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In audio production, '''sampling''' refers to the use of a portion (or sample) from a sound recording within another recording. As pioneers of the electronic music genre in the early 1980's, [[Depeche Mode]] were among the first acts to make use of new sampling technology within a traditional pop music format.
 
Among the thousands of original samples recorded and utilized by Depeche Mode to enhance the atmosphere of their musical output are many that originated elsewhere, including brief passages of musical recordings by other artists, snippets of audio from television shows, radio broadcasts, films, environmental sounds, and more. Analysis of these '''sample sources''' and how they are manipulated is a popular topic of discussion amongst fans of the group.
 
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= Information =
 
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Within reason, this page aims to document all verifiable sound sources for many of the musical parts used by [[Depeche Mode]] in the production of their studio albums, official remixes, and live performances, as well as the samples used in the production of former Depeche Mode member [[Alan Wilder|Alan Wilder's]] [[Recoil]] studio albums, official remixes, live performances, and other works.
 
Due to the passage of time, fading memories, and the inherent nature of the samples described in this article (which were often transposed, reversed, tweaked, processed, layered, and otherwise manipulated nearly beyond recognition), there is unavoidable potential for journalistic error or misattribution. To combat this, the content of this article is comprised of verified quotes from band members and recording personnel, verifiable sources with citations wherever possible, audio examples, and independent research voluntarily contributed by Depeche Mode and Recoil fans across the world. It exists to provide an interesting document on this topic in a tabular format that is organized, well-researched, and reasonably accurate.
 
This article differentiates samples by their origin: '''Self-made samples''', which describes any material originally recorded by Depeche Mode or Recoil, and '''Sourced samples''', which describe samples which were not originally recorded by either group. In addition to confirmed samples, this article also covers samples that are commonly misreported as being used but have been directly refuted by a member or associate of Depeche Mode or Recoil.
 
As ever, if you notice an error or wish to request the removal of a sample source in this article, please feel free to [mailto:[email protected] contact us].
 
= [[Depeche Mode]] =
== <i>[[Speak & Spell]]</i> (1981) ==
<i>Speak And Spell</i> does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
 
== <i>[[A Broken Frame]]</i> (1982) ==
<i>A Broken Frame</i> does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
 
== <i>[[Construction Time Again]]</i> (1983) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Everything Counts]] (various live versions)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1983
|smsample1=Woodwind-like sample
|smsnotes1=Two samples with a woodwind-esque timbre (presumably derived from a synthesizer and subsequently sampled), comprise the famous riff played by [[Alan Wilder]] during the outro as heard in performances of {{s|Everything Counts}} during the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses]] and [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tours. Notably, one of the two samples is played monophonically with a smooth portamento layered with multiple other sampled and synthesized parts to form the main melody in the middle eight section of the studio recording of {{s|Shake The Disease]]}}.
|smsample2=One-shot guitar chug
|smsnotes2=Part of the "chugging" guitar rhythm most clearly heard during the opening bars and throughout {{s|Mercy In You}} is sampled, transposed up several notes, and filtered to produce a rhythmic element heard during the choruses and break section of {{s|Everything Counts|U}} as it was performed on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] tour.
|smsample3=Resonant synth pad
|smsnotes3=A resonant synth pad is used to play a series of chords during the outro of {{s|Everything Counts|U}} as it was performed on the Devotional and [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]] tours. Notably, this pad can also be heard during the choruses of the song as it was performed on the World Violation tour and throughout the {{s|Walking In My Shoes|U}} (Grungy Gonads Mix).
|ssample1=Breathing sound
|ssource1='''Kraftwerk - "Tour de France"''' - 1983
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|ssample2=Intro sweep
|ssource2='''Kraftwerk - "Die Roboter"''' - 1978
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=CTA
|}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[The Landscape Is Changing]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1983
|ssample1=Spoken word in German
|ssource1='''Einstürzende Neubauten - "Merle (Die Elektrik)"''' - 1983
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=CTA
}}
 
== <i>[[Some Great Reward]]</i> (1984) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Blasphemous Rumours]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1984
|smsample1=Verse snare
|smsnotes1=The snare heard during the verse sections of {{s|Blasphemous Rumours}} was produced by recording the sound of a hammer smashing against a concrete floor.<ref name="shuntSGR">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmsgr.htm SHUNT : ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : SOME GREAT REWARD]</ref> [[Alan Wilder]] states in the November 1984 issue of ''International Musician and Recording World'':
<blockquote>
We sampled some concrete being hit for what turned out to be the snare sound. All that entailed was us hitting a big lump of concrete with a sampling hammer. The engineer / producer we use, [[Gareth Jones]], has got this brilliant little recorder called a Stellavox which we use with two stereo mikes and it's as good as any standard 30ips reel-to-reel but this is very small and therefore very portable. So we just took the Stellavox out into the middle of this big, ambient space and miked up the ground and hit it with a big metal hammer. The sound was... like concrete being hit. I can't really put it any other way.
</blockquote>
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=SGR
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Master And Servant]] (Slavery Whip Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1984
|ssample1=Drum elements
|ssource1='''Frankie Goes To Hollywood - "Relax"''' - 1983
|sstatus1=Disproven
|snotes1=Magazine ''The Face'' reported in February 1985:
<blockquote>
'''Alan Wilder''': No, I don't mind admitting it. We nicked a beat off one of Frankie's records and stuck it on our 12-inch. But I mean the actual sound, not the idea. It's not a drum sound that sells a record anyway, it's the whole song and the musical ideas. [...]
</blockquote>
 
''Electronics & Music Maker'' magazine then reported [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/i-want-your-samples/1944 in 1986]:
<blockquote>
In response to a complaint that Depeche Mode stole a Frankie Goes To Hollywood drum sound, Frankie's engineers replied that the Frankie drum sound was actually a Linn - itself a recording!
</blockquote>
 
Wilder directly refutes this claim in response to a fan question during a Q&A on {{EL|http://www.recoil.co.uk/ Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] project site:
<blockquote>
'''Q''': [Is there] any truth behind the section in Dave Thompson's book (''Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward'') that says (around the time of {{s|Master And Servant}}) that DM sampled a Frankie Goes To Hollywood drum loop? If so, what track was it used on?
 
'''A''': Surprisingly, no truth whatsoever."<ref name="shuntSGR"></ref></blockquote>
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SGR
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[People Are People]] (Are People People? Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1984
|ssample1=Doo-wop vocal sample
|ssource1='''The Citadels - "When I Woke Up This Morning"''' - 1964
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=Credit to <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.bratproductions.com/ Daniel Barassi]</span> for this discovery.<ref> Source: Depeche Mode archivist and webmaster Daniel Barassi ('fishureprice') [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bif2G7gD7ui/ Instagram] post</ref>
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SGR
}}
 
== <i>Catching Up with Depeche Mode</i> (1985) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Shake The Disease]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1985
|smsample1=Vibraphone-like percussive bell
|smsnotes1=A filtered vibraphone-like percussive bell element is employed during the post-chorus sections layered with a variety of other parts, including a separate bell sample and synthesized parts. This distinctive sound would also see use in several other [[Depeche Mode]] songs recorded during this era, including {{s|It Doesn't Matter Two}} and {{s|But Not Tonight}}.
|smsample2=Metallic percussive element
|smsnotes2=A textured, highly-resonant percussive element with a high frequency is used during the post-chorus sections layered with several other parts and processed with reverb. The sample is re-triggered to play in time with the bell melody, and is played in two ways: one where the sample is re-triggered in time with the bell melody and then allowed to play out (or allowed to play from beginning to end) on the seventh keypress, and one where the sample cuts away on the seventh keypress without playing in full. Notably, this sample is also used in several other songs recorded by Depeche Mode between 1984 and 1985, including {{s|It Doesn't Matter}}.
|smsample3=Hi-hats (open and closed)
|smsnotes3=A basic 4/4 hi-hat rhythm comprised of one closed and one open hi-hat is employed throughout the verses and chorus sections. These hi-hat parts would also be used in several other songs produced during that time, including {{s|But Not Tonight|U}} and {{s|Here Is The House}}.
|smsnumberofrows=3
}}
 
== <i>[[Black Celebration (album)|Black Celebration]]</i> (1986) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Fly On The Windscreen]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|smsample1="Over and done with" Daniel Miller vocal sample
|smsnotes1=[[Alan Wilder]] confirms the origin of this vocal sample in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "'Over and done with' courtesy of [[Daniel Miller]] if memory serves correct."<ref name="shuntBC">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmblack.htm SHUNT : ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : BLACK CELEBRATION]</ref>
|ssample1="Their living hell" vocal sample
|ssource1='''Peter Jennings, ''ABC News''''' (television news report, unknown date)
|sstatus1=Likely
|snotes1=Jennings was an active news anchor from 1 February 1965 to 1 April 2005. It is likely the exact date of the report sampled by Depeche Mode occurred sometime before or between November 1985 and December 1985 at the latest.
|ssample2=Sampled scratch
|ssource2='''N.W.A. - "Fuck tha Police"''' - 1988
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=The scratch effect in the intro of "Fuck tha Police" by N.W.A. is sampled and played several notes down from its root key throughout the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] tour arrangement of "Fly On The Windscreen". Notably, this scratch sample is also used throughout the Devotional tour version of {{s|I Want You Now}}.
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[It Doesn't Matter Two]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|smsample1=Vibraphone-like percussive bell
|smsnotes1=A vibraphone-like percussive bell element is employed to mysterious and dramatic effect respectively during the later verses and on the final note of the song. This distinctive sound would also see use in several other [[Depeche Mode]] songs of the time period, including {{s|Shake The Disease}} and {{s|But Not Tonight}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[A Question Of Time]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|smsample1=Guitar-like pluck
|smsnotes1=A brief "plucked" guitar-like sound reminiscent of a guitar or processed piano sample is used in chorus with a bass part to form the bassline. Notably, this sample is also used to play a four note sequence as a fill sporadically throughout {{s|But Not Tonight}}.
|ssample1=Moan-like vocal sample
|ssource1='''The Chanters - "She Wants To Mambo"''' - 1954
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1=A feminine "moan" vocal following the second chorus of "She Wants To Mambo" is sampled and played in a descending two note passage with EQ for added top-end during the chorus sections of {{s|A Question Of Time}}. {{MLG}} confirmed the use of the sample in the August 1986 issue of ''Electronics & Music Maker'':
 
<blockquote>"It's not that audible, though. It's a sample from a record called "She Wants to Mambo", an old doo-wop disc. At the end of each verse, the woman who sings sort of moans. We sampled this moan and played it up a few notes, which made it sound like a girl moaning. We used it on the chorus section of "A Question of Time"."<ref>Source: [http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/modes-of-operation/1937 Muzines.co.uk : Articles : Modes Of Operation (''Electronics & Music Maker'', August 1986)]</ref></blockquote>
 
