Alan Wilder: A Journey Through Music and Innovation

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  • Опубликовано: 30 янв 2025
  • Alan Wilder, from Depeche Mode to his solo project, Recoil. We’ll explore how he helped shape Depeche Mode’s iconic sound, why he left the band, and the unique music he created after. If you’re a fan of Alan or just love music history, this one’s for you!
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Комментарии • 78

  • @80sNewWaveMusic
    @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +34

    There's a "small" mistake in the video mentioning Wilder contributing on the DM album "A Broken Frame". That is not correct as he did not start writing songs and produce with DM until the 3rd album "Construction Time Again". I'm sorry for the mistake.

    • @owakulukem
      @owakulukem Месяц назад +11

      I believe he did, but wasn’t credited. In the DM documentary for A Broken Frame he is mentioned as working on the album.

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +4

      I just watched a documentary and apparently he was not part of the album in any way:
      ruclips.net/video/jKXFht9Bk7E/видео.htmlsi=UsNEQr87o0mBsk7Z&t=530

    • @bulldogdave
      @bulldogdave Месяц назад +6

      While Alan was not involved with the recorning of A Broken Frame, he was a touring member for that album. He cowrote The Great Outdoors with Martin during the tour, and it was used as their intro music on the later part of the tour. It was the B side to Get The Balance Right which was their stand alone single before recording Construction Time Again.

    • @lengchai27
      @lengchai27 Месяц назад

      As I know, he participated the studio works of the album already.

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +2

      No, as I wrote above with a link he debunked that.

  • @FreddieFreethinking
    @FreddieFreethinking Месяц назад +38

    Alan Wilder Was The Sound Creator Of Depeche Mode.
    Without Alan Wilder DM Never Would Have Sounded As Great As They Did.
    A Music Genius.

  • @lisahentschell4741
    @lisahentschell4741 День назад +1

    A musical genius

  • @artcreative6082
    @artcreative6082 Месяц назад +24

    Met him twice. Such a lovely human and great musician. So sad he left DM, but it was understandable he did.

  • @Torquemada70
    @Torquemada70 Месяц назад +58

    They've never been the same since he left 😞

  • @springworksband7644
    @springworksband7644 Месяц назад +8

    Alan Wilder is legendary in our opinion

  • @oandri
    @oandri Месяц назад +8

    Alan the Architect of Songs 🪄👑

  • @ninawildr4207
    @ninawildr4207 Месяц назад +9

    Boy do I miss Alan...❤❤❤

  • @logiclust
    @logiclust Месяц назад +6

    i'm glad fans recognize his contributions to the art form

  • @radi0n
    @radi0n Месяц назад +17

    Roses are red,
    violets are blue.
    I love Alan Wilder
    And Emulator II

  • @tafur101
    @tafur101 Месяц назад +10

    A video that does some justice to a talented and innovative man in the world of the music, simply a master!

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for your kind words and support :) Happy New Year!

  • @JohnSmith-kd6ip
    @JohnSmith-kd6ip Месяц назад +12

    Alan Wilder was the reason Depeche Mode became worldwide stars. And Alan Wilder's contribution is the reason why Dave Gahan and Martin Gore still fill stadiums 30-40 years later. Once he left, Depeche Mode was not the same. Mediocre or boring songs that don't come close to late 80s and early 90s Depeche Mode (Precious is an exception).

  • @chriss2295
    @chriss2295 Месяц назад +9

    Depeche Mode’s best work was during the Alan Wilder days. In 1984 (I think), DM was touring Construction Time Again and Alan waved hello to our group as we peaked behind the curtain before it dropped at the Hollywood Paladium.

  • @miketschudi2687
    @miketschudi2687 Месяц назад +16

    The Best there was!

  • @The12dangs
    @The12dangs 27 дней назад +2

    Would be awesome to see Alan produce a Depeche Mode album one day. He is the sound of Depeche Mode.

