Digitalism (band)
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Digitalism is a German
electro house duo founded in 2004 in Hamburg
and consisting of Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi. They are signed to French
label Kitsuné Music
, and have released four singles to date: "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Jupiter Room", and "Pogo". Jens likens Digitalism's songs to simple chapters in a complex novel about social interaction and attraction, with distorted bass lines and thumping rhythms comprising the punctuation.
Digitalism has remixed tracks for The Presets
, Tom Vek
, The Futureheads
, Daft Punk
, Tiga
, Klaxons
, White Stripes, Monk
, Depeche Mode
, Cut Copy
and many others, including a re-edit of "Fire in Cairo" by The Cure
(entitled "Digitalism in Cairo"). Their tracks and remixes are played by DJs such as Erol Alkan
, Soulwax
, Boys Noize
and Justice
.
Digitalism have made appearances at festivals such as Coachella
, Lollapalooza
, South by Southwest
, Rhythm and Vines, and Ultra Music Festival
as well as various clubs worldwide.
Jens Moelle has two solo releases on Kitsuné Music
; "I Ragazzi Del 1982" as Palermo Disko Machine and Wired as Jence. He has since released "Vesuvia / Theme Of Palermo Disko Machine" as Palermo Disko Machine on Vulture Music.
bunker
they own in Hamburg.
Digitalism's debut album, Idealism
, was released 9 May 2007 as Digitalism デジタル主義 (Dejitaru Shugi) on Toshiba EMI Records in Japan
, on 21 May 2007 on Kitsuné Music
in France, on Astralwerks
in North America, and etcetc
/Virgin Music in Australia and New Zealand. The album includes re-edits of the previously released singles "Jupiter Room" and "Zdarlight" as well as their "Digitalism in Cairo" original re-edit of a track by The Cure
.
The Pogo EP was released as a single in support of the LP in May, with two alternate versions of the track.
Digitalism released their newest EP "Blitz" under Kitsuné Music on November 8, 2010.
On April 7, 2011 they announced a new album on their myspace, "I Love you Dude", will be released on June 20, 2011. On June 18, 2011 they played at the Hurricane Festival
.
and movie soundtracks as influences. It's often said that they named the song "Zdarlight" after Philippe Zdar from Cassius
. Zdarlight, however is not a homage to Philippe Zdar, only a less conventional spelling of the word "starlight".
laptop as the heart of the act, along with a Behringer
BCR2000 and BCF2000 MIDI controller, a KORG
microKORG
, a KORG
KP3, a Roland
MC-202, a set of Roland
V-Drums, along with some other synthesizers (such as the KORG MS-20), and various drum machines (such as the KORG Electribe ESX-1 and EMX-1). Moelle (and occasionally Isi) performs live vocals over the top.
popular video games Need for Speed: ProStreet
and FIFA 08
. It was also featured as the soundtrack for a Canadian Virgin Mobile
advertisement, both in French and English, during December 2007. For a while it was also used on Sky Sports
live football coverage as the pre-halftime-break highlight clip backing music. A remix of this song was also used in a Pontiac ad in 2007.
The track "Idealistic" is used in the first trailer for Rockstar Games
' title Midnight Club: Los Angeles. An uncredited remix of "Zdarlight" was also used in the trailer for Nadeo
's TrackMania Nations Forever released in early 2008.
The Flemish
tv station "Canvas
" used a slightly edited version of the track "Magnets" in their introduction trailer
"The New Canvas". The trailer was intended to introduce the radical new look of "Canvas". This VRT tv station featured a more serious style in the past. "Idealistic" was also used in Just Dance 2 for the Wii.
The British television programme MasterChef featured various Digitalism songs in the semi finals.
The song "Zdarlight" was used in a commercial for BMW X1
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
electro house duo founded in 2004 in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and consisting of Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi. They are signed to French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
label Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke...
, and have released four singles to date: "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Jupiter Room", and "Pogo". Jens likens Digitalism's songs to simple chapters in a complex novel about social interaction and attraction, with distorted bass lines and thumping rhythms comprising the punctuation.
Digitalism has remixed tracks for The Presets
The Presets
The Presets are an Australian electronic duo formed in 2003, consisting of Julian Hamilton on vocals and keyboards, and Kim Moyes on drums and keyboards. They released their debut album Beams in 2005 to positive critical response. Their 2008 release Apocalypso debuted at number-one on the ARIA...
, Tom Vek
Tom Vek
Thomas Timothy Vernon-Kell is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician who works under the name Tom Vek.-Career:...
, The Futureheads
The Futureheads
The Futureheads are an English post-punk band from Sunderland. consisting of Ross Millard , Barry Hyde and David "Jaff" Craig...
, Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
, Tiga
Tiga (musician)
Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...
, Klaxons
Klaxons
Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....
