Andy Bell To DJ At Mat Horne's 'Session 17' Clubnight

Andy Bell will be playing a DJ set at Mat Horne's 'Session 17' clubnight in London on August 21st.

'Session 17' will take place at The Queen of Hoxton in Shoreditch and the night will also feature DJ sets from Mat Horne, Sunta Templeton, Midnight Socialite, Push Music, Liam Young and Badloader as well as live performances from Courts, Rubytrax, Kyla La Grange and Television Personalities.

More details from the Sessions website.

Andy Bell In USA

As you all know, near a month ago Andy Bell was in USA, promoting his new album "Non-Stop". Here is a brief report about Andy's appearances.

On 26th June Andy performed "A Little Respect" in a PA at San Francisco's Club 1015. Click here to watch his performance.

On 27th June Andy took part in the San Francisco Pride Parade as one of this year's Grand Marshalls. Here are the photos:

Later that day Andy played a 30-minute live set on the Main Stage. Here is his setlist:

1. Chains Of Love (Wayne G Remix)
2. DHDQ
3. Always (MHC Remix)
4. Electric Blue
5. Oh L'Amour (Kenny Hayes Remix)
6. A Little Respect (Wayne G Remix)
7. Say What You Want (Joy Joy Mix)

There are lots of videos of Andy's performance at Youtube. Here is the best one of them.

On 30th June Andy signed copies of his new album "Non-Stop" at the Union Square branch of Barnes & Noble store in New York. You may see a couple of photos from that event at Erasuregig website here.

On 1st July Andy toured New York's Harvey Milk High School and done Q&A with some of the students there. That event was not open to the general public but you may see some photos at AndyBell.com here.

On 2nd July Andy played two-hour DJ set at the F-Word Party at New York's Splash club. Here are a couple of photos (thanks to Cal):

New Andy Bell Merchandise

Long time Erasure costume designer Dean Bright produced various new Andy Bell items which he is selling right now via eBay. You may choose between two colors t-shirts and a tote bag. The price for the t-shirts is £20 (different sizes available) and for tote bag is £12.99.

Click here to view all Dean Bright items.

Another Andy Bell Interview

There is a very tiny interview with Andy Bell on The Music Fix website. Click here to read it.

EIS Newsletter:

Jambo!

There might not have been enough news for a newsletter last week but I'm not going to leave you in peace for two weeks in a row. There still might not be much news, but what I have is of pretty good quality I think! Am I right?*

Erasure Album Update

The lyrics to fourteen new songs are now place (the word 'machismo' has been used, the word 'threshold' has not); swordfish has been barbecued; pizza has been eaten; beer (Vince) and Dirty Martini's (Andy) have been drunk; and Andy lost a sock to a seagull… all part of the recent Erasure writing and recording sessions in Maine which came to a close this week. Those snippets have all been gleaned from the studio's Twitter updates that I know loads of you have been enjoying, along with the webcam images from The Cabin. More on the new Erasure album soon, but in the meantime you can still watch Vince working in The Cabin via the studiocam!

Vince Clarke Remixes Goldfrapp

Vince has remixed the Goldfrapp track 'Believer' which will be released as a single on September 6th but if you can't wait that long then you can listen to an edit of Vince's mix in the music section on his website. The single will also feature remixes from Subway, Joris Voorn and Davide Rossi.

Andy Bell Autographed Transit Van Up For Auction

Andy Bell recently attended the MOJO Magazine annual awards show where - along with Depeche Mode's Andrew Fletcher - he presented Mute Records founder Daniel Miller with the prestigious MOJO Medal awarded for 'services to music' (there's video of the presentation in the news section on Andy's website if you fancy a peep). While at the ceremony Andy autographed a scale model of a Ford Transit van for the event sponsor Ford, who are now auctioning the model - and models signed by other celebrities attending the awards - to benefit the War Child charity. For more details, and for the chance to bid on the van, or any of the items in the auction, see the news section on Andy's website.

Courtesy of Martin (thank you!), this week's greeting and farewell are in Kiswahili (also known as Swahili), one of the African languages and the official language of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

Kwaheri!

