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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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_music electronic music}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre genre}} in the early 1980s, [[Depeche Mode]] were among the most prolific acts to make use of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) sampling}} technology within a traditional {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music 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 =
 
{{Sample_sources_chart}}
 
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 manipulated nature of the samples described in this article, there is unavoidable potential for error or sample misattribution. To ensure accuracy, this article strives to use verified quotes from band members and recording personnel with citations wherever possible, audio examples, and independent research voluntarily contributed by Depeche Mode and Recoil fans across the world. This article serves to provide an interesting document on this topic in a tabular format that is organized, well-researched, and reasonably accurate.  '''Please bear in mind that due to the limited number of relevant quotes for each sample from band members or associates involved in the production of the music described on this page, audio samples that lack official confirmation are not guaranteed to be 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 having been 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) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Just Can't Get Enough}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1981
 
|smsample1=Bell-like melody accent
|smsnotes1=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk floppy disks}} that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' producer [[Dave Bascombe]] during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Glass (10)", features an untitled preset ("NULL PRESET"), which contains a bell-like sample. This bell element is used to play a melodic accent on the main melody best heard in the opening moments of the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses]] tour arrangement of "Just Can't Get Enough". Notably, a variation of this sound is used during the middle eight section of {{S|Master And Servant}} as it was performed on the aforementioned tour as well as the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour.
|ssample1=Trumpet stabs
|ssource1='''Emulator II factory library disk #21: Assorted Trombones - Preset #1: "7 TRUMPETS", SAMPLE 4'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=The Music For The Masses tour arrangement of "Just Can't Get Enough" employs a sample of a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet trumpet}} derived from the "7 TRUMPETS" preset of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} factory library disk #21 "Assorted Trombones".
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=SAS
}}
 
== <i>[[A Broken Frame]]</i> (1982) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Shouldn't Have Done That}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1982
|smsample1=Ambient marching
|smsnotes1=[[Daniel Miller]] described the origin of this sound in the sleeve notes for the 2006 ''A Broken Frame'' remaster CD: "I remember we got {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blancmange_(band) Blancmange}} in to do some on-the-spot marching for 'Shouldn't Have Done That' because they were in the studio next door, making their record, and they were mates with Depeche Mode."<ref>Source: ''A Broken Frame'' 2006 remaster CD sleeve notes.</ref>
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=ABF
|}}
 
== <i>[[Construction Time Again]]</i> (1983) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Everything Counts}}
|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.
|ssample1=Resonant synth pad
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu_Systems E-mu}} {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emax.php Emax II}} Elements Of Sound Volume 1 - "Synth World" - Preset #2: "Synth Wash", SAMPLE 21, SAMPLE 22'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=A resonant synth pad derived from the "Synth Wash" preset of the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu_Systems E-mu}} {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emax.php Emax II}} Elements Of Sound Volume 1 factory disk "Synth World" is used to play a series of chords during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}} of {{s|Everything Counts|U}} as it was performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour and during the outro of the Devotional tour arrangement.
|ssample2=Breathing sound
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk Kraftwerk}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France_(song) Tour de France}}"''' - 1983
|sstatus2=U
|ssample3=Intro sweep
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk Kraftwerk}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robots The Robots}}"''' - 1978
|sstatus3=U
|snumberofrows=3
|colorscheme=CTA
|}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|The Landscape Is Changing}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1983
|ssample1=Spoken word in {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language German}}
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einst%C3%BCrzende_Neubauten Einstürzende Neubauten}} - "Merle (Die Elektrik)"''' - 1983
|sstatus1=U
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=CTA
}}
 
== <i>[[Some Great Reward]]</i> (1984) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Master And Servant}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1984
|smsample1=Middle eight melody
|smsnotes1=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk floppy disks}} that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' producer [[Dave Bascombe]] during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Glass (10)", features an untitled preset ("NULL PRESET"), which contains a bell-like sample. This bell element is used to play a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%E2%99%AF_(musical_note) G♯}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave octave}}, which is subsequently {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) sampled}} and layered with a manipulated piano sound to form the melody played on every second bar during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} of "Master And Servant" as it was performed on the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses]] and [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tours. Notably, this sound is also used as a melodic accent throughout the Music For The Masses tour arrangement of {{S|Just Can't Get Enough}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=SGR
}}
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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={{S|Master And Servant}} (Slavery Whip Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1984
|ssample1=Drum elements
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood Frankie Goes To Hollywood}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relax_(song) Relax}}"''' - 1983
|sstatus1=D
|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>
 
In 1986, ''Electronics & Music Maker'' magazine {{EL|http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/i-want-your-samples/1944 reported}}: "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!"
 
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 [Depeche Mode] 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={{S|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=OC
|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={{S|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={{S|Fly On The Windscreen}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|smsample1="Over and done with" 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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jennings Peter Jennings}}, ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_World_News_Tonight ABC World News Tonight}}''''' (television news report, unknown date)
|sstatus1=U
|snotes1=Jennings was an active {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_presenter news anchor}} from 1 February 1965 to 1 April 2005. The exact date of the report this sample derived from is likely to have occurred sometime before or between November 1985 and December 1985.
|ssample2=Sampled scratch
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A.}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_tha_Police Fuck tha Police}}"''' - 1988
|sstatus2=C
|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
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Sometimes}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|ssample1="Sometimes" vocal sample
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong Louis Armstrong}} - "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child"''' - 1958
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=A choir vocal singing the word "sometimes" is sampled from the one minute nineteen second mark of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong 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
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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={{S|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 layered 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=OC
|snotes1=A feminine "moan" vocal following the second chorus of "She Wants To Mambo" is sampled and played in a descending two note passage processed with {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization_(audio) 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fill_(music) fill}} during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Introduction intro}} and throughout the song's {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}}. Rather than playing out from start to finish as it does during the chorus sections, the sample is played with a fast {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_(music)#ADSR decay}} five notes down from its root key and detuned slightly to form the unique rhythmic hit.
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Stripped}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|smsample1=Bass drone
|smsnotes1=The textured bass drone sound used throughout {{S|Stripped}} is achieved by running a bass sound through a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_speaker Leslie}} cabinet.<ref name="ShuntBCEd">Source: {{EL|http://oldsite.recoil.co.uk/report/edit/dm8698/bc7.htm SHUNT : ARCHIVES : EDITORIAL : 1998 Archives : DM Singles 86-98}}</ref>
|smsample2=Exploding firework
|smsnotes2=An exploding {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks firework}} sound recorded on {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night 5 November}} 1985 by [[Gareth Jones]] in the Westside studio car park<ref name="ShuntBCEd"></ref> is used as a unique drum fill alternative throughout {{S|Stripped}}. [[Daniel Miller]] describes the recording process of this sound in the 2006 ''Black Celebration'' remaster documentary:
 
<blockquote>It was rockets that we were doing, so we thought, if we angled them at a fairly low angle, we could set up a series of microphones and we would still be able to pick up the sound as it traveled along. If we straight up, we would have got just one sound, it would just have sort of disappeared, so we did that. We set up a sort of bottle at a very narrow angle and had, like, 5 microphones maybe, at, I don't know, 15 feet apart, something like that.</blockquote>
 
Other notable uses of this sample include {{S|Breathing In Fumes|U}}, the final moments of {{s|Pimpf}} (where it is layered with a large choir stab and played several notes down from its root key) and various live performances of {{S|Never Let Me Down Again}}.
|smsample3=Tom drums
|smsnotes3=A series of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom-tom_drum tom drums}} with a unique "roomy" quality occur throughout {{S|Stripped|U}}. [[Alan Wilder]] describes the recording of this sound in a 1998 editorial on {{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 name="ShuntBCEd"></ref>
 
Notably, these tom drum sounds are also used as fills throughout {{S|Never Let Me Down Again}} and {{S|Breathing In Fumes}}.
|smsample4=Car ignition sound
|smsnotes4=The {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition_system ingnition}} of [[Dave Gahan|Dave Gahan's]] {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911 Porsche 911}} was recorded and sampled for use in the opening moments of {{S|Stripped|U}}, playing in time with the first bass note.<ref name="ShuntBCEd"></ref>
|ssample1=Motorbike idling sound
|ssource1='''{{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator.php Emulator I}} factory library disk #81: Motor Cycle Rev - Motor Cycle Idling (08-001-117M1)'''
|sstatus1=OC
|snotes1="Stripped" employs a sample of a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle motorbike}} engine idling played one octave down from its original pitch.<ref>Source: {{EL|https://noyzelab.blogspot.com/2014/09/modes-of-operation-depeche-mode.html Modes of Operation}} - ''Electronics & Music Maker'' - August 1986.</ref> The sample is looped to form a "chunky" repeating rhythm that occurs throughout the song. The loop is also present on [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore's]] demo recording. Wilder confirms the origin of the sample in a summary of the Emulator II lot listing on ''The Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection'' auction site:
<blockquote>I remember when we first inserted the huge floppy disc into the [Emulator I] and listened to the ‘Motorbike Idling’ sound (which later became the mainstay rhythm behind the song "Stripped"), I was hooked.<ref>Source: {{EL|http://auction.recoil.co.uk/emu-emulator-ii/ Emulator I}} - ''The Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection''.</ref></blockquote>
 
Notably, this sample is also used in {{S|Breathing In Fumes|U}} and the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses]] tour arrangement of {{S|Pipeline}}.
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandolin mandolin}}-like part on "Here is the House". That was an {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_guitar 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={{S|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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraphone vibraphone}}-like percussive bell element is employed during the latter half of each {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse verse}} section, utilising a 1/4 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_(audio_effect) delay}} to achieve a hypnotic "bouncing" effect. This distinctive sound would also see use in other [[Depeche Mode]] productions, including {{s|Shake The Disease}} and {{s|It Doesn't Matter Two}}.
|smsample3=Guitar-like pluck
|smsnotes3=A brief "plucked" guitar-like sound plays a tight four note sequence with a fast {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_(music)#ADSR release}} time 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}}.
|smsample4=Hi-hats (open and closed)
|smsnotes4=A sequenced {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature {{music|time|4|4}}}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-hat 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=4
|colorscheme=Celebration
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Fly On The Windscreen}} (Death Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1986
|ssample1="I don't care how you feel!" vocal sample
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pryor Richard Pryor}} - Unidentified film'''
|sstatus1=U
|ssample2="[...] help the dying [...]" vocal sample
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kroft Steve Kroft}}, ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_News CBS News}}''''' (television news report, unknown date)
|sstatus2=U
|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
}}
 
