You have presented your new album "Spirit" in Berlin in a very intimate setting - intimate for the audience, but also for you. How was it for you?Martin Gore: In such an intimate setting, in which people are so close to one, is actually also strange for us. And so it was a bit odd for us, as it was…
Part of what makes for a great late-period album for an elder alternative band like Depeche Mode is a degree of resignation. Originality remains important but forced innovation sort of comes across like the musical equivalent of a fifty-something wearing tight leather pants. Take Brian Eno, Wire or…