Blackwing Studios - Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

One of the first tracks Depeche Mode recorded at Blackwing was "Dreaming of Me", after it being decided it would be the first Depeche Mode single. At the time Vince Clarke was unemployed so he spent most of the daytime in the studio with Daniel Miller. Miller would give Clarke help and advice on how to get sounds, use studio technology and arrange songs. Then later in the afternoon Martin Gore and Andrew Fletcher would arrive from their day jobs to record melody parts. After the recording of "Speak & Spell" Vince Clarke left the band, but carried on recording at Blackwing. In late 1981 the three remaining members of Depeche Mode returned to Blackwing and recorded the single See You. The track was the first Depeche Mode track to use a Roland MC-4 sequencer, which made the core sound to the track. It would also be the first track recorded without Clarke.