Synthpop-Pionier Vince Clarke - Mitbegründer von Depeche Mode , Yazoo, The Assembly und Erasure - hat den Titel "No.1 Against The Rush" des australischen Trios Liars neu interpretiert. Die Single , die am ersten Juni auf Mute erscheint, wächst hier zur clubtauglichen Bleep-Orgie. Die 80er-Referenzen des 51-jährigen Briten lassen sich klar aus den verzerrten Synthesizern lesen und sind quasi die perfekte Ergänzung zu Liars pianolastigem Art-Punk. Wer die sieben Minuten hat, sollte sich an dieser Stelle auf jeden Fall selbst ein auditives Bild vom Remix machen: Liars - "No.1 Against The Rush" (Vince Clarke Remix) Vince Clarke trat erst diesen März mit seinem ...

If synthpop royalty is a thing that exists, Vince Clarke is it, straight up. Clarke is a founding member of Depeche Mode (before they turned gothy), Yaz, and Erasure, and if you’re making a move toward keyboards on your new album, he’s probably the guy you want remixing it. Liars, who already had the Mute [...]

Enjoy his take on ‘No. 1 Against The Rush’ via SoundCloud. Catch Liars on their North American tour. Purchase Liars items via Insound. MP3: Liars – Scissor

The Daily Swarm : The vast expanse of musical history that exists between Vince Clarke and Martin Gore is nothing short of staggering. Beyond just the tens of millions of albums sold and countless accolades between Depeche Mode (which Clarke and Gore co-founded together in 1980), Yazoo (AKA Yaz, which Clarke started with powerhouse vocalist Alison Moyet) and Erasure (Clarke’s long-running duo with singer Andy Bell), the shared and individual discographies of both men make clear that each makes music that above all connects… Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.

Photo by  Zen Sekizawa Liars have announced a tour in support of their upcoming record  WIXIW , out   June 5 on  Mute . The dates span June and July and travel Europe and North America . Check them out below. Watch the video for the album's first single  "No. 1 Against the Rush" , out May 29. It comes backed by remixes from Matmos and Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode/Erasure/Yaz/VCMG and the B-side "We'll Never Learn". Liars: 06-02 London, England - Field Day 06-07 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino 06-08 Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli De Helling 06-09 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club 06-10 ...

A little over a year ago Mute recording artists (legendary and recent) all gathered at the Roundhouse in London for a weekendlong festival/celebration of the labels exceptional output. Audiences were treated to performances from classic heavyweights like Erasure, Nitzer Ebb, The Residents and future heavweights Liars…but one performance in particular was so unique and remarkable it resulted in a record. A collaboration between Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti (of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey respectively) and Nik Void (of Factory Floor,) turned out an EP titled Transverse. One would half ...

Depeche Mode is one of the most oft-mentioned influences on many of our modern rock artists. Both Gotye and Jonathan Davis from Korn mentioned Depeche Mode as influences. And while Martin Gore has been busy with his VCMG project with Erasure’s Vince Clarke and Dave Gahan did some vocals for the Soulsavers, fans have waited [...]

One night, nearly two decades ago, Nicholas Stoller, at that time a freshman at Harvard, dragged his mattress out of his room and into the room of his suitemate. Both young men had long-distance high school girlfriends whom they missed terribly, and they'd decided to have a sleepover to bond over their shared state of longing. During the sleepover, the suitemate decided to put on his prom song, “Always” by the English synthpop duo Erasure. The two listened as a ghostly plucking of strings filled the room, accompanied by a faint, mournful moaning, then a pulsing beat and quirky ...

There’s no thinning at the front or diminishing presence in the surface of Pascal Savy ’s Receding , despite the title, and for all the fancy philo-: Savy speaks of  'some psychological and existential questions which I try to convey below the surface of music,' which is all fine and chin-strokingly brow-furrowingly dandy, but is there not perhaps a hint of more to hum in the bathtub than previously? Last there was Liminal (view from here elsew here ), before there was Fragments , before that The Silent Watcher . Now, Twisted Tree Line , 3” CD-r + postcard ltd. ed. series sister to Somehow ...

File under: One of the richest (and most diverse) catalogs in independent music Flagship acts: Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Liars, Apparat, Erasure, S.C.U.M. Based in: London, England For an artist who adopted the moniker theNormal, Daniel Miller’s life and career have been anything but. In 1978, he one-upped punk rock with an analog synthesizer: Since the [...]

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Paul Hickey, long-time manager, and former partner of, Andy Bell, has died . Hickey had been unwell for some time; he was 62. He recently published a memoir of his years with Bell and Erasure . -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

Two of the trio were from Glasgow....that makes them a Scottish act as far as I'm concerned. From wiki:- Bronski Beat formed in 1983 when Somerville, Steinbachek and Bronski shared a three-bedroom flat in Lancaster House in Brixton, southwest London. Bronski Beat signed a recording contract with London Records in 1984 after doing only nine live gigs. The band's debut single, "Smalltown Boy", the tale of a boy who was cast away by his family for being homosexual, was a hit, peaking at #3 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was accompanied by a promotional video ...

Another one for those April 21st wishlists , this: Polyvinyl Records are to release a split 7" for this year's Record Store Day conjoining the distorted talents of Jamie Stewart and Alex Zhang Hungtai. Always saw Xiu Xiu  delve into a superbly profound disconcertion and Stewart here covers Erasure's glam-camp number of the same name to equally subversive effect. His vocals reek of a genuine desperation, the acerbic rhythmic clatter that clutters its backdrop gloriously accenting said lunacy to conjure an end product that's just as upsetting as Andy Bell's stage presence . Zhang Hungtai meanwhile opts to ...

Xiu Xiu - Always [Erasure] | bx . watch the original This is from a split 7'' single with Dirty Beaches, to be released April 21st for Record Store Day , so please support the bands and your local record shops by buying it :)