VCMG: In attesa di "SSSS"...

[Miss Kaleid]

Forse mi sono perso qualche post al riguardo, ma alla data prevista di uscita dell'album (12 marzo giusto?) ci sarà anche il formato CD o solo la possibilità di fare il download?

Ci sarà anche il cd, e l'LP che include il cd

(la versione digitale dovrebbe uscire il 9)

[stjarna15]

Interessante intervista con Mart

By Matthew Perpetua
February 23, 2012 2:35 PM ETVCMG, the new project by synthpop pioneers Vince Clarke and Martin Gore, marks the first time the two musicians have worked together since they were both members of Depeche Mode in the early Eighties. In the time since, Gore carried on with Depeche Mode, while Clarke went on to success as one half of Yazoo and Erasure. Ssss, the duo's debut, is a bold, instrumental techno record that is clearly informed by recent trends in electronic music yet consistent with their respective bodies of work. Rolling Stone caught up with Martin Gore to discuss how he reconnected with Clarke after three decades apart, and what's coming up next for Depeche Mode.

How did you get back together with Vince Clarke? It had been about three decades since you recorded Speak & Spell.
It really was a bit of a shock when I found an email from Vince one day, because we're not in the habit of sending emails to each other. I mean, I don't think I've ever received an email from Vince. But I got one, and it just said very simply, "I'm thinking of making a techno album. Are you interested in collaborating? There are no deadlines or pressures. What do you think?" And that was basically the email. And it came at a really good time, because I was on a downtime from Depeche. We'd finished a tour and we didn't have any imminent plans. So, I thought it sounded like it could be fun. I've been into techno music for a while now. It seemed like a good thing to try out.

What was your relationship with Vince like in the time since being in Depeche Mode together?
Um, it hasn't been good or bad, really. It's been more non-existent. [Laughs] We obviously have seen each other very, very occasionally since he left the band in 1981. But really, I can count the number of times on two hands – it's probably less than ten – the number of times that we've met each other in those 30 years.

What was it like reconnecting as musicians?
It was good. You know, I really appreciated all the things that Vince was doing on the tracks. And I think musically, what he was coming up with was very, very creative. Because we haven't worked together, or even really known each other very well, for the last 30 years, I think that the way we chose to do the album was perfect, because we did the whole thing via email and file-sharing. We just got on with our own thing in our own studios and then sent files backwards and forwards. We didn't actually get to talk at all, even on the phone, until we'd almost finished the whole project. And then we had a conference call with Daniel from Mute and my manager and Vince's manager. And we had to discuss things, like, "What are we going to call ourselves?" "We got any ideas for an album title or artwork?" Things like that.

Were you on the same page in terms of techno influences going into this project?
We really didn't talk about it too much. As Vince had come up with the idea, he started off by sending me a couple of tracks, and they had the germs of an idea there. And I listened to it, and if there was something I didn't like, I would take it out and add stuff onto that and get it up to the point where I thought it was going in a good direction. Then I'd send it back to Vince and he would do the same, maybe take some things out, add a few extra things, send it back to me. And that went on until we got to about version four and five, where we were both happy and felt like they were ready to be mixed. And nobody was pressured, and there was no real conflict in the making of the album. It was all very easy-going.

Was it a deliberate decision to have there be no vocals on the record?
Yes. I think it would've been completely wrong because, you know, I don't think we were going to sit down and write a whole album with lyrics. And then to have, like, a couple of tracks on there with words or whatever, I think it would've just diluted and confused the whole thing.

Was it refreshing for you both, since you both work with singers in your main bands?
Yeah, but I think it goes against the ethos of techno music, really. I think the thing that I like about techno music is it's kind of almost caveman-like, a Neanderthal drive. And the fact that, you know, it's funny. Whenever there is a vocal in techno, it's usually a vocal that's slightly comical. I think we just wanted to avoid all that.

What else have you been working on recently? Is there a new Depeche Mode album in the works?
We finished this project last May or something. Since then I've been working on writing songs for Depeche. And we are about to embark on a whole new project. We're starting in the studio at the end of March, hoping to have an album finished by the end of the year, and then probably getting to the whole touring process in 2013.

