Do you like great retro? Do you like to have fun? Do you like to dance? Do you like drink? Do you like hanging out with hundreds of like minded friends? Then you will love PANIC, Toronto's biggest and best retro event. This month the backroom celebrates PRIDE with the bands that gayed up the 80's and 90's. Yes, there is a liquor license this month. :)

Saturday June 28, 2008
PANIC - the ultimate retro party
Funhaus - 526 Queen St W. - Toronto
10pm-4am 19+ event
$3 before 11pm $6 after
web: http://www.djlazarus.com
facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8256055823&ref=ts
facebook invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=36026059504

Mainroom: DJ Lazarus (retro 80's & 90's, new wave, classic alternatives, britpop, retro electro, dance, ska, manchester, new romatic, industrial, punk, & your requests)

Backroom: Retro Pride Party - Erasure, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Bronski Beat, Communards, Dead Or Alive, Culture Club, Divine, Soft Cell, Grace Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Wham!, Madonna, Depeche Mode, and other artists that gayed up the 80's and 90's. DJ Griz spinning.

Ahead of their time back in the early 80's, the Belgian cult electronic act FRONT 242 now makes an ultimate statement towards abusive audio compression by releasing the free 2-track download, "First moment", in 5 various audio sound quality formats:

1. Mp3 - 192Kbps (medium quality)
2. Mp3 - 320Kbps (good quality)
3. Wave - 16bits/44Khz files
4. Free Lossless Audio Codec (Flac) - for PC
5. M4A Apple Lossless - for Mac

It's up to the listener to hear the difference between the various audio sound formats and thus hear for him/herself what good quality audio sounds like. To get hold of this free 2-track download, which will hit the online world on June 15th, you need to register here : http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1524_0_8_0_C ! Pre-registering is needed in order to get hold of the free download.

Happy hunting... !

Happy New Year to everyone online.

Does anyone have either torrent or direct download for the Depeche Mode Singles Box Sets 7 & 8? I don't wish to buy the whole digital boxset on iTunes and just want them. Any help is much appreciated.

DC

Depeche Mode Fest is one of my favourite nights to DJ. The music is, of course, brilliant, the patrons are amazing, and the vibe is wonderful. Come out for an evening of Depeche Mode music and videos and join hundreds of fans dancing and drinking.

Sat Dec 8, 2007
Depeche Mode Fest
Funhaus - 526 Queen St West - Toronto
11pm-5am 19+ event
$10 cover
http://www.djlazarus.com

Mainroom: DJ Lazarus playing Depeche Mode music and videos all night
Backroom: EBM & Industrial music with Prospero and Human Clone

I just recently found a few boxes of 'Synthpop Goes The World' merchandise and will be giving it all away at Depeche Mode Fest.
You will be given a choice of some FREE T-shirts, Mugs, Hoodies, and more. Get there early to guarantee yourself some of this free limited edition SGTW swag.

madw these cos i was a tad bored,hope ya like em!! lol ;-0




FIND EM OVER HERE!!

No other retro party delivers the quality of music that PANIC does evey month. Come out and party with hundreds of like minded people. The backroom room will be a Mute Records room, playing bands that the label helped launch such as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Nitzer Ebb, Yazoo, Fad Gadget and more.

Sat Nov 24 2007
PANIC - the ultimate retro party
Funhaus - 526 Queen St West - Toronto
10pm-4am 19+ event
FREE before 11pm $5 after
http://www.djlazarus.com

Mainroom: DJ Lazarus (retro 80's & 90's, classic alternatives, new wave, manchester, and more)
Backroom: Mute Records night with DJ Griz
(Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Nitzer Ebb, Fad Gadget, Silicon Teens, The Normal, DAF, Erasure, Smegma, Robert Rental, Boyd Rice, Die Doraus Und Die Marinas, Assembly, Birthday Party, Nick Cave,I Start Counting, Cabaret Voltaire, Inspiral Carpets, Renegade Soundwave, Wire, Weathermen,
Meat Beat Manifesto, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Crime and the City Solution, Moby, Laibach, Fortran 5, and more)

Well this is my first one and I'm pretty chuffed with it, I wanted something else at the front but ran out of ideas lol The idea is that they play cards probably poker to see if Martin (heaven) or Dave (hell) wins, this time dave got 4 aces and won, hence martin in chains....

I made some scans from my Didi Zill Photobook DM 1982 - 1987 and wanna share these goodies.
They´re so young and yummee on these.
I hope you enjoy the 2 scan-sets!

come & see the rest !

PANIC is invaded by the British on Sat July 28. The backroom will be host the British Invasion of the 80's. The mainroom will be filled with wicked retro by DJ Lazarus. Remember it is FREE before 11pm. Join hundreds of like minded friends partying to some of the coolest retro music ever.