== <i>[[Music For The Masses]]</i> (1987) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Never Let Me Down Again}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Guitar riff
|smsnotes1=In a 4 July 2019 interview with ''Super Deluxe Edition'', ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' co-producer [[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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snare_drum 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 {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/synclav.php 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 plucked sample reminiscent of a guitar combined with a solo vocal-like pad with a short {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(music) loop}} (itself derived from a non-looped sample that is layered with 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation 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 guitar-like sample include a two-note {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fill_(music) fill}} during the verses of {{s|Strangelove}} and the lead melody heard throughout the "Spanish Taster" remix 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}} sections of {{s|Nothing}}.
|smsample3=Exploding firework
|smsnotes3=An exploding {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks firework}} sound originally {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) 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 original key.
|smsample4=Synth bass
|smsnotes4=A synthesized 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom-tom_drum 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>
|smsample6=Wine glass arpeggio
|smsnotes6=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk floppy disks}} that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Wineglass (106)", features an untitled preset ("NULL PRESET"), which contains a bell-like sample, presumably the sound of a wine glass being tapped. This sample is used to produce the textured {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpeggio arpeggio}} that occurs throughout the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}} sections of "Never Let Me Down Again". Notably, this sound is also used in {{S|Behind The Wheel}}, {{S|Route 66}}, {{S|Strangelove}}, and the [[Recoil]] instrumental {{S|Grain}}.
|ssample1="{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks#Led_Zeppelin_version When The Levee Breaks}}" drum samples
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "Rhymin' And Stealin"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=OC
|snotes1=The "When The Levee Breaks" drum loop {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) sampled}} on the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} song "Rhymin And Stealin" was subsequently sampled by Bascombe for use with {{S|Never Let Me Down Again|U}}. Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "From memory, the drums [for 'Never Let Me Down Again') were sampled from {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin's}} '{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks#Led_Zeppelin_version When The Levee Breaks}}' (but secondhand from a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping rap}} record). It is one of the most commonly used drum samples – for obvious reasons as it has that very special '{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham [John] Bonham}}' sound."
 
In a 4 July 2019 interview with ''Super Deluxe Edition'', Bascombe recalled 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 [...] [We] were round at [Alan Wilder’s] house – and I said "Right, I want to use 'When The Levee Breaks' [Led Zeppelin] drums on this." [...] I suggested using them for the main {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_drum kick}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snare_drum snare}}.<ref name="DBASCOMBE"></ref></blockquote>
|ssample2="When The Levee Breaks" drum samples
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks#Led_Zeppelin_version When The Levee Breaks}}"''' - 1971
|sstatus2=OC
|snotes2=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website 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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff Carl Orff}} - ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff) Carmina Burana}}'' - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna O Fortuna}}"'''
|sstatus3=OC
|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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample_library 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir choir}} vocals, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra orchestral}} strings, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_instrument brass}}, and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timpani 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(music) 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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Bass 3rd Bass}} - "Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2"''' - 1989
|sstatus4=OC
|snotes4=American hip-hop group {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Bass 3rd Bass}} employed an {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music)#Legal_and_ethical_issues 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.
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|The Things You Said}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|ssample1=Choir layer
|ssource1='''Emulator I factory library disk #16: Male Voice - Female Voice - "Female Voice" (02-002-101M2)'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1="The Things You Said" utilises choir chords played using a "grainy" choir sample derived from the upper register of the Emulator I factory library disk #16: "Male Voice - Female Voice". Notably this choir sound is also used throughout "Strangelove".
|ssample2=Choir layer
|ssource2='''OMI Universe Of Sounds Volume 1 - VOICE - Voices 2 - Preset #1: "Voices #1", SAMPLE 7'''
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=The sustained choir utilised throughout the live arrangement of {{S|The Things You Said}} as it was performed on the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses]] tour is comprised of three unique choir samples. One of the three samples is derived from the "Voices #1" preset of the Emulator II OMI Universe Of Sounds Volume 1 library disk "Voices 2".
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=2
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Strangelove}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Four note bell-like wine glass riff
|smsnotes1=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk floppy disks}} that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' producer [[Dave Bascombe]] during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Wineglass (106)", features an untitled preset ("NULL PRESET"), which contains a bell-like sample, presumably the sound of a wine glass being tapped. This sample is layered with a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar sitar}} sound derived from the "Sitar 2" preset of the Emulator II factory library disk #61 "Sitar" and other sounds to produce the four note riff heard throughout the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Introduction intro}}, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}}, and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}} sections of "Strangelove". Notably, this sound is also used in {{S|Never Let Me Down Again}}, {{S|Behind The Wheel}}, {{S|Route 66}}, and the [[Recoil]] instrumental {{S|Grain}}.
|smsample2=Bass piano
|smsnotes2=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' co-producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than Depeche Mode in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Depeche Bass Piano", features two similar untitled presets ("NULL PRESET"), which contain a sample of a one-shot two octave piano hit playing an {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(musical_note) E}} and a similar sample playing an {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(musical_note) A}}. The former sample is used throughout the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} of the album version of "Strangelove". Notably, this sound is also used throughout {{S|Nothing}}.
|smsample3=Synth bass
|smsnotes3=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' co-producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than Depeche Mode in the mid to late 1980s. One floppy disk, labeled "Synth Bass (24)", features a preset titled "Wave Bass" that features two "squelchy" synth bass samples that are layered with other sounds to form the bass stabs heard during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} of "Strangelove".
|smsample4=Bass guitar
|smsnotes4=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' co-producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than Depeche Mode in the mid to late 1980s. One floppy disk, labeled "Bright Bass-GTR", features a preset titled "bright bass" that is comprised of two bass guitar samples which are used during the chorus sections of the album version and throughout the single version of "Strangelove". Notably, these bass guitar parts are also used throughout the [[Recoil]] instrumental {{S|The Sermon}}.
|ssample1=Main choir layer
|ssource1='''Emulator I factory library disk #16: Male Voice - Female Voice - "Female Voice" (02-002-101M2)'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1="Strangelove" utilises choir chords played using a "grainy" choir sample derived from the upper register of the Emulator I factory library disk #16: "Male Voice - Female Voice". Notably this choir sound is also used throughout "The Things You Said".
|ssample2=Intro high pitch loop
|ssource2='''Emulator II factory library disk #72: Jungle Adventure - Preset #1: "MONKEY TALK", SAMPLE 5'''
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=The album version intro of "Strangelove" employs a looped sample of a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey monkey}} screeching derived from the "MONKEY TALK" preset of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} factory library disk #72 "Jungle Adventure". The sample is truncated to remove approximately 700 milliseconds from the tail of the sample, looped, and played seven keys above its original key layered with another looped sound to produce the unique textured loop heard in the album version's opening moments.
|ssample3=Metallic filtered synth sample
|ssource3='''Emulator II factory library disk #71: DAS Synth - Preset #3: "BASS BANG", SAMPLE 4'''
|sstatus3=C
|snotes3="Strangelove" employs a metallic synth stab derived from the "BASS BANG" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #71 "DAS Synth". The sample is used to play a six note melody accompanying the lyric "Yes, and I'll make it all worthwhile" during the first and second verses.
 
Notably, an edit of this sample is also used in {{S|Master And Servant}} as it was performed on the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses]] tour.
|ssample4=Sitar pluck
|ssource4='''Emulator II factory library disk #61: Sitar - Preset #3: "Sitar 2", SAMPLE 6'''
|sstatus4=C
|snotes4=A plucked sitar sample derived from the "Sitar 2" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #61 "Sitar" is layered with a wine glass sample and other elements to form the four note riff audible during the choruses of "Strangelove". The full sample consists of a plucked sitar playing a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%E2%99%AF_(musical_note) G♯}} with a slight pitch bend. The sample is looped with a tight loop lasting approximately four milliseconds starting just after the initial transient of the sample, producing a unique "buzzy" tone with the transient of a natural sitar pluck. The resulting sample is then played back with filtering and subtle vibrato.
 
Notably, this sample is also used in {{S|Pleasure, Little Treasure}}, {{S|Behind The Wheel}} and {{S|Master And Servant}} as it was performed on the Music For The Masses and [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tours.
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Sacred}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|ssample1=Reversed choir
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff Carl Orff}} - ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff) Carmina Burana}}'' - III. Cour d'amours - "Amor volat undique"'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1="Sacred" utilises a manipulated {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir choral}} performance derived from a stereo recording of the "Amor volat undique" movement of "Cours d'amours", the third section of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff Carl Orff's}} ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff) Carmina Burana}}''. The sample contains the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin Latin}} lyric "Iuvenes, iuvencule - coniunguntur merito", which translates to "Young men and women are rightly coupled". The sample is played one key below its original key. The "Iuvenes, iuvencule - coniunguntur" lyric is {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_tape_effects reversed}} while the "merito" lyric remains playing forwards. The sample is then {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(music) looped}} and layered with a loop derived from a vocal by {{MLG}} to create the mysterious textured pad utilised throughout the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Introduction intro}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} sections.
 
