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, such as brief passages of musical recordings by other artists as well as snippets of audio from television shows, radio broadcasts, and films. Analysis of these sample sources and how they are manipulated is a common topic of discussion among fans of the group.
Within reason, this page aims to capture all identifiable sound sources for many of the samples used by Depeche Mode on their studio albums, official remixes, and live performances, as well as the samples used in former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder's Recoil studio albums, official remixes, and live performances. In addition to confirmed samples, the tables below also describe samples that are commonly believed to be but were not actually used by Depeche Mode in the specified song. The confirmation status of each sample is measured by the following standard:
Depeche Mode
- Deconfirmed - This sample is not used in the specified song.
- Unconfirmed - This sample may or may not be used in the specified song.
- Likely - This sample is likely to be used in the specified song but is not yet confirmed.
- Confirmed - This sample has been independently confirmed to be used in the specified song and an audio demonstration is available.
- Officially confirmed - This sample has been confirmed by either a past or present member of Depeche Mode or an individual involved in the production of the specified song.
Speak And Spell
Speak And Spell does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
A Broken Frame
A Broken Frame does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
Construction Time Again
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Everything Counts (Tim Simenon/Mark Saunders Remix)
|
1989
|
Breathing sound
|
Kraftwerk - Tour de France
|
1983
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Intro sweep
|
Kraftwerk - Die Roboter
|
1978
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
The Landscape Is Changing
|
1983
|
Spoken word in German
|
Einstürzende Neubauten - Merle (Die Elektrik)
|
1983
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Some Great Reward
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
People Are People (Are People People? Mix)
|
1984
|
Doo-wop vocal sample
|
The Citadels - When I Woke Up This Morning
|
1964
|
Confirmed
|
Credit to Brat (Daniel Barassi) for this discovery.[1]
|
Black Celebration
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
A Question Of Time
|
1986
|
Moan vocal sample
|
The Chanters - She Wants To Mambo
|
1954? (Re-release by Jazzman Records in 2014)
|
Officially confirmed
|
The second feminine moan in the song is sampled and played in a descending two note passage with EQ for added top-end during the chorus sections of A Question Of Time. Martin Gore confirmed the use of the sample in the August 1986 issue of Electronics & Music Maker:
'It's not that audible, though. It's a sample from a record called 'She Wants to Mambo', an old doo-wop disc. At the end of each verse, the woman who sings sort of moans. We sampled this moan and played it up a few notes, which made it sound like a girl moaning. We used it on the chorus section of 'A Question of Time'.'[2]
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Fly On The Windscreen
|
1986
|
"Their living hell" vocal sample
|
Peter Jennings, ABC News (Television News Report, unidentified date)
|
?
|
Likely
|
Jennings was an active news anchor from 2/1/1965 to 4/1/2005. It is likely the exact date of the report sampled by Depeche Mode occurred sometime before or between approx. November 1985 and December 1985 at the latest.
|
Fly On The Windscreen (Death Mix)
|
1986
|
"I don't care how you feel!" vocal sample
|
Richard Pryor - Unidentified film
|
?
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
"Help the dying" vocal sample
|
Steve Kroft, CBS News (Television News Report, unidentified date)
|
?
|
Likely
|
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 approx. November 1985 and December 1985 at the latest.
|
Music For The Masses
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Never Let Me Down Again
|
1987
|
Classic John Bonham drum loop
|
Beastie Boys - Rhymin' And Stealin'
|
1982
|
Officially confirmed
|
The heavy drums of Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks sampled on the Beastie Boys song Rhymin And Stealin were subsequently sampled by Depeche Mode. One-shot samples of the bass drum and snare drum are sampled and sequenced to form the primary drum pattern of Never Let Me Down Again. Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that Never Let Me Down Again employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks which were sampled second-hand from a rap record. The sampled parts would later be re-purposed for Halo.
