Alan Wilder

Alan Charles Wilder (lahir 1 Juni 1959) adalah seorang musisi Inggris, komposer, arranger, produser rekaman dan mantan anggota band elektronik Depeche Mode dari tahun 1982 hingga 1995. Sejak kepergiannya dari band, proyek musik bernama Recoil menjadi perusahaan musik utamanya, yang awalnya dimulai sebagai proyek sampingan dari Depeche Mode pada tahun 1986. Wilder juga menyediakan layanan produksi dan remix untuk band Nitzer Ebb dan Curve. Alan Wilder dilantik ke dalam Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pada tahun 2020 sebagai anggota Depeche Mode. Dia adalah musisi yang terlatih secara klasik. Alan Charles Wilder lahir sebagai anak bungsu yang lahir dalam keluarga kelas menengah dengan 3 anak laki-laki dan dibesarkan di Acton, London Barat. Dia mulai bermain piano pada usia delapan tahun, melalui dorongan orang tuanya. Kemudian, dia belajar seruling di sekolah tata bahasa St Clement Dane dan menjadi musisi terkemuka di band sekolahnya. Sepulang sekolah, Alan bekerja sebagai asisten studio di DJM Studios. Hal ini menyebabkan dia akhirnya bekerja untuk band-band seperti Dragons dan Dafne & the Tenderspots (sebagai Alan Normal). Lainnya termasuk Real to Real (menampilkan Adrian Chilvers pada bass, Pete Fresh pada gitar, Wolfgang Marlander pada drum dan Paul St. James pada vokal), Hitmen, dan Korgis, muncul di singel No. 13 Inggris "If I Had You" (1979). Menyusul kepergian Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode memasang iklan di majalah musik Melody Maker: "Pemain keyboard diperlukan untuk band mapan – tidak membuang waktu." Meskipun iklan tersebut mencari seseorang yang berusia di bawah 21 tahun (Wilder berusia 22 tahun), dia berbohong tentang usianya untuk mendapatkan pekerjaan tersebut, dan lolos begitu saja. Dia bergabung dengan Depeche Mode pada bulan Januari 1982, awalnya sebagai pemain keyboard tur, dan segera setelah itu sebagai anggota penuh dari band rekaman. Kontribusi studio pertamanya adalah pada single "Get the Balance Right!" pada bulan Desember 1982, dirilis pada bulan berikutnya. Wilder menulis beberapa lagu untuk Depeche Mode, termasuk "Two Minute Warning" dan "The Landscape Is Changing" (dan sisi B, "Fools") dari album Construction Time Again, dan "If You Want" (dan sisi B, "In Your Memory") dari album Some Great Reward dan akhirnya ikut menulis "Black Day" (dan sisi B, "Christmas Island") dari album Black Celebration. Namun, kontribusi Wilder yang lebih menonjol pada Depeche Mode adalah sebagai musisi, arranger, dan produser. Selain bermain synthesizer sepanjang waktunya dengan Depeche Mode, Wilder juga bermain piano pada balada khas band "Somebody". Dalam film dokumenter 101, Wilder mendemonstrasikan bagaimana bagian-bagian synthesizer yang berbeda dari sebuah lagu dipecah dan disusun pada keyboard sampel untuk dimainkan secara live selama konser, hanya satu contoh kecil dari kontribusi berkelanjutan Wilder pada Depeche Mode selama ia menjadi anggota grup. Untuk rekaman album Songs of Faith and Devotion dan Devotional Tour yang terkait, Wilder juga memainkan drum secara live. Untuk "Enjoy the Silence" dari album Violator, Wilder mengambil demo balada melankolis Martin Gore dan membayangkan kembali lagu tersebut sebagai lagu dance yang melodis dan meresap. Single yang dihasilkan kemudian menjadi salah satu lagu paling sukses secara komersial dalam sejarah Depeche Mode. ... Sumber: Artikel "Alan Wilder" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Alan Charles Wilder (born 1 June 1959) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer and former member of the electronic band Depeche Mode from 1982 to 1995. Since his departure from the band, the musical project called Recoil became his primary musical enterprise, which initially started as a side project to Depeche Mode in 1986. Wilder has also provided production and remixing services to the bands Nitzer Ebb and Curve. Alan Wilder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of Depeche Mode. He is a classically trained musician. Alan Charles Wilder was born the youngest boy born into a middle class family of 3 boys and was raised in Acton, West London. He began piano at the age of eight, through the encouragement of his parents. Later on, he learned the flute at St Clement Danes grammar school and became a leading musician in his school bands. After school, Alan worked as a studio assistant at DJM Studios. This led to him ending up working for bands such as the Dragons and Dafne & the Tenderspots (as Alan Normal). Others include Real to Real (featuring Adrian Chilvers on bass, Pete Fresh on guitar, Wolfgang Marlander on drums and Paul St. James on vocals), the Hitmen, and the Korgis, appearing on the UK No. 13 single "If I Had You" (1979). Following the departure of Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode placed an advertisement in the music magazine Melody Maker: "Keyboard player needed for established band – no timewasters." Even though the ad was looking for someone under 21 (Wilder was 22) he lied about his age to get the job, and got away with it. He joined Depeche Mode in January 1982, initially as a tour keyboardist, and soon thereafter as a full member of the recording band. His first studio contribution was on the single "Get the Balance Right!" in December 1982, released the following month. Wilder wrote a handful of songs for Depeche Mode, including "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" (and a B-side, "Fools") from the album Construction Time Again, and "If You Want" (and a B-side, "In Your Memory") from the album Some Great Reward and finally co-wrote "Black Day" (and a B-side, "Christmas Island") from the album Black Celebration. However, Wilder's more notable contributions to Depeche Mode were as a musician, arranger, and producer. In addition to playing synthesizer throughout his time with Depeche Mode, Wilder also played piano on the band's signature ballad "Somebody". In the documentary film 101, Wilder demonstrates how different synthesizer parts of a song are split and arranged across a sampling keyboard for playing them live during the concert, just one small example of Wilder's ongoing contributions to Depeche Mode during his time as a member of the group. For the recording of the album Songs of Faith and Devotion and its corresponding Devotional Tour, Wilder also played live drums. For "Enjoy the Silence" from the album Violator, Wilder took Martin Gore's melancholy ballad-esque demo and re-envisioned the song as a percolating, melodic dance track. The resulting single went on to become one of the most commercially successful songs in Depeche Mode's history. ... Source: Article "Alan Wilder" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.