Transmission
Films, performances and conversations
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Start the celebration →TRANSMISSION / A TRIBUTE TO ANTON CORBIJN
Through Anton’s Eyes.
Grain. Gesture. A world slightly out of reach.
The songs become landscapes; the band becomes part of the image. Twenty-three films and videos directed by Anton Corbijn, gathered here as a tribute to the eye behind so much of Depeche Mode’s visual identity.
A Question Of Time · 1986 · Directed by Anton Corbijn
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Explore the 23 films
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archive move.
Official videos and live performances — organised by era and surrounded by MODE UNKNOWN context so you can keep exploring without leaving the page.
Ghosts Again
A late-period Depeche Mode song completely at home in the band’s stark visual language: mortality, friendship, monochrome space and the Anton Corbijn eye.
Official video · 2023 · Directed by Anton CorbijnIf this video stops, try the alternate live performance.
Choose an era.
Choose a video, then press Play in the screen above. Jump to live performances ↓ · Memento Mori set list ↓ · Hamburg 1984 ↓ · Exciter 2001 ↓ · 101 / Rose Bowl ↓
Live Depeche Mode.
The room, the performance and the connection. Concert films and the 2013 Live on Letterman set, with a listening note for every selection.
Set list from Memento Mori
Lanxess Arena, Cologne · 8 April 2024. The tour varied from night to night; this is the final show's running order.
Watch the whole evening or choose a song below. These chapters use one continuous fan-made concert film from this actual show, rather than separate official releases. Each selection opens at its song in the MODE UNKNOWN screen above and stops at the listed chapter end.
Recording: blackarmy81 · Multicam: Kompakt Mode · Sound mix: R.J. Full production credits remain on the source video. Running order checked against setlist.fm's Cologne, 8 April 2024 listing. The taped Speak to Me instrumental intro precedes the 23 performed songs.
Encore
The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle · Hamburg · December 1984. Before the stadium rituals, the early electronic sound takes the stage.
Go back four decades from Memento Mori. Choose one of the 14 available songs below, or watch this edited upload from the beginning. Every selection plays in the MODE UNKNOWN screen above, with a listening note beside it.
Film directed by Clive Richardson; originally released in 1985. This fan upload by DepecheMorten uses AI upscaling, added HDR and a 16:9 crop. It is an altered presentation of the original film. Chapter starts follow the timestamp index on this upload.
Why are some songs missing?
The original UK/Japanese release lists 17 songs. This upload’s chapter index omits People Are People and Shame; its uploader confirms that New Life was removed. Leave in Silence stops before the remaining New Life transition. Puppets and Ice Machine were absent from the original released film too.
We list the performances available in this version, rather than giving missing songs buttons that open the wrong footage. Release order checked against the official Depeche Mode archive; upload details and timestamp index checked on the supplied video.
Exciter Tour — One Night in Paris and beyond
29 chapters · 28 songs and an intro · An expanded fan compilation.
Step into the Exciter era. This fan edit combines the Paris concert film with nine additional tour performances. Watch the whole compilation or choose a chapter below; the performance and our listening note open together in the MODE UNKNOWN screen.
Upload and chapter index: Depeche Devotee. The main section uses Paris footage; the bonus section draws on other recordings and varies in picture and sound quality. This is a fan compilation, not the running order of one complete show. Venue attributions follow the uploader’s source list.
Encore
Bonus performances — across the tour
101 — A Concert for the Masses
Rose Bowl, Pasadena · 18 June 1988 · 19 song chapters, intro and credits.
The Rose Bowl, the songs and that sea of raised hands. Watch the selected concert-footage upload from the beginning, or choose a moment below. For the iconic crowd sequence, head straight to Never Let Me Down Again.
Fan-hosted upload: fire cat. These chapters follow this upload’s running order and timestamp index. This is a concert-footage presentation, not the complete road documentary. Pimpf is the intro; Route 66 accompanies the credits.
MODE UNKNOWN does not re-upload Depeche Mode material. We favour official and original-publisher embeds, with selected fan-hosted archive clips clearly credited. Our notes add context; all footage remains hosted by its source.
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