> NEW SINGLE - "Stardust"
> RELEASE DATE: 14th April 2003
>
> NEW ALBUM - "Counterfeit²"
> RELEASE DATE: 28th April 2003
>
> Martin L. Gore, songwriter and one of the founding
> members of Depeche Mode,
> is set to release his new album "Counterfeit²" on
> Mute on the 28th of April.
>
> "Stardust", a version of the David Essex classic, is
> the first single to be
> lifted from the album and is released on the 14th of
> April.
>
> "Counterfeit²" is the second in Martin L. Gore's
> counterfeit cover version
> series and, like his first Counterfeit release in
> 1989, it is a wildly
> diverse and passionate collection. The new album
> sees Gore radically rework
> eleven tracks, originally made famous by the likes
> of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop,
> Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Kurt Weill, John
> Lennon, Brian Eno and David
> Essex.
>
> Recorded over the last 18 months at his home studio,
> Gore revisits and
> reinvents songs which have touched him deeply over
> the years. The tracks
> range from sultry 21st Century blues to achingly
> lovely sci-fi lullabies;
> sublime alt-country crooners to engrossing
> electronic torch songs. A
> glittering haul of buried treasure, their only
> guiding spirit being the
> visceral emotional attachment felt by Martin towards
> them.
>
> "I really wanted to get across a fan's perspective,"
> says Martin. "There is
> something about the songs I like that somehow gives
> the album a thread. Deep
> emotions, I suppose. There has to be a personal
> connection."
>


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