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News    
                 06.08.10

EIS Newsletter:

Chào,

I hope everything is good with you!

More bits and pieces from the world of Erasure this week, but before I go on to the news Andy asked me to mention a project he's championing for the Hetrick-Martin Institute in NYC (The Harvey Milk High School he visited when he was over there last month). HMI have teamed up with the Polo Ralph Lauren Fashion School to produce two tote bags, with the slogans 'I Kiss Boys' or 'I Kiss Girls', to raise funds for HMI, more details in this article from the New York Times website.

OK, on with the news...

Erasure Album Update

Vince and Andy have now finished work on rough versions of the new Erasure songs and have sent them over to Mute Records for input from Daniel Miller. Andy is now back in the UK but the duo are already planning the next phase of the process that will see them turn the rough versions into finished tracks!

Andy Bell - London DJ Set

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. See the news section on Andy's website for more details.

Lexer Music - August Sale

Our friends at Lexer Music, who run the official Erasure shop, are having their annual Summer Sale which means that there are all sorts of Erasure bits and pieces available at special low prices (including great deals on concert programmes, postcards and badges to name just a few!)...

New Andy Bell Interviews

A few more 'Non-Stop' interviews have popped up this week. Andy's chat with Manchester's Chimp Magazine isn't online but there's a scan of it for you in the news section of Andy's website, plus there's links to an online interview with The New Gay, and an interesting feature about the making of 'Non-Stop' at EQ Magazine which talks to both Andy and his co-producer on the album, Pascal Gabriel.

Riding The Robot Unicorn!

My bumbling around the internet this week, in search of quirky Erasure-related stories for this part of the newsletter, led me to an artistic tribute to Erasure's role in the online game 'Robot Unicorn Attack' (also now available for the iPhone!). It's a digital-art image by Elrothiel that puts Andy Bell into the game 'riding Robot Unicorn across the purple-grassed lands of Harmony!'… you can check it out here!

Courtesy of Thao, this week's greeting and farewell are in Vietnamese, thank you Thao… that pretty much uses up my stash of languages so if anyone wants to suggest any that I haven't already used I would be very grateful!

Tam Biêt!

Richard

Erasure Information Service
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News    
                 04.08.10

New Andy Bell Interviews

There are two new Andy Bell interviews out this week. The first one for Pink Banana World website - Andy talks about PSB's Neil Tennant, La Roux and club music. Click here to read it. The second one is for EQ Magazine - Andy and Pascal Gabriel talks about recording "Non-Stop" (it it really very interesting reading). Check it here.

Thanks to Cal for the links.

Erasure Album Update

Vince Clarke reports via his Twitter that he uploaded the new Erasure songs for the record company to check out and is currently waiting for reply.

He is also working on a track for a Polish singer Natalia Lesz and on a techno-ish track called "Zaat". Perhaps, working on "Zaat" get Vince to look like this:

Vince Clarke

Goldfrapp "Believer" Promo Out

The 8 track promo CDR of the new Goldfrapp single "Believer" has been issued by Mute. It features two Vince Clarke remixes:

Goldfrapp "Believer" promo

1. Believer (Radio Edit)
2. Believer (Joris Voorn Remix)
3. Believer (Joris Voorn Dub)
4. Believer (Vince Clarke Remix)
5. Believer (Vince Clarke Remix Edit)
6. Believer (Little Loud Remix)
7. Believer (Subway Remix)
8. Believer (Davide Rossi Reinterpretation)

"Believer" will be released as a single on September 6th. Commercial formats are still to be announced.

Lexer Music Summer Sale

Lexer Music is now running a Summer Sale on most Erasure merchandise.

So whether it's a keyring, mobile phone sock, mousemat, mug, snowglobe, set of badges, tour guide or set of postcards that takes your fancy then now is a great time to buy with all these items in excess of 50% off.

Lexer Music summer sale