  • @diegoboydferrando5187
    @diegoboydferrando5187 25 дней назад +2

    Mr Wilder thanks for your contribution to moder art.

  • @Trancemosphere1971
    @Trancemosphere1971 Месяц назад +4

    Awesome channel!! Thanks a lot for your work!

  • @rafiqadarr6217
    @rafiqadarr6217 Месяц назад +1

    A fascinating and very interesting, informative video, very different to the other videos out there, more documentary style. Thank you, I enjoyed this video.

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for your kind words and support. Happy New Year :)

    • @rafiqadarr6217
      @rafiqadarr6217 Месяц назад +1

      Happy New Year to you too.

  • @modeman69
    @modeman69 Месяц назад +5

    He should’ve been present at the Rock and Roll hall of fame ceremony

  • @ninawildr4207
    @ninawildr4207 Месяц назад +2

    Ty so much for this video on the Boss!

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад

      Thanks for your kind words and support :) Happy new Year!

  • @miaobinhuang2315
    @miaobinhuang2315 23 дня назад +1

    Quite like your background music.

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  23 дня назад +1

      Thank you. I make it myself. You can find it here. Happy New Year.
      soundcloud.com/80s-new-wave-music

    • @miaobinhuang2315
      @miaobinhuang2315 23 дня назад +1

      @@80sNewWaveMusic Thank you and Happy New Year too, take care yourself.

  • @michaelwilson2340
    @michaelwilson2340 Месяц назад +5

    Love Alan Wilder. He's friends with Gary Numan. I do wish they would work together. Even an E.P. would be great. Have you ever considered doing one on former Cult bassist Jamie Stewart? Why he left the band and what he's been doing through the years?

  • @RedPillRebel-zq3wo
    @RedPillRebel-zq3wo 25 дней назад +2

    imagine wilder joining after RIP Fletcher passed away..........that 3-headed-monster again would KICK A$$ as it did in the mid80s-mid90s!!!

  • @PeterParker-nc5ke
    @PeterParker-nc5ke Месяц назад +6

    I hope one day before I die he is welcomed back to Depeche Mode

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +1

      We all hoped for that many times but to be honest he is happy where he's at and to me thats fine :)

    • @neotek8582
      @neotek8582 Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, Charlie is retired and there is zero chance of him reuniting with DM.

  • @JanSandahl
    @JanSandahl Месяц назад +4

    Imagine if he had chosen to work WITH the strains within the band instead, and continued "the work". Choosing a "higher love" if you will. The creative intersection between him, martin's song writing and dave's vocals was.. almost divine.

    • @thirdlantern
      @thirdlantern Месяц назад +1

      It was alchemy. The schism speaks to the endemic dysfunction, not his lack of altruism.

  • @MyJoyDepecheMode
    @MyJoyDepecheMode Месяц назад +6

    ❤🥰👍❤❤❤👍🥰❤

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад

      Thanks for all the hearts and support :) Happy New Year!

  • @Merica1776
    @Merica1776 Месяц назад +3

    Wilder is a f_cking GOD! And DM was done when he left. Their sound was him! End of f_cking story!

  • @RoberthAndrade-t4i
    @RoberthAndrade-t4i 9 дней назад

    D.MODE is Alan Wilder !

  • @shotokanjav
    @shotokanjav Месяц назад +9

    Classic DM Lineup
    Dave - Voice
    Martin- Soul
    Alan - Architect
    Fletch- Glue

    • @ninawildr4207
      @ninawildr4207 Месяц назад +1

      Love your comment❤

    • @neotek8582
      @neotek8582 Месяц назад

      That’s incorrect. Fletch was the wet nipple for Martin, not the glue that held the band together. If anything, Fletch was one of the main reasons Alan left the band.

  • @simoharjane7823
    @simoharjane7823 16 дней назад +1

    Few people know Alan Wilder did most of the production work with MFTM , David was more of an engineer . HIS INVOLVEMENT GOT BIGGER WITH TIME

  • @Kppot
    @Kppot Месяц назад +1

    Love that AI synth in background, reminds e of Alan's demos from Some Great Reward era and some early Recoil tracks (Sermon maybe?) at the same time

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад

      Thanks :) But that's not an AI synth. I make all the music myself.

