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{{Song | {{Song infobox | ||
|title=Memphisto | |title=Memphisto | ||
|screen=hd | |screen=hd | ||
|screenshot= | |screenshot=Single-ETS.jpg | ||
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]] | |artist=[[Depeche Mode]] | ||
|album=[[Violator]] | |album=[[Violator]] | ||
|songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]] | |songwriter=[[Martin L. Gore]] | ||
|producer=[[Depeche Mode]] | |producer=[[Depeche Mode]]<br>[[Flood]] | ||
|studio=Puk Studios, Denmark | |studio=Puk Studios, Denmark<br>Logic Studios, Milan | ||
|tempo=109.936 | |tempo=109.936 | ||
|timesignature= | |timesignature={{music|time|3|4}} | ||
|key=G Major | |key=G Major | ||
|label=[[Mute]] | |mixingby=[[François Kevorkian]] | ||
|engineeringby=Pino Pischetola<br>Peter Iversen<br>[[Steve Lyon]]<br>Goh Hotoda<br>Alan Gregorie<br>Dennis Mitchell<br>Phil Legg | |||
|engineeringassistance=[[Daryl Bamonte]]<br>Dick Meaney<br>David Browne<br>Mark Flannery | |||
|sleevedesignby=[[Anton Corbijn]]<br>Area | |||
|label=[[Mute Records]] | |||
|length=4:02 | |length=4:02 | ||
|recordingdate=1989 | |recordingdate=1989 | ||
|releasedate=January | |releasedate=16 January 1990 | ||
|colorscheme= | |colorscheme=Enjoy | ||
}} | }} | ||
"[[Memphisto]]" is an [[:Category:Instrumental songs|instrumental]] song produced during the recording of 1990 album ''[[Violator]]'' by [[Depeche Mode]]. It was released as a B-side to the single "[[Enjoy The Silence]]" on 16 January 1990. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990 | An uncredited band member tells ''Poster Seductores'' magazine in 1990: "We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema." | ||
"We like cinema and we like to create special | [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for ''Bong'' magazine: "It was the name of a make-believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."<ref>Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303183428/http://www.sacreddm.net/fanclub/bongmag/bong18/text1.htm Bong 18, April 1993 ASK MARTIN]</ref> | ||
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{{Template:Unplayed}} | {{Template:Unplayed}} | ||
{{B-sides}} | |||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Depeche Mode songs]] | |||
[[Category:Violator songs]] | [[Category:Violator songs]] | ||
[[Category:Depeche Mode instrumental songs]] | |||
[[Category:Instrumental songs]] | |||
[[Category:Songs in G Major]] | |||
[[Category:Songs between 105-109 BPM]] | |||
[[Category:Songs written by Martin L. Gore]] | |||
[[Category:Depeche Mode B-sides]] | |||
<metadesc>"Memphisto" is an instrumental song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single "Enjoy The Silence" on 16 January 1990.</metadesc><nowiki/> | |||
Latest revision as of 15:00, 22 June 2020
Memphisto
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| Song | Memphisto |
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| By | Depeche Mode |
| Songwriter | Martin L. Gore |
| Produced by | Depeche Mode Flood |
| Recorded at | Puk Studios, Denmark Logic Studios, Milan |
| Length (mm:ss) | 4:02 |
| Tempo | 109.936 BPM |
| Time signature | 3 4 |
| Key | G Major |
| Engineering assistance | Daryl Bamonte Dick Meaney David Browne Mark Flannery |
| Mixed by | François Kevorkian |
| Recorded | 1989 |
| Originally released | 16 January 1990 |
| Live performances as Depeche Mode | 0 times * |
| Total live performances | 0 times * |
"Memphisto" is an instrumental song produced during the recording of 1990 album Violator by Depeche Mode. It was released as a B-side to the single "Enjoy The Silence" on 16 January 1990.
Notes
An uncredited band member tells Poster Seductores magazine in 1990: "We like cinema and we like to create special [atmospheres] with our music. In a way, 'Memphisto' is our homage to that esoteric cinema."
Martin Gore clarifies the origin of the song's title in an April 1993 interview for Bong magazine: "It was the name of a make-believe film I invented about Elvis as the devil."[1]
Dates where Memphisto was played
Memphisto has never been played live.
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References
- ↑ Source: Bong 18, April 1993 ASK MARTIN