Notably, a similar choir sample also derived from ''Carmina Burana'' is used to create the cinematic choir stabs heard in the outro of {{S|Never Let Me Down Again}}.
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Behind The Wheel}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Bassline
|smsnotes1=The bassline of "Behind The Wheel" is comprised of a series of sampled and synthesised parts which combine to form the driving bass rhythm audible throughout the song. These sounds include a sample of a hand striking the end of a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_cleaner hoover}} tube, a pitched-down sample of a guitar pluck, and a {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/moog/moog.php Minimoog}} bass for additional {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_frequency low end}} presence.<ref name="shuntMFTM"></ref> The sampled elements are utilised throughout the song, whereas the Minimoog section begins at the end of the second verse. Notably, the hoover tube sample is re-used as a bass layer in the [[Recoil]] instrumental {{S|The Sermon}}.
|smsample2=Car door shutting snare
|smsnotes2=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk floppy disks}} that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' co-producer [[Dave Bascombe]] during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Driving Sound FX", features two presets comprised of various {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car car}}-related sounds. The second of two presets, titled "DRIVING 12#", features the sound of a car door shutting, which is layered with other more traditional snare sounds throughout {{S|Behind The Wheel}}. This sound is most clearly heard in the intro of the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] tour arrangement of "Behind The Wheel".
|smsample3=Wine glass arpeggio
|smsnotes3=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' co-producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than Depeche Mode in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Wineglass (106)", features an untitled preset ("NULL PRESET"), which contains a bell-like sample, presumably the sound of a wine glass being tapped. This sample is used to produce the textured {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpeggio arpeggio}} that occurs throughout "Behind The Wheel", most clearly heard during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental instrumental}} break immediately after the first {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse verse}}. Notably, this sound is also used in {{S|Never Let Me Down Again}}, {{S|Strangelove}}, {{S|Route 66}}, and the [[Recoil]] instrumental {{S|Grain}}.
|smsample4="Submarine" verse stabs
|smsnotes4=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' co-producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than Depeche Mode in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Guns & Submarine (109)", features an untitled preset ("NULL PRESET"), which contains a series of relevant samples, the third of which is a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine submarine}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar sonar}} navigation system sound. This sample is processed with {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation reverb}} and played with a long {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_(music)#ADSR decay}} to produce the "ghostly" monophonic melody performed during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse verse}} sections of "Behind The Wheel".
|ssample1=Sitar pluck
|ssource1='''Emulator II factory library disk #61: Sitar - Preset #3: "Sitar 2", SAMPLE 6'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=A plucked sitar sample derived from the "Sitar 2" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #61 "Sitar" is layered with a similar plucked sound to form the counter melody audible throughout {{S|Behind The Wheel}}. The full sample consists of a plucked {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar sitar}} playing a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%E2%99%AF_(musical_note) G♯}} with a slight pitch bend. The sample is looped with a tight loop lasting approximately four milliseconds starting just after the initial transient of the sample, producing a unique "buzzy" tone with the transient of a natural sitar pluck. The resulting sample is then played back with {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer#Filter filtering}} and subtle {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato vibrato}}.
 
Notably, this sample is also used in {{S|Strangelove}} and {{S|Master And Servant}} as it was performed on the Music For The Masses and [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tours.
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|I Want You Now}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Female "ahh" vocal samples / Sample of multiple laughing girls
|smsnotes1="I Want You Now" employs a series of breathy female vocals (accompanied by a similar vocal provided by {{MLG}}) as a 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Fashion_Week Fashion Week}} when we were in {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion accordion}} being inflated and deflated without depressing a key.<ref name="shuntMFTM"></ref>
 
|smsample3=Middle eight falsetto vocal melody
|smsnotes3=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' co-producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than Depeche Mode in the mid to late 1980s. One floppy disk, labeled "Falsetto Voice (19)", features a preset titled "Falsetto Vox" containing a sample of a vocalist singing a high {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsetto falsetto}} note that is used to play a monophonic melody during the middle eight of "I Want You Now".
|smsample4=Tambourine loop
|smsnotes4=A {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambourine tambourine}} loop is utilised in the [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]] tour arrangement of "I Want You Now" starting from the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} section onwards. Notably, this loop is also used throughout [[Recoil|Recoil's]] {{S|Last Call for Liquid Courage}}.
|ssample1=Female orgasm vocal samples (x2)
|ssource1='''Unidentified pornographic film'''
|sstatus1=U
|snotes1=The {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic_film pornographic}} film sampled by [[Depeche Mode]] for use in the production of "I Want You Now" is likely to have released on {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS VHS}} or {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax Betamax}} cassette and would have been in circulation by July 1987.
|ssample2=Accordion
|ssource2='''Emulator II factory library disk #23: Accordian & Banjo - Preset #1: "Accordian 1"'''
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=The {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}} sections of {{S|I Want You Now}} feature accordion chords played using the "Accordian 1" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #23 "Accordian & Banjo".
|ssample3=Sampled scratch
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A.}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_tha_Police Fuck tha Police}}"''' - 1988
|sstatus3=C
|snotes3=The {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratching scratch}} effect heard in the opening moments of "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck_tha_Police Fuck tha Police}}" by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A}}. is {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) 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, this sample is also used to similar effect in the hip hop-esque arrangement of {{S|Fly On The Windscreen}} as it was performed on the 1993 [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional tour]].
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{{Sample source
|song={{S|To Have And To Hold}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Russian radio news broadcast
|smsnotes1=A sample of a radio news broadcast featuring a male voice speaking in {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language Russian}} can be heard during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Introduction intro}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}} of the album version of "To Have And To Hold". The vocal is played several notes below its original 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer composer}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Morgan_(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={{S|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 an alternative hi-hat sound used in "Nothing":
 
<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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snare_drum snare}} drums and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_drum kicks}}, although I did use, there’s one interesting sound which is used as a [{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-hat hi-hat}}] on, I think "Nothing", or maybe a few things, which is a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatics pneumatic}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_(bus) 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 layered 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 another vocal-like sound during the final four bars of each verse section in "I Want You Now".
|smsample3=Bass piano
|smsnotes3=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''Music For The Masses'' co-producer Dave Bascombe during the production of music albums for artists other than Depeche Mode in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Depeche Bass Piano", features two similar untitled presets ("NULL PRESET"), which contain a sample of a one-shot two octave piano hit playing an {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(musical_note) E}} and a similar sample playing an {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_(musical_note) A}}. The former sample is layered with another piano part for use throughout "Nothing".
 
Notably, this sound is also used during the middle eight of {{S|Strangelove}}.
|ssample1="{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks#Led_Zeppelin_version When The Levee Breaks}}" drum samples
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "Rhymin' And Stealin"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website 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 ({{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "Rhymin And Stealin"). The "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham 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="{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks#Led_Zeppelin_version When The Levee Breaks}}" drum samples
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks#Led_Zeppelin_version When The Levee Breaks}}"''' - 1971
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website 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").
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|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Pimpf}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1=Exploding firework
|smsnotes1=An exploding {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks 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 original key. Notably, this sample is also occasionally played on the final note during live performances of "Never Let Me Down Again".
|ssample1=Sitar pluck
|ssource1='''Emulator II factory library disk #61: Sitar - Preset #3: "Sitar 2", SAMPLE 6'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=A plucked sitar sample derived from the "Sitar 2" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #61 "Sitar" is layered with other sounds to form the four note "Strangelove" riff played throughout {{S|Interlude No. 1 - Mission Impossible}}, the instrumental interlude that follows "Pimpf". The full sample consists of a plucked sitar playing a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%E2%99%AF_(musical_note) G♯}} with a slight pitch bend. The sample is looped with a tight loop lasting approximately four milliseconds starting just after the initial transient of the sample, producing a unique "buzzy" tone with the transient of a natural sitar pluck. The resulting sample is then played back with filtering and subtle vibrato. Notably, this sample is also used in {{S|Behind The Wheel}} and {{S|Master And Servant}} as it was performed on the Music For The Masses and [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tours.
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord harpsichord}}, played back with a medium {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envelope_(music)#ADSR decay}}, and processed with {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation 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 two-note {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fill_(music) fill}} heard during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse verse}} sections of {{S|Strangelove|U}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Pleasure, Little Treasure}} (Glitter Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|smsample1="The grabbing hands grab all they can - Everything counts in large amounts" chorus vocal
|smsnotes1=The vocal section of {{S|Everything Counts}} (Reprise) is re-purposed to form the "ghostly" vocal {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}} of the {{S|Pleasure, Little Treasure}} (Glitter Mix). The part is {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_shift pitch shifted}} up by two keys, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_time_stretching_and_pitch_scaling timestretched}} to match the approximate 132 BPM tempo of "Pleasure, Little Treasure", reversed, and subsequently sliced to allow for more precise control over each section of audio. The part is then processed using a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_gate gate effect}} programmed to allow the audio signal to pass through for the first two steps of the first and third {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_(music) beats}} per {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(music) bar}}. The resulting "stuttering" vocal rhythm is then processed with {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation reverb}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_(audio_effect) delay}}.
|smsample2=Organ sample
|smsnotes2=A distinct {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_(music) organ}} sample is used to play a two note phrase during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}} sections of all versions of {{S|Pleasure, Little Treasure|U}}. Notably, this sample is also used during the choruses of {{S|World In My Eyes}} and the outro of {{S|Behind The Wheel}} as it was performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]], [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] and [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]] tours.
|ssample1=Brass
|ssource1='''Emulator II factory library disk #60: Velocity Sax - Preset #1: "Sax Beast", SAMPLE 15'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=The portamento brass section utilised throughout the live arrangement of {{S|Pleasure, Little Treasure}} as it was performed on the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|Music For The Masses]] tour is comprised of two samples, one of which is derived from the "Sax Beast" preset of the Emulator II factory library disk "Velocity Sax".
|ssample2=Sitar pluck
|ssource2='''Emulator II factory library disk #61: Sitar - Preset #3: "Sitar 2", SAMPLE 6'''
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=A plucked sitar sample derived from the "Sitar 2" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #61 "Sitar" is layered with other sounds to form the five note riff used throughout "Pleasure, Little Treasure". The full sample consists of a plucked sitar playing a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%E2%99%AF_(musical_note) G♯}} with a slight pitch bend. The sample is looped with a tight loop lasting approximately four milliseconds starting just after the initial transient of the sample, producing a unique "buzzy" tone with the transient of a natural sitar pluck. The resulting sample is then played back with filtering and subtle vibrato. Notably, this sample is also used in {{S|Behind The Wheel}} and {{S|Master And Servant}} as it was performed on the Music For The Masses and [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tours.
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_That_Tune Name That Tune}}'' (game show)
|sstatus1=C
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Strangelove}} (The Fresh Ground Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1987
|ssample1="Super DJ!" vocal sample
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_(band) Cameo}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_Up!_(song) Word Up}}"''' - 1986
|sstatus1=OC
|snotes1=A vocal sample of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_(band) Cameo's}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Blackmon Larry Blackmon}} shouting "super DJ!" originally recorded for use in Cameo's 1986 single "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_(band) Word Up!}}" is repeated throughout this obscure promotional remix. Officially confirmed on {{EL|http://depechemode.com/ depechemode.com}}<ref>Source: {{EL|http://archives.depechemode.com/audio/releases/strangelove.html archives.depechemode.com - DM Archives / audio / releases / Strangelove}}</ref>.
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|sround=1
|colorscheme=MFTM
}}
 
