Mesh to Headline Bas 2014 We’re getting pretty excited at the prospect of playing Bas again for the 4th consecutive year on 20th June 2014. The ‘Bas’ events were started in 2010 as tribute to Depeche Mode and the connected Basildon acts. Besides the gigs there have been all manner of other events from bus […]
Speak and Spell are pleased to announce we have been asked to return to Basildon for the 4th year. We will be headlining on Friday 20th June 2014 at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon with support from Modovar. The following evening Bas 2014 continues with mighty Mesh headlining with support from Sinestar. Stay tuned for […]
Speak & Spell would like to wish all their friends a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!! We already have a number of confirmed bookings for 2014 which is excellent!! Our first gig for 2014 is in March in Tonsberg, Norway where we will be sharing the bill with the legendary Vince Clarke. After returning […]
Speak and Spell are pleased announce that we will be sharing the bill in Tonsberg with the one and only Vince Clarke. A personal hero of ours, a synth legend and founder of Depeche Mode. Vince will be performing a late/early hours DJ set after Speak and Spell’s regular gig. Keep an eye on this […]
A big thanks to all those who got there despite the closed Northern Line train. It was an all thriller, no filler shorter set in a 3/4 full O2 Academy. Also the UK debut for the Spook-a-phones. They performed well but some of the triggers need repairing. We don’t half hit them sometimes. Here they […]
GIG NEWS! Get to the O2 Academy 2 EARLY Saturday night (tomorrow) as the bands are starting early and turning around quickly . We’re gonna hit you thick and fast from door opening…. just the way you like it The live music STARTS AT 20.00! Tickets available here. http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/YDH23112?brand=o2academyislington&camefrom=CFC_UK_AMG_O2ACADEMYISLINGTON_SPEAKANDSPELL See you there
We recently returned from a short 3 date tour of Germany where we were very honoured to share their stage with World Class classical musician Michal Matejcik, a wonderful man (yes we put that in bold on purpose) and extremely talented musician. We performed this on the Friday and Saturday and I’m pleased to say this […]
Alan Wilder in 1986 Building re-constructions of Alan Wilder’s 1986 sunflower spook-a-phone was really no small feat with several technical challenges and, dare I admit it, design changes. Building, testing, rebuilding, re-testing all took its toll but the result is three spook-a-phones with 4 channels each. They had to be modular, easily repaired lightweight, robust, […]
Building a new website, spookaphones and organising a European tour we never sit still. New tracks from the Neubaten era are underway. 3 to be precise. so theres a fair bit of metal clonking and PPG programming.
As a British fan who watched DM get ignored since 1984, I wrote this article for The Electricity Club. http://www.electricity-club.co.uk/depeche-mode-home-no-more/ It’s a slightly abridged version for T.E.C. but it does include some of my photos from Berne.