Andy Bell - "Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)"

If you want to listen Andy Bell's "Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)", you should follow this link and click "Listen to show" to load BBC iPlayer. Hey Champ Remix of "Call On Me" starts at about 1:48:20. The DJ, by the way, said he is "absolutely loving this track".

"Non-Stop" iTunes Exclusive

The special version of Andy Bell's new album "Non-Stop" will also be released via iTunes (catalogue number Li STUMM 316). More details to follow.

EIS Newsletter:

Ey-up!

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have spotted the deliberate (ahem!) error in last week's newsletter, and thank you to everyone who emailed me about it, but just in case you didn't spot it Andy Bell's headlining appearance at the forthcoming Mencap charity show at London's IndigO2 is on May 13th and not on May 14th. Sorry about that, but how nice to know that you're actually reading the newsletters!

A bumper Andy Bell-themed issue for you this week…

Andy Bell 'Non-Stop' Album Available For Pre-Order

Mute Bank are still taking pre-orders for Andy Bell's forthcoming new album 'Non-Stop' which will be released on June 7th. If you pre-order the album from Mute Bank you will also receive an exclusive Vince Clarke remix of the title track, 'Non-Stop', as a free download! See the Mute Bank website for all the details.

Andy Bell Remix Competition

Something for all the DJs, producers, musicians and technical tinkerers out there... your chance to remix one of the tracks from Andy Bell's new album with the winning remix featured on a forthcoming Andy Bell release. The track is called 'Say What You Want' and you can download all the musical elements and get more details from Andy's website. There's also an extract of 'Say What You Want' online there which you might want to have a listen to whether you're thinking of entering the competition or not!

Meet Andy Bell In London - Special Competition

If remixing isn't your game then the competition I announced last week - to see Andy perform at Mencap's 'Our Friends Acoustic' at London's IndigO2 on May 13th, meet him before the show, get a special preview of the entire 'Non-Stop' album, and interview him for AndyBell.com - has still got a few more days to run if you haven't entered already! See the news section on Andy's website for all the details...

Andy Bell 'Call On Me' Video & Preorder

Andy teamed up with 'I Love Saturday' videomakers Caz Gorham and Frances Dickenson at the weekend to put together a 'homemade' video for his forthcoming single 'Call On Me' which will be released on May 31st. Keep an eye on Andy's website for the video's debut showing, in the meantime you can pre-order 'Call On Me' from Mute Bank or Lexer Music.

'Call On Me' CD tracklisting:
1. Call On Me (Wideboy's Radio Mix)
2. Had It All
3. Call On Me (Original Version)
4. Call On Me (Vince Clarke Remix)
5. Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)
6. Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)

Andy Bell Interviews

Promotion has started for the 'Non-Stop' release and there's two new interviews with Andy online for you this week; he was interviewed by the Yorkshire Evening Post for a feature that ran in the paper last weekend and which is now available online, and a second interview went online at Bent.com yesterday. Both interviews are well worth a read, for more about the 'Non-Stop' project of course, but also for Andy's thoughts on the 'Call On Me' video, the new Erasure album, his DJ appearances, reality TV and how good a cook Vince Clarke is…

Andy Bell Goes Back To The 80s...

Digital and online radio station Absolute 80s' 'Happy Hour' show is hosted by Andy Bell this week and will be repeated every day at midday until tomorrow (Friday). You can listen via DAB or online.

Andy has also chosen his ten favourite 80s videos for the Virgin Media website, and you can see his selections - which include Visage, Bow Wow Wow, The Human League, David Bowie and Blondie - on their website.

Lexer Music Spring Sale

Our friends at Lexer Music, who run the official Erasure shop, are still in the midst of their Spring Sale which means that there are all sorts of Erasure, Andy Bell and Yazoo bits and pieces available at special low prices, as well as items from other artists including Goldfrapp, OMD and Pet Shop Boys.

Inspired by the Andy Bell interview in the Yorkshire Evening Post this week, I have used Yorkshire dialect for the greeting and farewell in this newsletter, as suggested by Mark!