Richard

* Am I wrong? Or am I just dreaming? :-)

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Vince Clarke Remixes Goldfrapp

Vince Clarke has remixed the Goldfrapp track "Believer" which will be released as a single on September 6th. The single will also feature remixes from Subway, Joris Voorn and Davide Rossi. Goldfrapp have also announced a run of UK dates.

You may now listen "Believer (Vince Clarke Remix Edit") on official Vince Clarke website here.

New Andy Bell Promo Photo

Here is another one Andy Bell promo photo from his "Non-Stop" session:

Vince Clarke's Official Twitter

Vince Clarke is now have his own Twitter account where he currently posts how Erasure are progressing with their new album. Here are the last couple of posts:

"It's Sunday, Andy's last day. Our intention is to write an 'Epic'. Gotta' tune my guitar."

"We've just finished the lyrics for 14 songs..phew. We've got a day and a half to write a couple more toons."

Read (and follow) Vince's Twitter here.

Andy Bell At Mojo Awards - Video

Back in June Andy Bell appeared at Mojo Honours Awards in London. Together with Depeche Mode’s Andrew Fletcher he presented the Mojo Medal award to Mute Records founder Daniel Miller. Now there is a video with Andy, Andrew and Daniel for you to watch. Click here.

Erasure On Big Brother 2010 - Video

Recently Erasure's "A Little Respect" was piped into the Big Brother house as a musical treat for one of the housemates. Here is the video of how it was - you may watch it at Erasure.ru Youtube channel. Click here (note that due to copyrights it can be unavailable in your country).

Thanks to Ste.

EIS Newsletter:

Kaispera!

Well the most exciting piece of news this week is that Vince Clarke and Andy Bell are currently working on the new Erasure album together at Vince's studio, The Cabin, in the USA. The new sessions started on Tuesday and you don't have to just take my word for it because we've set up a webcam in Vince's studio so you can watch what's going on yourself… how cool is that?

Here's everything you need to know this week...

Watch Vince & Andy In The Studio…

You can take a peek at what is going on in The Cabin, Vince's recording studio, via a live webcam feed from the studio which is running on Vince Clarke's official website. You can also see a few of my favourite shots from the last few days in the news section of the Erasure website!

Andy Bell 'Say What You Want' Remix Competition Winner

From the original 98 entries received we sent the shortlist of six remixes (decided by the votes cast by people visiting Andy's website) over to Andy Bell and Mute Records to decide the overall winner. After much debate Andy has made the final selection, so ladies and gentlemen we have a winner and it is... Ste Ashworth's 'Say What You Want (Joy Joy Mix)'! Congratulations to Ste - whose remix will be featured on a future Andy Bell release - you can hear his winning remix online at Andy's website.

Vince Clarke Birthday Guestbook

Vince celebrated his birthday at the weekend and, as usual, Sherry has set up a guestbook for anyone who wants to leave him a birthday message. Unfortunately we didn't have the link to include in last week's newsletter before Vince's big day but retrospective messages are still welcome if you fancy leaving one!

Yazoo To Answer Your Questions!

Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet have agreed to answer your questions about the forthcoming Yazoo live album, 'Reconnected Live' - which is be released on September 27th in the UK and Europe and on September 28th in the US - and about Yazoo in general for a special feature to run on the Yazoo website, as well as on the official Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke websites. If you would like to submit a question for us to consider asking Vince, Alison or the both of them, then you can do so using the form on the Yazoo website. All questions will be considered and we will ask as many as we possibly can!

Andy Bell US Photographs

As you know, Andy was promoting the release of his 'Non-Stop' album around the USA for around ten days before joining Vince in the studio this week, and there is a selection of pictures from Andy's appearances online at his website if you fancy having a look. There are pictures from Andy's half-hour set at San Francisco's Pride, his CD signing at New York's Barnes & Noble bookstore and from his visit to the Hetrick Martin Institute - better known as The Harvey Milk High School - and from his Q&A with some of the students there.

More Robot Unicorns...