In addition to its use in the chorus sections, the sample is also used as a unique "Wha-, wha-, wha-" vocal-like hit that is played repetitively on every step and half step following the percussion fill during the intro and throughout the song's outro. Rather than playing out from start to finish as it does during the chorus sections, the sample is played with a fast Decay five notes down from its root key and detuned slightly to form the unique rhythmic hit.
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Here Is The House]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|smsample1=Mandolin-like sampled guitar
|smsnotes1=[[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] told ''Electronics and Music Magazine'' in 1986:
<blockquote>"[...] Then there’s the mandolin-like part on "Here is the House". That was an acoustic guitar sampled twice — once on a down-stroke and once on an upstroke. We used them on alternate notes, so every other note was a downstroke and all the in-between notes were up-strokes. It sounded very funny — almost like a real player."<ref name="HITH"></ref>
</blockquote>
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[But Not Tonight]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|smsample1=Mandolin-like sampled guitar
|smsnotes1=Sampled upstroke and downstroke guitar elements originally sampled for use in "Here Is The House" are layered with another sampled part to produce the lead riff. {{MLG}} told ''Electronics and Music Magazine'' in 1986:
<blockquote>"[...] Then there’s the mandolin-like part on "Here is the House". That was an acoustic guitar sampled twice — once on a down-stroke and once on an upstroke. We used them on alternate notes, so every other note was a downstroke and all the in-between notes were upstrokes. It sounded very funny — almost like a real player."<ref name="HITH">Source: [http://noyzelab.blogspot.com/2014/09/modes-of-operation-depeche-mode.html ''Electronics and Music Magazine'']</ref>
</blockquote>
|smsample2=Vibraphone-like percussive bell
|smsnotes2=A vibraphone-like percussive bell element is employed during the latter half of each verse section, utilising a 1/4 delay to achieve a hypnotic "bouncing" effect. This distinctive sound would also see use in several other [[Depeche Mode]] songs produced at or around the same time, including {{s|Shake The Disease}} and {{s|It Doesn't Matter Two}}.
|smsample3=Resonant bell sample
|smsnotes3=A rich, resonant bell sample is layered with a choral-esque part to create a highly-textured counter melody as heard in its chorus sections. This bell sample would later be used in the introduction of {{s|Strangelove}}, {{s|Nothing}}, and the [[Recoil]] instrumental {{s|Grain}}.
|smsample4=Guitar-like pluck
|smsnotes4=A brief "plucked" guitar-like sound plays a tight four note sequence with a fast release as a fill sporadically throughout {{s|But Not Tonight}}. Notable uses of this sample in other songs include the bassline of {{s|A Question Of Time}}.
|smsample5=Hi-hats (open and closed)
|smsnotes5=A sequenced 4/4 hi-hat rhythm comprised of one closed and one open hi-hat is employed throughout the song. These hi-hat parts are also used in several other songs produced at or around the same time, including {{s|Here Is The House}} and {{s|Shake The Disease}}.
|smsnumberofrows=5
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Fly On The Windscreen]] (Death Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|ssample1="I don't care how you feel!" vocal sample
|ssource1='''Richard Pryor - Unidentified film'''
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|ssample2="Help the dying" vocal sample
|ssource2='''Steve Kroft, ''CBS News''''' (television news report, unknown date)
|sstatus2=Likely
|snotes2=Kroft was an active television news anchor with ''CBS News'' starting in 1980. It is likely the exact date of the report sampled by Depeche Mode occurred sometime before or between November 1985 and December 1985 at the latest.
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Sometimes]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|ssample1="Sometimes" vocal sample
|ssource1='''Louis Armstrong - "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"''' - 1958
|sstatus1=Likely
|snotes1=A choir vocal singing the word "sometimes" is sampled from the one minute nineteen second mark of Louis Armstrong's "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" and processed with reverb for use in the intro of {{s|Sometimes}}.<ref>Credit to '[https://www.depeche-mode.com/forum/index.php?topic=32731.msg760399#msg760399 personal cheese]' for this discovery.</ref>
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
 
== <i>[[Music For The Masses]]</i> (1987) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Never Let Me Down Again]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Processed guitar riff
|smsnotes1=In a 4 July 2019 interview with ''Super Deluxe Edition'', Dave Bascombe recalled the recording process for the guitar riff:
 
<blockquote>"[...] I remember [[Martin L. Gore|Martin]] had his guitar, and it’s used quite a bit... the beginning of "Never Let Me Down [Again]" for example... What a wonderful, happy accident that was. It was supposed to start with the snare drum and then go straight in, but because of the nature of technology at the time, the guitar [riff] was played, then we sampled it into the Synclavier and it just kicked off as soon as it got code at the beginning of the track and we all went ‘Wow, that's great’, so that was an accident."<ref name="DBASCOMBE">Source: [http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/interview/producer-dave-bascombe-on-depeche-modes-music-for-the-masses/ ''Super Deluxe Edition'' July 4, 2019 Producer Dave Bascombe on Depeche Mode's 'Music For The Masses']</ref></blockquote>
|smsample2=Lead melody
|smsnotes2=The lead melody is comprised of a guitar-like pluck sample combined with a solo vocal-like pad with a short loop (itself derived from a non-looped sample that is used in conjunction with yet another vocal-like sound to intensify the final four bars of each verse section in 'I Want You Now'). The resulting voice is mixed with reverb to produce the textured, roomy effect heard on the album version of {{s|Never Let Me Down Again}}. For live use, the part is played back comparatively dry.
 
Other notable appearances of the the guitar-like sample include a two-note fill during the verses of {{s|Strangelove}} and the lead melody heard throughout the Spanish Taster mix of {{s|To Have And To Hold}}. In addition to its use in {{s|Never Let Me Down Again|U}} and {{s|I Want You Now}}, the aforementioned solo vocal-like pad is also heard during the chorus sections of {{s|Nothing}}.
|smsample3=Exploding firework
|smsnotes3=An exploding firework sound originally sampled for use with {{s|Stripped}} is occasionally played on the final note during live performances of {{s|Never Let Me Down Again|U}}. Other notable uses of this sample include the final moments of {{s|Pimpf}}, where it is layered with a large female-esque choir stab and played several notes down from its root key.
|smsample4=Synth bass
|smsnotes4=A synth bass drone originally recorded for use with {{s|Policy Of Truth}} is layered in with the original {{s|Never Let Me Down Again|U}} bass pad for live performances on the 1993-1994 [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] and [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]] tours.
|smsample5=Tom drums
|smsnotes5=In an April 2020 interview with ''Piano & Keyboard Artist'' producer {{EL|https://www.vaughngeorge.com/ Vaughn George}}, Bascombe confirmed that the tom drum fills heard throughout {{s|Never Let Me Down Again|U}} are comprised of the tom drum sounds originally recorded for use in {{s|Stripped|U}}:
<blockquote>
'''Vaughn George''': So you actually used some of the sounds from previous albums?
 
'''Dave Bascombe''': A few, yeah [...] For instance, I think on "Never Let Me Down Again", the tom-toms are a combination of the toms from "Stripped" mixed with some other samples.<ref name="BascombeVG">Source: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MixzkjNGL2k Depeche Mode - Interview with Music For The Masses Producer Dave Bascombe] - ''Piano & Keyboard Artist'' - 22 April, 2020</ref>
</blockquote>
 
[[Alan Wilder]] describes the recording of this sound in a 1998 editorial on {{EL|http://www.recoil.co.uk/ Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] project website: "A hired drum kit was also set up in the large reception area of Westside and used to sample individual sounds, most notably the distinctive toms with their special ambience."<ref>Source: {{EL|http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/report/edit/dm8698/aug98frame.htm SHUNT : ARCHIVES : EDITORIAL : 1998 Archives : DM Singles 86-98}}</ref>
|ssample1=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource1='''Beastie Boys - "Rhymin' And Stealin"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1=The heavy drums of Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks" sampled on the Beastie Boys song "Rhymin And Stealin" were subsequently sampled by Depeche Mode. One-shot samples of the bass drum and snare drum are sampled and sequenced to form the primary drum pattern of "Never Let Me Down Again". Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that "Never Let Me Down Again" employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks" which were sampled second-hand from a rap record. The sampled parts would later be re-purposed for {{s|Halo}} and {{s|Get Right With Me}}.
 
<blockquote>From memory, the drums were sampled from Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" (but secondhand from a rap record). It is one of the most commonly used drum samples – for obvious reasons as it has that very special "Bonham" sound. The same snare drum sound appears on [Depeche Mode's] "Get Right With Me". I've also heard that snare on a Massive Attack record and many others. I think ''[[Violator]]'' was the first album that we used whole performance drum loops to create rhythm tracks, as opposed to programmed single drum sounds, and "Halo" was one of the first tracks we recorded for ''Violator'' in fact. [[Flood]] and I were listening to quite a lot of hip hop and rap records at the time – those artists were the forerunners when sampling larger sections of rhythms and grooves. And the unusual feels that were created on those albums really influenced ''Violator'' and ''[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]''.</blockquote>
 
In a 4 July 2019 interview with ''Super Deluxe Edition'', Dave Bascombe recalls how the sampled percussion came to be used in "Never Let Me Down Again":
 
<blockquote>"["Never Let Me Down Again" is the one] that hit me when I first heard that demo, I thought that’s just fantastic. My sole contribution, well not my sole contribution – this is before we got to Paris, we were round at Alan’s house – and I said ‘right, I want to use ‘When The Levee Breaks’ [Led Zeppelin] drums on this.’ I know that it’s been used 10 billion times now, but they were still quite new then and I’d always loved those drum sounds and as I say they weren’t a cliched thing then, so I suggested using them for the main kick and snare. But I actually loved that track, still do."<ref name="DBASCOMBE"></ref></blockquote>
|ssample2=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource2='''Led Zeppelin - "When The Levee Breaks"''' - 1971
|sstatus2=Officially confirmed
|snotes2=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that 'Never Let Me Down Again' employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks", which were sampled second-hand from a rap record. (Beastie Boys - "Rhymin And Stealin").
 
|ssample3=Orchestral strings and choir pads
|ssource3='''Carl Orff - ''Carmina Burana'' - "O Fortuna"''' (unspecified recording)
|sstatus3=Officially confirmed
|snotes3=In an April 2020 interview with ''Piano & Keyboard Artist'' producer {{EL|https://www.vaughngeorge.com/ Vaughn George}}, Bascombe confirms the origin of the cinematic orchestral samples used in the outro of 'Never Let Me Down Again':
<blockquote>
'''Vaughn George''': These days you [can] just buy a sample library. Now, if you take out the samples at the end of "Never Let Me Down Again", you did have this big cinematic sound. Where did those samples come from?
 
'''Dave Bascombe''': I think it was ''Carmina Burana'' [...] It took ages getting it all in time and in tune. [Nowadays] that's a piece of piss.<ref name="BascombeVG"></ref>
</blockquote>
 
The sampled parts are derived from the final moments of a stereo recording of '{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna O Fortuna}}', the opening and closing movement of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff Carl Orff's}} ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff) Carmina Burana}}'' {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantata cantata}}, which features a powerful sustained note comprised of choir vocals, orchestral strings, brass, and timpani. The resulting stereo pad is then split into separate monophonic samples, so that one sample prominently features the orchestral strings and the other prominently features the choir. The results are subsequently tuned, separately looped, and layered with orchestral brass elements. The samples are then played back in a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_and_response_(music) call and response}} phrase in which the sample featuring the orchestral strings plays for the entirety of each bar, and the sample featuring the choir is played starting on every second beat until the end of the measure.
|ssample4=Guitar riff and drum elements
|ssource4='''3rd Bass - "Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2"''' - 1989
|sstatus4=Officially confirmed
|snotes4=American hip-hop group 3rd Bass employed an uncredited sample of the opening guitar riff from Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down Again" for their 1989 track "Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2". Depeche Mode were fond of their use of the sample, and would in turn sample it back from "Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2" and employ it during the live interlude of "Never Let Me Down Again" as performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour. Wilder would later use this sample and other elements from "Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2" in the live production of {{S|In Your Room}} as part of Recoil's 2010-2011 [[:Category:2010-2011_Selected_Events Tour|Selected Events]] tour.
|ssample5=N/A
|ssource5='''Gary Wright - "Love Is Alive"''' - 1976
|sstatus5=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Strangelove]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Resonant bell sample
|smsnotes1="Strangelove" employs a rich bell sample layered with other samples to form the counter melody sound heard during its intro, chorus sections and outro. Other notable uses of this bell sample include the choruses of {{S|But Not Tonight}} as well as the [[Recoil]] instrumental {{S|Grain}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[I Want You Now]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Female "ahh" vocal samples / Sample of multiple laughing girls
|smsnotes1='I Want You Now' makes creative use of studio quality female vocals (in conjunction with a similar vocal provided by {{MLG}}) as an experimental substitute for traditional bass drums or snares. These sounds include two distinct "ahh" vocalizations used throughout the verse and chorus sections as well as a sample of two women laughing heard at the end of each verse. The women who provided the vocals were described by Wilder in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "...I think it was a couple of girls who were hanging around the studio - thought we'd make use of them ;-)"<ref name="shuntMFTM">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmmftm.htm Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : MUSIC FOR THE MASSES]</ref> Album producer Dave Bascombe recalls: "It was Fashion Week when we were in Paris which, terrible, you know, [laughs] so models turned up at the studio and we got them to do the samples, just to get it a bit more hi-fi!"<ref name="DBASCOMBE"></ref>
 
Notably, the female "ahh" vocalization heard during the verses would be repurposed to similar effect in {{s|Clean}} starting from the second verse.
|smsample2='Breathing' accordion loop
|smsnotes2=The "breathing" effect heard throughout "I Want You Now" is produced by an accordion being inflated and deflated without depressing a key.<ref name="shuntMFTM"></ref>
|ssample1=Female orgasm vocal samples (x2)
|ssource1='''Unidentified pornographic film'''
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=The pornographic film sampled by Depeche Mode for use in the production of "I Want You Now" is likely to have enjoyed an official release on VHS or Betamax cassette and would have been in widespread circulation by July 1987.
|ssample2=Sampled scratch
|ssource2='''N.W.A. - "Fuck tha Police"''' - 1988
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=The scratch effect heard in the opening moments of "Fuck tha Police" by N.W.A. is sampled and played sporadically throughout the 1994 [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]] tour arrangement of "I Want You Now" layered with the scratch sample from {{S|Get Right With Me|U}}.
 
