We Love You Andy Fletcher!

We Love You Andy Fletcher! is a fan blog dedicated to Mr. Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher, a co-founder and member of the English synth band Depeche Mode.

14 listopada 2011

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Fletch's DJ Tour 2011

29.01.2011 - Ark Club, Bucharest, Romania
05.02.2011 - Crystal Hall, Kiev, Ukraine
06.02.2011 - Palladium, Odessa, Ukraine
16.02.2011 - City Hotel, Sydney, Australia
17.02.2011 - Room 680, Melbourne, Australia
18.02.2011 - Playground Weekender, Sydney, Australia
22.02.2011 - Famous, Phuket, Thailand
24.02.2011 - Republiq, Philippines, Manila
25.02.2011 - Kudeta, Singapore
26.02.2011 - X2, Jakarta, Indonesia
04.03.2011 - Star Live / DJ Mag Tour, Beijing, China
05.03.2011 - Eden, Seoul, Korea
11.03.2011 - Ill Communications, Trilogy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
13.03.2011 - Blue Frog Club, Mumbai, India
19.03.2011 - Belzik Festival, Herve, Belgium
22.04.2011 - The Cube, Barcelona, Spain
30.04.2011 - Rock Star Live, Barakaldo, Spain
06.05.2011 - Trezzo Club, Milan, Italy
29.05.2011 - Space Opening Fiesta 2011, Ibiza, Spain
24.06.2011 - Plastic Club, Belgrade, Serbia
05.08.2011 - Train, Aarhus, Denmark
12.08.2011 - Sonicmania Fest, Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
13.08.2011 - Summersonic Fest, Maishima Osaka Site, Osaka, Japan
20.08.2011 - Vivalago Festival, Riva Del Garda, Italy
02.09.2011 - Belexpo Exb. Hall, Minsk, Belarus
10.09.2011 - The Stiff Kitten, Belfast, Northern Ireland
22.09.2011 - Vittorio Emanuele Gallery, Milan, Italy
24.09.2011 - Kettenbrücke, Aarau, Switzerland
07.10.2011 - Chalet Club, Turin, Italy
08.10.2011 - Theatro Club, Viterbo, Italy
13.10.2011 - Club Costa Brava, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
14.10.2011 - Studio Emme, São Paulo, Brasil
11.11.2011 - Club Midi, Cluj Napoca, Romania
25.11.2011 - Spazio Mad Club, Brescia, Italy
26.11.2011 - Demode Club, Bari, Italy
02.12.2011 - Magazine Club - Lille, France
09.12.2011 - El Plaza, Mexico City, Mexico
10.12.2011 - Studio Cavaret, Guadalajara, Mexico
16.12.2011 - Babel Club - Malmo, Sweden

Andy Fletcher Depeche Mode Dj Set x Revolution2011 x 10xPrince from ch3f on Vimeo.

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Interviews

Andy Fletcher: Depeche Mode and beyond
An interview for "Circle.Square.Triangle" (a music blog based in Melbourne), January 27th, 2011

Biography

Andy Fletcher (born 8 July 1961, Nottingham, England), known as "Fletch", is a co-founder and member of the English synth band Depeche Mode.

Depeche Mode

Fletch had originally played bass in a band with Vince Clarke, but moved on to play synthesizers in the group Composition of Sound with both Clarke and Martin Gore. In 1980, these three musicians formed Depeche Mode with vocalist David Gahan. He is the only member that has never written a song for the band although it is indicated in one interview that he had attempted it in the past.

Fletcher’s role within Depeche Mode has been a topic of confusion for the media, as Rolling Stone writer Gavin Edwards once noted:

"Depeche Mode's unique division of labor has been long established, with each of the three remaining members having a distinct role: Martin Gore writes the songs, Dave Gahan sings them and Andrew Fletcher shows up for photo shoots and cashes the checks".

Fletcher has stated that he plays bass in Depeche Mode; programmed on the synthesizer, in addition to electric bass as played on the Playing the Angel album. He can also be seen playing keyboards live and in rehearsal videos.

With the band never having employed a full-time manager, Fletcher has also concerned himself with many of the band's business, legal, and other non-musical interests over the years.

