Talk:Vince Clarke

Vince and the Piano

 * This was been bugging me for a while. Vince Clarke hasn't mentioned anything about learning piano. Violin, yes. Does anyone, know where it says that he played piano?


 * - Human historian Talk Back 07:42, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

FWIW, Vince says that he writes his songs on guitar, and sometimes on piano, in this Motherboard video interview (starting around 8:00):

"Electric Independence: Vince Clarke and the Temple of Synth"

http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/3/17/electric-independence-vince-clarke-and-the-temple-of-synth

There's no mention of formally learning either instrument.

DNA Studios (talk) 05:11, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Added production methods
I've added a section on Vince's recording methods. Since he was one of the few people who kept using analogue rather than MIDI, I thought a section on this was perhaps of some merit. It's the first time I've written for Wiki so all comments are welcome.


 * - Jiffler talk 12:21, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Welcome - bravo! Dribblingscribe (talk) 10:16, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Synthesizer (4 songs) and production work on Alka album
https://www.discogs.com/de/Alka-The-Colour-of-Terrible-Crystal/release/11010214 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.223.86.177 (talk) 22:34, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Nice tribute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evRAaEK39IU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.223.73.115 (talk) 13:22, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Jiffler: Added a bit more to your production methods section. For the most part it's an elaboration of existing points. There were also a few corrections:

"... in 1979, all synthesisers were analogue..." – digital synths were available, just not very common (or affordable).

"... in 1994 set up 37B, a recording studio within his custom made home..." – the domed studio building was in his garden, adjacent to the house.

"As of 2009, Clarke has set up his pre-MIDI analogue synthesisers..." – his 2009 "Cabin" collection features both MIDI & CV analogue synths. Plus some purely digital synths (Korg M1, Roland JP8000).

To be a complete overview, an entry on the BBC Micro computer & UMI MIDI sequencer that he used from the 80s through to 2004 should probably be added. He also sold over 160 items from his 80s/90s studio gear in 2007 (including his BBC Micro/UMIs), so what he has now is somewhat streamlined compared to his "37B" setup. :P

DNA Studios (talk) 12:08, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Added some more quotes to help illustrate Clarke's working methods (including a reference to the BBC Micro/UMI), plus some general tidying up. DNA Studios (talk) 11:32, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Corrected a reference (Computer Music 136, not 139); added links; further tidying up. Corrected a longstanding typo in the first quote ("good old Futurist days", not "good or Futurist days"). By way of confirmation, Clarke used very similar phrasing twice in another 1993 article, also by Ian Masterson: "Chorus'' was really getting back to basics, like we used to do in Depeche Mode and Yazoo, because then we never had polyphonic keyboards. It was all in the process of building up a track sound by sound. I think independent music was much more experimental then. Indie bands don't seem to sound as interesting as the old Futurist stuff." The Basildon maestro leans forward, a glint in his eye and a wicked grin on his lips. "That's how Futurism was in the good old days..."'' ("Vince Clarke's Wall of Sound", Music Technology magazine, June 1993, p.80) It's quite likely the Private Ear & Music Technology quotes were both sourced from the same interview session.

DNA Studios (talk) 09:36, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Added an additional reference to Vince's Maine studio (Electric Independence: Vince Clarke & the Temple of Synth). Thanks to CorridorX for the link!

DNA Studios (talk) 05:56, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Reluctant to sing
Is it true that he didn't like singing so he searched for a voice in each of his projects? I can't find any interview that says that although I do seem to rememeber Martin Gore saying that he found Dave Gahan for his Composition of Sound project after he found his own voice unsuitable. Thanks in advanceAbc85 (talk) 18:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

LMAO at the final sentence: Vince is Left Handed.
As if that's something anyone wants or needs to know. Hilarious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.155.164.185 (talk) 19:10, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you kidding? That's the only reason I came here. I had to find out if he was left-handed!
 * OK, maybe not. But did he play the villain in an episode of "Moonlighting"?

Martin or Clarke
The idea of referring to 'Martin' is confusing, particularly as Martin Gore was part of the original Depeche line-up. The name Vincent Clarke is well-known now, and it seems clearer to refer to 'Clarke' throughout, adding clarification in curved brackets as necessary, or square brackets for quotes, rather than risk confusion. 188.223.152.38 (talk) 21:40, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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Erasure section
I've added a "Recentism" template as this section seems to read like an ongoing Erasure news update - up to 2014 anyway! Section probably needs shortening and putting into context.

This section contains far too much detail which is already on the individual listings of the Erasure albums. I think all that's needed here is a a one paragraph summary showing the date the band was formed, that it is still ongoing and total of albums and singles released and that Vince was a co-writer with Andy Bell for a lot of the material. If no-one objects, within a couple of weeks of this note I propose to delete a large part of this section to remove this duplication. If the original contributors are still around please do not take this as a personal criticism. --92.232.220.75 (talk) 21:58, 2 April 2021 (UTC)