Depeche Mode. Yazoo. Erasure. The connection between these three electropop giants is, of course, Vince Clarke, who features on the cover of the latest issue of Electronic Sound (and discusses his debut solo album, Songs Of Silence). An exclusive clear vinyl seven-inch vinyl featuring Vince's music accompanies the magazine. 

 

Elsewhere, Belbury Poly, AR Kane, Dot Allison, Das Koolies, Delmer Darion, Frankie Rose and Beverly Glenn-Copeland are interviewed, and there’s an article on The NID Tapes (a fascinating collection of early Indian electronic music recorded at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad between 1969 and 1972).