After a little bit of a break from all the CD burning and hours sitting at my computer from M4 it was almost time to start production of the next edition of MODEified, the fifth! I had just moved from North Carolina to my current home of Chicago, IL for a job and had to take some time to settle in to my new place. I didn't know anyone in Chicago when I moved here, so starting up M5 became a way to pass my time alone. As you can see, I got a few friends after some time which explains the delay for a 6th edition!

MODEified 5 has, in my opinion, the best subtitle. Songs From the So-Called Space Age. I always loved that little statement in the Black Celebration CD sleeve and as soon as I saw it submitted for M5's subtitle I knew it would be one of the top choices. It certainly got my vote! The process started once again and we got lots of great digital submissions once again and BRAT helped out with the mastering while Rafi helped me get some of the many many orders burned. It got to a point that I just couldn't burn them fast enough. I remember us trying to meet up at the airport where he lives in Toronto(I think it was Toronto?!) to do a quick hand off of the box of ready to be mailed CDs. After all our planning, customs became an issue and we never did get to meet up and had to rely on the Postal Service. Would've been nice to meet in person though! That said, during the Singles Tour I did get to meet many Bongsters at the Washington DC show. It was nice to put some faces to names and it was funny how everyone knew my email address and said "Oh! You're NCRobino, the MODEified guy!?"

Well, M5 proved to be our best accomplishment yet in terms of sound quality. Everyone's equipment got better and better and so did the ability to produce some serious quality tunes! That doesn't stop us from still including the guy with the recorder and a guitar in his bathroom though! I hope you all enjoyed M5 as much as I enjoyed making it.

Check out the songs in mp3 by clicking on the song title in the Track Listing to the right:

Loveless

- They again return from Sweden. One of the few bands to constantly come back to MODEified. This time they bring us fantastic version of My Secret Garden. Get more at www.lvls.net

Motorcycle Au Pair Boys

-These guys pump out an awesome version of It's No Good. Thanks!

AnnMarie Scott

- lives in Adelaide, South Australia! She alone invented this Photographic interpretation.

Self Delusion

-The Sun and the Rainfall.

J+

,

Carlos

and

Toni

are SD. Check out www.self-delusion.com

Jason Bromberg

and

Chris Rentzel

-Personal Fav's for me return with It Doesn’t Matter. Thanks guys! chrisrentzel@hotmail.com, brombergj1@comcast.net

dMentia

-is

Marcos Peñalosa

and

Syncro

. Formed in Seville, Spain bringing us A Question of Lust (Acoustic). Find them at bart.us.es/~syncro/music/dmentia

RadioStar

-

John Stuart

does it all on Sister of Night. He's unapologetically a slave to DM and synth! Thanks!

Comfort Zone

- What a great twist on Little 15.... Violation 15 is truly different and intriguing!

Various Artists

- What an unusual name for this varied group of artists...

Christine Oechsle

,

Jan Klimmeck

, and

Olaf Runge

from Hamburg!! This live trio brings us a great and different version of Surrender.

RadioKemia

- Hard and fast! That's this version of No Disco(Berlin Mix) in a nutshell! Enjoy!

TRANSatlaNTic SYNChROnicity

-

Pierre Dalcourt

and

Syncro

put this gem combining two great DM songs together. PD in Canada and Syncro in Spain! Looks like Somebody's (at Home). bart.us.ez/~syncro/music/ts

Chan

-He claims if you turn up the bass, you can hear the drums of heaven on Judas (Simplicity is Best Mix). Get more on

Chan

at his site depeche.cjb.net

Voyage

-

Peter Giese

started singing at age 6 and peeks his career with his Freestate M5 contribution! Thanks!

KJ2

- Who bring us It Doesn’t Matter Two, consists of

Kellie Jane

and

Kim Johnsson!

Kellie's

other band is called Astral Sex Farm! Can't wait to hear some of those tunes!

The Violators

- Thanks for the Condemnation.

Rafi Kharman

- After finding time in his schedule to do Any Second Now,

Rafi

enjoyed a moment to himself and then began the task of helping me copy M5 for everyone! Thanks to this M5 essential contributor.

Unique

-

Unique

play their Synthpop in the true DM and New Order style. Pipeline catches the spirit of the original and adds in a pumpin' beat! Great way to tie up M5! Check out www.besonic.com/unique

It seems the more MODEified editions we do, the longer it takes.... but the better they get! This by far became the longest project undertaking with an impressive 14 months in production. Rafi was back for the copying and BRAT back for the mastering! Special thanks to them for taking some of the workload off me.

We continue to strive for and achieve that great feeling of joint effort and colaboration that the MODEified series has come to represent! Thanks to Francisco Jose Gamiz for the front cover art, Damon Moreno for the back cover and special art mention to henry Yung. Now! Go hop in your hammocks and enjoy another edition of MODEified....! Keep tuned to BONG for the latest on MODEified and the Official Webpages! Thanks everyone!

Take Care and Peace ....Rob Augino

The Above Graphic is the winner! and will grace the front cover. Congrats to Fracisco Jose Gamiz!


The above graphic is the 2nd place winner and will grace the back insert! Congrats to Damon Moreno!


The above graphic was the 3rd place winner for the m5 insert and I hope to find a place for it inside, as it was my favorite..so look for it on the inside! Congrats Henry!

The following graphics were submitted for inclusion on the MODEified 5 CD Jacket. Send all submissions to me! Thanks

Just click on the pic to see a better quality version!..Thumbnails have been used by popular request:-) Viewers voted on the graphics below to decide the winner for the M5 cover!

The Above Graphic is the winner! and will grace the front cover. Congrats to Fracisco Jose Gamiz!


Reminds me of my roadtrips!


Very Liberace! Creative stuff from Jose!


Thanks to DVM for sending in his works!


Many thanks to Francisco Gamiz Sarria for these goods!


Thanks for the goods Damon Moreno!...and the subtitle is an example, not being used on these graphics..thanks!


Thanks to Julien Fournier for these gems!

If you have any questions, email me at NCRobino@aol.com

The cost was $8 each which included shipping in the USA..and that was purely to cover the cost of the Cover, CD, Shipping and other Supplies
Please See Update #3 for info on international shipping..
MODEified was/is created in a non-commercial fashion and is never to be bought or sold! Thanks!