Notably, it is also used to similar effect in the hip hop-esque interpretation of {{S|Fly On The Windscreen}}, which was performed on the 1993 [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional tour]].
|colorscheme=MFTM
|snumberofrows=2
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[To Have And To Hold]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Sampled Russian news radio broadcast
|smsnotes1=A sample of a radio news broadcast featuring a male voice speaking in Russian can be heard during the intro and outro of the album version of "To Have And To Hold". The vocal is played several notes below its root key and is layered with numerous delayed cuts to produce a dense, alarming texture. Fitting with the dark atmosphere of the song, the broadcaster states: "В докладах рассматривается эволюция ядерных арсеналов и социально-психологические проблемы гонки вооружений," which translates to "The report examines the evolution of nuclear arsenals and socio-psychological problems of the arms race".
 
Notably, this sample would later be sampled by composer Mark Morgan for use in the ambient song '{{EL|https://fallout.gamepedia.com/The_Vault_of_the_Future The Vault of the Future}}' in the 1997 post-apocalyptic adventure video game ''{{EL|https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout Fallout}}'', 1998's ''{{EL|https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout_2 Fallout 2}}'' and 2010's acclaimed ''{{EL|https://fallout.gamepedia.com/Fallout:_New_Vegas Fallout: New Vegas}}''.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Nothing]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Hi-hat derived from the sound of a pneumatic coach door shutting
|smsnotes1=In a 4 July 2019 interview with ''Super Deluxe Edition'', Dave Bascombe recalls the unique production of a hi-hat as used in 'Nothing' and other album songs:
 
<blockquote>We dug out a few of their old samples and I brought a lot of mine as well, which were more in the vein of just regular snare drums and kicks, although I did use, there’s one interesting sound which is used as a high hat on, I think "Nothing", or maybe a few things, which is a pneumatic coach door shutting. Anyway, we did swap a few things around like that.  I had an Emulator II [sampler/keyboard], we’d swap discs and so on.<ref name="DBASCOMBE"></ref></blockquote>
|smsample2=Solo vocal-like pad with short loop
|smsnotes2=A solo vocal-like pad with a short loop (derived from a non-looped sample that is used in conjunction with yet another vocal-like sound to intensify the final four bars of each verse section in "I Want You Now") is used to play a melody during the chorus sections of 'Nothing'.
 
Other notable appearances of this sample include the lead melody as heard in live performances of "Never Let Me Down Again" and as a vocal stab layered with yet another vocal-like sound during the final four bars of each verse section in "I Want You Now".
|ssample1=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource1='''Beastie Boys - "Rhymin' And Stealin"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that "Never Let Me Down Again" employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks" which were sampled second-hand from a rap record. (Beastie Boys - "Rhymin And Stealin"). The "Bonham" snare drum sample is processed and re-purposed for the snare sequence of "Nothing". The primary fill sequence features the snare playing a descending "melody" of 3-3-2, where each number corresponds to the number of snare hits and the key of the snare descends by one note from its root key every three hits.
|ssample2=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource2='''Led Zeppelin - "When The Levee Breaks"''' - 1971
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] project site that "Never Let Me Down Again" employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's "When The Levee Breaks" which were sampled second-hand from a rap record. (Beastie Boys - "Rhymin And Stealin").
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Pimpf]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Exploding firework
|smsnotes1=An exploding firework sound originally recorded for use with {{S|Stripped|U}} is layered in with a large choir stab in the outro of {{S|Pimpf|U}}. The sample is played in time with the choir several notes below its root key.
 
Notably, this sample is also occasionally played on the final note during live performances of "Never Let Me Down Again".
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[To Have And To Hold]] (Spanish Taster)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Guitar-like pluck
|smsnotes1=A guitar-like pluck sample is layered with a harpsichord, played back with a medium decay, and processed with reverb to produce the lead melody heard throughout the Spanish Taster mix.
 
Other uses of this sample include the lead melody of "Never Let Me Down Again" and a fill heard during the verse sections of {{S|Strangelove|U}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Route 66]] (Beatmasters Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|ssample1="They come from everywhere to take the challenge", "If they can name it they can claim it", "It's big money, high hopes, near misses, and love and kisses", "So, join host Tom Kennedy, tonight at 7:30, and 'Name That Tune!'" vocal samples
|ssource1=Unspecified television advertisement for ''Name That Tune'' (game show)
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Strangelove]] (The Fresh Ground Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Cameo - "Word Up"''' - 1986
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
 
== <i>[[Violator]]</i> (1990) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[World In My Eyes]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Main snare
|smsnotes1=The origin of the main snare sound used throughout 'World In My Eyes' (and, relatedly, its similar-but-different counterpart best heard during the electronic interlude in the outro of the album version of 'Personal Jesus') is unclear. Wilder posits in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"Can't remember exactly. I think we made it from scratch or it could be a combination of analogue and a sample."<ref name="shuntVIO"></ref></blockquote>
|smsample2=Minimoog/ARP 2600 bass
|smsnotes2=The origin of the bass is a combination of a series of unique synthesized parts, including a frequentially 'dark' synth bass with a heavy low frequency Moog-like quality, a velocity-sensitive synthesized bass part with a high resonance and slight filter cutoff settings, and a potentially ring-modulated velocity-sensitive synthesized bass part with a subtle filtered white noise setting (likely produced by the ARP 2600, though this is not confirmed). Wilder summarizes its production in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"Again, can't remember exactly -- most likely a combination of Moog and Flood's Arp."<ref name="shuntVIO"></ref></blockquote>
|ssample1=Bell tree sample
|ssource1='''Fleetwood Mac - 'Black Magic Woman'''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=This sample is used for two distinct sounds in the production of 'World In My Eyes':
* One version of the sample features oscillating pitch with added reverb that is reversed and played in chorus with a separate sample, producing an exciting "whirl" effect that occurs during the verses and throughout the song.
* A second version of the sample appears on the first bar following the end of the first chorus, with added reverb to create a distancing effect. This sample is used to dramatic effect during the outro to the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] version of 'World In My Eyes'.<ref name="BairdCredit">Credit to Christopher Baird for this discovery.</ref>
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Sweetest Perfection]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Bell tree sample
|ssource1='''Fleetwood Mac - 'Black Magic Woman'''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=This sample is looped and manipulated to produce a ghostly pad with oscillating pitch and creative panning effects during the verses.
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Personal Jesus]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1989
|smsample1=Foot stomp drum elements
|smsnotes1=Wilder recalls in separate Q&A and Editorial features on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"The main stomps... [were] a recording of 2 or 3 people jumping up and down on flight cases."
<ref name="shuntVIO"></ref><ref>Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/ SHUNT : ARCHIVES : REPORT : EDITORIAL : VIOLATOR]</ref></blockquote>
|smsample2=Slide guitar fill
|smsnotes2=Producer [[Flood]] recalled the production of the unique slide guitar element in his 2011 Mute Short Circuit presentation:
<blockquote>"If I had the slide guitar part here, I could show it, but I always heard that as screaming voices, and there was one evening when they're all looking at me going 'What are you talking about? It's a slide guitar.' And [[Dave Gahan|Dave]] going 'What, just screaming to something" I go "Yeah, just scream to anything!" He goes "What, like this? Rahhh!" I went "Great!" So they sampled it and put it with the guitar that slides up, and that's why it sounds — it sounds like a slide guitar, but it's not quite a slide guitar, and that's something that they'd obviously learned from [[Daniel Miller|Daniel]], and I had learned from Daniel, this thing of meticulously crafting something and building it."
</blockquote>
|ssample1=Vocal huffing rhythm
|ssource1='''Kate Bush - 'The Dreaming'''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|ssample2="I'm not crazy anymore!" vocal sample
|ssource2='''<i>A Cry In The Wilderness</i> (film)''' - 1974
|sstatus2=Likely
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Halo]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Minimoog/ARP 2600 bass
|smsnotes1=The origin of the bass is a combination of likely two or more unique synthesized parts, including a frequentially 'dark' synth bass with a heavy low frequency Moog-like quality performed with a sensitive velocity setting for dynamic sonic changes per note, with an additional velocity-sensitive bass part produced with an identifiable square oscillator modulated in the synthesizer pipeline (likely produced by the ARP 2600, though this is not confirmed). Wilder summarizes its production in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"I think [it was] created using a combination of the Minimoog and Flood's Arp."<ref name="shuntVIO"></ref></blockquote>
 
|smsample2=Vocal 'ahhs'
|smsnotes2=The choir stabs heard during the first chorus are comprised of a series of solo vocal 'ahh' samples. Other notable uses of these vocal elements include the vocal melody heard during the outro of '[[Enjoy The Silence]]', the solo vocal used throughout '[[Memphisto]]', and the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of '[[In Your Room]]' as it was performed on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]], [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]], and [[:Category:2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour|Global Spirit]] tours.
|ssample1=Classic John Bonham drum loop
|ssource1='''Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin' And Stealin'''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that '[[Never Let Me Down Again]]' employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks' which were sampled second-hand from a rap record. The sampled parts would later be re-purposed for 'Halo':
 
<blockquote>"From memory, the drums were sampled from Led Zeppelin's 'When the Levee Breaks' (but secondhand from a rap record). It is one of the most commonly used drum samples – for obvious reasons as it has that very special "Bonham" sound. The same snare drum sound appears on DM's Get Right With Me. I've also heard that snare on a Massive Attack record and many others. I think <i>[[Violator]]</i> was the first album that we used whole performance drum loops to create rhythm tracks, as opposed to programmed single drum sounds, and Halo was one of the first tracks we recorded for <i>Violator</i> in fact. Flood and I were listening to quite a lot of hip hop and rap records at the time – those artists were the forerunners when sampling larger sections of rhythms and grooves. And the unusual feels that were created on those albums really influenced <i>Violator</i> and <i>[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]</i>."</blockquote>
|ssample2=Classic John Bonham drum break
|ssource2='''Led Zeppelin - 'When The Levee Breaks'''' - 1971
|sstatus2=Officially confirmed
|snotes2=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that 'Never Let Me Down Again' employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks' which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin And Stealin'). These samples were later re-purposed for use in 'Halo' and '[[Get Right With Me]]'.
|ssample3=Looped orchestral strings (x2)
|ssource3='''Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)'''
|sstatus3=Confirmed
|snotes3='Halo' employs two looped orchestral phrases sampled from the fourth movement (approximately 3:12 and 4:26 in) of a May 1989 Cleveland Orchestra [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C46gPbkdASw performance] of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler Gustav Mahler's}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler) Symphony No. 5}} Adagietto (Sehr langsam) as conducted by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_von_Dohn%C3%A1nyi Christoph von Dohnányi}}. Both samples are looped on a sustained phrase to produce a dramatic orchestral part. In 'Halo', the "4:26" sample is first heard playing one note below its root key with a slow attack in the lead-in to the second chorus, where it plays three notes above its root key for the first four bars with a fast attack before returning one note below its root key for the next two bars leading up to the "soaring" string phrase heard at the end of each chorus (which is comprised of multiple sampled strings as well as the "3:12" string phrase, which is played five notes above its root key). The sequence repeats for the remaining choruses and instrumental outro. Notably, each of these samples are re-used to dramatic effect in the outro of '[[My Joy]]'. Additionally, the sample derived from the 3:12 mark of this performance is used to equally dramatic effect in 'Clean'.<ref name="MahlerCredit">Credit to {{EL|https://discord.gg/NAnGGfD Discord for the Masses}} user 'Udeilu' for this discovery.</ref>
|ssample4="Soaring" orchestral strings
|ssource4='''Edward Elgar - Unidentified composition'''
|sstatus4=Confirmed
|snotes4=Wilder confirmed in a July 27, 2011 interview with electricityclub.co.uk that 'Halo' employs orchestral string elements sampled from an as yet unidentified piece of music composed by celebrated English composer Edward Elgar:
 
