Many synth pop songs were cold and robotic. On "A Little Respect", Erasure proved just how soulful synths could be.

Within the decade and a half after releasing his second solo album, Non-Stop, and whilst releasing six more albums with Erasure, Andy Bell started building a collection of songs with producer Dave ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Andy Bell, perhaps best known as one half of Erasure, is back with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I think that's a Taurean trait: You find someone, and if you trust them, they learn to trust you,” Bell muses, adding with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before forming Erasure, Vince Clarke was already an established synthpop legend, having founded Depeche Mode in 1980 before ...

The Oscar Salguero Remix on the Storm Chaser EP is stellar, but the album version is the definitive recording of “When a Lover Leaves You.” It’s one of those classic Erasure melodies that they seem to ...

Synthpop legend Vince Clarke, a founding member of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure, released his classical-inspired solo debut, Sounds of Silence, last year. He’s now announced a special Sounds of ...

British electronic duo Erasure is gearing up to drop their 18th (yes, 18th!) studio album, The Neon, next week. As a taster, they’ve just released a new track and a video featuring some well-known ...

Andy Bell, of the Eighties synth-pop duo Erasure, will release his new solo album, Ten Crowns, on Friday. Ahead of its release, he’s shared a song with Blondie’s Debbie Harry, “Heart’s a Liar,” and on ...

%22Snow Globe%22 has new Erasure songs and holiday favorites like %22White Christmas%22 and Silent Night%22 The duo is best-known in the U.S. for %2780s synth-pop hits %22A Little Respect%22 and ...

How do you make a really, really, extremely bad album? Take a handful of songs that aren’t any good, remix them in a way that doesn’t increase their appeal in the slightest and then add a few songs ...

Last summer, Andy Bell headed to Brooklyn to work on new music with Erasure bandmate, songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. The band didn’t have a concrete intention for a follow-up to 2017’s World ...