== <i>[[Violator]]</i> (1990) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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. [[Alan Wilder]] states in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] project site: "[I 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> Notably, a reversed version of this snare is used as a fill during the transition between the interlude and outro of the live arrangement of {{S|Enjoy The Silence}} as it was performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour.
|smsample2=Minimoog/ARP 2600 bass
|smsnotes2=The origin of the bass is a combination of a series of unique synthesized parts. According to Wilder, the bass parts are likely to have originated from the Minimoog and [[Flood|Flood's]] ARP 2600.<ref name="shuntVIO"></ref></blockquote>
 
|smsample3=Vocal "ahh" samples
|smsnotes3=A series of quietly-mixed solo vocal "ahh" samples likely derived from vocal sustains sung by [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] play an oscillating melody during the outro of {{S|World In My Eyes}}. Other notable uses of these vocal elements include the vocal melody heard during the outro of {{S|Enjoy The Silence}}, the solo vocal used throughout {{S|Memphisto}}, and the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of {{S|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=Bell tree sample
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac Fleetwood Mac}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Magic_Woman Black Magic Woman}}"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=This sample is used for two distinct sounds audible throughout "World In My Eyes":
* One version of the sample is played in reverse with an oscillating pitch bend and is layered with a separate sample to produce the exciting "whirl" effect that occurs during the verse sections.
* A second version of the sample appears on the first beat following the end of each chorus section. This sample is used to dramatic effect during the outro to the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] tour version of "World In My Eyes".<ref name="BairdCredit">Credit to Christopher Baird for this discovery.</ref>
|ssample2="Clicking" verse percussion rhythm
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk Kraftwerk}} - "The Man-Machine" ("Die Mensch-Maschine")''' - 1978
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2="World In My Eyes" utilises a timestretched "clicking" percussion rhythm throughout its {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse verse}}, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}}, and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}} sections that is derived from the opening moments of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk Kraftwerk's}} "The Man-Machine".
 
|ssample3="Squelchy" snare accent
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk Kraftwerk}} - "Home Computer" ("Heimcomputer")''' - 1981
|sstatus3=C
|snotes3="World In My Eyes" employs a timestretched synthesizer "squelch" sound derived from the right stereo channel of the latter half of Kraftwerk's "Home Computer". The sound is timestretched via resampling to play at a faster rate, and is sequenced to play slightly off-time on the third step of the first beat of bars sixteen, thirty-seven, and sixty-eight of "World In My Eyes" so that it occurs just before the main snare. The sound then occurs slightly off-time on the third step of the first beat on the first bar every four bars throughout the outro of "World In My Eyes", starting from bar ninety-five.<ref>Credit to "Heiko Brune" for this discovery.</ref>
|ssample4=Orchestral strings
|ssource4='''Emulator II factory library disk #05: Marcato Strings - Preset #1: "Marcato Strg"'''
|sstatus4=C
|snotes4=The verse, chorus and outro sections of {{S|World In My Eyes|U}} feature orchestral string chords played using the "Marcato Strg" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #05 "Marcato Strings". Notably, this famous {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} factory preset was also used in a variety of songs in the previous decade, including "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_Girls West End Girls}}" by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys Pet Shop Boys}}, "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Always_Shines_on_T.V. The Sun Always Shines on T.V.}}" by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-ha A-Ha}}, and "Book of Brilliant Things" by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Minds Simple Minds}}.
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|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Sweetest Perfection}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Bell tree sample
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac Fleetwood Mac}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Magic_Woman Black Magic Woman}}"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=C
|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={{S|Personal Jesus}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1989
|smsample1=Foot stomp drum elements
|smsnotes1=Wilder recalls in separate Q&A and Editorial features on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] project site: "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>
|smsample2=Slide guitar fill
|smsnotes2=Album producer [[Flood]] recalled the unique slide guitar sound recorded on the second day of production on "Personal Jesus" in his 2011 Mute Short Circuit presentation:
<blockquote>I'd said, well, I always thought that on the original demo [for Personal Jesus], [the slide guitar part] sounded like voices. Somebody going "Rahh!" And they all looked at me as though I was mad. I said [...] if we just combine the two sounds, it would be unique, it won't be just a slide guitar [...] And [[Dave Gahan|[Dave Gahan]]] finally turned around and goes  "What, like this? Rahhh!" I went "Yes, exactly like that!" So Dave went, alright then, sample this then: "Rahhh!" I went "Yep, that's perfect!" They were all looking at me as though I was mad! But, that is half of the sound that you hear when you hear the finished article.
</blockquote>
|smsample3=Breathing rhythm
|smsnotes3=Album producer Flood describes the origin of the "Personal Jesus" breathing rhythm recorded on the third day of the song's production in his 2011 Mute Short Circuit presentation:
<blockquote>
The next day, we [started] to do the famous breath. And the breath came about because we wanted to do, we were trying harmonica actually, to do the bass part and that type of sound. And the sound just wasn't right, but what we did like was the sound of someone going "Haah", and so we got a load of "Haah" from [[Martin L. Gore|[Martin Gore]]], and I think [[Alan Wilder|[Alan Wilder]]] as well, and then chucked them all together. And that makes up the "ooh-ooh-ooh-ahh-ahh-ahh", it's all from trying to get the harmonica for a bass sound.
</blockquote>
|ssample1="I'm not crazy anymore!" vocal sample
|ssource1='''<i>{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cry_in_the_Wilderness A Cry In The Wilderness}}</i> (film)''' - 1974
|sstatus1=L
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 'dark' velocity-sensitive synth bass layered with an additional bass part. According to Wilder, these bass parts are likely to have originated from the Minimoog and producer Flood's ARP 2600.<ref name="shuntVIO"></ref>
|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 {{S|Enjoy The Silence}}, a choir melody in the outro of {{S|World In My Eyes}}, the solo vocal used throughout {{S|Memphisto}}, and the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of {{S|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.
|smsample3=Snare
|smsnotes3=A crisp snare can be heard on every odd bar starting from the third bar of each chorus section in {{S|Halo}}. Notably, this sound is also used throughout Wilder's 1989 "Eurotech Version" remix of Toni Halliday's "Time Turns Around". As this sample is not audible in the original version or other remixed versions of "Time Turns Around", it is presumed to be a self-made sample.
 
|ssample1=Main drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_L%C5%8Dc Tone Lōc}} - "Don't Get Close"''' - 1989
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=The main drum loop used throughout "Halo" is derived from the intro {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_solo drum solo}} of "Don't Get Close" by American rapper {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_L%C5%8Dc Tone Lōc}} from his 1989 debut album ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8Dc-ed_After_Dark Lōc-ed After Dark}}'' (itself derived from the intro drum solo of "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Candy Rock Candy}}" by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose_(band) Montrose}} for their 1973 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose_(album) debut album}} of the same name). The drum sample is a standard {{music|time|4|4}} rhythm featuring a quick double {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_drum bass drum}} shuffle on the first beat of bar one, a similar double bass drum pattern occurring during the first beat of bar two on each half beat, and a powerful drum fill at the end of bar two. The first two bars of the drum solo intro are sampled and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_time_stretching_and_pitch_scaling timestretched}} via resampling to match the approximate 112 BPM tempo of "Halo". The resulting timestretched loop is chopped into one beat sections, which are subsequently swapped in or out in the following ways over the course of the song to produce a powerful, evolving drum rhythm:
 
* Variation one: In the sections leading up to the second and third verses, the "quick" double bass drum shuffle section is included on beat one, and the contents of beat three are replaced with a single bass drum and hi-hat section. The resulting one bar loop is then repeated.
* Variation two: During the verse sections, the same relative structure of the loop is kept, with the single bass drum and hi-hat section heard in beat three of variation one swapped in to beat one, and the half beat double bass drum shuffle heard in bar two beat one from the original sample swapped in to beat three. The resulting one bar loop is then repeated.
* Variation three: During the chorus sections, the half beat double bass drum shuffle is included on bar one beat one and the single bass drum and hi-hat section is included on bar one beat three to form the structure of the first bar, which is then repeated for a second bar where the "quick" double bass drum shuffle section is swapped in on bar two beat one. The resulting two bar loop is then repeated.
* During the instrumental break following the second chorus of "Halo", the contents of variation one repeat for four bars, with the drum fill present at the end of bar two in the original sample swapped in to replace the final two beats of bar four.
|ssample2=Main drum loop
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose_(band) Montrose}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Candy Rock Candy}}"''' - 1973
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=The main drum loop used throughout "Halo" is derived from the intro drum solo of "Don't Get Close" by American rapper {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_L%C5%8Dc Tone Lōc}} from his 1989 debut album ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8Dc-ed_After_Dark Lōc-ed After Dark}}'' (itself derived from the intro drum solo of "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Candy Rock Candy}}" by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose_(band) Montrose}} for their 1973 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose_(album) debut album}} of the same name).
|ssample3=Classic John Bonham drum loop
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "Rhymin' And Stealin"''' - 1982
|sstatus3=OC
|snotes3=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website that {{S|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). [...] 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.</blockquote>
|ssample4=Classic John Bonham drum break
|ssource4='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin}} - "When The Levee Breaks"''' - 1971
|sstatus4=OC
|snotes4=Wilder confirmed 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") in a Q&A on Shunt, the official Recoil website. These samples were later re-purposed for use in "Halo" and "[[Get Right With Me]]".
|ssample5=Looped orchestral strings (x2)
|ssource5='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler Gustav Mahler}} - {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler) Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)}}'''
|sstatus5=C
|snotes5="Halo" employs two looped orchestral phrases sampled from the fourth movement of a pre-1989 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). Both samples are looped on a sustained phrase to produce a dramatic orchestral part. Notably, each of these samples are re-used to dramatic effect in the respective outros of {{S|My Joy}} and {{S|Clean}}.<ref name="MahlerCredit">Credit to {{EL|https://discord.gg/NAnGGfD Discord for the Masses}} user 'Udeilu' for this discovery.</ref>
|ssample6="Soaring" orchestral strings
|ssource6='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar Edward Elgar}} - Unidentified composition'''
|sstatus6=C
|snotes6=Wilder confirmed in a 27 July 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 [Depeche Mode] 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.
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|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website:
 