Saturday July 28, 2007
PANIC - the ultimate retro party
FUNHAUS - 526 Queen St West - Toronto
10pm-4am 19+ event
FREE before 11pm $5 after
http://www.djlazarus.com


mainroom: DJ Lazarus (Alt. Retro, New Wave, Classic Alternatives, Ska, Industrial, Dance, One Hit Wonders, and more wicked tunes (Guest DJ Shawn MacDonald)
backroom: 80's British Invasion with DJ Griz
(Police, OMD, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Eurythmics, Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins, New Order, The Smiths, & many more)

-----------------upcoming events:
Aug 4 - DARKRAVE v.90 backroom: Embryon
Aug 5 - God Save the Queen Street 3 - Lazarus, Dwight, Osaze @ Funhaus *Long Weekend Party*
Aug 10 - Hybrid Fridays - 1 year Anniversary @ Funhaus
Aug 18 - Fetish Masquerade Theme: Beach Blanket Bondage
Aug 25 - PANIC backroom: Ska Fest
Sept 1 - DARKRAVE v.91 - **8 year anniversary event** w/ Psyche (live) & Vampirefreaks.com
Sept 2 - God Save the Queen Street 4 - Dwight, Osaze, Lazarus @ Funhaus *Long Weekend Party*
Sept 4 - Combichrist, Imperative Reaction, Modulate, Ayria @ Funhaus (more info soon)
Sept 7 - Teen Spirit Fridays (Sounds of the 90's) with DJ Lazarus in the backroom @ Funhaus *NEW WEEKLY NIGHT*
Sept 22 - Fetish Masquerade backroom: Back To Fetish School Theme
Sept 29 - PANIC Retro Party backroom: The Cure Fest
http://www.djlazarus.com

Special thanks to thismysht for our new community icons and banner :)

I heard a rumour that Dave Gahan may not follow Hourglass with a tour...
Instead Depeche Mode will be back in the studio in February working on an album.
Anyone know anything?
Here's the info:
http://www.depechemode.de/news/2007/07/depeche-mode-ab-februar-wieder-im-studio

I also wanted to say I (finally) tidied up the friends list here. Anyone have any ideas on how to promote the community?
xo
Allie

DAVE GAHAN ON YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/davegahanofficial
If you have been hitting YouTube lately, you will have noticed that we have set up a YouTube channel solely for Dave. So far, we have all the Dave solo tracks from the 2003 Rock Am Ring festival online (full songs!). More Paper Monsters era live footage is coming, as well as a previously unseen Live Monsters tour film from Victor Indrizzo, and - wait for it - NEW IN-STUDIO FOOTAGE! Hours of new footage has been shot, and the best bits are being prepared as I type for the YouTube channel. You will NOT want to miss these videos!

If you want to be on the bleeding edge of information, feel free to subscribe to Dave's YouTube channel, via the large orange "subscribe" button on the YouTube page. The instant a new video clip hits YouTube, you will know!



DEPECHE MODE ON YOUTUBE
http://www.youtube.com/dmdotcom
Granted, the Depeche Mode YouTube channel has not been as used to it's full capacity. We established a presence on YouTube, but have not been uploading many videos to the site - yet!

A true asset of the channel, though, is the "Favorites" area. From there, we are linking to almost 30 FULL LENGTH Depeche Mode music videos, uploaded to YouTube by Warner Brothers, directly from the master tapes. Feel free to check out the video, link them in you MySpace page, et cetera! We are working with Warners to ensure that EVERY music video the band has ever done will appear on their video channel soon, so keep an eye out.



DM SONGBOOK NOW AVAILABLE IN ALL DM STORES
http://www.depechemode.com/store/
The new DM Songbook that was promoted on the last email blast in the US DM shop is now in all three of the official DM shops. Be sure to pick it up!



MUTE AUDIO DOCUMENTS
http://www.depechemode.com/news/index.html#071807_muteaudiodocuments
Mute Records has issued a mammoth 10 CD box set, celebrating the first six years of singles from the legendary label. Hit the site for full details!



REMASTERS...
http://remasters.depechemode.com/
You can't rush perfection. With that in mind, the remaining two remastered albums in the highly successful Remasters series of Depeche Mode albums ("Ultra" and "Exciter") will finally be coming out on October 1st (UK/Europe) and October 2nd (North America)! Full track listing to hit the micro-site shortly. Stay tuned!



MESSAGE BOARD / FRONT OF SITE ENHANCEMENTS
http://www.depechemode.com/ & http://forums.depechemode.com/forum/
For the message board, we have incorporated the main official site random top splash images, and main site navigation. On the front page of depechemode.com, the main image now is now a random selection. Simply hit refresh, and watch the image change. More to be added shortly!



TOOK A PLANE ACROSS THE WORLD...well...to NEW YORK
Your friendly webmaster will not be available much for the next week or so. I will be heading out to New York shortly, to get some exclusive video from the 11th Floor Studios, where Dave is currently recording "Hourglass"! Please hold off on any questions (either via my email, or the DM MySpace area) for the next week or so, as my net access will be limited. Thanks in advance!