Robot Unicorn Attack has already had pretty regular mentions in this newsletter as a result of Erasure's 'Always' being used as the game's soundtrack. To be honest I thought we were pretty much done with the subject but this week I stumbled across an online interview with Scott Stoddard, who invented Robot Unicorn Attack, that also talks about how 'Always' came to be used in the first place, which I thought was enough to make it worth sharing…

Courtesy of Vangelis, this week's greeting and farewell are in Greek. Thanks Vangelis!

Na eiste kala!

Richard

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EIS Newsletter:

Tudo bem!

Lots of bits and pieces for you again this week, a nice diverse selection I think, so happy reading… by the way, if you're in New York City today (and I wish I was!) then I hope you will be popping along to Andy Bell's instore signing at Barnes & Noble which kicks off at 5pm, more about that below…

Andy Bell Current US Schedule

Andy played at San Francisco Pride at the weekend - which was a great success - and will be spending part of this week promoting 'Non-Stop' before joining Vince in Maine to continue work on the new Erasure album. You can meet Andy in New York this afternoon (Wednesday) where he will be doing an instore signing at Barnes & Noble (Union Square) at 5pm; on Friday night he will play a 2-hour DJ set at the F-Word Party at New York's Splash club (50 W. 17th Street); and on Sunday he will be playing a 30-minute PA and meeting fans at Tampa's The Honeypot (1507 East 7th Avenue). More details on all of those events on Andy's website!

Vince Clarke & Polly Scattergood's 'Lovesick' Now On iTunes

Vince Clarke has produced and mixed a new song entitled 'Lovesick' which is sung by Polly Scattergood using lyrics written by Ghostgirl author Tonya Hurley. The lyrics were written for Ghostgirl character Scarlet to sing in the forthcoming book 'Ghostgirl - Lovesick', which is due for publication in July. Polly Scattergood then created the music for the track and provided vocals before handing the track over to Vince Clarke for mixing and production. 'Lovesick' is available to buy now on iTunes (UK/US) in its original version and as an 'Epic Mix'. The song has also been used in an animated trailer for the book which you can see in the news section of Vince Clarke's official website. It's a beautiful piece of music and well worth checking out...

Andy Bell 'Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)' Free Download

The excellent music blog 'Arjan Writes' has this week added a new feature about Hey Champ, who provided one of the remixes for the recent Andy Bell single 'Call On Me', and as part of the feature he is offering the 'Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)' as a free download. See the news section on Andy's website for more details.

Yazoo 'Reconnected Live' Album Formats And Tracklisting

Yazoo's forthcoming live album, 'Reconnected Live', will be released on September 27th as a standard 2-CD set, a limited edition 2-CD deluxe edition contained in a 32-page hardback book, and via digital download. More details on the Yazoo website.

Tracklisting:

CD1
1. Nobody's Diary
2. Bad Connection
3. Mr. Blue
4. Good Times
5. Tuesday
6. Ode To Boy
7. Goodbye '70s
8. Too Pieces
9. In My Room
10. Anyone
11. Walk Away From Love

CD2
1. State Farm
2. Sweet Thing
3. Winter Kills
4. Midnight
5. Unmarked
6. Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)
7. Don't Go
8. Only You
9. Situation

Andy Bell At San Francisco Pride

Andy was a Grand Marshall at the SF Pride Parade at the weekend, where he also played a 30-minute live set (there are loads of videos from his performance online at YouTube but - if you can manage to ignore the sound of the crowd singing along - this is one of the best ones!). Prior to the weekend's events Andy also presented the prestigious San Francisco Pride's Lifetime Achievement Award to Ambassador James Hormel at a special ceremony in the city and you can read his speech in the news section of his website…

Erasure On Big Brother 2010!

I mentioned last week that Erasure's 'A Little Respect' was piped into the Big Brother house as a musical treat for one of the housemates, and that I hadn't been able to find a clip of it for you to watch. Well never fear, courtesy of Dave, you can see the housemates dancing and singing along to 'A Little Respect' about 30 minutes into one of Channel 4's YouTube clips of the show, although you will have to watch all sorts of adverts first and I'm not sure, but it may not be available to you if you're outside the UK. Thanks Dave!

Courtesy of Alex from Brazil, this week's greeting and farewell are in Brazilian Portuguese. Thanks Alex!

Um grande abraço!

Richard

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