From memory, the drums were sampled from LED ZEPPELIN's When the Levee Breaks (but secondhand from a rap record). It is one of the most commonly used drum samples – for obvious reasons as it has that very special Bonham sound. The same snare drum sound appears on DM's Get Right With Me. I've also heard that snare on a MASSIVE ATTACK record and many others. I think Violator was the first album that we used whole performance drum loops to create rhythm tracks, as opposed to programmed single drum sounds, and Halo was one of the first tracks we recorded for Violator in fact. Flood and I were listening to quite a lot of hip hop and rap records at the time – those artists were the forerunners when sampling larger sections of rhythms and grooves. And the unusual feels that were created on those albums really influenced Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion.
|
Classic John Bonham drum break
|
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
|
1971
|
Officially confirmed
|
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).
|
N/A
|
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
|
1982
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Guitar riff and drum elements
|
3rd Bass - Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2
|
1989
|
Officially confirmed
|
American hip-hop group 3rd Bass employed an uncredited sample of the opening guitar riff from Depeche Mode's Never Let Me Down Again for their 1989 track Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2. Depeche Mode were fond of their use of the sample, and would later 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 1990 World Violation Tour. Former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder would use this sample and other elements from Wordz Of Wisdom, Pt. 2 in the live production of In Your Room as part of Recoil's 2010-2011 Selected Events tour.
|
Strangelove (The Fresh Ground Mix)
|
1987
|
N/A
|
Cameo - Word Up'
|
1986
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)
|
1987
|
"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 from a television promotion for the television game show Name That Tune
|
Unspecified television advertisement for Name That Tune (game show)
|
?
|
Confirmed
|
|
Violator
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
World In My Eyes
|
1990
|
Bell tree sample
|
Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
|
1982
|
Confirmed
|
This sample is used for two distinct sounds in the production of World In My Eyes:
- One version of the sample features oscillating pitch with added reverb that is reversed and played in chorus with a separate sample, producing an exciting "whirl" effect that occurs during the verses and throughout the song.
- A second version of the sample appears on the first bar following the end of the first chorus, with added reverb to create a distancing effect. This sample is used to dramatic effect during the outro to the 1993 Devotional Tour version of World In My Eyes.
|
Sweetest Perfection
|
1990
|
Bell tree sample
|
Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
|
1982
|
Confirmed
|
This sample is looped and manipulated to produce a ghostly pad with oscillating pitch and creative panning effects during the verses.
|
Personal Jesus
|
1989
|
Vocal huffing rhythm
|
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
|
1982
|
Likely
|
|
'Preacher' vocal sample "I'm not crazy anymore!"
|
A Cry In The Wilderness (film)
|
1974
|
Likely
|
|
Halo
|
1990
|
Classic John Bonham drum loop
|
Beastie Boys - Rhymin' And Stealin'
|
1982
|
Officially confirmed
|
Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that Never Let Me Down Again employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks which were sampled second-hand from a rap record. The sampled parts would later be re-purposed for Halo:
From memory, the drums were sampled from LED ZEPPELIN's When the Levee Breaks (but secondhand from a rap record). It is one of the most commonly used drum samples – for obvious reasons as it has that very special Bonham sound. The same snare drum sound appears on DM's Get Right With Me. I've also heard that snare on a MASSIVE ATTACK record and many others. I think Violator was the first album that we used whole performance drum loops to create rhythm tracks, as opposed to programmed single drum sounds, and Halo was one of the first tracks we recorded for Violator in fact. Flood and I were listening to quite a lot of hip hop and rap records at the time – those artists were the forerunners when sampling larger sections of rhythms and grooves. And the unusual feels that were created on those albums really influenced Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion.
|
Classic John Bonham drum break
|
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
|
1971
|
Officially confirmed
|
Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that Never Let Me Down Again employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - Rhymin And Stealin). These samples were later re-purposed for use in Halo and Get Right With Me.
|
Clean
|
1990
|
Bass guitar
|
Pink Floyd - One Of These Days
|
1971
|
Deconfirmed
|
Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on 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 gtr.[sic][3]
|
Happiest Girl (Pump Up The House Mix)
|
1990
|
"Pump up the volume" vocal sample
|
M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume
|
1987
|
Confirmed
|
This sample appears sporadically in the Happiest Girl (Pump Up The House Mix) as a simple vocal sample played in time with the bass drum.