, White Stripes, Monk
Monk (band)
Monk is the brainchild of former Over the Rhine guitarist Ric Hordinski. While augmented by other musicians in the studio and in concert , Monk is essentially a moniker for Hordinski's solo projects....
, Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
, Cut Copy
Cut Copy
Cut Copy are an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in...
and many others, including a re-edit of "Fire in Cairo" by The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
(entitled "Digitalism in Cairo"). Their tracks and remixes are played by DJs such as Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London....
, Soulwax
Soulwax
Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, are an alternative rock/electronic band from Ghent, Belgium. Next to the Dewaele brothers, Soulwax consists of bassist Stefaan Van Leuven and drummer Steve Slingeneyer. They were first noticed after the release of their album Much Against Everyone's...
, Boys Noize
Boys Noize
Boys Noize is the stage name of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005...
and Justice
Justice (French band)
Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay . The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter...
.
Digitalism have made appearances at festivals such as Coachella
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual music and arts festival, organized by Goldenvoice and held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley...
, Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...
, South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
, Rhythm and Vines, and Ultra Music Festival
Ultra Music Festival
Ultra Music Festival is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that occurs in March in the city of Miami usually during the annual Winter Music Conference. It is held in Downtown Miami in Bicentennial Park. It was a 1-day festival from 1999-2006, a 2-day festival from 2007-2010, and was a...
as well as various clubs worldwide.
Jens Moelle has two solo releases on Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke...
; "I Ragazzi Del 1982" as Palermo Disko Machine and Wired as Jence. He has since released "Vesuvia / Theme Of Palermo Disko Machine" as Palermo Disko Machine on Vulture Music.
Band history
Moelle and Tüfekçi met at a record store in Hamburg and became friends. Later, the store's owner asked them to DJ a party, and they then began mixing and recording. According to Moelle, they record their music in a World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
bunker
Bunker
A military bunker is a hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks...
they own in Hamburg.
Digitalism's debut album, Idealism
Idealism (album)
Idealism is the debut album from by German electronic duo Digitalism. It was released in Japan on 9 May 2007 by EMI Music Japan as and on 21 May 2007 by Kitsuné and Virgin Records...
, was released 9 May 2007 as Digitalism デジタル主義 (Dejitaru Shugi) on Toshiba EMI Records in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, on 21 May 2007 on Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné Music
Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke...
in France, on Astralwerks
Astralwerks
Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....
in North America, and etcetc
Etcetc
Etcetc Records is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. Focusing on signing, developing, and distributing music from a small selection of career artists, etcetc is the home to alternative and electronic bands PNAU, Mission Control, Lost Valentinos and Jump Jump Dance Dance...
/Virgin Music in Australia and New Zealand. The album includes re-edits of the previously released singles "Jupiter Room" and "Zdarlight" as well as their "Digitalism in Cairo" original re-edit of a track by The Cure
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
.
The Pogo EP was released as a single in support of the LP in May, with two alternate versions of the track.
Digitalism released their newest EP "Blitz" under Kitsuné Music on November 8, 2010.
On April 7, 2011 they announced a new album on their myspace, "I Love you Dude", will be released on June 20, 2011. On June 18, 2011 they played at the Hurricane Festival
Hurricane Festival
The Hurricane Festival, also just Hurricane, is a music festival that takes place in Scheeßel near Bremen, Germany, usually every June. It is promoted by German private music television channel VIVA, which belongs to Viacom, the MTV Network's parent company, as of 2004...
.
Influences
They claim Daft PunkDaft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
and movie soundtracks as influences. It's often said that they named the song "Zdarlight" after Philippe Zdar from Cassius
Cassius (band)
Cassius is a French house music duo, consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francart, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.-History:...
. Zdarlight, however is not a homage to Philippe Zdar, only a less conventional spelling of the word "starlight".
Live act
They perform live using a Macbook ProMacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro is a line of Macintosh portable computers introduced in January 2006 by Apple. It replaced the PowerBook G4 and was the second model, after the iMac, to be announced in the Apple–Intel transition...
laptop as the heart of the act, along with a Behringer
Behringer
Behringer is an audio equipment company founded by Uli Behringer in 1989, in Willich, Germany. Behringer was listed as the 14th largest manufacturer of music products in 2007. Behringer is a multi-national group of companies, with direct marketing presence in 10 countries or territories and a...
BCR2000 and BCF2000 MIDI controller, a KORG
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
microKORG
MicroKORG
The microKORG is a MIDI-capable virtual analog synthesizer/vocoder from Korg featuring high-quality DSP analog modelling. The synth/keyboard is built in such a way that it is essentially a Korg MS-2000 with programmable step arpeggiator , a less advanced vocoder , lack of motion sequencing The...
, a KORG
Korg
is a Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures electronic musical instruments, audio processors and guitar pedals, recording equipment, and electronic tuners...
