Editing Construction Time Again (section)

==Background and recording==
[[File:Depeche Mode 1983.jpg|thumb|left|Depeche Mode in 1983; ''Construction Time Again'' was the band's first album with [[Alan Wilder]], pictured on the far right.]]
In January 1983, shortly before the release of the "[[Get the Balance Right!]]" single, songwriter [[Martin Gore]] attended an [[Einstürzende Neubauten]] concert, giving him the idea to experiment with the sounds of [[industrial music]] in the context of pop.<ref name="qmag">{{cite magazine |last=Thompson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Thompson (author) |url=http://sacreddm.net/2000s/q140105/q140105mainb.htm |title=The Landscape Is Changing |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |date=14 January 2005 |pages=78–83 |issn=0955-4955 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724053706/http://sacreddm.net/2000s/q140105/q140105mainb.htm |archive-date=24 July 2011 |access-date=29 September 2011 |via=Sacred DM |url-status=unfit}}</ref>

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This album introduced a transition in lyrical content for the group. ''Construction Time Again'' would include a bevy of political themes, sparked by the poverty Gore had seen on a then-recent trip he had taken to Thailand.<ref name="qmag"/>

Producer [[Daniel Miller (music producer)|Daniel Miller]], has explained the recording process as "a massive leap forward".<ref name="dm83">{{Citation |title=Depeche Mode: 1983 - Teenagers, Growing up, Bad Government, and all that Stuff (Documental) | date=9 August 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyh53XiFLW8 |access-date=2023-07-07 |language=en}}</ref> Due to the band, as well as Miller, having an urge to change up their processes they decided to change which studio they would work in, which was decided to be [[John Foxx]]'s Garden Studios in London, and they also met [[Gareth Jones (music producer)|Gareth Jones]], who had worked with Foxx on his album ''[[Metamatic]]'' (1980).<ref name="dm83" /> Initially, Jones was reluctant to work with the group as he felt they were too commercial and viewed them as 'pop' and 'lightweight', which he saw as an issue.<ref name="dm83" /> However, Foxx had persuaded Jones to work with the band as he felt that due to his appreciation for [[Mute Records]]' musical output, such as Miller's "[[Warm Leatherette]]" the band would be worth while as Miller was their producer and they were a Mute label artist.<ref name="dm83" /> The band moved to Hansa Studios in Berlin to mix the album.<ref name="dmdt">{{cite book | title=Depeche Mode | last=Thomas | first=Dave | publisher=[[Bobcat Books]] | year=1986 | isbn=0-7119-0804-4}}</ref> Singer Dave Gahan explained that, as Hansa had the only 56 track mixing desk in the world at the time, "we had used so many channels on the recording that we couldn't possibly have mixed the record at the studio we recorded it [The Garden in London] - they only had a 24 track desk. Plus, we wanted to sample a different atmosphere. If you work in just the one place it can get quite boring."<ref name="dmdt" />

With regards to the heavy amount of sampling, the band would sample various 'found' sounds, such as toy instruments or other objects like stones and objects found in construction sites which they would manipulate using the [[Synclavier]]. Band member [[Alan Wilder]] said, "You can take the purest voice in the world, and fool around with it digitally until it's the most evil, monstrous sound. Or you can take a moose fart and make it beautiful."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2011-07-24 |title=Sacred DM - Q 14 01 05 |url=http://sacreddm.net/2000s/q140105/q140105mainb.htm |access-date=2023-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724053706/http://sacreddm.net/2000s/q140105/q140105mainb.htm |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref> Miller recalled "Martin [Gore] would turn up with some toy or some other weird instrument and we just started recording it, sampling it, doing shit with it."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-26 |title="It's almost too personal": Daniel Miller contemplates the Depeche Mode catalogue |url=https://www.electronicbeats.net/daniel-miller-depeche-mode-catalogue/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Telekom Electronic Beats |language=en-US}}</ref> He looked back on the recording process as one of the most enjoyable he has been through stating "I sit at home with my synthesizers making great noises, but when you can put those experiments into the pop form that's thrilling."<ref name=":0" />