Synth Britannia

01:09:08 it heralded the future for British electronica.

01:11:27 and they did Sweet Dreams in their basement.

01:12:15 # Lying and waiting... #

01:12:53 But at the time when you're young and naive, naivety is a wonderful thing.

01:13:51 on the radio in England and it was Computer World.

01:14:52 # The handshake seals a contract

01:15:36 # It's a competitive world... #

01:16:13 They're the stinging nettles.

01:16:48 and to sequence it all through the song

01:17:28 that was us actually hitting a piece of corrugated iron

01:18:07 electronic music to be real music.

01:18:56 Some of the reviews were unbelievably vicious.

01:19:54 To be a Depeche Mode fan was actually a quite was actually quite a dissident thing.

01:20:50 SAMPLER: # Hello, hello, hello Hello, hello, hello. #

01:21:27 The idea was to take real life and put it against beautiful or dance or both music.

01:22:25 Kind of at the period where Ian had died

01:23:03 it's like, you're just falling into the trap, you know

01:23:50 # To treat me like you do?

01:24:44 It sort of starts, I guess, round about '83.

01:25:21 I meant that initial supernova of post-punk, it was dying away.

01:26:16 At the time, it was just really, really exciting, and it was exciting to be a part of a musical movement

01:27:06 and you get Oasis! Horror!