Depeche Mode have finished their new album. “The record is finished. We recorded them this summer. I just finished mixing it here in London,” co-producer Marta Salogni said in an interview with the Italian site rockol.it. MEMENTO MORI, the first album after Death of keyboardist Andy Fletcherto be released in spring 2023.
Salogni produced the album together with James Ford, the producer of the last Depeche Mode album SPIRIT (2017). “It was a very exciting experience on a creative level, thanks to which I could try out sounds and arrangements while being free to express myself with new and experimental ideas and suggestions,” said Salogni.
Depeche Mode had already announced MEMENTO MORI at the beginning of October. According to the band, the Latin title (“Recognize Your Mortality”) was already in place before Fletcher’s death. “The title sounds very morbid, but you can also see it in a very positive light. Live the day to the fullest, that’s how we interpret it,” said Martin Gore.
Andy “Fletch” Fletcher died in May 2022 at the age of 60. According to the band, he died of an aortic dissection, a tear in the inner layer of the main artery.