<blockquote>"For the end choruses, there are some string samples which I think were derived from Elgar. One of my techniques is to find sections of classical strings and transpose / stretch these, then add my own samples, in order to formulate new and unusual arrangements. This was a case in point. The DM track ‘Clean’ utilised classical strings in a similar way."<ref>Source: [http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-alan-wilder-interview/ ALAN WILDER Interview - July 27, 2011]</ref></blockquote>
 
The classical recording sampled would have been recorded and released during or prior to 1989.
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Waiting For The Night]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=ARP 2600 bass sequence
|smsnotes1=Wilder describes the production of this bass part in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"Flood and I had been listening to Tangerine Dream and decided to try and create a similar atmosphere for this track. The main sequence was put together using his ARP and the sequencer that accompanies the synth. Due to its many velocity and filtering possibilities, this unit has a unique quality which is difficult to replicate using a modern-day sequencer triggered by MIDI. Once it has been set-up, in order for the sequence to be transposed to follow the chord structure of the song, I needed to play in each chord change from an external keyboard. A similar principal was applied to achieve the bubbling bass part which, together with the main sequence, forms the backbone of the track. The charm of the ARP sequencer stems from the slight tuning and timing variations that occur each time the part is played. This gives a sense of fluidity and continual change which seems to suit the song."
<ref name="shuntVIO2">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dviol2.htm SHUNT : ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : VIOLATOR : PAGE TWO]</ref></blockquote>
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Enjoy The Silence]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Vocal 'ahs'
|smsnotes1=The choir stabs heard during the first chorus are comprised of a series of solo vocal 'ahh' samples. Other notable uses of these vocal elements include the solo vocal used throughout '[[Memphisto]]', the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of '[[In Your Room]]' as it was performed on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]], [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]], and [[:Category:2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour|Global Spirit]] tours, and the choir stabs audible during the first chorus of 'Halo'. For live performances of 'Enjoy The Silence', these choir elements were employed from its live debut through 2009, when it was replaced with new choir parts for use on the [[:Category:2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe|2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe]] and later tours with one exception where it returned for a live performance as part of a television [[2013-04-24_Jimmy_Kimmel_Live!,_Sony_Outdoor_Stage,_Los_Angeles,_CA,_USA|promotion]].
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Policy Of Truth]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Main guitar rhythm
|smsnotes1=The guitar rhythm prominently used during the first two verses is produced by a single note played from a guitar, which is processed and looped to provide a built-in vibrato effect. The sample is then allocated across the keyboard for playback. Though not confirmed, a second sample is likely used to produce the faux guitar 'lick' present in the rhythm part in every other bar. Wilder recalled in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"It's a single note sampled from a guitar and then looped and played from a keyboard. The loop is what gives it the vibrato effect."<ref name="shuntVIO">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : VIOLATOR]</ref></blockquote>
|smsample2=Hi-hat loops
|smsnotes2='Policy Of Truth' employs sampled hi-hat rhythms sequenced as dynamic alternating loops, introducing an evolving rhythm to the song. Wilder explains the benefits of using loops over one-shot samples in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"...No two snare beats sound the same when played by a drummer - I like that. That's why I prefer to use lots of drum loops with all the feel (and flaws) of the original performance. Most of the drum sounds on 'Violator' were sampled (apart from obvious electro sounds) but the rhythms were still programmed. Some hi-hat patterns ('Policy' for example) were played and sampled as loops and in the case of 'Halo' and 'Clean' it's all loops. Again, I prefer the looped parts because of the performance element."<ref name="shuntVIO">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmviol.htm Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : VIOLATOR]</ref></blockquote>
|ssample1=Main riff
|ssource1='''Unknown Asian instrument sample library CD'''
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1=In a 2016 podcast with author and former pastor {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Bell Rob Bell}}, [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] was asked about the origin of this sound:
 
<blockquote>
'''Rob Bell''': There's a song on there called 'Policy of Truth': what in the world are those sounds? Do you know what I mean? Like, if someone came from a different planet, and I was just playing any music, I'd be like, "This is a guitar, this is drums, this is harpsichord, this is a flute..." But on that song, if I played them that song, I'd be like, "... That's like a... I don't..."
 
'''Martin Gore''': You mean the main riff kind of sound?
 
'''Bell''': The riff, there's like three or four parts that are like sort of stacked in very tightly in the mix. I assume there's some really subjective aesthetic thing going on where you're just like, "It should sound like striking the edge of a glass bottle mixed with a..." Do you know what I mean? In the studio, are you just, "I'll know it when I hear it"?
 
'''Gore''': I think it's more organic than that. I think part of the sounds that you're talking about are samples that we... even during <i>Violator</i> we were doing quite a bit of sampling, so it probably came from some weird Asian instrument sample CD or a classical Asian music CD, with a [pitch] bend in it.<ref>Source: [https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/2016-01-25_The_RobCast,_Los_Angeles,_CA,_USA 2016-01-25] The RobCast 2016-01-25 Martin Gore interview</ref>
</blockquote>
 
The sample library or classical release in question that was sampled for the main riff components would have been in circulation by 1989. The riff is comprised of two looped samples, one with a natural built-in pitch bend and a short loop, and one without pitch bend with an equally short loop.
|ssample2=Delayed, sampled, and looped guitar/synth
|ssource2='''Tony Halliday - 'Time Turns Around'''' - March 1989
|sstatus2=Likely
|snotes2=The looped part appears sporadically throughout Toni Halliday's 'Time Turns Around', and is re-purposed for use during the bridge sections of 'Policy Of Truth'. 'Time Turns Around' coincidentally enjoyed a remix by Wilder in the form of the Euro-Tech Mix.<ref>Credit to Home user [https://www.depeche-mode.com/forum/index.php?topic=32731.msg761072#msg761072 'Alex'] for this discovery.</ref>
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Clean]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Female 'ah' vocal sample
|smsnotes1='Clean' employs a re-purposed female 'ah' vocal part originally recorded for use throughout 1987's '[[I Want You Now]]'. The part is performed in time with the snare starting from the second verse. Wilder recalled the recording of this vocal part in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"...I think it was a couple of girls who were hanging around the studio - thought we'd make use of them ;-)"<ref name="shuntMFTM">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmmftm.htm Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : MUSIC FOR THE MASSES]</ref></blockquote>
|ssample1=Bass guitar
|ssource1='''Pink Floyd - 'One Of These Days'''' - 1971
|sstatus1=Disproven
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that 'Clean' does not employ a sample from Pink Floyd:
<blockquote>"I recognise the similarity but It's not a Floyd sample. It was programmed using a combination of analogue synth and sampled bass [guitar]."<ref>Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dviol2.htm Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : DEPECHE MODE : VIOLATOR]</ref></blockquote>
|ssample2=Looped orchestral strings
|ssource2='''Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)'''
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2='Clean' employs a looped orchestral phrase sampled from the fourth movement (approximately 3:12 in) of a May 1989 Cleveland Orchestra [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C46gPbkdASw performance] of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler Gustav Mahler's}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler) Symphony No. 5}} Adagietto (Sehr langsam) as conducted by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_von_Dohn%C3%A1nyi Christoph von Dohnányi}}. It is looped on a sustained phrase to produce a dramatic orchestral part. In 'Clean', the sample is first heard playing one note below its root key in the outro of the song, alternating with another as-yet unidentified sampled orchestral phrase, and is the last sound to be heard at the tail end of the song's fade out (and is therefore the final sound to be heard on the ''[[Violator]]'' album). Notably, this sample is also used to dramatic effect in 'Memphisto' the chorus sections of 'Halo', and the outro of '[[My Joy]]'. Additionally, a separate sample from the 4:26 mark of this same performance is used to equally dramatic effect in 'Halo', and is also used in 'My Joy'.<ref name="MahlerCredit"></ref>
|ssample3=Orchestral string elements
|ssource3='''Unidentified classical music recording, possibly Edward Elgar'''
|sstatus3=Confirmed
|snotes3='Clean' utilises two looped sections of orchestral strings during its outro, one of which is derived from a 1989 performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5. The other loop is presumably derived from an as yet unidentified piece of classical music written by British composer Edward Elgar. Notably, both sampled string loops as heard in the outro of 'Clean' are re-purposed for use throughout the verse and chorus sections of 'Halo'.
|snumberofrows=3
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Memphisto]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Vocal 'ahhs'
|smsnotes1=Unlooped versions of the samples comprising the solo vocal 'ahh' melody heard in the outro of 'Enjoy The Silence' are re-used to dramatic effect as a vocal element in 'Memphisto'. Other notable uses of these vocal elements include the choir stabs audible during the first chorus of 'Halo' and the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of '[[In Your Room]]' as it was performed on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]], [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]], and [[:Category:2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour|Global Spirit]] tours.
|smsample2=Resonant bass stabs
|smsnotes2=Reverberated resonant bass stabs heard throughout 'Clean' are layered in as a bass element in 'Memphisto'.
|ssample1=Looped orchestral strings
|ssource1='''Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)'''
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1='Memphisto' employs a looped orchestral phrase sampled from the fourth movement (approximately 3:12 in) of a May 1989 Cleveland Orchestra [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C46gPbkdASw performance] of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler Gustav Mahler's}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler) Symphony No. 5}} Adagietto (Sehr langsam) as conducted by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_von_Dohn%C3%A1nyi Christoph von Dohnányi}}. It is looped on a sustained phrase to produce a dramatic orchestral part. Notably, this sample is also used to dramatic effect in 'Clean', the chorus sections of 'Halo', and the outro of '[[My Joy]]'. Additionally, a separate sample from the 4:26 mark of this same performance is used to equally dramatic effect in 'Halo', and is also used in 'My Joy'.<ref name="MahlerCredit"></ref>
|ssample2=Looped orchestral strings
|ssource2='''Unidentified classical music recording, possibly Edward Elgar'''
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=Both sampled string loops best heard in the outro of 'Clean' are also used throughout 'Memphisto', notably during the second chorus section onward. One of the two is derived from a 1989 performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5.
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Kaleid]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Tremolo guitar
|ssource1='''Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - 'What Ruthy Said'''' - 1973
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=A rhythmic tremolo guitar element heard in the opening moments of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's 'What Ruthy Said' is sampled and used throughout 'Kaleid'.
|ssample2=Distorted wah guitar fill
|ssource2='''Borghesia - 'Message'''' - 1990
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=A "slurry" guitar sound processed with wah and distortion heard during the opening moments of Borghesia's 'Message' is sampled, pitched down 100 cents, time-stretched, processed with a chorus or flanger effect to widen the stereo image and EQ'd for use as a fill throughout 'Kaleid'.<ref name="FC">Credit to 'Fatherless Child' for this discovery.</ref>
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Happiest Girl]] (Pulsating Orbital Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Engine idling/orchestral hit sample
|ssource1='''The Tornadoes - 'Telstar'''' - 1962
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1=Credit to <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.bratproductions.com/ Daniel Barassi]</span> for this discovery.<ref>Source: Home user 'BRATMix' forum [https://www.depeche-mode.com/forum/index.php?topic=32731.msg760525#msg760525 post]</ref>
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Policy Of Truth]] (Trancentral Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1="I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman" Robert Hoskins vocal (spoken)
|ssource1='''<i>The Long Good Friday</i> (film)''' - 1980
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=Richard Nixon vocal (spoken)
|ssource2='''The "Checkers" Speech''', Richard M. Nixon speech broadcast, 1952'''
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Policy Of Truth]] (Pavlov's Dub)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1="I must not conceal from you tonight...the truth as I see it" Winston Churchill vocal (spoken)
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1946-1963-elder-statesman/mit-mid-century-convocation/ MIT Mid-Century Convocation}}''' - Winston Churchill speech at Mass. Institute of Technology, Thursday, March 31, 1949
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[World In My Eyes]] (Oil Tank Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Kraftwerk - Musique Non-Stop''' - 1986
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Sea Of Sin]] (Sensoria Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Madonna - 'Vogue'''' - 1990
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
 
