As if Austin-based music festival SXSW weren’t already the place to be, the conference just announced that Depeche Mode, the British synth-pop band featuring touring keyboardist and Reverb songwriter Peter Gordeno, will be attending SXSW this year, the group’s first time ever.  The band will hold a conference and interview on Wednesday, March 13th at the Austin Convention Center.

Depeche Mode recently signed a deal with Columbia Records and is preparing to release their thirteenth studio album, Delta Machine, on March 22nd of this year.