Vince Clarke

Yazoo is a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s. Formed in late 1981 by... former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet , Yazoo were signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom and to Sire Records in the United States. Yazoo's debut single "Only You" backed with "Situation", was released on 15 March 1982 and rose to number two in the UK charts. Yazoo released two successful studio albums, Upstairs at Eric's in 1982 and You and Me Both in 1983. Shortly after, Moyet and Clarke decided to break up. Moyet pursued a solo career while Clarke went on to form Erasure, another synth pop duo. Yazoo reunited in 2008 with a tour in Europe and the United States and the release of a four-disc box set. Though the band's initial run was short-lived, Yazoo continues to influence and inspire many of today's bands, including LCD Soundsystem, Shiny Toy Guns, Blaqk Audio, Hercules and Love Affair, La Roux and Gil Mantera's Party Dream. Yazoo was formed in late 1981 by Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet in Basildon, Essex, England.
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The Assembly were a British synthpop project formed in 1983 in Basildon, England, by Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe . Feargal Sharkey was hired as... a guest vocalist for the A-side of the group's only single, "Never Never". Clarke and Radcliffe had planned to use a different singer on each track the group recorded, but the group disbanded after the release of "Never Never", and no other vocalists were employed by the duo. Clarke founded The Assembly shortly after disbanding Yazoo , upon completion and distribution of Yazoo's 1983 album, You and Me Both. The Assembly marked the most-involved phase of Clarke's long-term professional relationship with sound engineer Radcliffe, who had contributed significant influences to the recordings of Clarke's previous bands, Depeche Mode and Yazoo. However, the Assembly project never became a full-fledged band and resulted in only one single release, the UK hit "Never Never". It featured a sampled guitar track triggered note for note on a Fairlight CMI. The sound was augmented by session musician Clem Clempson on electric guitar.
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Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in... 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes", the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s. From 1986 to 1997, Erasure achieved 24 consecutive Top 20 hits in the UK, while only having 3 Top 20 hits in the US : "A Little Respect", "Chains of Love" and "Always". By 2009, 34 of their 45 singles & EPs had made the UK Top 40, with 17 climbing into the Top 10. Labelled "the definitive synthpop superstars", the duo are most popular in their native UK and mainland Europe and also in South America . To date, Erasure have sold over 25 million albums worldwide. The band is also popular within the LGBT community for which the openly gay singer Andy Bell has become a gay icon.
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Reset Records is a British record company founded in 1983 by Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe. The four singles by Robert Marlow were released on this label from his friend Vince Clarke. Absolute and Hardware also released some singles on the label.