== ''Until The End Of The World (soundtrack)'' (1991) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Death's Door]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1991
|ssample1=Guitar chords with tremolo
|ssource1='''Depeche Mode - 'Blue Dress'''' - 1990
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1='Death's Door' re-purposes guitar chords originally recorded for '[[Blue Dress]]' for its chorus and middle eight sections.<ref>Source: ''Violator'' engineer Steve Lyon [https://www.facebook.com/steveproducerlyon/posts/1765495130148200 Facebook] post.</ref> This guitar part is also notably used to dramatic effect in Recoil's 'Missing Piece'.
|ssample2=Slide guitar
|ssource2='''Depeche Mode - 'Clean'''' - 1990
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=A slide guitar part used in the final moments of 'Clean' is re-purposed as an atmospheric effect throughout 'Death's Door', particularly in the outro section. Notably, this sample is also used to rhythmic effect throughout Recoil's 'Missing Piece'.
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
}}
 
== <i>[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]</i> (1993) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[I Feel You]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Distorted noise pad
|smsnotes1=A shot of distorted noise is utilised as a riser during the intro and just before the break sections of 'I Feel You'. [[Alan Wilder]] confirms this particular part is a processed sound that originated from a non-descript synthesizer in a Q&A on the official [[Recoil]] project site:
 
<blockquote>"You'd better be prepared to part with some cash - the noise actually comes from a synth."<ref name="shuntSOFAD">Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dmsfd.htm Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES  :  DEPECHE MODE  :  SONGS OF FAITH AND DEVOTION]</ref></blockquote>
 
Part of the initial transient of the distorted noise loop present in the album version of 'I Feel You' is removed so that the part begins on a brief moment of elevated pitch. This subtle edit would see use in all live performances of the song from the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]] onward.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Walking In My Shoes]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Processed piano/harpsichord main riff
|smsnotes1=The main riff is a combination of piano and harpsichord processed with liberal amounts of compression and guitar amplifier tremolo. Wilder confirms the composition of this sound in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"From that point onwards, Flood and I began to construct the various drum loops, the string arrangements, the main riff (which combined a piano and harpsichord through a distorted guitar amp) and all the other bits and pieces."<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref></blockquote>
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''Fancy - 'Feel Good'''' - 1974
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=The classic 'Feel Good' drum break is used during the chorus, middle eight, and outro sections of 'Walking In My Shoes'. The loop is resampled to match 'Walking In My Shoes' approximately 94 BPM tempo and is sliced to begin on a bass drum, with an open hi-hat on the fourth step of the second beat. The resulting rhythm is then looped to repeat every two beats.
|ssample2=Drum loop
|ssource2='''Funkadelic - 'Nappy Dugout'''' - 1973
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Condemnation]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Improvised flight case bass drum
|smsnotes1=Wilder describes the recording of various elementary elements of 'Condemnation' in an editorial on the official Recoil project site:
<blockquote>"With experimentation still prevalent, the elementary sounds for the 3rd single, 'Condemnation' were recorded in the basement of the Madrid villa with one person banging a flight case, another clapping and a third scraping the wall with a tambourine.
 
The vocals - which were to have a 'barbershop choir meets gospel Elvis Presley' flavour - proved that [[Depeche Mode]] had not abandoned their desire to find different and exciting ways of producing music. Built up track by track, individual takes were sung by (mainly) [[Martin L. Gore|Martin]] and (sometimes) Alan and then manipulated using vari-speed to produce very low and very high pitches. Once added to [[Dave Gahan|Dave's]] lead vocal, the resulting close harmonies provided the barbershop body of the track."<ref>Source: [http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/forum/qa/dlives.htm Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : EDITORIAL : DM Singles 86-98]</ref>
</blockquote>
|smsample2=Tambourine
|smsnotes2=The tambourine fill present at the end of each bar repeating throughout the piece is produced by scraping the tambourine against a wall.
|smsnumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Mercy In You]] (album version, live [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] tour version)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''The Headhunters - 'God Make Me Funky'''' - 1975
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=Multiple parts of the classic 'God Make Me Funky' drum break are sliced and looped to form a funky percussive rhythm that plays throughout 'Mercy In You'. The bulk of the loop is comprised of a full bar of the 'God Make Me Funky' break, featuring an open hi-hat on the third step of every third beat. The sample is then sliced and sequenced to match Mercy In You's approximately 96 BPM tempo. A second part of the break, featuring a double bass drum hit, is sliced and sequenced in with the main loop, with the softer bass drum hit on the third step of every second beat and the harder hit sequenced in time with the open hi-hat. The result is then looped throughout the introduction and verse sections of 'Mercy In You'.
|ssample2=Drum loop
|ssource2='''Five Stairsteps - 'Don't Change Your Love'''' - 1968
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=The live version of 'Mercy In You' as it was performed on the 1993 Devotional tour features a sample of the classic Five Stairsteps' 'Don't Change Your Love' drum break. Due to the composition of the loop as it is used on the live version of 'Mercy In You', which features a reflection of a tambourine hit on the second beat of every bar and possesses distinct EQ and dynamic characteristics that differ somewhat from the original break, it is unclear whether the sample is a direct lift from the 1968 song or if the loop was taken secondhand from another song (likely a rap record). Candidates for possible secondhand sample sources include the 'JMJ Telephone Tap Groove' remix of Public Enemy's 'Louder Than A Bomb' (the loop is exposed in the instrumental version of the remix, which was commercially available on the 1992 {{EL|https://www.discogs.com/Public-Enemy-Louder-Than-A-Bomb/release/186319 12"}} release) and the 1992 rap track 'Taste of the Bass' by Hustlers Of Culture featuring EQ (2), which exposes the drum break in the intro.
|ssample3=Variphone pad
|ssource3='''Talk Talk - 'The Rainbow'''' - 1988
|sstatus3=Confirmed
|snotes3='Mercy In You' employs a Variophon<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref> pad with a unique distorted texture derived from Talk Talk's 'The Rainbow' (approximately 0:55). The pad is EQ'd to slightly reduce high frequencies above approximately 4000Hz and slightly boost the lower mid-range. The sample is then looped, tuned approximately thirty cents above its root key, and played with a long release time. Notably, this sample is also used during the first verse and outro of 'In Your Room'.<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|snumberofrows=3
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Judas]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1="If you want my love" choir
|smsnotes1=This vocal performance is comprised of a large number of individual vocal recordings of individuals employed during the recording of 'Judas', the final album track to be recorded at Chateau du Pape Studio, with each individual's vocal performance multitracked six times each for a total of ninety indiidual voices, with additional delay, reverb, and EQ to introduce an intimate southern church-like quality to the vocals. Wilder describes the recording of this particular part in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
 
<blockquote>"15 people (tape op's, studio secretaries, the cook etc...) multitracked 6 times making a total of 90 voices + delays and reverbs. Then we eq'ed the sound to make it seem like it was sung in a deep southern church hall in the 1960's, rather than Wembley stadium."<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref></blockquote>
|smsample2=Brass
|smsnotes2='Judas' and 'Higher Love' each employ similar sample-based brass parts during their respective bridge sections.
|smsnumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[In Your Room]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Double-tracked "splang" guitar chord
|smsnotes1=A series of four unique guitar chords are utilised as stabs at the start of each bar during the chorus sections of 'In Your Room'. Wilder describes the composition of this sound in a Q&A on the official Recoil website:
 
<blockquote>"Affectionately known (to me anyway) as 'Splang' rather than 'twoo, twaa and twee', the sound is derived from a guitar. Each chord was sampled individually and then double-tracked with a second but different guitar sound. There is also a string/choir pad (another backwards sound) playing the same chords in the background."<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref>
|smsample2=Orchestral tremolo strings
|smsnotes2=A series of sustained orchestral tremolo string parts are employed throughout the track. The strings play in alternating chords during the choruses and throughout the third verse.
|smsample3=Processed choir pads (reversed)
|smsample4=Textured ambient noise pad (looped)
|smsnotes4=A textured loop used sporadically during the intro and first verse of 'In Your Room' is a brief sample of ambient noise with audible wind chimes in the background, which produces a subtle "grainy" texture when reversed. The sample is reversed and subsequently looped, then transposed down several notes from its root key for the final result.
|smsample5=Vocal 'ahhs'
|smsnotes5=Solo vocal 'ahh' samples are layered with other processed solo vocal samples to produce a lush choir used during the second verse of 'In Your Room' as it was performed on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]]. Notably, these vocal ah parts also comprise the vocal 'ah' melody heard during the outro of '[[Enjoy The Silence]]', choir stabs during the first chorus of 'Halo', and the solo vocal melody used throughout '[[Memphisto]]'.
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''Rusty Bryant - 'Fire Eater'''' - 1971
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=A classic drum break consisting of a funky bass drum, snare, and hi-hat is lifted from 'Fire Eater' for use with 'In Your Room' starting from the second verse. The loop is sequenced in an "evolving" way, so that more of the loop is heard as the song progresses:
 
#Bar one: The loop repeats on every beat for three beats, and is then allowed to play uninterrupted for the last two beats
#Bar two: The loop repeats on every beat for two beats, and is then allowed to play uninterrupted for the last three beats
#Bar three: The loop is allowed to play uninterrupted for the entirety of bar three
#Bar four: The loop repeats on every beat for two beats, and is then allowed to play uninterrupted for the last three beats
 
The resulting sequence is looped to repeat every four bars throughout the verses and chorus sections. As the verse sections of the album version of 'In Your Room include an additional bar following the fourth line to accommodate [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore's]] ethereal vocal ahs, the timing of the loop relative to the music changes naturally as the verse progresses, adding a dynamic "live performance" quality to the track.
|ssample2=Exotic percussion loop
|ssource2=Unknown
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|snotes2='In Your Room' utilises an "exotic" percussive loop comprised of a percussive instrument with a high pitch timbre, best heard in the 'Apex' remix starting from 1:45. This loop is also used throughout Nitzer Ebb's 'I Give To You' (also produced by Wilder), and is best heard around the three minute mark of the 'Elemental' remix of that song.
|ssample3=Drum loop
|ssource3='''Simtec & Wylie - 'Bootleggin'''' - 1971
|sstatus3=Unconfirmed
|ssample4=Drum loop
|ssource4='''Melvin Bliss - 'Synthetic Substitution'''' - 1973
|sstatus4=Unconfirmed
|ssample5=Variphone pad
|ssource5='''Talk Talk - 'The Rainbow'''' - 1988
|sstatus5=Confirmed
|snotes5='In Your Room' employs a Variophon<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref> pad with a unique distorted texture derived from Talk Talk's 'The Rainbow' (approximately 0:55). The pad is EQ'd to lower frequencies above approximately 6700Hz and slightly boost the lower mid-range. The resulting pad is subsequently looped and played with a slow release during the first verse and outro of 'In Your Room'. Notably, this sample is also used during the final verse of 'Mercy In You'.<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|snumberofrows=5
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Get Right With Me]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource1='''Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin' And Stealin'''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that '[[Never Let Me Down Again]]' employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks' which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin And Stealin'). These samples were later re-purposed for use in '[[Halo]]' and 'Get Right With Me'. Massive Attack would use the sampled drum elements from 'Get Right With Me' on the song 'Man Next Door' from their 1998 album <i>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzanine_(album) Mezzanine]</i>, bringing the number of times this famous drum sound had been directly sampled by an artist only to then be sampled from their record by another artist to a total of three.
|ssample2=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource2='''Led Zeppelin - 'When The Levee Breaks'''' - 1971
|sstatus2=Officially confirmed
|snotes2=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that 'Never Let Me Down Again' employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks' which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin And Stealin'). These samples were later re-purposed for use in 'Halo' and 'Get Right With Me'.
|ssample3=N/A
|ssource3='''N.W.A. - Unspecified song'''
|sstatus3=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=3
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Higher Love]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Brass
|smsnotes1='Judas' and 'Higher Love' employ similar sample-based brass parts during their respective bridge sections.
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''U2 - 'So Cruel'''' - 1991
|sstatus1=Officially confirmed
|snotes1=Wilder indirectly confirmed in a response to a question regarding the sonic similarity between the drums of [[Depeche Mode|Depeche Mode's]] 'Higher Love' and U2's 'So Cruel' in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that a drum loop from U2's 'So Cruel' was utilised by affirming producer [[Flood]] assisted in the production of both records. Depeche Mode would later cover this song, see '[[So Cruel]]'):
 
