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EP2/Single Blip – from Vince Clarke and Martin L. Gore’s highly anticipated collaboration, VCMG – rears its head on 27 February 2012, with remixes from Byetone and Mathew Jonson.

A pounding motorik beat heralds the start of this minimal electronic tour de force. With primal drums and puckering bleeps, it’s an industrial battle cry of the darkest proportions, setting teeth on edge with nails-across-blackboard screeching, ominous synths and spiraling rhythms.

EP2/Single Blip remixes come courtesy of sparce electronic artist Byetone, aka Berliner Olaf Bender, co-founder and the man responsible for the iconic design output at Raster-Noton. His 2011 album Symeta featured in Fact and The Quietus’ end of year polls, and previous remix credits inc Modeselektor and eLan.

VCMG EP2 ‘Single Blip’

EP2/Single Blip Tracklisting:
Single Blip
Single Blip – Byetone remix
Single Blip – Mathew Jonson remix

Alongside is a remix from Mathew Jonson, co-founder of Wagon Repair label and one-quarter of electronic improvisers Cobblestone Jazz. Canadian born Jonson has previously remixed the likes of Plastikman, Tiga and Chemical Brothers to great acclaim. (more…)

Vince Clarke & Martin Gore Release ‘Ssss’ On March 12, 2012

VCMG – Vince Clarke’s techno project with his former Depeche Mode bandmate, Martin L. Gore – has announced that their debut album will be called ‘Ssss’ and will be released on March 12th.

The duo will also follow the project’s first release – December’s EP1/Spock – with a second EP entitled EP2/Single Blip, again via download and on 12″ vinyl. More details of that soon…

VCMG release one of 2012’s most anticipated musical collaborations with the album ‘Ssss’, out on Mute on 12 March 2012.

It marks the long awaited reunion of electronic pioneers Vince Clarke (Erasure/ Yazoo/ Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode), who have joined forces for the first time in over thirty years to craft a 10-track album which demonstrates their mutual love of electronic music. (more…)

Depechemode.de is reporting that Fletch is currently in Santa Barbara this week, and it seems that the reports about a band meeting are true. Reports talk about a number of demos (close to 20) and a meeting to discuss the band’s future plans and producer.

The news that depechemode.de is reporting is based on a twitter message by Andy’s wife Grainne. The Fletchers are planning to stay in California for a couple weeks.

Below Grainne’s tweet:

First morning in LA hanging with my BBF for a few days! Hubby went ahead to Santa Barbara last night. Time for a hike now I think.

— Grainne Fletcher (@GrainneFletcher) Januar 8, 2012

Pioneering techno duo MOTOR is about to release their fourth album on CLR. After completing three massively successful and critically acclaimed techno albums, Bryan Black and Oly Grasset, who together form the act MOTOR, have shifted gears and recorded a song-based vocal album by the name of ‘Man Made Machine’. The first single, also titled ‘Man Made Machine’, features none other than Depeche Mode´s Martin L. Gore on vocal duties.

Apart from the original and extended versions, the EP contains three additional remixes by Black Asteroid, Radio Slave and Chris Liebing, as well as the ‘Man Made Machine’ video. Just recently, when MOTOR secretly played the original version of the track on a BBC radio broadcast, it got over 10.000 views within hours of being ripped and broadcasted on youtube. The reactions from Depeche Mode and MOTOR fans are absolutely ecstatic. One online comment, which has often been quoted and agreed to, is that ‘Man Made Machine’ sounds like a modern version of the Depeche Mode track ‘Man Made Machine’ – obviously a royal honour for the guys from MOTOR.

There is no doubt that this EP and the whole album will draw attention from various musical scenes, and the CLR team is very exited about this release. It seems perfectly in line with the label´s strong techno roots, as well as with its increasingly open-minded musical philosophy. Chris Liebing himself has always been inspired by the “out of the ordinary” techno approach of MOTOR and is highly pleased to form part of this new chapter in the band´s history.

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Source: depeche mode dot com