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Vincent John Martin (born 3 July 1960), known professionally as Vince Clarke, is an English synth-pop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since its inception in 1985, and was previously the main songwriter for several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and the Assembly.
Vince Clarke and Andy Bell onstage, 2011 On 11 November 2013, Erasure released their first Christmas album, Snow Globe . [ 22 ] The first single from the album was a cover of the 1973 Steeleye Span track " Gaudete " which was available as a digital download from 28 October, in advance of the single's full release as a CD and download bundle on ...
Erasure are an English synth-pop duo who have released 19 studio albums, six live albums, nine compilation albums, seven box sets, 14 extended plays, 62 singles, 14 video albums and 50 music videos. Erasure consists of keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure made their debut in 1985.
The story of Clarke and Bell’s mutual admiration society is especially sweet considering that before auditioning for Erasure, Bell was a fan who used to rehearse to Yazoo songs.
"Sometimes" is a song by the English synth-pop duo Erasure, released on 6 October 1986 as their fourth single overall. Written by band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it typifies the Erasure sound—an uptempo, dance-oriented pop tune accentuated by Clarke's phase distortion and analogue synthesizers and Bell's lyrics about being in love.
The band's members, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, announced that this will kick off a campaign to celebrate their thirty years in the music industry together. The compilation followed the release of the first and only single from the album, entitled "Sometimes 2015", a re-vamped version of the original single mixed by David Wrench. [ 2 ]
"A Little Respect" is a song written and recorded by British synth-pop duo Erasure, released in September 1988 by Mute. It was written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell.The lyrics are a plea to a lover to show compassion and respect.
Barbara Ellen of NME considered Chorus to "further underline" Erasure as "composers par excellence of exquisitely vivid pop tunes". She noted that on the album Clarke has "pruned down their enormous sound", describing it as "at times basic and workmanlike until Bell's filthy, fruity vocals come in and take us off to fantasy land again".