A great toe tapper!

Great pop and dance tune!

I Love Erasure ! Vince Clarke - Synthpop Pioneer !

Synthpop Master ! Synthpop Genius ! Greets From Poland ;-)

I admire and adore Vince as an artist, but his memory seems to be going. 😁 Andy Fletcher initially borrowed a Korg 700S to play, and then bought a Moog Prodigy to start with. It was only later that he could afford to buy a Moog Source to play live instead, because it has a patch memory, which obviously is convenient, especially when playing live. Vince replaced his Kawai 100F with a Roland Jupiter-4 for the same reason. And while we're on the subject, Martin eventually started using a PPG Wave 2 live, and later the 2.3 version. Vince has a PPG Wave 2.2 in his studio.

In the first video of this series, Vince mentioned that he, Martin Gore, and Andy Fletcher (RIP) "drooled" over the EDP Wasp, but couldn't afford it. That's a bit strange because the Wasp was expressly designed to be affordable, and it was indeed at only £199. I don't know what Vince's Kawai 100F cost, but it probably wasn't quite as cheap, Fletch's Moog Prodigy was at least £100 more, and Martin's Yamaha CS-5 was, at least according to the sources that I managed to find, the most expensive of all. These were all basement-bargain synths of the day, to be sure, but I don't get how Depeche Mode, who were still Composition of Sound (pre-Dave Gahan) at the time, could afford the synths they bought but couldn't afford a Wasp. 🤨 Additionally, the Wasp had this strange touch-sensitive electronic keyboard that might sound fancy, but it was used because it was cheaper than a standard mechanical keyboard. It was also much harder to play, and reportedly malfunctioned under certain environmental or electrical conditions. The synth itself was interesting and capable of making quite a variety of sounds, but the keyboard was terrible for playing live. By the way, the same guy who designed the Wasp also designed the more powerful, sophisticated OSC OSCar later on, and Vince happens to have one of those (right above his CS-10). Vince apparently never bought a Wasp, though. I guess he stopped wishing he had one.

That's actually a Yamaha CS-10, not exactly the CS-5 that Martin Gore used early on, but it's close. The main difference is that the CS-5 has a Sample & Hold function that the CS-10 lacks, while the CS-10 has two envelope generators (one for the VCA and another for the VCF) instead of one like on the CS-5. The CS-10 also has a Master Volume dial, which the CS-5 oddly lacks. But what about the OSC OSCar right above it? That's a more interesting synth, although the CS-10, for such a basic synth, does sound good, which it must in order to earn its place in this studio collection.

When asked if he has a favorite song done with any of his bands, Vince says he has many favorites, but specifically names "Home" from Chorus. (1:33) He talks about it being a sad song. I've thought of "Home" as a maudlin romantic song that is also hopeful, like much of the rest of the album. But now I wonder if parts of that song are actually about despair. Understood in this way, it pairs thematically with "Chorus." The album is then bookended by two songs that both deal with hope and despair.

If i was in a room full of synths you'd never see me again. Andy and Vince once did 2 rough demo's of Perfect Stranger and Chorus. Vince played guitar and used a TR-606 for a drum beat and on Chorus he used his MC4 Sequencer, System 100M and his ARP2600 for a tv show.

A lot of cool gear, love to see it all. Good tracks!

Really good sounding, what are the drums?

Thnx for the video!

Cringe

Vince your a legend 👍

They are treasure if you let them mould you in to the Gem u r Beauty shines to all Shine on u CRAZY Diamond....love you special love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️

8 reizes Karlis Ulmanis ienema so Amatu Ari tava un maneja LATVIJA ! un vai kads vispar to redzejis, dzirdejis un paklausijis! un ka jus domajat , kas mes esam?!

Dommage cette 2ème vidéo n'est pas traduite !

Why is interviewer being like an unhappy child? I thought he was ok until now. Jealous maybe?

WTH. That is amazing. 7 tracks per song. Those Yazoo songs are incredible.

what language are the two backing vocals singing and what're they singing? mimbagiago what's it mean?☮️🎶🖖 Either way, Andy and Vince are one awesome musical duo. ☮️🎶🖖

Definently he was better on his own

They were so young ...so young... Memories about 80-90. I would like return what time...

Brilliant musician.

He's red as a cherry in the thumbnail :P

I used to live around the corner from Andy bell in Peterborough. Saw him a lot. Very talented. Vince is a living legend! Hall of fame! 👌

lindos los amo I love ❤ Andy 😏 and Vince 😏

I do love Vince in interview! He’s the only DM member I’ve not met (I almost met him as Martin Ware was going to introduce me). Meeting Vince would definitely be almost as good as meeting Alan Wilder.

I read sound I don't play chords and Vince Clark was an inspiration for me

My godfather

Any idea of a date for this guys ?

such a great decision he took in '81, thank you, without this DM was a popy band

Andy is some kind of. Wonderful. Vince 🙌🙌🙌🙏🏻

Vince pretty fetching here with the swaying of the hips and all.

Nice tune more please ?

My dream synth gig line-up would be Vince, Martin Gore, Trent Reznor, Jean Michel Jarre and Giorgio Moroder. Add yours to the list so I can look them up

Andy Bell so beautiful

Raw!

Very interesting!!!!!

The producer should take some lights on the next interview?

I certainly didn't expect this.... Edit: and he's playing Half-Life 2!

Genius.

What a great synth master 👏🏻👏🏻

Dave Smith Prophet VS. What a fucking instrument

@1:24 what does he say?