I think it's too early, really, to talk about [the record], because everybody is quite happy with the actual sound of the demos, which is quite reassuring and a bit of a novelty. We feel like we've got a head start on this album before we even got to the studio. It probably won't be out until spring next year.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... g-20120223

[Miss Kaleid]

Lettura molto interessante, grazie stjarna!

[ElectricFriend]

We finished this project last May or something. Since then I've been working on writing songs for Depeche.

Ecco, questo mette a tacere i dubbi che i Depeche avrebbero riutilizzato le demo scartate da SOTU.
Ora ci vorrebbe (o l'ho persa io?) un'intervista a Dave per sapere se ha già scritto/presentato qualcosa.

[Miss Kaleid]

We finished this project last May or something. Since then I've been working on writing songs for Depeche.

Ecco, questo mette a tacere i dubbi che i Depeche avrebbero riutilizzato le demo scartate da SOTU.

Ma chi potrebbe mai avere dubbi simili? mi viene da ridere al solo pensiero... assurdo. Mica stanno per mettere insieme un (trascurabile) greatest hits. Bisogna proprio essere prevenuti, e alquanto maligni.

Ora ci vorrebbe (o l'ho persa io?) un'intervista a Dave per sapere se ha già scritto/presentato qualcosa.

Sì, Dave qualche mese fa aveva dichiarato che aveva lavorato a del materiale per i Soulsavers, e a dell'altro per i Depeche.

[ElectricFriend]

@Miss Kaleid:

Tempo fa mi ricordo che durante il periodo di presentazione delle demo di SOTU Martin aveva comunque scritto molti testi e quindi aveva con sè molte demo già pronte anche dopo SOTU...

Ditemi se sbaglio. Non è che alcune demo o bozze scartate da SOTU finiranno molto probabilmente nel nuovo?

Non cito l'autore per non creare polemiche, ma questo era il messaggio al quale mi riferivo.
A questa teoria non ci ho mai creduto, ma una piccola parte di me aspettava comunque una smentita ufficiale... sai, dopo la mazzata di Hillier...

Ah, Dave avevo capito che avrebbe solo messo la voce nel disco dei Soulsavers ....mhh, allora speriamo conservi la roba buona per i dM

[Miss Kaleid]

Ah, Dave avevo capito che avrebbe solo messo la voce nel disco dei Soulsavers ....mhh, allora speriamo conservi la roba buona per i dM

Guarda, non ho dettagli precisissimi, a parte quest'intervista dell'estate passata in cui diceva di aver scritto canzoni con "a guy from Soulsavers", con cui ha lavorato per svariati mesi (2:33)

Di solito qui viene visualizzato un video da YouTube. Contatta un amministratore.

Di solito qui viene visualizzato un video da YouTube. Contatta un amministratore.

e poi continuava dicendo che aveva anche lavorato a del materiale che sarebbe stato probabilmente destinato a un nuovo album dei dm.

di certo oggi si sa che nel nuovo album dei Soulsavers ci sono svariate tracce con Dave alla voce principale.

[Miss Kaleid]

... del resto Dave ha anche detto di aver lavorato a delle canzoni con "Kurt" (Uenala?)

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/20 ... remodeled/

[stjarna15]

Lettura molto interessante, grazie stjarna!

...aggiungo quest'altra molto simile da billboard...


The reunion of Vince Clarke and Martin Gore on record for the first time since Depeche Mode's debut album in 1981 -- for VCMG's "Ssss," dropping March 13 -- was "a bolt out of the blue," according to Gore.

"I got an e-mail from Vince -- I wasn't aware he even had my e-mail address -- just saying, 'I'm thinking about making a techno album. Are you interested in collaborating?' " Gore tells Billboard.com. "It was as simple as that, straight to the point. He said, 'No deadlines, no pressure.' So I just responded, 'Sounds like fun. Let's do it.'"


Clarke, whose interest in minimalist techno started with a 2010 remix for Plastikman, says he was already several tracks into the album when he decided "it might be interested to get Martin involved as a collaborator." The duo created the resulting 10-track album without ever meeting or even speaking over the phone -- though they visited with each other prior to the project when they each played at the Short Circuit presents Mute festival in London. "It was just passing files to each other over the Internet, one after the other," Clarke recalls. "We actually didn't get to meet personally until the project was finished." And even that meeting, Gore says, was over the phone.