<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 2600] 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>
|smsample2=Bass sequence
|smsnotes2=Musician and remixer Ehron VonAllen confirmed in a YouTube analysis of his [[Jezebel (Recoil song)#Seductress Mix| remix collaboration]] with [[Alan Wilder]] that Wilder employed a bass sequence originally recorded for use with {{S|Waiting For The Night}} in {{S|Electro Blues For Bukka White}}.<ref name="EhronVonAllen">Source: [https://invidio.us/watch?v=v_mNrwcI0s8&iv_load_policy=1 Recoil - Jezebel (Seductress Mix) by Ehron VonAllen with collaboration details 1080p HD] - Ehron VonAllen</ref>
|smsnumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Enjoy The Silence}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Outro choir melody
|smsnotes1=The vocal "ahhs" heard during the outro of "Enjoy The Silence" are comprised of a series of solo vocal "ahh" samples likely produced by sampling vocal sustains sung by [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]]. Other notable uses of these vocal elements include the solo vocal used throughout {{S|Memphisto}}, a melody in the outro of {{S|World In My Eyes}}, the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of {{S|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 {{S|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|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]].
|smsample2=Choir pad
|smsnotes2=A choir pad comprised of an organ or accordion-like sound layered with a sustained vocal originally sung by Gore for use during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} section of {{S|Waiting For The Night}} is played during the chorus sections of "Enjoy The Silence" as it has been performed on all live arrangements since its live debut (as well as the intro of its [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour arrangement). Notably, this sound is also utilised for the main choir pad heard throughout all versions of {{S|Sea Of Sin}}, as well as a chorus pad layered with several of the vocal "ahh" sounds most obviously heard in the outro of "Enjoy The Silence" for use during the chorus sections of {{S|Halo}} as it has been performed on all live arrangements since its live debut (with one exception in the 2013-2014 [[:Category:2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour|Delta Machine]] tour).
|smsnumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 officially confirmed, a second sample is likely used to produce the faux guitar lick-esque stab with an ascending pitch bend heard on every other bar. Wilder recalled in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "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>
|smsample2=Hi-hat loops
|smsnotes2="Policy Of Truth" employs sampled hi-hat rhythms sequenced in an alternating pattern to form dynamic loops. Wilder explains the benefits of using loops over one-shot samples in a Q&A on Shunt, the official Recoil website:
 
<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 Of Truth]" 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>
|smsample3=Piano stab
|smsnotes3=A sampled piano stab processed with reverb is audible during the chorus sections of {{S|Policy Of Truth}}. Notably, this sample was also used in Wilder's "Eurotech Version" remix of Toni Halliday's "Time Turns Around". As this sample is not audible in the original version or other remixed versions of "Time Turns Around", it is assumed to be a self-made sample.
|ssample1=Main riff
|ssource1='''Unknown Asian instrument sample library CD'''
|sstatus1=OC
|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''': 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..." [...]
 
'''Martin 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 ''[[Violator]]'' 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 a pitch bend with an equally short loop.
|ssample2=Looped guitar rhythm
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Halliday Toni Halliday}} - "Time Turns Around"''' - 1989
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=A looped guitar rhythm used during the verses of Toni Halliday's "Time Turns Around" is re-purposed for use during the chorus sections of "Policy Of Truth".<ref>Credit to Home user [https://www.depeche-mode.com/forum/index.php?topic=32731.msg761072#msg761072 'Alex'] for this discovery.</ref> The parts were likely derived from the stems utilised by Wilder in the production of the "Eurotech Version" remix he produced for the March 1989 ''Time Turns Around - Very Special Version'' promotional release.
|ssample3=Guitar solo
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Halliday Toni Halliday}} - "Time Turns Around"''' - 1989
|sstatus3=C
|snotes3=Various cuts of the guitar solo from Toni Halliday's "Time Turns Around" are sampled and subsequently looped to form the sustained guitar pads heard during the outro of {{S|Policy Of Truth}}. The parts were likely derived from the stems utilised by Wilder in the production of the "Eurotech Version" remix he produced for the March 1989 ''Time Turns Around - Very Special Version'' promotional release.
|ssample4=Snare drum fill
|ssource4='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}"''' - March 1989
|sstatus4=C
|snotes4=A snare fill derived from "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}", the second single from American rapper {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc's}} debut album ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8Dc-ed_After_Dark Lōc-ed After Dark}}'', is used following the first chorus and leading up to the outro of the "Policy Of Truth (7" Version)" remix. Notably, this snare fill is also used in the "Beat Box Mix", "Capitol Mix", and "Pavlov's Dub" remixes of "Policy Of Truth", as well as the live arrangement of "Policy Of Truth" as it was performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour.
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Blue Dress}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Ambient wind-like pad
|smsnotes1=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk floppy disks}} that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' co-producer [[Dave Bascombe]] during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Sound Effects 2", features a single untitled preset ("NULL PRESET") that is comprised of a variety of sound effects. Among these sound effects is an unlooped copy of the ambient wind-like pad that reverberates throughout [[Interlude No. 3]], the atmospheric piece of instrumental music that bridges{{S|Blue Dress}} and {{S|Clean}}.
|colorscheme=Violator
|smsnumberofrows=1
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Clean}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Female "ah" vocal sample
|smsnotes1="Clean" employs a female "ah" vocal part originally recorded for use throughout 1987's {{S|I Want You Now}}. The part is performed in time with the snare starting from the second verse. Wilder recalled the performers responsible for this vocal part 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>
|ssample1=Bass guitar
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd Pink Floyd}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_These_Days_(instrumental) One Of These Days}}"''' - 1971
|sstatus1=D
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] project site that "Clean" does not employ a sample from Pink Floyd: "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>
|ssample2=Looped orchestral strings
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler Gustav Mahler}} - {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler) Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)}}'''
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2="Clean" employs a looped orchestral phrase sampled from the fourth movement of a 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). 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 {{S|Memphisto}}, the chorus sections of {{S|Halo}}, and the outro of {{S|My Joy}}. Additionally, a separate sample from this same piece of music is also used to equally dramatic effect in both "Halo" and "My Joy".<ref name="MahlerCredit"></ref>
|ssample3=Orchestral string elements
|ssource3='''Unidentified classical music recording'''
|sstatus3=C
|snotes3="Clean" utilises two looped sections of orchestral strings during its outro, one of which is derived from a 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={{S|Memphisto}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Vocal "ahh" samples
|smsnotes1=Unlooped versions of the samples comprising the solo vocal "ahh" melody heard in the outro of {{S|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", a quietly-mixed melody in the outro of {{S|World In My Eyes}}, and the sustained choir chords heard during the second verse of {{S|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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Mahler Gustav Mahler}} - {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Mahler) Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)}}'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1="Memphisto" employs a looped orchestral phrase sampled from the fourth movement of a 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). 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 same piece of music is used to equally dramatic effect in "Halo" and "My Joy".<ref name="MahlerCredit"></ref>
|ssample2=Looped orchestral strings
|ssource2='''Unidentified classical music recording'''
|sstatus2=C
|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 performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5.
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Kaleid}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Tremolo guitar
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Harley Steve Harley}} & {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Harley_%26_Cockney_Rebel Cockney Rebel}} - "What Ruthy Said"''' - 1973
|sstatus1=C
|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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borghesia Borghesia}} - "Message"''' - 1990
|sstatus2=C
|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="[[Sea Of Sin]] (Tonal Mix)"
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Choir pad
|smsnotes1=All versions of "Sea Of Sin" utilise a "ghostly" choir pad during its {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse verse}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}} sections. The pad is comprised of an organ or accordion-like sound layered with a sustained vocal originally sung by [[Martin L. Gore|Martin Gore]] for use during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} section of {{S|Waiting For The Night}}. Notably, this sound is also played live during the chorus sections of {{S|Enjoy The Silence}} as it has been performed on all live arrangements since its live debut (as well as the intro of its [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour arrangement). This sound is also layered with several of the vocal "ahh" sounds most famously used during the outro of "Enjoy The Silence" for use during the chorus sections of {{S|Halo}} as it has been performed on all live arrangements since its live debut (with one exception in the 2013-2014 [[:Category:2013-2014 Delta Machine Tour|Delta Machine]] tour).
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Sea Of Sin}} (Sensoria Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|smsample1=Choir pad
|smsnotes1=All versions of "Sea Of Sin" utilise a "ghostly" choir pad during its verse and chorus sections. The pad is comprised of an organ or accordion-like sound layered with a sustained vocal originally sung by Martin Gore for use during the middle eight section of {{S|Waiting For The Night|U}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Happiest Girl}} (Pulsating Orbital Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Engine idling/orchestral hit sample
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tornados The Tornadoes}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar_(instrumental) Telstar}}"''' - 1962
|sstatus1=OC
|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|Policy Of Truth (Beat Box Mix)]]"
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Snare drum fill
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}"''' - March 1989
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=A snare fill derived from "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}", the second single from American rapper {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc's}} debut album ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8Dc-ed_After_Dark Lōc-ed After Dark}}'', is utilised throughout the "(7" Version)", "Beat Box Mix", "Capitol Mix", and "Pavlov's Dub" remixes of "Policy Of Truth", as well as the live arrangement of "Policy Of Truth" as it was performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour.
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song="[[Policy Of Truth|Policy Of Truth (Capitol Mix)]]"
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Snare drum fill
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}"''' - March 1989
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=A snare fill derived from "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}", the second single from American rapper {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc's}} debut album ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8Dc-ed_After_Dark Lōc-ed After Dark}}'', is utilised throughout the "(7" Version)", "Beat Box Mix", "Capitol Mix", and "Pavlov's Dub" remixes of "Policy Of Truth", as well as the live arrangement of "Policy Of Truth" as it was performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour.
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Policy Of Truth}} (Pavlov's Dub)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=Snare drum fill
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}"''' - March 1989
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=A snare fill derived from "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Cold_Medina Funky Cold Medina}}", the second single from American rapper {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc Tone Lōc's}} debut album ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C5%8Dc-ed_After_Dark Lōc-ed After Dark}}'', is utilised throughout the "(7" Version)", "Beat Box Mix", "Capitol Mix", and "Pavlov's Dub" remixes of "Policy Of Truth", as well as the live arrangement of "Policy Of Truth" as it was performed on the [[:Category:1990 World Violation Tour|World Violation]] tour.
|ssample2="I must not conceal from you tonight...the truth as I see it" Winston Churchill vocal (spoken)
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1946-1963-elder-statesman/mit-mid-century-convocation/ MIT Mid-Century Convocation}}''' - {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill Winston Churchill}} speech at Mass. Institute of Technology, Thursday, March 31, 1949
|sstatus2=C
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song="[[Policy Of Truth|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>{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Good_Friday The Long Good Friday}}</i> (film)''' - 1980
|sstatus1=C
|ssample2=Richard Nixon vocal (spoken)
|ssource2='''The "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers_speech Checkers speech}}"''', {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon Richard M. Nixon}} speech broadcast, 1952'''
|sstatus2=C
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|World In My Eyes}} (Oil Tank Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1990
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk Kraftwerk}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_Non-Stop Musique Non-Stop}}"''' - 1986
|sstatus1=UC
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Violator
}}
 
