Depeche Mode release box reissues - and nail polish

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• While Depeche Mode work with their new album, Mute Records rereleased three single-boxes. They were put out on October 18 in a limited edition of 15 000 copies each. The boxes contain the singles 1981-1986 and were originally released 1991.
The scheduled, similar Erasure boxes, also from Mute, are delayed.
Depeche Mode's "Videos 86-98" has been released on DVD in USA on October 12 (Reprise). A European release will follow at a date to be announced later.
Depeche Mode have also released an exclusive nail polish in four different colours (!) and a year 2000 calendar. These items can be purchased from their mailorder. We yet have to decide if we should introduce a cosmetics review department... /Jens Krause, Mikael Kahrle

The Young Gods working on new album
• Swiss sampler rock trio The Young Gods are currently working on a new album, their first since "Only Heaven" in 1995. /Kristoffer Noheden

Jürgen Engler teems up with Julian Beeston
• Jürgen Engler has taken a long break from Die Krupps, for the first time in years. Right now he is working with Julian Beeston (ex-Nitzer Ebb drummer). They are writing songs for a new, electronic music project. /Jens Krause

Oomph! return with a bang

• The Wolfsburg boys from Oomph! made it straight to number 23 in the German official sales charts with their new, more nuanced album "Plastik".
In November they will tour as support act with Skunk Anansie on their huge European tour. After that, Oomph! will hit the roads on their own on a 30 city tour. /Jens Krause

New Marc Almond single and Mambas reissue
• Marc Almond will release a third single from his latest album "Open All Night". No date has been set, but it will be a remix of "Threat of Love", and the single will also contain a Dave Ball remix of "My Love" and a new track. Marc Almond and Dave Ball were once upon a time better known as Soft Cell.
A reissue of the Marc and the Mambas live album "Bite, Black and Blues" is also being worked on. It will include extended artwork and some extra tracks, but a release date is not decided yet. /Kristoffer Noheden

SEMA becomes SAMA

• Swedish Electronic Music Awards (SEMA) has changed name to Swedish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA). The next and third event will take place on April 1, 2000, as usual at Kåren in Gothenburg. The first live acts and the tickets will be out on November 19. The name of the host for SAMA 2000 is still a secret, but let's say it's a well-known and respected face. /Mikael Kahrle

Reissues of hard-to-get Pig album and EP
• Two pieces of the puzzle that is Pig's shattered discography will now become easily available. On November 2, Cleopatra Records will reissue the 1993 album "The Swining" coupled with the 1994 EP "Red Raw and Sore" on one disc.
Both of these were originally released in Japan only, and have been sold out for a long time. "The Swining" features Karl Hyde of Underworld on guitar, while "Red Raw and Sore" has remixes by Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM, On-U Sound drummer Keith Le Blanc and Raymond Watts, the big Pig himself. /Kristoffer Noheden

Depeche Mode and Martin Gore featured on new cover compilation

Moby is one of the participants on "Cover Classics".

• The label TCM Musikproduktion releases the compilation "Cover Classics" with Depeche Mode's "Route 66 (Beatmasters Mix)" and Martin Gore's "Compulsion". In the tracklist, we also find other well-known names like And One, Armageddon Dildos and Moby. /Jens Krause

Another Yazoo single release
• On November 8, Mute will release another updated Yazoo song - "Situation" - as a single to promote the new "Only Yazoo" best of-compilation. /Mikael Kahrle

Sissy Prozac debut
• Sissy Prozac is the new glamrock/-pop band from Jesper Hörberg (ex-Saft). Any day now, the debut single "Happy Hooker", will show up from Eternity Records.
The new Saft album "3-2-1" was released last week, including computer material like the new "Går in som gud" video, photos and an interview . /Mikael Kahrle

Jarre plans new album and millennium concert
• Jean Michel Jarre has announced that he will deliver a new album in early 2000. For fans keen on travelling, we can recommend his concert at the Pyramids in Egypt on December 31. /Jens Krause

New pop duo Exe deliver single
• A newly formed duo by the name of Exe has made its entrance into the music spotlight. FP*Cotton and Oliqui_J have recently released their firstborn "Behind the Screen" on the classic Zyx label. The single includes the title track in four versions, showing different sides of their sound. Musically, they fit in the pop sector, but with a wide range of influences.
Another single called "Puppets on the Beach" will be released later this year. /Niklas Forsberg

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