<blockquote>"Didn't Flood work on both LP's?....."<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref></blockquote>
 
The loop is produced by sampling various parts from the introduction of the U2 original, where the piano and vocals are not present and the drum rhythm is most exposed. The sample is stretched to match 'Higher Love's tempo of approximately 98 BPM and subsequently sliced into separate parts for the bass drum and snares, which are sequenced accordingly. The piano remains audible in the final result, adding tone to the loop. A separate slicing process and treatment of this loop is performed for drum fills, where the loop is reversed and repeated every two beats.
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[My Joy]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Distorted bass hit
|smsnotes1=A distorted bass hit with built-in descending pitch originally recorded as part of the bassline of 'I Feel You' is re-purposed as an accent in 'My Joy'. The sample occurs on the beat at bar forty-seven (1:48) at the start of the break, and plays one note above its root key.
|ssample1=Snare drum fill
|ssource1='''Beastie Boys - 'Funky Boss'''' - 1992
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=The 'rolling' snare drum fill audible in the intro of the Beastie Boys' 'Funky Boss' is sampled and stretched via resampling to match 'My Joy's approximately 102 BPM tempo, with light distortion/saturation added to introduce a 'dirty' quality to the part. As it was in the Beastie Boys original, this sample remains in use as a drum fill.
|ssample2=Heavy drum loop with built-in bass drum, snare, and programmed hi-hat sequence
|ssource2='''Beastie Boys - 'Pass The Mic'''' - 1992
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=The heavy drum loop present in the brief instrumental break of the Beastie Boys' song 'Pass The Mic' is sampled and stretched via resampling to match 'My Joy's slightly faster BPM. Once matched for tempo, the sample is sliced into two bars, placing the part that originally plays in the second bar (which features a "slurred" quality on the first snare hit) into the first bar, and the remaining content is placed into the second bar. The results are then looped with some light processing added, creating the main drum bed of 'My Joy'. For drum fills, the final beat of the first bar containing a snare hit is sliced and placed prior to the start of the loop. For bars containing reverse percussion fills, a brief snippet of the second bar including just the first bass drum hits and the snare drum is sampled, reversed, stretched, and played from the seventh step in the bar.
 
The drums were originally performed by Mike D (Michael Diamond) during the recording of <i>Check Your Head</i> at G-Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA. According to the late MCA (Adam Yauch) in 1999:
<blockquote>"One memorable thing about recording 'Pass The Mic' was the drums. We had heard that [Led Zeppelin drummer] John Bonham had used a really long kick drum on something and thought it would be interesting to put his technique to the test. Taking full advantage of the size of the G-Son live room/basketball court, we wrapped a long piece of cardboard from a refrigerator box around the kick drum and then put a mic at the far end of it. Mike played the beat, and we looped it."<ref>Source: [http://www.beastiemania.com/songspotlight/show.php?s=passthemic&band=b Beastiemania Song Spotlight : Pass The Mic]</ref>
 
 
|ssample3=Looped orchestral strings (x2)
|ssource3='''Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)'''
|sstatus3=Confirmed
|snotes3='My Joy' employs two looped orchestral phrases sampled from the fourth movement (from approximately 3:12 and 4:26) of a May 1989 Cleveland Orchestra [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C46gPbkdASw performance] of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler Gustav Mahler's}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler) Symphony No. 5}} Adagietto (Sehr langsam) as conducted by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_von_Dohn%C3%A1nyi Christoph von Dohnányi}}. The two string elements are looped on a sustained phrase to produce dramatic orchestral pads. The looped sample derived from the 4:26 mark plays a two note passage from three notes above to five notes above its root key, forming the melodic two bar orchestral phrase best heard during the line "I'm not a mountain, no, you move me". Next, the sample derived from the 3:12 mark plays four notes down from its root key on the third bar, leading in to the "soaring" string phrase on the fourth bar, which is itself comprised of the "3:12" sample playing five notes above its root key layered with other sampled strings.  Notably, both string samples are also used throughout '[[Halo]]' and '[[Memphisto]]'; the sample from the 3:12 mark of this same performance is used to equally dramatic effect in '[[Clean]]'.
 
Credit to {{EL|https://discord.gg/NAnGGfD Discord for the Masses}} user 'Udeilu' for this discovery.
|ssample4="Soaring" orchestral strings
|ssource4='''Edward Elgar - Unidentified composition'''
|sstatus4=Confirmed
|snotes4=Wilder confirmed in a July 27, 2011 interview with electricityclub.co.uk that 'Halo' (and 'My Joy' by extension) employs orchestral string elements sampled from an as yet unidentified piece of music composed by celebrated English composer Edward Elgar:
 
<blockquote>"For the end choruses, there are some string samples which I think were derived from Elgar. One of my techniques is to find sections of classical strings and transpose / stretch these, then add my own samples, in order to formulate new and unusual arrangements. This was a case in point. The DM track ‘Clean’ utilised classical strings in a similar way."<ref>Source: [http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-alan-wilder-interview/ ALAN WILDER Interview - July 27, 2011]</ref></blockquote>
 
The classical recording sampled would have been recorded and released during or prior to 1989.
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[My Joy]] (Slow Slide Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Heavy drum loop with built-in bass drum, snare, and programmed hi-hat sequence
|ssource1='''Beastie Boys - 'Pass The Mic'''' - 1992
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=The heavy drum loop present in the brief instrumental break of the Beastie Boys' song 'Pass The Mic' is sampled and stretched via resampling to match 'My Joy's slightly faster BPM. Once matched for tempo, the sample is sliced into two bars, placing the part that originally plays in the second bar (which features a "slurred" quality on the first snare hit) into the first bar, and the remaining content is placed into the second bar. The results are then looped with some light processing added, creating the loop that plays for eight bars in chorus with a loop from Dexter Wansel's 'Theme From The Planets'. A reversed percussion effect created by sampling, reversing, and stretching a brief snippet from bar two of the 'Pass The Mic' loop can be heard throughout the 'Slow Slide' mix. The sampled percussive element plays from the seventh step on the first beat on every other bar throughout the remix, and is processed through a phaser effect to widen the sound and add character to the part.
|ssample2=Drum loop
|ssource2='''Fancy - 'Feel Good'''' - 1974
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=The classic 'Feel Good' drum break is used throughout the Slow Slide mix of 'My Joy'. The loop is sliced to begin on a bass drum, with an open hi-hat on the fourth step of the second beat. The resulting rhythm is then repeated for the remaining two beats of the bar, with the second open hi-hat hit removed on the fourth beat.
|ssample3=Drum loop
|ssource3='''James Brown - 'Funky Drummer'''' - 1970
|sstatus3=Confirmed
|ssample4=Drum loop
|ssource4='''Dexter Wansel - 'Theme From The Planets'''' - 1976
|sstatus4=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=4
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[In Your Room]] (Jeep Rock Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''Skull Snaps - 'It's A New Day'''' - 1973
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Walking In My Shoes]] (Extended Twelve Inch Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop with distinct bass drum, "roomy" snares, and ethnic percussion
|ssource1='''The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - 'Language Of Violence'''' - 1992
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Walking In My Shoes]] (Grungy Gonads Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''Mountain - 'Long Red'''' - 1972
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=Orchestral string passage
|ssource2='''Ennio Morricone - 'In Chiesa' - <i>Ad Ogni Costo</i> (film) soundtrack''' - 1967
|sstatus2=Officially confirmed
|snotes2=The string passage in the introduction to this orchestral piece was sampled by the late trip-hop pioneer Jonny Dollar and Portishead member Geoff Barrow.<ref>Source: Alan Wilder [https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoilshunt/permalink/2485386374806770/ Facebook comment]</ref> for use in the '[[Walking In My Shoes (Grungy Gonads Mix)]]'. The sample is stretched to match the tempo of '[[Walking In My Shoes]]', with sixteen manual scratches on the third bar producing an exciting scratch effect. The sample appears in multiple 'Walking In My Shoes' remixes from the period, and has commonly been employed in many performances of this song since its live introduction on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|1993 Devotional Tour]].<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Walking In My Shoes]] (Random Carpet Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Orchestral string samples
|ssource1='''<i>Doctor Zhivago</i> (film)''' - 1965
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
 
== <i>[[Ultra]]</i> (1997) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Useless]] (The Kruder & Dorfmeister Session)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1997
|smsample1=Slide guitar stab
|smsnotes1=A slide guitar stab originally recorded for use in {{s|Policy Of Truth}} is utilised throughout the Kruder & Dorfmeister Session remix of 'Useless'.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Painkiller]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Vanessa Paradis - 'The Future Song'''' - 1992
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[It's No Good]] (Hardfloor Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=Drum elements
|ssource1='''Fat Larry's Band - 'Down In The Avenue'''' - 1976
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=Credit to Christopher Baird for this discovery.<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Useless]] (Cosmic Blues Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1="I want to hear you play some bass" vocal sample
|ssource1='''National Lampoon's <i>That's Not Funny, That's Sick</i> (Sketch comedy album)''' - 1977
|sstatus1=Likely
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
 
== <i>[[Exciter]]</i> (2001) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Dream On]] (Remix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=2001
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Kraftwerk - 'The Robots'''' - 1978
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Exciter
}}
 
== <i>[[Playing The Angel]]</i> (2005) ==
 
<i>Playing The Angel</i> does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
 
== <i>[[Sounds Of The Universe]]</i> (2009) ==
 
<i>Sounds Of The Universe</i> does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
 
== <i>[[Delta Machine]]</i> (2013) ==
 
<i>Delta Machine</i> does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
 
== <i>[[Spirit]]</i> (2017) ==
 
<i>Spirit</i> does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
 
= Recoil =
 
Upon his departure from [[Depeche Mode]] in 1995, [[Alan Wilder]] would expand upon the creative sampling techniques he perfected through the years as a member of Depeche Mode for his [[Recoil]] music project, utilising samples from contemporary music, films, film soundtracks, and samples from his own past work with Depeche Mode.
 
