Reflections of Darkness - Music Magazine - DEPECHE MODE - Deluxe boxset 'Sounds of the universe' announced

Details: Written by: Daniela Vorndran; Published: 21 February 2009

Depeche Mode's twelfth studio album, Sounds Of the Universe (Mute) will be released on April 21st. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode has announced that Sounds Of The Universe will also be released as a Special Edition CD/DVD and a Deluxe Box Set that will include a host of exclusive material:

Three CDs containing the album, bonus songs and remixes, as well as 14 demos available exclusively - a career first for Depeche Mode.

A DVD that will feature three films: Making The Universe, a behind-the scenes documentary about the recording of the album, "Usual Thing", "Try And Get The Question In The Answer" (a conversation with the band discussing recording techniques, intercut with personal archive footage from previous album sessions) and "Sounds Of The Universe" (a short film featuring track by track with the band). The DVD will also include the promo video for the album's first single “Wrong” (directed by Patrick Daughters), plus four songs filmed live in the studio in December 2008 and a version of the album the album mixed in DTS 5.1 surround sound

Two 84-page hardback books, one featuring the lyrics to all the songs from the Sounds Of The Universe sessions, accompanied by exclusive photography by Anton Corbijn. The second book will contain exclusive and candid studio photography by Daniel Miller, Ben Hillier, Luke Smith and Ferg Peterkin.

In addition, the album will also be released as a double vinyl LP (including a "Sounds Of The Universe" CD) and as a download.

For more information please go to www.depechemode.com

Source: Side Line Magazine