Attention Erasure fans: Vince Clarke and Andy Bell are planning to start working on the synth-pop band’s new album soon. “I’m slowly concentrating on it,” says Clarke.
Synthpop icon Vince Clarke releases his first-ever solo album on Friday. But the British songwriter, keyboardist and sound tinkerer is already thinking about his next musical project. “My partner Andy Bell and I hope to get together towards the end of the year and start working on Erasure’s new album,” Clarke told the German Press Agency in London. “I’m slowly concentrating fully on it.”
On his first solo album “Songs Of Silence” Clarke, who enjoyed success with the bands Depeche Mode (“Just Can’t Get Enough”) and Yazoo (“Don’t Go”) before founding the pop duo Erasure in the mid-1980s founded, noticeably calmer tones than before. “Songs Of Silence” is an atmospheric, predominantly instrumental album with almost meditative, dark ambient-style soundscapes. The 63-year-old ventured into new musical territory.
Vince Clarke believes it is unlikely that he will record any more music in this style in the near future. “I have no particular interest in making an album like this again,” said the musician, who wrote pop hits such as “Sometimes”, “Always” and “Oh! L’Amour” for Erasure. “While it was a lot of fun and I’m sure I’ll get back to it in some way or form, I really don’t have any concrete plans.”
Source: Stern
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