On the Shelf 069: VCMG
Apr. 5th, 2012 05:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23In case you have missed it, after 30 years of not speaking, Martin Gore and Vince Clarke have got together (at elast virtually) and put together a project. Lest you forget, Clarke was a member of Depeche Mode for their debut album Speak and Spell (where Clarke wrote the lions share of songs before departing, in turn making Gore the primary Mode writer for years, and going on to form Yaz and Erasure).
VCMG is not what you expect- not a loud announcement, but an album that *gasp* seems to be a labor of love. The two have come full circle by making techno music influenced by the musicians they effectively gave birth to.
I think both Mode and Erasure (and Yaz as well) are largely underrated by the music critic world, and given the under-the-radar press on this album, wanted to share.
It's not really my thing (at least not immediately- maybe if Gore was singing, I would feel different), but even then, I have to say it's pretty good. Fans of both will likely be happy with this musical diversion.
VCMG is not what you expect- not a loud announcement, but an album that *gasp* seems to be a labor of love. The two have come full circle by making techno music influenced by the musicians they effectively gave birth to.
I think both Mode and Erasure (and Yaz as well) are largely underrated by the music critic world, and given the under-the-radar press on this album, wanted to share.
It's not really my thing (at least not immediately- maybe if Gore was singing, I would feel different), but even then, I have to say it's pretty good. Fans of both will likely be happy with this musical diversion.
