Sophia Deboick explores this aptly-named publication, a time capsule of sorts, by turns a personal history and listographic account of the unlikely importance of Basildon’s own Depeche Mode to the youth culture of the Eastern Bloc
Blog: ‘Our Hobby is Depeche Mode’ – Deller, fandom and the south east Essex scene
Tomorrow the Jeremy Deller retrospective ‘Joy in People’ opens at London’s Hayward Gallery. Part of the exhibition will engage with ‘Deller’s interest in the social character of pop music’ and ‘the enthusiasms, rituals and passionate loyalty of fans [which] have all provided the artist with inspiration’
The Quietus: Basildon Bond – Depeche Mode & the Essex New Town
Three decades on from the release of their debut album, Sophia Deboick argues that it’s time that Depeche Mode’s home town of Basildon honoured its most famous sons
Sophia Deboick 