  • @tobiashoyden2644
    @tobiashoyden2644 6 дней назад +1

    Wish he'd return to the Mode

  • @thirdlantern
    @thirdlantern Месяц назад +5

    There aren't enough superlatives. Their meteoric rise from CTA to SOFAD was no coinicidence. I miss Alan.

  • @madcat8231
    @madcat8231 20 дней назад +1

    Think there was a More embrassing and thinked trough sound when it was DM with Alan.
    A before DM
    And an after DM
    And its a huge difference in sound and produktion style.
    The Era shaped a LOT of the synth music when Wilder was in DM and he did a LOT!! In DM.
    I often go back to when i was a kid and heard 101 and was only 11-12 years and it has slmething living and lively and a prescence that i cant really put my finger on 🙏
    Sorry for the shitty english

  • @mariuszbu8611
    @mariuszbu8611 Месяц назад +1

    Wróci na ostatni album grupy rozmowy już byly

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад

      I seriously doubt he will return to Depeche Mode for their next or last album and I have not heard any rumors about that. Please write in English if possible :)

  • @johnconnor8883
    @johnconnor8883 Месяц назад +1

    Mange Tak!

  • @alistairsteadman3765
    @alistairsteadman3765 Месяц назад +4

    I wonder whether the band’s management and maybe Martin could have found a way to keep him on board. Maybe they tried, but my gut feeling says otherwise.

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +6

      As far I am informed he had made up his mind and was ready to go his own way which in my opinion was not a bad thing. I doubt anyone could have persuaded him to stay.

    • @alistairsteadman3765
      @alistairsteadman3765 Месяц назад +6

      ⁠The SOFAD recording process was draining and the tour even more so. Yes, I’ve heard the same but being paid the same as Fletch probably didn’t help. But anyway it’s ancient history now. I must find a way to move on 🤣

    • @marguskiis7711
      @marguskiis7711 Месяц назад +1

      No, they did not try. Actually, Fletch left first in 1994, but later returned.

    • @wwiitop
      @wwiitop Месяц назад +3

      We know the vision of everything from Alan's perspective. He left the band without discussing the problems and without talking them over with the others. He wanted to change the band, and he is not Martin or Dave, who, as has been shown, were the pillars.

    • @plutostube
      @plutostube Месяц назад +1

      it is so easy, just google it, Alan said: "I announced my departure by calling a meeting at the Mode office. I hadn't been able to speak with Dave (who was living in LA) despite having left several phone messages. I informed the other two of my decision and then faxed Dave (which seemed my only option) to which I got mixed reactions. None from Dave, a handshake and a shrug from Martin and aggressive indignation from Fletch"

  • @arqhiz
    @arqhiz 10 дней назад

    Without Alan they are DEMO MODE

  • @stevenr2463
    @stevenr2463 Месяц назад +3

    Alan Wilder made the sound of Depeche Mode as the world knows them (i.e. after Vince Clark and A Broken Frame). They havent been the same since he quit.

  • @johnny5805
    @johnny5805 Месяц назад +3

    Following Vince Clarke was an impossible task.

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +4

      I think Wilder did a pretty good job and I doubt DM would have survived this long with Vince Clarke as the songwriter.

  • @freisingBoy
    @freisingBoy Месяц назад +1

    Dave who... nice piece but please pronounce the name correctly.. Ga-ha-n....

    • @80sNewWaveMusic
      @80sNewWaveMusic  Месяц назад +1

      Actually it's you who pronouce it wrong as many others do (I did too for a long time). His name is pronounced as "Gone". Not Ga-ha-n.
      Here's a video showing how he pronounce it himself.
      ruclips.net/video/7rlQOH8wl08/видео.htmlsi=yVc9vs6eIOzuc3F0&t=65