Bureau B Releases Moby Remix of Propaganda's "Purveyor of Pleasure" - Out Now
First single off of Forthcoming Remix Encounters album sees Moby transforming “Purveyor of Pleasure” into a furious early-’90s rave anthem
Hamburg, Germany, August 8, 2025 — Bureau B announces the first single release off the forthcoming Propaganda album Remix Encounters: "Purveyor of Pleasure" by Moby. The remix sees Moby transforming the iconic track into a furious early-’90s rave anthem, fusing breakbeats and rolling basslines that pulse with nostalgic urgency yet feel unmistakably modern.
Moby was asked to participate in the project because Propaganda is teutonic, Moby is not. Where you grow up not only shapes what you hear, but how you hear it. In Germany, traditionally the music is based on the downbeat — solid, structured, marching forward on beats 1 and 3. In the U.S. and U.K., the backbeat rules — loose, grooving, leaning into beats 2 and 4. That shift turns rhythm from command into a conversation. It creates space and anticipation. The beat doesn’t tell you what to do — it invites the listener to respond. It's the difference between order and groove.
The forthcoming album Remix Encounters, set for release on September 19th, sees Propaganda following up their acclaimed 2024 comeback with a broad and brilliant remix album featuring Moby, Tangerine Dream, Rhys Fulber, Schiller, and more. After the widely praised release of their self-titled comeback album in October 2024, Düsseldorf’s legendary art-synth auteurs return with a thrilling reimagining of their latest work.
Propaganda's return
Released on Bureau B, this remix collection reflects the enthusiasm Propaganda’s return after three decades of silence has ignited among contemporary artists, who approached the project with fresh energy and creative freedom.
Since breaking new ground with their seminal 1985 debut A Secret Wish and its pioneering remix companion Wishful Thinking, Propaganda have thrived on transformation. Yet rather than revisiting the past, Remix Encounters looks forward, building on the vitality of last year’s album and celebrating its widespread critical and fan acclaim.
What began as a remix request from Finnish electronic maestro Jori Hulkkonen, returning the favour after Ralf Dörper’s contribution to his last album, quickly blossomed into an international collaboration, drawing in luminaries such as Moby, Tangerine Dream, Rhys Fulber (Front Line Assembly, Delerium), and Schiller.
A thrilling journey through electronic subgenres
Embracing openness, Propaganda spent the fourth quarter of 2024 encouraging the wide range of musicians inspired by their triumphant return to offer their own interpretations. Each brought their distinctive voice to the material, resulting in a thrilling journey through electronic subgenres, from EBM and industrial to rave, ambient, house, and beyond.
Recorded and remixed across creative hubs from Düsseldorf to Los Angeles, Helsinki to Paris, Remix Encounters is far more than a companion piece. It is a celebration of Propaganda’s enduring influence and the vibrant, evolving electronic landscape they helped shape. Each artist engaged deeply with the band’s richly textured and cinematic sound world, reinterpreting it with enthusiasm and respect, producing a collection as diverse as it is cohesive.
For more information on this and other Bureau B releases, please visit https://www.bureau-b.com/releases.
About Bureau B
Bureau B is platform for exciting varieties of electronic, free-spirited music. The spectrum ranges from pop to avant-garde, and the label has amassed an impressive catalogue of reissues and new productions in recent years, including classics from the genre of electronic music in the 1970s and early 1980s popularly classified as Krautrock (Cluster, Roedelius, Moebius, Plank, Schnitzler), alongside new recordings by such formative artists as Faust, Kreidler, Roedelius, Tietchens, Moebius, to name just a few. Bureau B is based in Hamburg, Germany.
