They were def. into NIN by then. "Rush" is the most obvious one. Of course "Pretty Hate Machine" was released in 1989, and also produced by Flood, just prior to "Violator," so chances are good they heard it pretty early and it might have made an impression. But then of course, "Pretty Hate Machine" clearly owes a lot to Depeche Mode.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 16 August 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
Pretty Hate Machine is Depeche plus late 80s Ministry and that’s why it rules.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 16 August 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
My god, it's full of samples
https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/List_of_Depeche_Mode_sample_sources_by_album/Violator
― gene besserit (ledge), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 10:18 (one month ago) link
Hmm, at first I was surprised, but most of those samples are just kind of manipulated library sources, or otherwise just literally samples, in that a lot of the sounds weren't necessarily programmed or designed from scratch. Still pretty cool to learn, thanks! And yeah, some of the actual samples incorporated into this masterpiece are as inspired as they are invisible. Toni Halliday! Alan Moulder didn't engineer or mix "Violator," though, and I'm not sure they were a couple yet, so is that just a coincidence that she was (literally) in the mix?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:48 (one month ago) link
It reminds me of how there aren’t many pet shop boys imitators taking on “behaviour”
true
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 12:54 (one month ago) link
xp yeah loads of emu library sounds but a few very interesting sources in amongst them - especially the uses of fleetwood mac, kraftwerk, and the bulgarian state female voice choir.
― gene besserit (ledge), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 13:02 (one month ago) link
Very interesting to me too, a lot more samples of popular music than I expected
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 14:35 (one month ago) link