== <i>[[1 + 2]]</i> (1986) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[1]] & [[2]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1986
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Depeche Mode – '[[Any Second Now]]' (Altered)''' - 1981
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''Depeche Mode – '[[If You Want]]'''' - 1984
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|ssample3=N/A
|ssource3='''Depeche Mode – '[[The Sun & The Rainfall]]'''' - 1982
|sstatus3=Confirmed
|ssample4=N/A
|ssource4='''Depeche Mode – '[[Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)]]'''' - 1982
|sstatus4=Confirmed
|ssample5=N/A
|ssource5='''Depeche Mode – '[[The Great Outdoors]]'''' - 1983
|sstatus5=Confirmed
|ssample6=N/A
|ssource6='''Depeche Mode – '[[Shouldn't Have Done That]]'''' - 1982
|sstatus6=Confirmed
|ssample7=N/A
|ssource7='''Depeche Mode – '[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'''' - 1981
|sstatus7=Confirmed
|ssample8=N/A
|ssource8='''Depeche Mode – '[[Shake The Disease]]' (Edit the Shake)''' - 1985
|sstatus8=Confirmed
|ssample9=N/A
|ssource9='''Depeche Mode – '[[Pipeline]]'''' - 1983
|sstatus9=Confirmed
|ssample10=N/A
|ssource10='''Depeche Mode – '[[Blasphemous Rumours]]'''' - 1984
|sstatus10=Confirmed
|ssample11=N/A
|ssource11='''Kraftwerk – 'Radioaktivität'''' - 1975
|sstatus11=Unconfirmed
|ssample12=N/A
|ssource12='''Kraftwerk – 'Uran'''' - 1975
|sstatus12=Unconfirmed
|ssample13=N/A
|ssource13='''Kraftwerk – 'Radioland'''' - 1975
|sstatus13=Unconfirmed
|ssample14=N/A
|ssource14='''Duet Emmo – 'Or So It Seems'''' - 1983
|sstatus14=Unconfirmed
|ssample15=N/A
|ssource15='''Duet Emmo – 'Heart of Hearts'''' - 1983
|sstatus15=Unconfirmed
|ssample16=N/A
|ssource16='''The Hitmen – 'Shade in, fade out'''' - 1981
|sstatus16=Unconfirmed
|ssample17=N/A
|ssource17='''Hard Corps - 'Je Suis Passée'''' - 1985
|sstatus17=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=17
|sround=1
|colorscheme=1+2
}}
 
== <i>[[Hydrology]]</i> (1988) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Grain]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1988
|smsample1=Resonant bell sample
|smsnotes1='Grain' uses a re-purposed bell-like sample originally produced for use with a variety of [[Depeche Mode]] songs to atmospheric effect during its atonal outro. This bell sample is also used in the introduction and chorus sections of '[[Strangelove]]' and the chorus sections of '[[But Not Tonight]]'.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Hydrology
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Stone]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1988
|ssample1=French vocal sample
|ssource1='''French train announcer, unidentified source'''
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that Stone employs a vocal sample of a French train station announcer, but is unsure of its origin.<ref>Source: [http://www.recoil.co.uk/evidence/qa-vault/qa-recoil/qa-recoil-1-2-hydrology/ Shunt Q&A: ARCHIVES : Recoil : 1 + 2 / HYDROLOGY]</ref> The announcer says in French:
<blockquote>"Attention! Attention! Quai n°5, départ imminent du Nord-Express à destination de Moscou (...)"</blockquote>
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Hydrology
}}
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[The Sermon]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1988
|smsample1=Polish vocal sample
|smsnotes1=A Polish vocal sample from a Polish radio broadcast reporting on Pope John Paul II's June 9, 1987 sermon in Warsaw can be heard at the start of 'The Sermon'. Wilder commented on the origin of this sample in a 2008 interview for komarnicki.pl: <blockquote>"I put the microphone on the shortwave radio, I tried to catch some climatic samples and that was the first thing that happened. I had no idea what they were saying! I liked the sound but it wasn't meant to be an integral part of the track, just atmosphere."<ref>Sources: [http://lodz.wyborcza.pl/lodz/1,35135,7785079,Byly_czlonek_Depeche_Mode_zagra_w_Lodzi__Wywiad.html Interview with Alan Wilder for Wyborcza Poland, 2010-04-19] + [https://komarnicki.pl/interview-alan-wilder-depechemodeforum/ Interview with Alan Wilder for Devotees.pl, 2008-02-21]</ref></blockquote> The two fragments state the following: <blockquote>
"[...] radcy nuncjatury w Lizbonie, którego Ojciec Święty mianował Pronuncjuszem Apostolskim w Tajla[-ndii...]"
 
"[...] wzgórze wypełniło się młodzieżą maturalną… oprócz indywidualnych [inaudible] grup kraj przebyły też dwie pielgrzymki diecezjalne. Pierwsza z Archidiecezji Warszawskiej w liczbie około 8 tysięcy młodzieży [...]"<ref>Transcribed by Aleksandra Lech for DMLiveWiki on 2019-07-30</ref></blockquote>
 
English Google translation:
<blockquote>
"[...] counselor of the nunciature in Lisbon, whom the Holy Father appointed as Apostolic Pronunciator in Tajla [Thailand]..."
 
"[...] the hill was filled with high school graduates ... in addition to individual freelance groups, two diocesan pilgrimages arrived in Prague. The first one, from the Archdiocese of Warsaw, was eight thousand young people strong, and they..."
</blockquote>
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Hydrology
}}
 
== <i>Ebbhead</i> (Nitzer Ebb album) ==
 
Between the conclusion of the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation Tour]] and the recording of <i>[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]</i>, [[Alan Wilder]] would step into London's KONK Studios to record Recoil's <i>Bloodline</i> between January and March 1991. A month later, he would return to the studio to produce Depeche Mode support act Nitzer Ebb's <i>Ebbhead</i> record in collaboration with producer Flood and mix engineer Steve Lyon. As was characteristic of his work in Depeche Mode and Recoil, Wilder would employ samples from a wide variety of sources in the production of ''Ebbhead''.
 
Nitzer Ebb's Bon Harris on Wilder's musical prowess in 1991:
<blockquote>"Alan has a very musical ear. He's classically trained, so he knows what he's doing when it comes to melody, but has no tolerance for pop - that's quite a good combination."<ref> Source: [https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-07-05.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3TO7hG8RsWxZVVK0O6h0k82la4HyoAQl85shlWHc-qURs4XWnnfckFFuU American Radio History : Archive: 1991-07-05]</ref></blockquote>
 
{{Sample source
|song=I Give To You
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=1991
|smsample1=Harpsichord-like instrument
|smsnotes1='I Give To You' utilises a textured harpsichord-like stab originally produced for use in '[[Enjoy The Silence]]'.
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''Fancy - 'Feel Good'''' - 1974
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=The classic 'Feel Good' drum break is used throughout 'I Give To You'. This loop is also notably used in the chorus sections of '[[Walking In My Shoes]]', '[[My Joy]]', and its Slow Slide remix.
|ssample2=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource2='''Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin' And Stealin'''' - 1982
|sstatus2=Officially confirmed
|snotes2=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that '[[Never Let Me Down Again]]' employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks' which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin And Stealin'). These samples were later re-purposed for use in a variety of Depeche Mode songs. The snare is used throughout 'I Give To You'.
|ssample3=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource3='''Led Zeppelin - 'When The Levee Breaks'''' - 1971
|sstatus3=Officially confirmed
|snotes3=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that 'Never Let Me Down Again' employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's 'When The Levee Breaks' which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - 'Rhymin And Stealin'). These samples were later re-purposed for use in Depeche Mode's '[[Halo]]', '[[Get Right With Me]]', and later Nitzer Ebb's 'I Give To You'.
|ssample4=Various one-shot orchestral strings
|ssource4=Unknown, presumably an orchestral performance recorded and commercially released prior to 1991.
|sstatus4=Unconfirmed
|snotes4='I Give To You' utilises a variety of one-shot orchestral string parts, including a solo violin string staccato with a root key of C5; a brief solo viola recording playing a descending A4 > A♭4 > G4 phrase; and a brief violin trill with a root key of G♯6.
|ssample5=Exotic percussion loop
|ssource5=Unknown
|sstatus5=Unconfirmed
|snotes5='I Give To You' utilises an "exotic" percussive loop comprised of a percussive instrument with a high pitch timbre, best heard around the three minute mark of the 'Elemental' remix. This loop appears to also be used throughout '[[In Your Room]]', and is most clearly heard in the 'Apex' remix starting from 1:45.
|snumberofrows=5
}}
{{Sample source
|song=Godhead
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=1991
|ssample1=Drum/synth loop
|ssource1='''Kraftwerk - 'Home Computer (The Mix Version)'''' - 1991
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
}}
{{Sample source
|song=Unidentified song
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=1991
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Prince - Kiss''' - 1990
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snotes1=In 1991, a fan contest was held where the winner would have the chance to spend a day in the studio with the members of Nitzer Ebb and Wilder during the recording of <i>Ebbhead</i>. During their time in the studio, the contest winner was played back a variety of samples by the group to see if they were able to identify their origin. One sample played to the contest winner was from Prince's 1990 single 'Kiss', which the fan had difficulty identifying. This sample may or may not have made it onto the completed album.
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
}}
 
== <i>[[Bloodline (album)|Bloodline]]</i> (1992) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Faith Healer]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1=Piano-like one-shot
|smsnotes1=A low octave, piano-like sampled synth part originally recorded for use with {{s|Policy Of Truth}} is used to atmospheric effect in 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample2=Snare
|smsnotes2=The distinctive snare originally recorded for use in {{s|World In My Eyes}} is used throughout 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample3=Tom/drum fill
|smsnotes3=The tom drum fill that bridges the chorus and verse sections of {{s|Personal Jesus}} bears a strong similarity to the equivalent part used during the chorus sections of 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample4=Xpander 'zap' and Pro One synth bass sweep<ref name="dubnspace">Credit to remixer Anton Floriano ('dubnspace') for this discovery. - [https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1114803-depeche-mode-enjoy-silence-synth-sweep-sound.html GearSlutz : Forum : Electronic Music Instruments and Electronic Music Production : Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence synth sweep sound]</ref>
|smsnotes4=A layered Xpander/Pro One bass synth part originally recorded for use during the chorus sections of {{s|Enjoy The Silence}} are re-used during the chorus sections of 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample5=“Eyes" vocoder vocal
|smsnotes5=A quick cut of a vocoded vocal performance originally recorded for use with the 'Dub In My Eyes' remix of World In My Eyes is used as a rhythmic element throughout 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample6=Looped 'ahh' solo male vocal/choir pad (one of two)
|smsnotes6=A looped male solo vocal pad originally heard during the opening minutes of {{s|Clean}} is used sporadically throughout 'Faith Healer'.<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|ssample1=Guitar riff and other elements
|ssource1='''The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - 'The Faith Healer'''' - 1973
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=Bell tree sample
|ssource2='''Fleetwood Mac - 'Black Magic Woman'''' - 1982
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=This sample was originally sampled for use in Depeche Mode's 'World In My Eyes', and is re-used to atmospheric effect in 'Faith Healer'.
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Electro Blues For Bukka White]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1=Bass sequence
|smsnotes1=Musician Ehron VonAllen confirmed in a YouTube analysis of his [[Jezebel (Recoil song)#Seductress Mix| remix collaboration]] with [[Alan Wilder]] that the latter employed a bass sequence originally recorded for use with '[[Waiting For The Night]]' in 'Electro Blues For Bukka White'.
|ssample1=Bukka White vocal performance
|ssource1='''Bukka White - 'Shake 'Em On Down'''' - 1937
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=Filtered synth percussion
|ssource2='''The Human League - 'Being Boiled'''' - 1980
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|snotes2=A sample of filtered percussive noise derived from a synthesizer heard in the intro of The Human League's 'Being Boiled' is utilised throughout 'Electro Blues For Bukka White' starting from the fourteen second mark.
|ssample3=N/A
|ssource3='''David Bowie - 'Aladdin Sane'''' - 1973
|sstatus3=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[The Defector]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|ssample1=Anthony Hopkins "Closer...", "That is his nature", "No, no, no, no, no" vocal samples
|ssource1='''<i>Silence Of The Lambs</i> (film)''' - 1991
|sstatus1=Likely
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''LFO - 'El Ef Oh'''' - 1991
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Edge To Life]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1=Italian female spoken vocal
|smsnotes1=A female vocal spoken in Italian from the ''Strange'' video compilation can be heard throughout the song. Spoken by Ippolita 'Poppy' Santorelli, the Italian actress prominently featured in the music video for '[[Behind The Wheel]]'.
Italian:
<blockquote>"Allora, io sono Ippolita, Ippolita Santarelli. I miei amici mi chiamano Poppi. Un giorno, stavo girando per la campagna con la mia Vespa quando vidi un ragazzo con le stampelle. Era la prima volta che vedevo Dave. Noi viaggiammo insieme e ci divertimmo molto. Lui È il mio piccolo Marlon, e mi piace molto ballare con lui. Mi persuase a diventare un pezzo da museo ed io non l'ho pi˘ visto. Mi piacerebbe uscire e ballare ancora con lui. Forse, un giorno, chissà!"</blockquote>
 
