PROPAGANDA – THE DEFINITIVE ZTT COLLECTION
German synth-pop visionaries Propaganda crafted their own brand of unique art-driven sounds throughout the 1980s. Signing to the ZTT label, the band delivered classic 1985 album A Secret Wish as well as memorable songs including ‘Dr. Mabuse’, ‘Duel’ and ‘p:Machinery’.
A new collection titled A Secret Sense Of Rhythm : A Secret Sense Of Sin, curated by ZTT archivist and historian Ian Peel, presents a definitive archive of Propaganda’s groundbreaking work. Along with a 6CD set, there are also two exclusive companion formats: a limited 1-LP vinyl edition remixed by David Kosten, known for his work with Faultline, Everything Everything, Bat For Lashes, Steven Wilson, and Mike Oldfield, and a superdeluxeedition.com exclusive Blu-ray featuring a brand-new Dolby Atmos mix also by Kosten.
A Secret Wish was both a critical triumph and a commercial success, reaching the top 20 on the UK Albums Chart. In November 1985, Wishful Thinking, a reimagining of A Secret Wish, crafted for the US club market, was issued as a promo only, but was quickly adopted by European fans and is regarded as a classic example of the remix album genre.
A Secret Sense Of Rhythm : A Secret Sense Of Sin presents a celebration of one of the most ambitious, artful and best-regarded pop albums of the 1980s. It also serves as the most definitive record of the time Propaganda spent with the Zang Tuum Tumb record label, from 1983 to 1985.
CD 1 Secret – An encyclopaedic edition of the debut Propaganda album, A Secret Wish. All the tracks from both the original 1985 Analogue Sequence and the later Digital Variation. All remastered for its 40th anniversary at Abbey Road Studios.
CD 2 Stahlnetz – An extended edition of the remix album Wishful Thinking. If A Secret Wish was ‘ABBA in heaven’, then Stahlnetz is ‘ABBA in hell’, its darker dance-floor counterpart, created ‘for the footsteps and heartbeats of the connoisseur’.
CD 3 Singlette – Propaganda’s three specially-edited EPs – originally released only on cassette – all with unique versions, mixes and sequences: Do Well, Complete Machinery and the initial intended sequence for (The Nine Lives of) Dr. Mabuse.
CD 4 Series – Propaganda’s contributions to Zang Tuum Tumb’s Action, Incidental and Fatal series. Featuring some of the biggest, boldest 12″ remixes in the history of electronic pop, connected by the Testament series of interludes and edits.
CD 5 Studio – A behind-the-scenes listen into Propaganda at work in Sarm Studios across 1984 and 1985. The construction of the album, including the singles and remixes, is a raw, illuminating work-in-progress juxtaposed with beautiful alternate takes.
CD 6 (Some Kind Of) Single – The final Propaganda single of the Zang Tuum Tumb era: a previously unreleased version of ‘Dr. Mabuse’ from John Hughes’ 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful, alongside mixes created especially for TV and video.
A Secret Sense Of Rhythm : A Secret Sense Of Sin
Super Deluxe Edition & Digital Tracklist
Disc 1: Secret
A Secret Wish (Propaganda’s Analogue Sequence)
Dream Within a Dream (8.04)
The Murder of Love (05.18)
Jewel (03.09)
Duel (04.41)
p:Machinery (03.49)
Sorry For Laughing (03.27)
Dr. Mabuse (First life) (05.02)
The Chase (04.05)
The Last Word (Strength to Dream) (03.02)
A Secret Wish (Stephen Lipson’s Digital Variation)
Dream Within a Dream (09.08)
Jewel (06.22)
Duel (04.48)
Frozen Faces (04.25)
p:Machinery (03.51)
Dr Mabuse (10.41)
Disc 2: Stahlnetz
Disturbdance One (0.11)
Abuse – Here (03.29)
Machined (06.53)
p:Machinery – The βeta Wraparound… (10.47)
Laughed (08.45)
Sorry For Laughing – Alvin Clarke 12″ Mix (05.27)