== ''Until The End Of The World (soundtrack)'' (1991) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Death's Door}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1991
|smsample1=Guitar chords with tremolo
|smsnotes1={{S|Death's Door}} re-purposes guitar chords originally recorded for {{S|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|Recoil's]] {{S|Missing Piece}}.
|smsample2=Slide guitar
|smsnotes2=A slide guitar part used in the final moments of {{S|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".
|smsnumberofrows=2
}}
 
== <i>[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]</i> (1993) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{S|I Feel You}}. [[Alan Wilder]] confirms this particular part originated from a non-descript synthesizer in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "[...] 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>
 
Part of the initial transient of the distorted noise loop present in the album version of {{S|I Feel You|U}} 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|Devotional]] tour onward.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Walking In My Shoes}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Processed piano/harpsichord riff
|smsnotes1=The main riff is a combination of piano and harpsichord processed with copious amounts of compression and tremolo. Wilder confirms the composition of this sound in a Q&A on ''Shunt'', the official Recoil website: "[...] [[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 [of the song]."<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref>
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_(band) Fancy}} - "Feel Good"''' - 1974
|sstatus1=C
|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 the approximate 94 BPM tempo of {{S|Walking In My Shoes|U}}, with the drum break sliced to start from the first beat on a bass drum hit, 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=Orchestral strings
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein Elmer Bernstein}} - ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1991_film) Cape Fear}}'' (film soundtrack) - "Rape And Hospital"''' - 1991
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=An orchestral string phrase from the opening moments of "Rape And Hospital", an ambient orchestral song conducted by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein Elmer Bernstein}} for the 1991 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1991_film) remake}} of the 1962 psychological thriller film ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1962_film) Cape Fear}}'', is layered with other string elements to form evolving string pads during the second and third verse sections of {{S|Walking In My Shoes}}. Two copies of the sample are produced, with the first copy timestretched and re-pitched to play fourteen keys above its original key for two bars. The process is repeated for the second copy, with the second copy of the sample re-pitched to play eleven keys above its original key for the next two bars. The resulting four bar orchestral phrase is layered with other orchestral strings to form the sweeping orchestral phrase that bridges the second and third verse sections with the chorus of "Walking In My Shoes".
|ssample3=Orchestral strings
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Bernstein Elmer Bernstein}} - ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Fear_(1991_film) Cape Fear}}'' (film soundtrack) - "Frightened Sam"''' - 1991
|sstatus3=C
|snotes3=A brief orchestral string and woodwind phrase from the introduction of "Frightened Sam", an orchestral song from the 1991 remake of ''Cape Fear'', is layered with other orchestral elements to form a melodic descending string phrase starting from the third verse section of {{S|Walking In My Shoes|U}}. Multiple copies of the sample are produced, with each copy timestretched to play slightly slower than the sample's original tempo. Once timestretched, the resulting series of samples are sequenced to play a descending three note melody beginning five keys below the sample's original key, with the slower copies of the sample assigned to play the higher notes and the faster copies assigned to play the lower notes. In practice, this allows the built-in transients of the original sample to play in time with the tempo of "Walking In My Shoes".
|ssample4=Drum loop
|ssource4='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkadelic Funkadelic}} - "Nappy Dugout"''' - 1973
|sstatus4=UC
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Condemnation}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|smsample1=Improvised flight case bass drum
|smsnotes1=[[Alan Wilder|Wilder]] describes the recording of various elementary elements of {{S|Condemnation}} in an editorial on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website:
<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={{S|Mercy In You}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Headhunters The Headhunters}} - "God Make Me Funky"''' - 1975
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=Multiple sections of the classic "God Make Me Funky" drum break are sliced and looped to form a funky percussive rhythm that plays throughout {{S|Mercy In You}}. The bulk of the loop is comprised of a 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 the approximate 96 BPM tempo of {{S|Mercy In You|U}}. 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 {{S|Mercy In You|U}}.
|ssample2=Drum loop
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Stairsteps Five Stairsteps}} - "Don't Change Your Love"''' - 1968
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=The live version of "Mercy In You" as it was performed on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|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 this live arrangement of "Mercy In You", which features a reflection of a tambourine hit on the second beat of every bar and possesses distinct characteristics that differ somewhat from the original break, it is assumed the loop was taken secondhand from another song that sampled the original drum break (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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Talk Talk Talk}} - "The Rainbow"''' - 1988
|sstatus3=C
|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, a differently-processed version of this sample is used during the first verse and outro of "In Your Room".<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|snumberofrows=3
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{S|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 individual 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 {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "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>
|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={{S|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 {{S|In Your Room}}. Wilder describes the composition of this sound in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, 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 "grainy" textured pad 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" samples
|smsnotes5=Solo vocal "ahh" samples are layered with a selection of "PompousChoir" preset samples from the {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} factory library disk #33 "Voices" to produce a lush choir used during the second verse of "In Your Room" as it was performed on the [[:Category:1993 Devotional Tour|Devotional]] and [[:Category:2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour|Global Spirit]] tours. Notably, these vocal parts are also utilised for the outro choir melody of {{S|Enjoy The Silence}}, a quietly-mixed melody in the outro of {{S|World In My Eyes}}, choir stabs during the first chorus of {{S|Halo}}, and the solo vocal melody used throughout {{S|Memphisto}}.
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Bryant Rusty Bryant}} - "Fire Eater"''' - 1971
|sstatus1=C
|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 rhythmic "live performance" quality to the track.
|ssample2=Variphone pad
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Talk Talk Talk}} - "The Rainbow"''' - 1988
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2='In Your Room' employs a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variophon variophon}}<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref> pad derived from the left stereo channel of {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_Talk Talk Talk's}} "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_Eden The Rainbow}}" (at approximately 0:55). The resulting pad is looped and played with a slow release during the first verse and outro of "In Your Room". Notably, a differently-processed version of this sample is used during the final verse of "Mercy In You".<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|ssample3=Main choir
|ssource3='''Emulator II factory library disk #33: Voices - Preset #1: "PompousChoir"'''
|sstatus3=C
|snotes3=The first and second {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Verse verse}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Chorus_or_refrain chorus}} sections 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 feature choir {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_(music) chords}} derived from an edit of the "PompousChoir" preset of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} factory library disk #33 "Voices". The chords are played with added {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato vibrato}}, individually {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) sampled}}, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(music) looped}}, and subsequently keymapped so that each chord is played back by pressing a single key at a time so as to make more efficient use of keyboard real estate and accommodate for {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboardist keyboardist}} [[Andrew Fletcher|Andrew Fletcher's]] limited musical proficiency.
|ssample4=Verse two choir
|ssource4='''Emulator II factory library disk #33: Voices - Preset #1: "PompousChoir" - SAMPLE 7, SAMPLE 8, SAMPLE 9, SAMPLE 10'''
|sstatus4=C
|snotes4=The stereo choir pads utilised during the second verse section 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 are comprised of a selection of four choir samples derived from the "PompousChoir" preset of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} factory library disk #33 "Voices". Samples seven through ten in the "PompousChoir" preset are individually modulated to play back with moderate {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato vibrato}}, truncated from the start of each sample to remove the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fade_(audio_engineering) fade-in}} inherent to each sample, and are subsequently re-sampled to "bake" the vibrato into each sample. Sample seven is the sole sample to have its {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_phase polarity}} flipped. The samples are then individually {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_(music) looped}} and layered with re-purposed self-made vocal "ahhs" (most clearly heard in the outro of {{S|Enjoy The Silence}}) to form the lush vocal pads used during the second verse section of "In Your Room".
|ssample5=Middle eight/outro strings
|ssource5='''Emulator II factory library disk #33: Voices - Preset #1: "PompousChoir" - SAMPLE 7, SAMPLE 9'''
|sstatus5=C
|snotes5=The stereo string pads utilised during the {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-two-bar_form#Middle_eight middle eight}} and {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_structure#Conclusion_or_outro outro}} sections as it was performed on the Devotional, Exotic, and Global Spirit tours are comprised of a series of choir, orchestral tremolo strings, and other sustained pads that combine to form a wide, lush orchestral sound. The choir aspect of this sound consists of two samples derived from the "PompousChoir" preset of Emulator II factory library disk #33 "Voices" playing a {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophony monophonic}} melody ({{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_(musical_note) G}}, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%E2%99%AF_(musical_note) F♯}}, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E2%99%AF_(musical_note) C♯}}) over the course of four {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(music) bars}}, in which the F♯ is sustained across bars two and three.
|ssample6=Exotic percussion loop
|ssource6=Unknown
|sstatus6=UC
|snotes6="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. Notably, 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 its "Elemental" remix.
|ssample7=Drum loop
|ssource7='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simtec_%26_Wylie Simtec & Wylie}} - "Bootleggin"''' - 1971
|sstatus7=UC
|ssample8=Drum loop
|ssource8='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Bliss Melvin Bliss}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_Substitution Synthetic Substitution}}"''' - 1973
|sstatus8=UC
|snumberofrows=8
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Get Right With Me}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "Rhymin' And Stealin"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=OC
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website that {{S|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 {{S|Halo}} and {{S|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 ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzanine_(album) Mezzanine}}'', 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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Levee_Breaks#Led_Zeppelin_version When The Levee Breaks}}"''' - 1971
|sstatus2=OC
|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"). These samples were later re-purposed for use in "Halo" and "Get Right With Me".
|ssample3=N/A
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A.}} - Unspecified song'''
|sstatus3=UC
|snumberofrows=3
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2 U2}} - "So Cruel"''' - 1991
|sstatus1=OC
|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 {{Shunt}} (the official [[Recoil]] website_ that a drum loop from U2's "So Cruel" was sampled for use in "Higher Love" by reiterating that album producer [[Flood]] assisted in the production of both records. Depeche Mode would later cover this song, see '[[So Cruel]]'): "Didn't Flood work on both LP's?....."<ref name="shuntSOFAD"></ref>
 