KP3, a Roland
Roland Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
MC-202, a set of Roland
Roland Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
V-Drums, along with some other synthesizers (such as the KORG MS-20), and various drum machines (such as the KORG Electribe ESX-1 and EMX-1). Moelle (and occasionally Isi) performs live vocals over the top.
Studio Albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
BE (Vl) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
BE (Wa) Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
FR Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
US Elect. |
||
| 2007 | Idealism Idealism (album) Idealism is the debut album from by German electronic duo Digitalism. It was released in Japan on 9 May 2007 by EMI Music Japan as and on 21 May 2007 by Kitsuné and Virgin Records...
|
- | 20 | 88 | 84 | 6 |
| 2011 | I Love You Dude I Love You Dude (album) I Love You Dude is the second studio album by German electronic duo Digitalism, released in Germany on 17 June 2011 by V2 Records. The song "Forrest Gump" was co-written by Julian Casablancas of The Strokes.-Track listing:... V2 Records V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI.... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... , Vinyl Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... |
41 | 81 | 77 | 95 | - |
Singles, EPs and Remixes
| Year | Title | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | "Idealistic" | 12-inch single 12-inch single The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality... |
White label White label White label records are vinyl records with adhesive plain white labels affixed. Test pressings, usually with Test Pressing written on the label, with catalogue number, artist and recording time or date, are produced in small quantities to evaluate the quality of the disc production... |
| 2005 | "Idealistic" | 12-inch single | Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2005 | "Zdarlight" | 12-inch single | Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2006 | "Zdarlight" (Edition Moonlight / Discodrome) | 12-inch single | Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2006 | "Jupiter Room" | 12-inch single, CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s... |
Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2007 | "Terrorlight" | 12-inch single | Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2008 | Moshi Moshi EP | LP/CD | EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... Japan Records |
| 2008 | Kitsuné Tabloid: Mixed by Digitalism | CD | Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2010 | Blitz EP | CD | Kitsuné Music Kitsuné Music Kitsuné is a French fashion label and electronic music record label created in 2002 by Gildas Loaëc, Masaya Kuroki and the London-based company Åbäke... |
| 2011 | 2 Hearts | Download | V2 Records V2 Records V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI.... |
| 2011 | I Love You, Dude | Download | V2 Records V2 Records V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI.... |
Moshi Moshi EP
Moshi Moshi EP was released on 6 February 2008, through the Japanese EMI label. It contains 8 rare or live tracks. It has been released only in Japan to celebrate Digitalism's Japanese Tour. The title reflects the Japanese phrase used when answering the telephone.Track listing
- "Pogo (Digitalism's Robotic Mix)"
- "ZDRLT (Rewind)"
- "The Pulse (Live)"
- "Idealistic (Extended Mix)"
- "Yes, I Don't Want This"
- "Idealistic (A-Trak Remix)"
- "Pogo (Shinichi OsawaMondo GrossoShinichi Osawa , also known as Mondo Grosso, is an artist currently signed onto Avex Trax's "Rhythm Zone" label. Previously he was signed to Sony Music Japan's FEARLESS RECORDS division and released albums under the title of 'Mondo Grosso', which is Italian for "big world". He was born on February...
Remix)" - "Zdarlight/I Want I Want (Live @ The Bunker)"
Remixes
All remixes named Digitalism Remix, unless otherwise specified.- 2005 Daft PunkDaft PunkDaft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
- "TechnologicTechnologic"Technologic" is a song by French duo Daft Punk from the album Human After All. It was released as the second single on June 14, 2005. The music video for "Technologic" was directed by Daft Punk.-Composition:...
" (Digitalism's Highway to Paris Remix) - 2005 Munk - "Disco Clown"
- 2005 SonoSono (band)SONO is a band from Hamburg, Germany and was started in 2001 by Lennart A. Salomon Florian Sikorski and Martin Weiland ....
- "A New Cage" - 2005 Tom VekTom VekThomas Timothy Vernon-Kell is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician who works under the name Tom Vek.-Career:...
- "Nothing But Green Lights" - 2005 Einzeller - "Schwarzfahrer"
- 2005 Lisa StansfieldLisa StansfieldLisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
- "If I Hadn't Got You" (Digitalism Remix/Digitalism Dub) - 2005 Cut CopyCut CopyCut Copy are an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in...
- "Going Nowhere" - 2005 Martin Peter - "Psychoville"
- 2005 TigaTiga (musician)Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...
- "(Far From) Home" - 2005 White Stripes - "Seven Nation Army" (Digitalism Twist-up Remix)
- 2006 The PresetsThe PresetsThe Presets are an Australian electronic duo formed in 2003, consisting of Julian Hamilton on vocals and keyboards, and Kim Moyes on drums and keyboards. They released their debut album Beams in 2005 to positive critical response. Their 2008 release Apocalypso debuted at number-one on the ARIA...