Loving (0.46)
Jewelled (07.48)
Loved (06.42)
Abuse – There (04.16)
Im Stahlnetz Des Mabuse (03.17)
Thought (02.06)
Frozen faces – The Echo of… (10.19)
Machined – Nowhere (0.29)
Disc 3: Singlette
(The Nine Lives of) Dr. Mabuse
Dr. Mabuse – A Paranoid Fantasy (04.21)
Dr. Mabuse Der Spieler – An International Incident (05.38)
Das Testaments Des Mabuse (10.16)
Femme Fatale – The Woman with The Orchid (03.22)
Dr. Mabuse – The Ninth Life of… (04.10)
Do Well
The First Cut (01.28)
Duel – Voiceless (05.06)
Jewel – Cut Rough (06.52)
Wonder (01.44)
Bejewelled (05.16)
Complete Machinery
Introduction (0.26)
p:Machinery – Connected (12.42)
Separation (0.20)
Frozen Faces – βeta (05.30)
Disc 4: Series
Die Tausend Augen Des Mabuse (09.47)
Testament One (01.20)
Duel – Bitter-sweet (07.37)
Testament Two (0.29)
p:Machinery – Polish (09.24)
Testament Three (0.25)
Frozen Faces – αlpha (04.23)
Testament Four (0.25)
Sorry For Laughing – Unapologetic (10.11)
Testament Five (01.04)
The Murder of Love – Murderous Instrumental (04.28)
Testament Six (0.32)
p:Machinery – βeta (09.33)
Testament Seven (03.15)
Dr Mabuse – Special Instrumental Mix (05.36)
Testament Eight (01.56)
Disc 5: Studio
Dream Within a Dream (Within A Dream) (04.27)
P:Machinery – αlpha (01.58)
Dr Mabuse (An International Conclusion) – Outtake 24.04.85 (05.44)
(The First Life of…) Strength to Dream – Outtake 04.02.84 (02.28)
Dream Within a Dream – Noise and Girls Come Out to Play (09.10)
Frozen Faces – A Secret Sense of Rhythm (05.10)
Frozen Faces – A Secret Sense of Sin (05.37)
p:Machinery – Goodnight 32 (04.12)
The Chase – The Goodnight, Mix (04.12)
Femme Fatale – The Orchid (03.21)
Jewel – Rough Cut (03.44)
Lied (02.47)
The Lesson (04.18)
p:Machinery – Passive (03.44)
p:Machinery – The Voiceless βeta Wraparound Edit (04.25)
Disc 6: (Some Kind Of) Single
Disturbdance Six (01.02)
Dr Mabuse – Some Kind of Wonderful (03.20)
Disturbdance Five (02.34)
Duel – Thirds, For Top of the Pops (04.01)
Disturbdance Thirty-three – Parts one and two (02.17)
Dr Mabuse – Anton Corbijn Video Mix (04.54)
Disturbdance Seven (03.14)
p:Machinery – Zbigniew Rybczyński Video Mix (04.37)
Disturbdance Fourteen (01.14)
A Secret Wish LP – David Kosten Mix
Side One – Within
Dream Within a Dream (8.04)
The Murder of Love (05.18)
Jewel (03.09)
Duel (04.41)
Side Two – Without
p:Machinery (03.49)
Sorry For Laughing (03.27)
Dr. Mabuse (First life) (05.02)
The Chase (04.05)
The Last Word (Strength to Dream) (03.02)
A Secret Wish
Superdeluxeedition.Com Exclusive Blu-Ray
2025 Dolby Atmos
2025 5.1
2025 Stereo
2025 Binaural (headphones only)
2025 Dolby Atmos Instrumental
2025 5.1 Instrumental
2025 Stereo Instrumental
2025 Binaural Instrumental (headphones only)
1985 Original Stereo Mix
Of the original A Secret Wish (Propaganda’s Analogue Sequence)
Dream Within A Dream (8.04)
The Murder Of Love (5.12)
Jewel (3.09)
Duel (4.41)
p:Machinery (3.48)
Sorry For Laughing (3.27)
Dr. Mabuse (The First Life) (5.02)
The Chase (4.04)
The Last Word / Strength To Dream (3.02)
Plus the 1985 Original Stereo Mix of A Secret Wish (Stephen Lipson’s Digital Variation)
Dream Within A Dream (9.10)
The Murder Of Love (5.12)
Jewel (6.22)
Duel (4.41)
Frozen Faces (4.21)
p:Machinery (3.05)
Sorry For Laughing (3.27)
The Chase (4.04)
Dr. Mabuse (10.41)
Propaganda – A Secret Sense Of Rhythm : A Secret Sense Of Sin The Definitive Ztt Collection is released 14th November 2025.
6CD Set SDE Box Set, 1LP ‘A Secret Wish’ David Kosten Stereo Version Black Vinyl, Streaming & Superdeluxeedition.Com Exclusive Blu-Ray Featuring The David Kosten Atmos Mix.
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