The loop is produced by sampling various parts from the introduction of the original recording, where the piano and vocals are not present and the drum rhythm is most exposed. The sample is stretched to match the approximate 98 BPM tempo of "Higher Love" and is subsequently sliced into separate parts for the bass drum and snares, which are then sequenced in a different way from how they were originally performed. The piano remains partially audible in the final result. 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={{S|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 {{S|I Feel You}} is re-purposed for use as a hit in {{S|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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "Funky Boss"''' - 1992
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=The "rolling" snare drum fill audible in the intro of the Beastie Boys' "Funky Boss" is sampled and stretched via resampling to match the approximate 102 BPM tempo of "My Joy", with light distortion/saturation added to introduce a "dirty" quality to the part. As it was in the Beastie Boys original, this sample is used as a drum fill.
|ssample2=Heavy drum loop with built-in bass drum, snare, and programmed hi-hat sequence
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_the_Mic Pass The Mic}}"''' - 1992
|sstatus2=C
|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 the approximate 102 BPM tempo of "My Joy". 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 and additional drum parts added. 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 {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_D Mike D}} (Michael Diamond) during the recording of ''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_Your_Head Check Your Head}}'' at G-Son Studios, {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atwater_Village,_Los_Angeles Atwater Village}}, California. According to the late {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Yauch MCA}} (Adam Yauch) in 1999:
<blockquote>One memorable thing about recording "Pass The Mic" was the drums. We had heard that [{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin}} drummer] {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bonham John Bonham}} had used a really long {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_drum 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=C
|snotes3="My Joy" employs two looped orchestral phrases sampled from the fourth movement of a 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). The two string elements are looped on a sustained phrase to produce dramatic orchestral pads. Notably, both string samples are also used throughout {{S|Halo}}, {{S|Memphisto}}, and {{S|Clean}}.
|ssample4="Soaring" orchestral strings
|ssource4='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar Edward Elgar}} - Unidentified composition'''
|sstatus4=C
|snotes4=Wilder confirmed in a 27 July 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 released by 1989.
|snumberofrows=4
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_the_Mic Pass The Mic}}"''' - 1992
|sstatus1=C
|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 the approximate 102 BPM tempo of "My Joy". 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" remix. 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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_(band) Fancy}} - "Feel Good"''' - 1974
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=The classic "Feel Good" drum break is used throughout the "Slow Slide" remix 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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown James Brown}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_Drummer Funky Drummer}}"''' - 1970
|sstatus3=C
|ssample4=Drum loop
|ssource4='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Wansel Dexter Wansel}} - "Theme From The Planets"''' - 1976
|sstatus4=C
|snumberofrows=4
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Walking In My Shoes}} (Ambient Whale Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Main drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_(band) Innocence}} - "Natural Thing (Sunset Mix)"''' - 1990
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=The main drum loop used throughout the "Ambient Whale Mix" of {{S|Walking In My Shoes|U}} is derived from the opening moments of the "Sunset Mix" of "Natural Thing" by early 1990s {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom British}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B R&B}} group {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_(band) Innocence}}. The loop is {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_time_stretching_and_pitch_scaling timestretched}} via resampling to match the approximate 93 BPM tempo of "Walking In My Shoes" and repeated throughout the "Ambient Whale Mix" starting from bar seventeen.
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Walking In My Shoes}} (Grungy Gonads Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_(band) Mountain}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Red Long Red}}"''' - 1972
|sstatus1=C
|ssample2=Orchestral string passage
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone Ennio Morricone}} - "In Chiesa" - <i>{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(1967_film) Ad Ogni Costo}}</i> (film) soundtrack''' - 1967
|sstatus2=OC
|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 {{S|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|Devotional]] tour.<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disposable_Heroes_of_Hiphoprisy The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy}} - "Language Of Violence"''' - 1992
|sstatus1=C
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Walking In My Shoes}} (Random Carpet Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Orchestral string samples
|ssource1='''<i>{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(film) Doctor Zhivago}}</i> (film)''' - 1965
|sstatus1=UC
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song="[[Walking In My Shoes]] (Anandamidic Mix)"
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads Talking Heads}} - "Seen And Not Seen"''' - 1980
|sstatus1=C
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|In Your Room}} (Jeep Rock Mix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1993
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Snaps Skull Snaps}} - "It's A New Day"''' - 1973
|sstatus1=C
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SOFAD
}}
 
== <i>[[Ultra]]</i> (1997) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Painkiller}}
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Vanessa Paradis - "The Future Song"''' - 1992
|sstatus1=UC
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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=C
|snotes1=Credit to Christopher Baird for this discovery.<ref name="BairdCredit"></ref>
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{S|Useless}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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=L
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Ultra
}}
 
== <i>[[Exciter]]</i> (2001) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Dream On}} (Remix)
|artist=[[Depeche Mode]]
|releaseyear=2001
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Kraftwerk - "The Robots"''' - 1978
|sstatus1=U
|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={{S|1}} & {{S|2}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1986
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Depeche Mode – "[[Any Second Now]]" (Altered)''' - 1981
|sstatus1=C
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''Depeche Mode – "[[If You Want]]"''' - 1984
|sstatus2=C
|ssample3=N/A
|ssource3='''Depeche Mode – "[[The Sun & The Rainfall]]"''' - 1982
|sstatus3=C
|ssample4=N/A
|ssource4='''Depeche Mode – "[[Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)]]"''' - 1982
|sstatus4=C
|ssample5=N/A
|ssource5='''Depeche Mode – "[[The Great Outdoors]]"''' - 1983
|sstatus5=C
|ssample6=N/A
|ssource6='''Depeche Mode – "[[Shouldn't Have Done That]]"''' - 1982
|sstatus6=C
|ssample7=N/A
|ssource7='''Depeche Mode – "[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]"''' - 1981
|sstatus7=C
|ssample8=N/A
|ssource8='''Depeche Mode – "[[Shake The Disease]]" (Edit the Shake)''' - 1985
|sstatus8=C
|ssample9=N/A
|ssource9='''Depeche Mode – "[[Pipeline]]"''' - 1983
|sstatus9=C
|ssample10=N/A
|ssource10='''Depeche Mode – "[[Blasphemous Rumours]]"''' - 1984
|sstatus10=C
|ssample11=N/A
|ssource11='''Kraftwerk – "Radioaktivität"''' - 1975
|sstatus11=UC
|ssample12=N/A
|ssource12='''Kraftwerk – "Uran"''' - 1975
|sstatus12=UC
|ssample13=N/A
|ssource13='''Kraftwerk – "Radioland"''' - 1975
|sstatus13=UC
|ssample14=N/A
|ssource14='''Duet Emmo – "Or So It Seems"''' - 1983
|sstatus14=UC
|ssample15=N/A
|ssource15='''Duet Emmo – "Heart of Hearts"''' - 1983
|sstatus15=UC
|ssample16=N/A
|ssource16='''The Hitmen – "Shade in, fade out"''' - 1981
|sstatus16=UC
|ssample17=N/A
|ssource17='''Hard Corps - "Je Suis Passée"''' - 1985
|sstatus17=UC
|snumberofrows=17
|sround=1
|colorscheme=1+2
}}
 
