This certainly placed a burden of expectation on the project team. To Depeche Mode’s fanatical fans, the records and CDs that have been released over the years have become the ‘authentic’ versions, despite the many alternative mixes available. It grew into a massive project, but it was extremely worthwhile to do.” Mute Records’ Head Engineer Kevin Paul (top), mastering engineer Simon Heyworth (centre) and FX Copyroom’s Kevin Vanbergen were the technical team responsible for remixing the Depeche Mode back catalogue in surround.Authenticity is an interesting concept in music, and the subject of many academic studies, but when Kevin Paul says that they aimed “to make the new mixes as authentic as possible”, his meaning is clear. You have an idea when you agree to do these things of what it entails, but you don’t really think about how long it takes, or how much work will be involved. People are so used to hearing remixes, but we wanted to do something different.
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