Recoil is a musical project created by English musician and former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder.

Essentially a solo venture, Recoil began whilst Wilder was still in Depeche Mode as an outlet for his experimental, less pop-oriented compositions.

In January 1988, during the middle of Depeche Mode's hugely successful Music for the Masses tour, Mute released the second Recoil album, Hydrology.

Recoil's first single was from its third album Bloodline, a cover of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's "Faith Healer", with Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb on vocals.

[1] On 20 October 2006, Wilder appeared on a web greeting confirming a Summer 2007 target date for the next Recoil album.

The CD was issued, with the support of Mute, through the Russian label Gala Records in conjunction with depeche-mode.ru and was exclusively available online via their website.

Also in February, the ex-Depeche Mode member released an open letter[11] on the Side-Line magazine website, titled "Music for the Masses – I think not".

In the small essay Wilder touches the volume war, the effect of excessive compression, the download spiral, alternative ways to release music, the birth of the fan-powered release of the limited enhanced single "Prey"/"Allelujah" in Russia, Mute Records, Depeche Mode and much more.

"[13] "Selected Events" continued in 2011, featuring shows in three Baltic countries and appearances at festivals until the end of October.

Also in 2011, Wilder organised with Omega an auction selling a lot of Depeche Mode collectable items on 3 September in Manchester.

The Blu-ray only live disc A Strange Hour in Budapest was released in 2012, from the Selected Events from Recoil's tour.