editorials
 
With experimentation still prevalent, the elementary sounds for the third single, 'Condemnation' were recorded in the basement of the Madrid villa with one person banging a flight case, another clapping and a third scraping the wall with a tambourine.

The vocals - which were to have a 'barbershop choir meets gospel Elvis Presley' flavour - proved that Depeche Mode had not abandoned their desire to find different and exciting ways of producing music. Built up track by track, individual takes were sung by (mainly) Martin and (sometimes) Alan and then manipulated using vari-speed to produce very low and very high pitches. Once added to Dave's lead vocal, the resulting close harmonies provided the barbershop body of the track.

The actual single version was remixed during a stop off in Paris during the tour. While the band took a few days to see their families, Alan and Steve Lyon ducked into Guilliame Tell Studios. This remix was no mean task incorporating extra hip-hop drum loops and, to further compliment this impressive sound, the use of additional female gospel vocals - provided by Hildia Cambell and Samantha Smith.