|
Sea Of Sin (Sensoria Mix)
|
1990
|
N/A
|
Madonna - Vogue
|
1990
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Policy Of Truth (Trancentral Mix)
|
1990
|
"I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman" Robert Hoskins vocal sample
|
The Long Good Friday (film)
|
1980
|
Likely
|
|
N/A
|
My Side of the Story - The "Checkers" Speech, Richard M. Nixon speech broadcast, 1952
|
1952
|
Uncomfirmed
|
|
World In My Eyes (Oil Tank Mix)
|
1990
|
N/A
|
Kraftwerk - Musique Non-Stop
|
1986
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Walking In My Shoes
|
1993
|
Drum loop
|
Funkadelic - Nappy Dugout
|
1973
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Mercy In You
|
1993
|
Drum loop
|
The Headhunters - God Make Me Funky
|
1975
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
In Your Room
|
1993
|
Drum loop
|
Rusty Bryant - Fire Eater
|
1971
|
Confirmed
|
|
Drum loop
|
Simtec & Wylie - Bootleggin'
|
1971
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Drum loop
|
Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution
|
1973
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Get Right With Me
|
1993
|
Classic John Bonham drum loop
|
Beastie Boys - Rhymin' And Stealin'
|
1982
|
Officially confirmed
|
Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that Never Let Me Down Again employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - Rhymin And Stealin). These samples were later re-purposed for use in Halo and Get Right With Me.
|
Classic John Bonham drum break
|
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
|
1971
|
Officially confirmed
|
Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that Never Let Me Down Again employs some drum elements originally from Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks which were sampled second-hand from a rap record (Beastie Boys - Rhymin And Stealin). These samples were later re-purposed for use in Halo and Get Right With Me.
|
N/A
|
N.W.A. - Unspecified song
|
N/A
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Higher Love
|
1993
|
Drum loop
|
U2 - So Cruel
|
1991
|
Officially confirmed
|
Wilder indirectly confirmed in a response to a question regarding the sonic similarity between the drums of Depeche Mode's Higher Love and U2's So Cruel in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that a drum loop from U2's So Cruel was utilised by affirming producer Flood assisted in the production of both records (Depeche Mode would later cover this song, see So Cruel):
Didn't Flood work on both LP's?.....[4]
|
My Joy
|
1993
|
'Rolling' percussion fill
|
Beastie Boys - Funky Boss
|
1992
|
Confirmed
|
The 'rolling' percussion fill audible in the intro of the Beastie Boys' Funky Boss is sampled and stretched via resampling to match My Joy's approx. 101 BPM tempo, with light distortion/saturation added to introduce a 'dirty' quality to the part. As it was in the Beastie Boys original, this sample remains in use as a drum fill, appearing sporadically throughout the song.
|
Heavy drum loop with built-in bass drum, snare, and programmed hi-hat sequence
|
Beastie Boys - Pass The Mic
|
1992
|
Confirmed
|
The heavy drum loop present in the brief instrumental break of the Beastie Boys' song Pass The Mic is sampled and streched via resampling to match My Joy's slightly faster BPM. Once matched for tempo, the sample is sliced into two bars, placing the part that originally plays in the second bar (which features a "slurred" quality on the first snare hit) into the first bar, and the remaining content is placed into the second bar. The results are then looped with some light processing added, creating the main drum bed of My Joy. For drum fills, the final beat of the first bar containing a snare hit is sliced and placed prior to the start of the loop. The drums were originally performed by Mike D. (Michael Diamond) during the recording of Check Your Head at G-Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA. According to the late MCA (Adam Yauch) in 1999:
One memorable thing about recording [Pass The Mic] was the drums. We had heard that [Led Zeppelin drummer] John Bonham had used a really long kick drum on something and thought it would be interesting to put his technique to the test. Taking full advantage of the size of the G-Son live room/basketball court, we wrapped a long piece of cardboard from a refrigerator box around the kick drum and then put a mic at the far end of it. Mike played the beat, and we looped it.[5]
|
My Joy (Slow Slide Mix)
|
1993
|
Drum loop
|
James Brown - Funky Drummer
|
1970
|
Confirmed
|
|
Drum loop
|
Dexter Wansel - Theme From The Planets
|
1976
|
Confirmed
|
|
In Your Room (Jeep Rock Mix)
|
1993
|
Drum loop
|
Skull Snaps - It's A New Day
|
1973
|
Confirmed
|
|
Walking In My Shoes (Extended Twelve Inch Mix)
|
1993
|
N/A
|
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Language Of Violence
|
1992
|
Confirmed
|
|
Walking In My Shoes (Grungy Gonads Mix)
|
1993
|
