One year after the release ofyour last album„The Neon”its remix version will be released at the end of July. Whose idea was this remix compilation? Did you want to take a new turn with „The Neon” songs to take them in a new direction or was that the idea of the record company? Vince Clarke: The remix albumwas the idea of Mute Records. They wanted to extend the ‘life’ of the album, hopefully right up to the start of the „Neon”Tour. Old friends and colleagues ofyours, like Paul Humphreys or Gareth Jones, as well as a lot of new DJs and remixers can be found among the participating artists.Who selected and requested them for these remixes? Neil Blanket from Mute came up with the list of remixers. (Author's note: Neil Blanket is the Head ofMarketing at Mute.) The„Violate Flame”album also had a similar remixversion, but my favorite one is still„TheTwo Ring Circus”. I would be glad to hear that stunning remix version of „Leave Me To Bleed” by Vince and Eric Radcliffe live one day in my life. Are there any such remixes from your back catalogue, which you think are even better than the original? I’m very fond of Orbitals remix of „Ship Of Fools”. As mentioned before„The Neon”album is already one year old. Howdid it affect you the last time you heard it? Do you still have the same favorite songs on the album? By the way, what are your current favorites? I tend not to listen to an album once it’s been released, unless of course I’m preparing tracks for our up and coming tour. This year there is another anniversary in the history of Erasure: Your debut album „Wonderland” was released 35 years ago.Manyof the fans think that your current albumhas a lot in common with your first album. Have you noticed any similarities in the sound or in terms of the production work? I think there are similarities. Both albums are upbeat and positive looking and the sounds and arrangements are less cluttered... I think... This October you are going on tour according to your plans. Have you put the new setlist together yet? Which are the songs that already have a fix place on the setlist? We’ll obviously be doing songs from ’The Neon’, a few old favorites and a couple of lesser known tracks from our back catalogue. There’s a rumor that Andy wants to sing the Eurythmics classic „Love Is A Stranger”. Are you planning to perform this cover version on the upcoming tour? ‘W& S’... (Wait and see.) - 25 - www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be In these orona times it is difficult to make preparations for a tour. When can you meet each other to rehearse live? We start rehearsals in London, two weeks before the first show in Scotland. At your London concert you are going to have Blancmange as the opening act. I have always liked their music and a lot of fans know about the contact with Depeche Mode (Blancmange were the opening act on Depeche Mode’s 1981 and 1982 tours) and with Vince. Vince, you remixed „Living On The Ceiling” a few years ago and your fans are also eagerly awaiting the joint work with Neil Arthur. Where is this project lying right now? We’re hoping to finallymix our ‘collaboration’at the end of July although it rather depends on UK and US travel restrictions. Vince, you’re also a label manager and host of an online radio show about the world of synths. Is there any news from the home ofVeryRecords? There’s not a lot going on at the moment... perhaps a new release in 2022? And let’s not forget that Vince’s son Oscar has just released his debut work.Vince,please tell us a fewwords about this record and about your possible involvement on it. I contributed very little.My son did prettymuch everything including getting it on Spotify etc. Back to the subject of touring.You are giving six concerts in Germany during the forthcoming tour in October. The German fans have always been very loyal to you. Do you have a story in your mind about Erasure and Germany that you still remember? Our very first show in Hamburg comes to mind.We played a venue called the Markthalle which was probably about half full.We were not well known in Germany at the time but I remember the audience was amazing.. so warm and enthusiastic. The fans are still waiting with great enthusiasm to finally see their idols live on stage again. Hopefully the Corona situation will get better and then we can enjoy Vince and Andy on a concert! See you there! János JANURIK erasureinfo.com/ facebook.com/erasureinfo
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