Erasure’s Vince Clarke has announced that he’ll be releasing his debut solo album, Songs of Silence, on November 17th via Mute. Along with the announcement, he has shared the album’s first ...

The British synthpop originator Vince Clarke has a long and distinguished history. Clarke was one of the founding members of Depeche Mode. He produced their 1981 debut album Speak & Spell, and he ...

Vince Clarke is almost unique in the synth-pop world for attaining significant success with a multitude of electronic bands throughout the ’80s and beyond. Having studied violin and piano at school, ...

Vince Clarke asked. For the previous few minutes, ... He wrote the three hit singles on Depeche Mode’s 1981 debut album, then quit the band and formed a duo, Yazoo, with the singer Alison Moyet.

Clarke, 63, and Martin were New Yorkers, making their home in Brooklyn; he gained prominence with bands like Yazoo, Erasure, and Depeche Mode, selling 30 million records over four decades.

By November 1981, a month after they released their debut album, Speak and Spell, Clarke left the band. Yazoo. ... by Vince Clarke, is released on Friday, November 17th, via Mute Records.

Erasure star Vince Clarke has been left devastated after his beloved wife Tracy Hurley-Martin died of stomach cancer ... when he dabbled with vocals in a short-lived band called The Romance, ...

Alison Moyet, 46, was one half of the 1980s pop duo Yazoo, alongside Vince Clarke. Her subsequent solo career included the top-10 hits "All Cried Out" and "Love Resurrection".

Vince Clarke is almost unique in the synth-pop world for attaining significant success with a multitude of electronic bands throughout the ’80s and beyond. Having studied violin and piano at school, ...