More recently, this has included acting as the band's "spokesperson", with Fletcher often being the one who announces Depeche Mode news (such as album details for Exciter in 2001, Playing the Angel in 2004 and 2005 and Sounds of the Universe in 2008) to the press.

He is also said to be the member that brings the band together, as he was one of the main factors in helping build a compromise that settled the serious dispute between Gahan and Gore over songwriting duties for Playing the Angel. In one of the scenes in 101, he describes each member's unique role as the following:

"Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist, and I bum around."

Fletcher is often teased by the media and fans for apparently not contributing much to songs. He did play more during the early days and plays much more today. He plays bass for "A Pain That I'm Used To" on Playing the Angel according to the album's producer Ben Hillier, and is seen playing bass for "The Sinner in Me" on his own Fletchcam. He's also seen playing bass in the "bare" rendition videos of Clean and Surrender from the Playing the Angel sessions, seen on the Playing the Angel bonus disc and the Depeche Mode Receiver respectively.

Despite the barracking, Fletcher is said to be an integral component of modern day Depeche, and plays a number of major synthesised chords during live shows, the more complex arrangements being assigned to Peter Gordeno, who has been with the band ever since keyboardist Alan Wilder departed in 1995. When Wilder joined the band in early 1982, Fletcher had begun to take on the role of a manager and in the convening years, his musical input has been limited to contributing generic ideas to preformulated Gore/Gahan songs.

According to a Depeche Mode biography, Fletch recorded a solo album entitled Toast Hawaii, named after his favourite dish in the studio canteen. It was recorded during the Some Great Reward sessions in 1984. All the songs on the album are cover songs on which he sings lead vocals. The album features Alan Wilder and/or Martin Gore on the piano and the cover photo was taken by Wilder. The "project" was seen as a diversion from serious studio work, and was recorded in a light-hearted fashion. The joke goes that Gore & Wilder presented the album to Mute Records' Daniel Miller and pleaded for him to release it, but Miller declined for obvious reasons. Recordings of the session therefore exist only in rare copies, so it will never likely see the light of day. Fletcher has been criticised for his voice, and is the only member of Depeche Mode who does not sing (except for the interlude "Crucified" on Violator, the four-part harmony at the end of the song "New Life" (singing the root note), the song "Condemnation" where he's said to have sung with Martin and Alan for the background vocals, the high pitched backing vocals in the verse of "Barrel of a Gun" (as well as "whatever, whatever"), and "The Sun and the Rainfall" where he can be heard towards the end of the song singing the "All that I'm saying..." refrain in the right speaker of the mix). Although he is seen singing during live performances, it is usually only heard through his stage monitors.

Toast Hawaii/DJ career

In 2002 Andy Fletcher started his own record label and signed the band Client. However Client are no longer signed to the label and the label seems to be lying dormant currently.

As well as this, he also DJs. Initially most of his DJ gigs came about while on tour with Client, but he went to tour in his own right as a DJ, playing festivals and clubs in Europe and South America. One of his more famous DJ gigs was documented as "One Night in Warshaw". In July 2011, it was announced via Depeche Mode's website that Andy Fletcher will be DJing in Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, China and Korea. It was stated that he plans on going to places where Depeche Mode hasn't visited in a long time. He's also been playing some new DM remixes from the new remix album during his sets.

Fletch also appeared in a cameo role in the low budget, Client music video "Client" which was produced and directed by Laurence Akers (assisted by Barry Holloway) and shot in and around Soho and St. John's Wood.

As long as Client was signed to Toast Hawaii he made the extended mix for every single they released:

"Price of Love" (Extended mix)

"Rock and Roll Machine" (Extended mix)

"Here and Now" (Extended mix)

"In It For The Money" (Extended mix)

"Radio" (Extended mix)

"Pornography" (Extended mix)

Personal life

Fletcher has been married to Grainne (an Irish name pronounced 'Grawn-yah') for 17 years and has two children, Megan and Joe. Fletcher's parents are Joy and John. He has three siblings; Susan, Karen and Simon, and is the eldest.

(Wikipedia)

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