Sithee!

Richard

Erasure Information Service
www.erasureinfo.com

Listen "Non-Stop" Online!

You may now listen the full Andy Bell album "Non-Stop" on Lithuanian website Music.lt. Click here!

Andy Bell Hosts Absolute 80s "Happy Hour"

Absolute 80s' "Happy Hour" show is hosted by Andy Bell this week and will be repeated every day at midday (UK) until Friday. You can listen via DAB or online, more details at the link below.

Absolute 80s website.

Source: EIS

Andy Bell Interview In The Bent

Andy has been interviewed by the Bent magazine. He talked about his new solo album "Non-Stop", future solo tour plans and also stated that new Erasure album will be released next year...

Click here to read the full interview.

Andy Bell Interview In The Yorkshire Evening Post

Andy has been interviewed by the Yorkshire Evening Post. The interview ran in the paper over the weekend and is also available online. It's a great interview in which Andy talks about the "Non-Stop" project, reveals that he's done a homemade video to accompany the "Call On Me" single and discusses reality TV and the new Erasure album...

Read the full interview.

Source: EIS

"Non-Stop" Review On Pop In Stereo

"Non-Stop is a solid release that manages to fuse electro and synthpop." Read the album review on Pop in stereo here.

Erasure's "Phantom Bride" Cover

Back in 1992 Juli D recorded the Hi NRG cover of Erasure's "Phantom Bride" and released it on 12" vinyl. Click here to listen her interpretation. Thanks to Devoleb for the link.

Dear Andy...

...Happy Bellday from Erasure.ru!

EIS Newsletter:

Hei!

Yesterday, when I started putting this newsletter together, I wasn't entirely sure that I'd have enough news for you, but it turns out that it has become something of an epic edition and I've even had to leave some things out until next week so you don't get too overloaded with information in one go!

Are you ready? Here goes…

Andy Bell New Solo Album 'Non-Stop' Available For Pre-Order

Mute Bank have started take pre-orders for Andy Bell's forthcoming new album 'Non-Stop' which will now be released on June 7th. If you pre-order the album from them you will also receive an exclusive Vince Clarke remix of the title track, 'Non-Stop', as a free download! See the Mute Bank website for all the details.

Album tracklisting:
1. Running Out
2. Call On Me
3. Subject / Object
4. Say What You Want
5. Will You Be There?
6. Slow Release
7. Touch
8. Non-Stop
9. DHDQ
10. Honey If You Love Him (Featuring Perry Farrell)

Special Competition - Interview Andy Bell In London

As you know, on May 14th Andy will be headlining Mencap's 'Our Friends Acoustic' evening at London's IndigO2, topping a bill that also includes performances from Jimmy Somerville, Nik Kershaw and Howard Jones. I have two tickets to the show to give away (one winner plus a friend) but that's not all… before the show the winner and their friend will also get an exclusive preview of the entire 'Non-Stop' album (almost four weeks before release!) and will then sit down with Andy to do an exclusive interview about the album for Andy's website (don't worry if you've never done anything like that before as I'll be there to help you if you need it). Fancy that? See the news section on Andy's website for all the details!

Yazoo's 'Only You' Charity Cover

Yazoo's classic 'Only You' has been covered by Dakota Blonde on 'In my Room', a new US charity album that has been released to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. See the Yazoo website for more details and how to listen to an extract of the cover online.

Andy Bell New Release Dates

If you were paying attention to the news about the 'Non-Stop' presale above you will have spotted that Andy's album has a new release date of June 7th. The forthcoming single, 'Call On Me', has also moved slightly and will now be released on May 31st.

'Sometimes - A Life Of Love, Loss & Erasure'

I'm sure that many of you know that Paul Hickey, Andy Bell's manager and former partner, has for the last few years been working on a book about his life. I'm very pleased to say that the book - entitled 'Sometimes - A Life of Love, Loss & Erasure' - is almost finished and will be published later this year. Paul is in the process of setting up a website for the book and you can already go there to sign-up for more information as it becomes available.