Drum loop
|
Mountain - Long Red
|
1972
|
Confirmed
|
|
Orchestral string passage
|
Ennio Morricone - In Chiesa, from the Ad Ogni Costo (film) soundtrack
|
1967
|
Officially confirmed
|
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[6] for use in the Grungy Gonads Mix. The sample is stretched to match the tempo of Walking In My Shoes, with sixteen manual scratches on the third bar producing an exciting scratch effect. The sample appears in multiple Walking In My Shoes remixes from the period, and has commonly been employed in many performances of this song since its live introduction on the 1993 Devotional Tour. Credit to Christopher Baird for this discovery.[7]
|
Walking In My Shoes (Random Carpet Mix)
|
1993
|
Orchestral string samples
|
Doctor Zhivago (film)
|
1965
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Ultra
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Painkiller
|
1997
|
N/A
|
Vanessa Paradis - The Future Song
|
1992
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Useless (Cosmic Blues Mix)
|
1997
|
"I want to hear you play some bass" vocal sample
|
National Lampoon's That's Not Funny, That's Sick (Sketch comedy album)
|
1977
|
Likely
|
|
Exciter
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Dream On (Remix)
|
2001
|
N/A
|
Kraftwerk - The Robots
|
1978
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
The Sweetest Condition
|
2001
|
N/A
|
Kraftwerk - Musique Non-Stop
|
1986
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Playing The Angel
Playing The Angel does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
Sounds Of The Universe
Sounds Of The Universe does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
Delta Machine
Delta Machine does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
Spirit
Spirit does not contain samples from any identifiable sources.
Recoil
Upon his departure from the group in 1995, Alan Wilder would expand upon the creative sampling techniques he developed 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.
1 + 2
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
1 & 2
|
1986
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – Any Second Now (Altered)
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – If You Want
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – The Sun & The Rainfall
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – "Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – The Great Outdoors
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – Shouldn't Have Done That
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – Tora! Tora! Tora!
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – Shake The Disease (Edit the Shake)
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – Pipeline
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Depeche Mode – Blasphemous Rumours
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Kraftwerk – Radioaktivität
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Kraftwerk – Uran
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Kraftwerk – Radioland
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Duet Emmo – Or So It Seems
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Duet Emmo – Heart of Hearts
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
The Hitmen – Shade in, fade out
|
1978
|
Confirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Hard Corps - Je Suis Passée
|
1985
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Hydrology
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Stone
|
1988
|
French vocal sample
|
French train announcer, unidentified source
|
?
|
Confirmed
|
Wilder confirmed in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site that Stone employs a vocal sample of a French train announcer, but he is unsure of its origin.[8]
|
Bloodline
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Faith Healer
|
1992
|
Bell tree sample
|
Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes
|
1990
|
Confirmed
|
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.
|
Bell tree sample
|
Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
|
1982
|
Confirmed
|
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.
|
Snare
|
Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes
|
1990
|
Confirmed
|
|
Drum fill elements
|
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
|
1989
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Combination of Xpander 'zap' and Pro One bass sweep
|
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
|
1990
|
Confirmed
|
|
"Eyes" vocoder sample
|
Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes (Dub In My Eyes Mix)
|
1990
|
Confirmed
|
|
Electro Blues for Bukka White
|
1992
|
N/A
|
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
|
1973
|
Likely
|
|
Bukka White vocal performance
|
Bukka White - Shake 'Em On Down
|
1937
|
Confirmed
|
|
Curse
|
1992
|
Diamanda Galás vocal sample
|
Diamanda Galás - Unidentified source
|
?