- "Down Down Down" - 2006 Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
- "Never Let Me Down AgainNever Let Me Down Again"Never Let Me Down Again" is Depeche Mode's nineteenth UK single, released on August 24, 1987, and the second single for the then upcoming album Music for the Masses. A relatively moderate hit in the UK, at #22, it was a smash in West Germany, where it hit #2, and a Top 10 success in several other...
" - 2006 Test IciclesTest IciclesTest Icicles were a short-lived dance punk band that formed in England, primarily influenced by indie rock but containing musical elements from a variety of genres . The band was formed in 2004 by Rory Attwell and Sam Mehran, who were later joined by Devonte Hynes...
- "What's Your Damage?" - 2006 The CureThe CureThe Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
- "Fire in Cairo" - 2006 KlaxonsKlaxonsKlaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....
- "Atlantis to InterzoneAtlantis to Interzone"Atlantis to Interzone" is a song by British indie electro act Klaxons. The song references the mythical lost city of Atlantis and the short story collection Interzone by William S. Burroughs, which is itself Burroughs' concept of a "metaphorical stateless city"...
" (Digitalism's Klix Klax R-R-Remix) - 2006 The FutureheadsThe FutureheadsThe Futureheads are an English post-punk band from Sunderland. consisting of Ross Millard , Barry Hyde and David "Jaff" Craig...
- "Skip to the EndSkip to the End"Skip to the End" is the first single from The Futureheads's second album News and Tributes. It was released on May 22, 2006 in the United Kingdom. It was voted as the top video in the week commencing May 1, 2006 in the NME Video Chart featured on MTV2...
" (Digitalism Remix/Digitalism Re-Rub) - 2006 Cajuan - "Dance, Not Dance"
- 2006 Munk - "Disco Clown"
- 2007 DigitalismDigitalismDigitalism may refer to:*Digital philosophy, a direction in philosophy and cosmology advocated by certain mathematicians and theoretical physicists.*Digitalism , a German electronic music group....
- "Pogo" (Digitalism's Robotic Remix) - 2007 Dave Gahan - "Kingdom"
- 2008 DigitalismDigitalismDigitalism may refer to:*Digital philosophy, a direction in philosophy and cosmology advocated by certain mathematicians and theoretical physicists.*Digitalism , a German electronic music group....
- "Home Zone" (11th Avenue Is Burning Digitalism Criminal Club Mix) - 2008 DigitalismDigitalismDigitalism may refer to:*Digital philosophy, a direction in philosophy and cosmology advocated by certain mathematicians and theoretical physicists.*Digitalism , a German electronic music group....
- "The Pulse" (Digitalism High Pulse Club Mix)
In popular culture
The single "Pogo" is featured in the official soundtracks of Electronic ArtsElectronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
popular video games Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: ProStreet is the 11th installment of Electronic Arts' popular racing game series Need for Speed. On May 21, 2007, Electronic Arts published a teaser trailer of ProStreet, and officially announced it ten days later. It was released worldwide in November 2007. Its action footage was...
and FIFA 08
FIFA 08
FIFA 08 is the 2008 installment of EA Sports' series of football video games. Developed by EA Canada, it is published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label. It was released on all popular gaming formats in September 2007 in Europe, Australia, and Asia, and in October 2007 in North...
. It was also featured as the soundtrack for a Canadian Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
advertisement, both in French and English, during December 2007. For a while it was also used on Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
live football coverage as the pre-halftime-break highlight clip backing music. A remix of this song was also used in a Pontiac ad in 2007.
The track "Idealistic" is used in the first trailer for Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
' title Midnight Club: Los Angeles. An uncredited remix of "Zdarlight" was also used in the trailer for Nadeo
Nadeo
Nadeo is a French video game developer, based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris. They are the developers of the TrackMania, QuestMania, ShootMania and Virtual Skipper series of video games....
's TrackMania Nations Forever released in early 2008.
The Flemish
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
tv station "Canvas
Canvas
Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric used for making sails, tents, marquees, backpacks, and other items for which sturdiness is required. It is also popularly used by artists as a painting surface, typically stretched across a wooden frame...
" used a slightly edited version of the track "Magnets" in their introduction trailer
"The New Canvas". The trailer was intended to introduce the radical new look of "Canvas". This VRT tv station featured a more serious style in the past. "Idealistic" was also used in Just Dance 2 for the Wii.
The British television programme MasterChef featured various Digitalism songs in the semi finals.
The song "Zdarlight" was used in a commercial for BMW X1
BMW X1
The BMW X1 is a compact luxury crossover manufactured by BMW. It extends the current BMW Sports Activity Series model lineup which includes the BMW X3, BMW X5, and the BMW X6. The X1 is based on the same platform as the BMW 3 Series Touring with xDrive...