NITZER EBB are supporting DEPECHE MODE on the forthcoming leg of their world tour in January and February of 2010. To celebrate this, MUTE RECORDS are making available "Compilation", two compilation releases (a 'best of' and a remix album) together in a single slipcase. MUTE are also releasing all five of the NITZER EBB albums on the label together in a single slip case - "Catalogue".

Formed in Chelmsford (as was Jo!) when main protagonists Douglas McCarthy (vocals) and Bon Harris (drums, programming) were just 15, NITZER cut a dynamic swathe through the industrial music and Balaeric beat scenes of the 1980s and 90s. They were electro-punks before the genre even existed, at a time when THE PRODIGY were not even a gleam in fellow Essex boy Liam Howlett's eye. Militaristic, intimidating, yet always accessible, NITZER EBB enjoyed a string of ferocious club hits and released five critically acclaimed albums on MUTE. From their first ever single, 1984's "Isn't It Funny How Your Body Works" through to their final single "I Thought" in 1995, they were a band whose honed aggression, originality and precision were impeccable.

Artists lined up to cite them as a major influence, or less honourably, simply to exploit the EBB's musical template for their own individual gain. Whilst such a situation may be a cause of great annoyance to most bands, the EBB maintain a healthy level of stoicism. As they say, "That's the problem with being ahead of the game - the pioneers get the arrows and the settlers get the land."

Also, look out for "Industrial Complex", NITZER EBB's first new studio album in fifteen years, out on 22nd January 2010. No doubt it will be worth the long wait!