"We didn't have a conversation until the album was virtually finished -- and that was out of necessity because we needed to discuss things like what we were going to call ourselves, possible album titles and artwork," Gore remembers. "So we had a conference call... and that was the first time we heard each other's voices during the whole project. think a lot of people work that way now, but it's not something I've ever done before for a whole project."


Clarke credits Gore with coming up with "Ssss's" album title, and Gore says it was inspired by his cohort. "There were quite a few tracks that Vince said to met ah were called 'Hiss,' kind of that white noisey sound -- and there was usually a hiss on every track," explains Gore, who recruited Clarke to put his spin on "Behind the Wheel" for Depeche Mode's "Remixes 2: 81-11" collection last year. "There where so many tracks he just called 'Hiss' that it reminded me of a snake and inspired that as a title."


VCMG previewed the album with an EP for the tracks "Spock" and and will do the same on Feb. 28 for "Single Blip," featuring remixes by Byetone and Mathew Johnson. Live work for VCMG seems unlikely, however, as Gore plans to start recording Depeche Mode's next album in March, most likely for a 2013 release. "So far all we've done is have a meeting," he says. "We've listened to all the songs and are happy with the way it's going. Everybody's in a positive frame of mind...but it's too early to talk about it."


Clarke, meanwhile, plans on "getting back to writing classic songs" for Erasure. "We'll just do writing this year and see where that goes," Clarke says. "There's no release scheduled or release date being discussed. It's just for the joy of writing, really."


And any future for VCMG is similarly up in the air. "I'd love to do some more," Clarke says. "I really enjoyed doing it and working with Martin; we kind of see things in a similar way as far as sound is concerned, so I'd love for something to happen in the future." Gore, meanwhile, adds that "the timing was just so perfect this time. I got that e-mail from Vince when I was on a break from the band. That doesn't happen very often. If our schedules allow for it in the future, maybe we will get around to making another one. Obviously we haven't had that conversation yet."

http://www.billboard.com/news/vince-cla ... 5152.story

[Miss Kaleid]

"There where so many tracks he just called 'Hiss' that it reminded me of a snake and inspired that as a title."

[the_love_thief]

"There where so many tracks he just called 'Hiss' that it reminded me of a snake and inspired that as a title."

svelato l'arcano del titolo.

[Freestate]

Oggi mi casca l'occhio sulla recensione di SSSS edita sul Mucchio Selvaggio e firmata da Damir Ivic.

Premesso che è senza dubbio una recensione oltremodo positiva (l'incipit "Onestamente, non l'avremmo mai detto.."). Ma perché scrivere cose del tipo "Martin, quando è uscito dal recinto Depeche Mode, non è che in solitaria abbia lasciato chissà quali tracce, spesso perdendosi in velleità da cantautorato che mah, boh, insomma..."

ma che scrivi Ivic? Due album di cover sono velleità da cantautorato? E poi velleità? Christo, uno dei migliori songwriter mai apparsi sul Pianeta Terra è velleitario?

Mah, boh, insomma... (cit.)

[daniemt]

Infatti non ha lasciato nessuna traccia dato che non le ha mai percorse queste velleità .....

I recensori sono come quelli in tv, parlano, scrivono, paladini inventati nei media.....del sapere improvvisato.

[devotional]

Oggi mi casca l'occhio sulla recensione di SSSS edita sul Mucchio Selvaggio e firmata da Damir Ivic.

Premesso che è senza dubbio una recensione oltremodo positiva (l'incipit "Onestamente, non l'avremmo mai detto.."). Ma perché scrivere cose del tipo "Martin, quando è uscito dal recinto Depeche Mode, non è che in solitaria abbia lasciato chissà quali tracce, spesso perdendosi in velleità da cantautorato che mah, boh, insomma..."

ma che scrivi Ivic? Due album di cover sono velleità da cantautorato? E poi velleità? Christo, uno dei migliori songwriter mai apparsi sul Pianeta Terra è velleitario?

Mah, boh, insomma... (cit.)

sempre più spesso mi chiedo l'utilità di recensori e recensioni.

[The Thing]

Parole al vento di un piccolissimo inutile recensore