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Snare
|
Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
|
1990
|
Confirmed
|
|
The Defector
|
1992
|
Anthony Hopkins "Closer...", "That is his nature", "No, no, no, no, no" vocal samples
|
Silence Of The Lambs (film)
|
1991
|
Likely
|
|
The Defector
|
1992
|
N/A
|
LFO - El Ef Oh
|
1991
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
LFO - EL EF OH - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku-XcQICZ5M The Defector
Electro Blues for Bukka White falls in the same category, but the title is different this time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t59S92GpTc
Unsound Methods
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Incubus
|
1997
|
Percussion elements
|
Depeche Mode - Clean
|
1990
|
Confirmed
|
This percussive loop was originally recorded for use in Depeche Mode's Clean, and is re-used among other percussive elements for a rhythmic, tribal atmosphere in Incubus.
|
Shouting vocal sample
|
Peter Gabriel - Rhythm Of The Heat
|
1982
|
Likely
|
|
Last Breath
|
1997
|
Ebow guitar sample
|
Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
|
1993
|
Confirmed
|
|
Drum loop
|
The Incredible Bongo Band - Last Bongo in Belgium
|
1973
|
Likely
|
|
N/A
|
Ernest Gold and Pat Boone - The Exodus Song (This Land Is Mine)
|
1960
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Shunt
|
1997
|
Gated synth element
|
Piquet - Caress
|
1996
|
Confirmed
|
|
Sub bass and bass drum element
|
Massive Attack - Better Things
|
1994
|
Likely
|
|
Drifting
|
1997
|
Gated synth element
|
Peter Gabriel - Slow Marimbas
|
1985
|
Confirmed
|
|
Stalker
|
1997
|
Ambient pads
|
Peter Gabriel - Birdy (film soundtrack) - Unidentified source song
|
1985
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
N/A
|
The Last Seduction (film)
|
1994
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Luscious Apparatus
|
1997
|
Introduction guitar chord
|
The Cure - Club America
|
1996
|
Likely
|
|
Control Freak
|
1997
|
N/A
|
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
|
1968
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Liquid
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Black Box (Full)
|
2000
|
Orchestral string part
|
Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)
|
1992
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
N/A
|
Plastikman - Consumed
|
1998
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Want
|
2000
|
Drum loop
|
PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
|
1998
|
Likely
|
|
SubHuman
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Allelujah
|
2007
|
N/A
|
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
|
1975
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Processed and double-tracked guitar "splang" chord sample
|
Depeche Mode - In Your Room
|
1993
|
Confirmed
|
Wilder describes the recording of this particular part in a Q&A on the official Recoil project site:
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.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
|
Drum loop
|
Elbow - Fugitive Motel
|
2003
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
The Killing Ground
|
2007
|
Harmonica and drum elements
|
Talk Talk - The Rainbow
|
1988
|
Likely
|
|
99 To Life
|
2007
|
N/A
|
Digital Intervention - La Louve
|
2003
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Recoil Remixes (Misc.)
Song
|
Song release year
|
Sample Description
|
Source of sample
|
Source release year
|
Status
|
Notes
|
In Chains (Alan Wilder Remix)
|
2011
|
Percussion elements
|
Depeche Mode - Nothing's Impossible
|
2005
|
Confirmed
|
|
Ambient pads
|
Depeche Mode - The Darkest Star
|
2005
|
Confirmed
|
|
Orchestral string arrangement
|
Depeche Mode - I Am You
|
2001
|
Confirmed
|
|
I Am Undone (Alan Wilder Remix)
|
2011
|
Percussion elements
|
Scott Walker - Manhattan
|
1995
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Inheritance
|
2012
|
Percussion elements
|
Depeche Mode - Nothing's Impossible
|
2005
|
Unconfirmed
|
|
Dum Dum Girl feat. Shara Worden
|
2012
|
Percussion elements
|
Depeche Mode - Nothing's Impossible
|
2005
|
Confirmed
|
|
References