== <i>[[Hydrology]]</i> (1988) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Grain}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1988
|smsample1=Bell-like outro "ping"
|smsnotes1=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of {{EL|http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php Emulator II}} {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk floppy disks}} that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' producer [[Dave Bascombe]] during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late eighties. One floppy disk, labeled "Wineglass (106)", features an untitled preset ("NULL PRESET"), which contains a bell-like sample, presumably the sound of a wine glass being tapped. This sample is played sporadically throughout the orchestral outro of "Grain". Notably, this sound is also used in {{S|Strangelove}}, {{S|Never Let Me Down Again}}, {{S|Behind The Wheel}}, and {{S|Route 66}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Hydrology
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Stone}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1988
|ssample1=French vocal sample
|ssource1='''French train announcer, unidentified source'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website that {{S|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: "Attention! Attention! Quai n°5, départ imminent du Nord-Express à destination de Moscou [...]"
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Hydrology
}}
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|The Sermon}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1988
|smsample1=Polish vocal sample
|smsnotes1=A vocal sample from a Polish radio broadcast reporting on Pope John Paul II's 9 June 1987 sermon in Warsaw can be heard in the introduction of {{S|The Sermon}}. Wilder commented on the origin of this sample in a 2008 interview for ''komarnicki.pl'': "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> The two audio samples state: <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>
|smsample2=Bass guitar
|smsnotes2=In May 2020, fan "DMK" kindly provided DM Live Wiki with documentation for a series of Emulator II floppy disks that accompanied a collection of restored studio equipment used by ''[[Music For The Masses]]'' co-producer [[Dave Bascombe]] during the production of music albums for artists other than [[Depeche Mode]] in the mid to late 1980s. One floppy disk, labeled "Bright Bass-GTR", features a preset titled "bright bass" that is comprised of two bass guitar samples which are used throughout "The Sermon" starting from approximately the five minute thirty-second mark. Notably, these bass guitar parts are also used during the chorus sections of the album version and throughout the single version of {{S|Strangelove}}.
|ssample1="Buzzy" synth drone
|ssource1='''Emulator II factory library disk #37: Electric Guitar - Preset #3: "LoopedGuitar", SAMPLE 5, SAMPLE 9'''
|sstatus1=C
|snotes1=Two muted harmonic guitar pluck samples derived from the Emulator II factory library disk #37 "Electric Guitar" are individually looped with a tight loop point and layered together to form the "buzzy" monophonic synth drone audible throughout "The Sermon".
|snumberofrows=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 ''[[Songs Of Faith And Devotion]]'', [[Alan Wilder]] would enter London's KONK Studios to record Recoil's ''[[Bloodline]]'' between January and March 1991. A month later, he would return to the studio to produce Depeche Mode support act Nitzer Ebb's ''Ebbhead'' 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: "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>
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|I Give To You}}
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=1991
|smsample1=Harpsichord-like instrument
|smsnotes1={{S|I Give To You}} utilises a textured harpsichord-like stab originally produced for use in {{S|Enjoy The Silence}}.
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''Fancy - "Feel Good"''' - 1974
|sstatus1=C
|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 {{S|Walking In My Shoes}}, {{S|My Joy}}, and its "Slow Slide" remix.
|ssample2=Classic John Bonham drum one-shots
|ssource2='''Beastie Boys - "Rhymin' And Stealin"''' - 1982
|sstatus2=OC
|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"). 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=OC
|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 {{S|Halo}}, {{S|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=U
|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=U
|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 {{S|In Your Room}}, and is most clearly heard in the "Apex" remix starting from 1:45.
|snumberofrows=5
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Godhead}}
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=1991
|ssample1=Drum/synth loop
|ssource1='''Kraftwerk - "Home Computer (The Mix Version)"''' - 1991
|sstatus1=C
|snumberofrows=1
}}
{{Sample source
|song=Unidentified song
|artist=Nitzer Ebb
|releaseyear=1991
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Prince - "Kiss"''' - 1990
|sstatus1=U
|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 ''Ebbhead''. 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={{S|Faith Healer}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1=Piano-like one-shot sample
|smsnotes1=A low octave, piano-like sampled synth part originally recorded for use with {{s|Policy Of Truth}} is used to atmospheric effect in {{S|Faith Healer}}. The part is processed with a chorus effect. Notably, this sample is also used in Wilder's "Eurotech Version" remix of Toni Halliday's "Time Turns Around".
|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 utilised 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 {{S|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=C
|ssample2=Bell tree sample
|ssource2='''Fleetwood Mac - "Black Magic Woman"''' - 1982
|sstatus2=C
|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={{S|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 {{S|Waiting For The Night}} in {{S|Electro Blues For Bukka White}}.<ref name="EhronVonAllen">Source: [https://invidio.us/watch?v=v_mNrwcI0s8&iv_load_policy=1 Recoil - Jezebel (Seductress Mix) by Ehron VonAllen with collaboration details 1080p HD] - Ehron VonAllen</ref>
|ssample1=Bukka White vocal performance
|ssource1='''Bukka White - "Shake 'Em On Down"''' - 1937
|sstatus1=C
|ssample2=Filtered synth percussion
|ssource2='''The Human League - "Being Boiled"''' - 1980
|sstatus2=C
|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=UC
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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=L
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''LFO - "El Ef Oh"''' - 1991
|sstatus2=U
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{S|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={{S|Curse}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1="Breathing" accordion loop
|smsnotes1=The "breathing" effect originally recorded for use in {{S|I Want You Now}} is re-purposed for atmosphere throughout {{S|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='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamanda_Gal%C3%A1s Diamanda Galás}} - Unidentified source'''
|sstatus1=UC
|ssample2=Punchy snare and "whirly" bassline
|ssource2='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Underground Digital Underground}} - "{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Humpty_Dance The Humpty Dance}}"''' - 1990
|sstatus2=C
|snotes2=The "whirly", evolving bassline and fat, punchy snare heard in "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground (itself derived from "Theme from the Black Hole" by {{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_(band) Parliament}}) is used throughout "Curse".
|ssample3=Punchy snare
|ssource3='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_(band) Parliament}} - "Theme from the Black Hole"''' - 1979
|sstatus3=C
|ssample4=High pitch "wailing" police siren-based scratch effect
|ssource4='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Cat Super Cat}} - "Ghetto Red Hot (Hip Hop Mix)"''' - 1992
|sstatus4=L
|snotes4="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 14 April 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 possible but difficult to conclusively state if this part was sampled from "Ghetto Red Hot" and included as a late addition on "Curse".
|ssample5="You're blind, you're blind from the facts" vocal
|ssource5='''{{EL|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy_(band) Public Enemy}} - "She Watch Channel Zero?!"''' - 1988
|sstatus5=C
|snumberofrows=5
|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={{S|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 {{S|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 {{S|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 {{S|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=C
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''LFO - "Love Is The Message"''' - 1991
|sstatus2=U
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Freeze}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1992
|smsample1=Synth arpeggio
|smsnotes1="Freeze" employs a manipulated sample derived from the atmospheric outro of the "Development Mix" of "[[Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)|Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)]]".
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Bloodline
}}
 
== <i>[[Unsound Methods]]</i> (1997) ==
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Incubus}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|smsample1=Percussion elements
|smsnotes1=A percussive loop originally recorded for use in Depeche Mode's {{S|Clean}} is re-used to create a rhythmic, tribal atmosphere in {{S|Incubus}}.
|ssample1=Shouting vocal
|ssource1='''Peter Gabriel - "Rhythm Of The Heat"''' - 1982
|sstatus1=L
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Drifting}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=Marimba loop
|ssource1='''Peter Gabriel - "Slow Marimbas"''' - 1985
|sstatus1=C
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Luscious Apparatus}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=Introductory guitar chord
|ssource1='''The Cure - "Club America"''' - 1996
|sstatus1=L
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Stalker}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1="Versus Christus, ave Satani!" vocal chant with orchestral string and trumpet ostinato
|ssource1='''Jerry Goldsmith - ''The Omen'' (film soundtrack) - "Killer's Storm"''' - 1976
|sstatus1=C
|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 {{S|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 - ''Birdy'' (film soundtrack)''' - Unidentified source song - 1985
|sstatus2=UC
|ssample3=911 operator vocal
|ssource3='''<i>The Last Seduction</i> (film)''' - 1994
|sstatus3=L
|snumberofrows=3
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Red River Cargo}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''<i>Wild At Heart</i> (film)''' - 1990
|sstatus1=UC
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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=U
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{S|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 {{S|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={{S|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 {{S|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 opening moments of "Last Breath".
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''The Incredible Bongo Band - "Last Bongo in Belgium"''' - 1973
|sstatus1=L
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Shunt}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=1997
|ssample1=Gated synth
|ssource1='''Piquet - "Caress"''' - 1996
|sstatus1=C
|ssample2=Sub bass and bass drum
|ssource2='''Massive Attack - "Better Things"''' - 1994
|sstatus2=L
|snumberofrows=2
|sround=1
|colorscheme=Unsound
}}
 
== <i>[[Liquid]]</i> (2000) ==
 
{{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 {{S|Black Box (Pt. 2)}}.
|ssample1=Orchestral strings
|ssource1='''Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)''' - 1992
|sstatus1=UC
|ssample2=N/A
|ssource2='''Plastikman - "Consumed"''' - 1998
|sstatus2=U
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=Liquid
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Want}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2000
|ssample1=Drum loop
|ssource1='''PJ Harvey - "Is This Desire?"''' - 1998
|sstatus1=L
|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=C
|snumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Liquid
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Last Call for Liquid Courage}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2000
|smsample1=Tambourine loop
|smsnotes1=A tambourine loop is time-stretched to match the approximate 127 BPM tempo of {{S|Last Call for Liquid Courage}} and sliced to play in a different way from how it was originally performed. Notably, this tambourine loop is also used starting from the middle eight section of the [[:Category:1994 Exotic Tour|Exotic]] tour version of {{S|I Want You Now}}.
|smsnumberofrows=1
|colorscheme=Liquid
}}
 
== <i>[[SubHuman]]</i> (2007) ==
 
{{Sample source
|song={{S|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 {{Shunt}}, the official [[Recoil]] website: "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=U
|ssample2=Drum loop
|ssource2='''Elbow - "Fugitive Motel"''' - 2003
|sstatus2=U
|snumberofrows=2
|colorscheme=SubHuman
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|The Killing Ground}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2007
|ssample1=Harmonica and drum elements
|ssource1='''Talk Talk - "The Rainbow"''' - 1988
|sstatus1=L
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SubHuman
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|99 To Life}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2007
|ssample1=N/A
|ssource1='''Digital Intervention - "La Louve"''' - 2003
|sstatus1=UC
|snumberofrows=1
|sround=1
|colorscheme=SubHuman
}}
 
== Miscellaneous remixes ==
 
{{Sample source
|song="Time Turns Around" (Eurotech Version)
|artist=Toni Halliday
|releaseyear=1989
|smsample1=Bass synth
|smsnotes1=[[Alan Wilder|Alan Wilder's]] (Eurotech Version) remix of Toni Halliday's "Time Turns Around" utilises a four note bass synth sequence derived from a longer seven note sequence originally recorded for use throughout [[Depeche Mode|Depeche Mode's]] {{S|Never Let Me Down Again}}. The part is time-stretched to match the approximate 125 BPM of "Time Turns Around" so that the sequence plays out over the course of the first beat of the first bar every four bars during the verse sections. The part is processed with a filtered 1/4 delay panned to the right stereo channel.
|smsample2=Piano stab
|smsnotes2=A sampled piano stab processed with reverb is used throughout the remix as a bass sound. As this sample is not audible in the original version or other remixed versions of "Time Turns Around", it is assumed to be a self-made sample. The part would later be used during the chorus and break sections of {{S|Policy Of Truth}}.
|smsample3=Snare
|smsnotes3=A crisp snare is heard through the remix. As this sample is not audible in the original version or other remixed versions of "Time Turns Around", it is assumed to be a self-made sample. The snare would later be used during the chorus sections of {{S|Halo}}.
|snumberofrows=3
}}
{{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=C
|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>
|snumberofrows=1
}}
{{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=C
|ssample2=Orchestral string arrangement
|ssource2='''Depeche Mode - "[[I Am You]]"''' - 2001
|sstatus2=C
|ssample3=Drum loop
|ssource3='''UNKLE - "Keys to the Kingdom"''' - 2007
|sstatus3=C
|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=U
|snumberofrows=1
}}
{{Sample source
|song={{S|Inheritance}}
|artist=[[Recoil]]
|releaseyear=2012
|ssample1=Percussion elements
|ssource1='''Depeche Mode - "[[Nothing's Impossible]]"''' - 2005
|sstatus1=UC
|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=C
|snumberofrows=1
}}
 
= References =
 
<metadesc>Depeche Mode were among the most prolific acts to make use of 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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