English:
<blockquote>"So, I am Ippolita, Ippolita Santarelli. My friends call me Poppi. One day, I was riding around the countryside with my Vespa when I saw a boy on crutches. It was the first time I saw Dave. We traveled together and had a lot of fun. He is my little Marlon[?] and I love dancing with him. He persuaded me to become a museum piece[?] and I haven't seen him since. I would love to go out and dance with him again. maybe... one day... who knows... ciao."</blockquote>
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Curse]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1='Breathing' accordion loop
|smsnotes1=The "breathing" effect originally recorded for use in 'I Want You Now' is re-purposed for atmosphere throughout 'Curse'. The sound is produced by an accordion being inflated and deflated without depressing a key.<ref name="shuntMFTM"></ref>
|ssample1=Diamanda Galás vocal sample
|ssource1='''Diamanda Galás - Unidentified source'''
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|ssample2=Fat, punchy snare
|ssource2='''Digital Underground - 'The Humpty Dance'''' - 1990
|sstatus2=Likely
|ssample3=High pitch "wailing" police siren-based scratch effect
|ssource3='''Super Cat - Ghetto Red Hot (Hip Hop Mix)'''' - 1992
|sstatus3=Likely
|snotes3='Curse' employs a sampled scratch effect as a fill element throughout the song which bears some similarity to the initial transient of a wailing police siren loop that occurs throughout 'Ghetto Red Hot (Hip Hop Mix)' by Jamaican DJ Super Cat. Beyond its sonic similarity, the likelihood of this source is furthered given it released on January 4, 1992, coincidentally 101 days prior to the April 14, 1992 release of ''[[Bloodline (album)|Bloodline)]]''. Coupled with the supplemental nature of the scratch effect, which is not integral to the musical structure of 'Curse', it is likely but difficult to confirm this part was sampled from 'Ghetto Red Hot' and included as a late percussive addition on 'Curse'.
|ssample4="You're blind, you're blind from the facts" vocal
|ssource4='''Public Enemy - She Watch Channel Zero?!'''' - 1988
|sstatus4=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Bloodline (song)|Bloodline]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1='Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf' nursery rhyme vocal
|smsnotes1=A reversed vocal performance of the nursery rhyme 'Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf' as sung by Douglas McCarthy's daughter can be heard mid-way through the song. Notably, this sample is also used in the Nitzer Ebb song 'Sugar Sweet'.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Faith Healer]] (Trance Mix)
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1=Piano-like one-shot
|smsnotes1=A low octave, piano-like sampled synth part originally recorded for use with '[[Policy Of Truth]]' is used to atmospheric effect in 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample4=Tom/drum fill
|smsnotes4=The tom drum fill that bridges the chorus and verse sections of '[[Personal Jesus]]' bears a strong similarity to the equivalent part used during the chorus sections of 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample5=Xpander 'zap' and Pro One synth bass sweep<ref name="dubnspace"></ref>
|smsnotes5=A layered Xpander/Pro One bass synth part originally recorded for use during the chorus sections of '[[Enjoy The Silence]]' are re-used during the chorus sections of 'Faith Healer'.
|smsample6=Eyes" vocoder vocal
|smsnotes6=A quick cut of a vocoded vocal performance originally recorded for use with the 'Dub In My Eyes' remix of 'World In My Eyes' is used as a rhythmic element throughout 'Faith Healer'.
|ssample1=Guitar riff and other elements
|ssource1='''The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - 'The Faith Healer'''' - 1973
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''LFO - 'Love Is The Message'''' - 1991
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
 
== <i>[[Unsound Methods]]</i> ==
{{Sample source
|song=[[Incubus]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|smsample1=Percussion elements
|smsnotes1=A percussive loop originally recorded for use in Depeche Mode's 'Clean' is re-used to create a rhythmic, tribal atmosphere in 'Incubus'.
|ssample1=Shouting vocal
|ssource1='''Peter Gabriel - 'Rhythm Of The Heat'''' - 1982
|sstatus1=Likely
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Drifting]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=Marimba loop
|ssource1='''Peter Gabriel - 'Slow Marimbas'''' - 1985
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Luscious Apparatus]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=Introductory guitar chord
|ssource1='''The Cure - 'Club America'''' - 1996
|sstatus1=Likely
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Stalker]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1="Versus Christus, ave Satani!" vocal chant with orchestral string and trumpet ostinato
|ssource1='''Jerry Goldsmith - <i>The Omen</i> (film soundtrack) - Killer's Storm''' - 1976
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=A sample of an orchestral ostinato and Latin vocal chant from 'Killer's Storm', a musical score from the 1976 horror film ''The Omen'' are used to enhance the rhythm of 'Stalker' starting from the three minute sixteen second mark. The sample is sliced so that the orchestral ostinato, which consists of strings and trumpets playing a repeated one note phrase, is played on the first beat for several bars. Cuts of the sample containing the Latin choral chants "Versus Christus" and "Ave Satani" are then played in respective order once on the third beat for two bars. The score from which the sample is derived is notable for its use in the scene featuring disgraced priest Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton), who flees in horror to a nearby church to escape the Devil's punishment for Brennan having informed Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck), the unknowing adopted father of the Antichrist, of his son's unholy origin.
|ssample2=Ambient pads
|ssource2='''Peter Gabriel - <i>Birdy</i> (film soundtrack) - Unidentified source song''' - 1985
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|ssample3=911 operator vocal
|ssource3='''<i>The Last Seduction</i> (film)''' - 1994
|sstatus3=Likely
|snumberofrows=3
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Red River Cargo]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''<i>Wild At Heart</i> (film)''' - 1990
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Control Freak]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - 'You're All I Need To Get By'''' - 1968
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Missing Piece]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|smsample1=Slide guitar
|smsnotes1=A slide guitar part used prominently in the final moments of {{s|Clean}} is re-purposed as a rhythmic element throughout the choruses of 'Missing Piece'. Notably, this sample is also used to atmospheric effect in {{s|Death's Door}}.
|smsample2=Looped pad, likely derived from a guitar
|smsnotes2=A textured pad effect originally recorded for embellishment from the second chorus onwards of 'Clean' is re-purposed for atmospherics in 'Missing Piece'. The part is audible at the two minute thirty second mark.
|smsample3=E-bow guitar
|smsnotes3=A series of melodic e-bow guitar parts originally recorded for use during the middle eight and outro sections of {{s|Walking In My Shoes}} are re-used to ominous effect in chorus with orchestral strings at the three minute seven second mark.
|smsample4=Guitar chords with tremolo
|smsnotes4='Missing Piece' re-purposes a guitar chord processed through a tremolo effect originally recorded for {{s|Blue Dress}} to dramatic effect at the three minute thirty-two second mark. This guitar part is also notably used during the chorus sections of 'Death's Door'.
|smsnumberofrows=4
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Last Breath]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|smsample1=E-bow guitar
|smsnotes1=A series of sustained e-bow guitar parts originally recorded for use during the middle eight and outro sections of {{s|Walking In My Shoes}} are re-used for the outro of 'Last Breath'.
|smsample2=Ambient "whale"-like atmosphere
|smsnotes2=An undistorted cut of the whale-like noise prominently featured in the Ambient Whale remix of {{s|Walking In My Shoes}} is played several notes above its root key in the first moments of 'Last Breath'.
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''The Incredible Bongo Band - 'Last Bongo in Belgium'''' - 1973
|sstatus1=Likely
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Shunt]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=Gated synth
|ssource1='''Piquet - 'Caress'''' - 1996
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=Sub bass and bass drum
|ssource2='''Massive Attack - 'Better Things'''' - 1994
|sstatus2=Likely
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
 
== <i>[[Liquid]]</i> ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Black Box (Pt. 1)]] & [[Black Box (Pt. 2)]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2000
|smsample1="Wind"-like pad
|smsnotes1=A pad with a unique wind-like texture used throughout {{s|I Feel You}} can be heard playing approximately five notes down from its root key at the eighteen second mark of 'Black Box (Pt. 2)'.
|ssample1=Orchestral strings
|ssource1='''Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)''' - 1992
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''Plastikman - 'Consumed'''' - 1998
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Liquid
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Want]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2000
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''PJ Harvey - 'Is This Desire?'''' - 1998
|sstatus1=Likely
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Liquid
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Jezebel (Recoil song)|Jezebel]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2000
|ssample1=Vocals
|ssource1='''Golden Gate Quartet - 'Jezebel'''' - 1976
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Liquid
}}
 
== <i>SubHuman</i> ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=[[Allelujah]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2007
|smsample1=Double-tracked "splang" guitar chords
|smsnotes1=The double-tracked guitar chords originally recorded for use during the chorus sections of {{s|In Your Room}} are re-purposed for use throughout 'Allelujah'. Wilder describes the composition of this sound in a Q&A on the official Recoil website:
 
<blockquote>Affectionately known (to me anyway) as 'Splang' rather than 'twoo, twaa and twee', the sound is derived from a guitar. Each chord was sampled individually and then double-tracked with a second but different guitar sound. <ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref></blockquote>
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Tangerine Dream - 'Rubycon'''' - 1975
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|ssample2=Drum loop
|ssource2='''Elbow - 'Fugitive Motel'''' - 2003
|sstatus2=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=SubHuman
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[The Killing Ground]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2007
|ssample1=Harmonica and drum elements
|ssource1='''Talk Talk - 'The Rainbow'''' - 1988
|sstatus1=Likely
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SubHuman
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[99 To Life]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2007
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Digital Intervention - 'La Louve'''' - 2003
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SubHuman
}}
 
== Miscellaneous remixes ==
 
{{Sample source
|song=Come Alive
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Rhythmic synth
|ssource1='''Bassomatic - 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass'''' - 1990
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snotes1=A filtered rhythm element derived from a synthesizer heard in the intro of the 1990 Bassomatic song 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass' for the album of the same name is time-stretched and re-pitched for use in 'Come Alive' starting from the four minute ten second mark. Notably, ''Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass'' album producer William Orbit would later provide the 'Random Carpet Mix' of {{s|Walking In My Shoes}} for its 1993 single release.<ref name="FC"></ref>
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[In Chains (Alan Wilder Remix)]]
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=2011
|ssample1=Ambient pads
|ssource1='''Depeche Mode - '[[I Want It All]]'''' - 2005
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|ssample2=Orchestral string arrangement
|ssource2='''Depeche Mode - '[[I Am You]]'''' - 2001
|sstatus2=Confirmed
|ssample3=Drum loop
|ssource3='''UNKLE - 'Keys to the Kingdom'''' - 2007
|sstatus3=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=3
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[I Am Undone (Alan Wilder Remix)]]
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=2011
|ssample1=Percussion elements
|ssource1='''Scott Walker - 'Manhattan'''' - 1995
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Inheritance]]
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2012
|ssample1=Percussion elements
|ssource1='''Depeche Mode - '[[Nothing's Impossible]]'''' - 2005
|sstatus1=Unconfirmed
|snumberofrows=1
}}
{{Sample source
|song=[[Dum Dum Girl]] feat. Shara Worden
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2012
|ssample1=Percussion elements
|ssource1='''Depeche Mode - '[[Nothing's Impossible]]'''' - 2005
|sstatus1=Confirmed
|snumberofrows=1
}}
 
= References =
 
<metadesc>Depeche Mode were among the first to make use of new sampling technology in a traditional pop music format. Analysis of sample sources and how they are manipulated is a popular topic of discussion amongst fans of the group.</metadesc><nowiki/>

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