrictive climate of commercial pop. As an antidote to the demands of the Mode, his studio project Recoil was born in the mid-eighties. Two albums were released: Hydrology (1988) and Bloodline (1990) both giving an indication of his expanding horizons. After his departure from Depeche Mode in 1995, Wilder resurrected Recoil full-time and has since released Unsound Methods (1997), Liquid (2000) and subHuman (2007).
Selected Events 2010:
10/16/10 – Trees, Dallas, TX (with Joe Richardson and Christopher Anton of Information Society)
10/18/10 – Triple Door, Seattle, WA
10/19/10 – Aladdin Theatre, Portland, OR
10/21/10 – Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
10/22/10 – El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
10/23/10 – Anthology, San Diego, CA
10/24/10 – Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana, CA (with Martin Gore Djing)
10/26/10 – Metro, Chicago, IL (with Gary Numan)
10/27/10 – The Opera House, Toronto, Canada
10/28/10 – Club Soda, Montreal, Canada
10/29/10 – This Aint Hollywood, Hamilton, Canada
10/31/10 – Bourbon Street, Baltimore, MD
11/01/10 – Highline Ballroom, New York, NY
11/03/10 – Club Amanda, Santiago, Chile
11/04/10 – Niceto Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
11/05/10 – Patio De La Madera, Rosario, Argentina
11/06/10 – Espacio Quality, Cordoba, Argentina
11/10/10 – Inferno Club, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11/11/10 – Voce, Lima, Peru
11/12/10 – Downtown 727, Bogota, Columbia
11/13/10 – 21 CLUB, Quito, Ecuador
Track Listing:
Recoil Selected
CD1
Strange Hours
Faith Healer
Jezebel
Allelujah
Want
Red River Cargo
Supreme
Prey
Drifting
Luscious Apparatus
The Killing Ground (excerpt)
Shunt
Edge To Life
Last Breath
Recoil Selected – CD2
Supreme – True Romance
Prey – Shotgun mix
Drifting – Poison Dub
Jezebel – Filthy Dog mix
Allelujah – Noisy Church mix
Stalker – Punished mix
The Killing Ground – Solid State mix
Black Box (excerpt)
5000 Years – A Romanian Elegy for Strings
Strange Hours ’10 – featuring The Black Ships
Missing Piece – Night Dissolves
Shunt – Pan Sonic mix