Lexer Music Spring Sale

Lexer Music, who run the Official Erasure Shop, are having a Spring sale which means that there are all sorts of Erasure, Andy Bell and Yazoo bits and pieces available at special low prices, as well as items from other artists including Goldfrapp, OMD and Pet Shop Boys. Lexer are - of course - also running a presale for the CD edition of Andy Bell's forthcoming single 'Call On Me'!

Happy Birthday Andy Bell!

Sherry, who runs one of the unofficial Erasure forums, has set up her usual guestbook to mark Andy Bell's birthday which is this coming Sunday. If you would like to leave a message for Andy then you can do so by following the link…

Erasure On BBC Radio Four!

Rob emailed me last week to say that Erasure's version of 'Lay All Your Love On Me' is currently being used on BBC Radio 4's 'Book At Bedtime' as the opening and closing music for their current book - Naomi Alderman's 'The Lessons' - which is currently at episode eight in a ten-part adaptation. The last few episodes are still available to listen to on the BBC iPlayer if you're in the UK, but it sounds like a pretty good book to me and it's nice to hear Erasure on Radio 4! Thanks Rob!

Phew, that was a long one! The greetings and farewell in this week's newsletter are in Finnish, thanks to Mikael!

Näkemiin!

Richard

Erasure Information Service
www.erasureinfo.com

"Call On Me" Release Date Has Moved

The release date of new Andy Bell single "Call On Me" has been pushed back to 31st May 2010.

"Non-Stop" Release Date Has Moved

The release date of new Andy Bell album "Non-Stop" has been pushed back to 7th June 2010.

"Call On Me" Promos

Three promos has been issued to promote "Call On Me". Here are the tracklistings:

Promo 1:
1. Call On Me (Wideboys Radio Mix)

Promo 2:
1. Call On Me (Album Version)
2. Call On Me (Vince Clarke Remix)
3. Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)
4. Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)

Promo 3:
1. Call On Me (Wideboys Radio Mix)
2. Had It All
3. Call On Me (Original Version)
4. Call On Me (Vince Clarke Remix)
5. Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)
6. Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)

The front cover artwork is identical for all three promos and is the same as the official cover:

"Call On Me" - Deadboy Remix

You may listen "Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)" by downloading a mix by Gongon, which was made to promote one of the forthcoming London parties. Click here and scroll down a bit to find the download link. The Deadboy remix starts at around 27:00.

"Call On Me" In Russia

The biggest Russian radio distributor Tophit.ru have make available "Call On Me" for Russian radiostations from 21st April. "Call On Me" is also one of the new tracks on Russian Synth Radio.

"Non-Stop" Promo Sampler

Also issued the "Non-Stop" album sampler, with 4 tracks from the forthcoming album:

1. Call On Me
2. Say What You Want
3. Non-Stop
4. Honey If You Love Him (That's All That Matters)

New Vince Clarke Remix

Vince is unstopable now and has made another new remix, this time for british band Ash, who released their new album "A-Z Vol. 1" in UK this week.

There are several different formats of the album, such as CD, CD/DVD and various download bundles. However, Vince Clarke Remix of Ash' song "True Love 1980", which is part of this release can be found only on special 2xCD edition for Japan. Here is the tracklist:

Disc 1:
1. True Love 1980
2. Joy Kicks Darkness
3. Arcadia
4. Tracers
5. The Dead Disciples
6. Pripyat
7. Ichiban
8. Space Shot
9. Neon
10. Command
11. Song Of Your Desire
12. Dionysian Urge
13. War With Me
14. Coming Around Again
15. The Creeps
16. CTRL-ALT-DEL
17. Do You Feel It?
18. Kamakura
19. Disenchanted

Disc 2:
1. Lay Down Your Arms
2. Gallows Hill
3. True Love 1980 (Acoustic)
4. Tracers (Acoustic Featuring Emmy The Great)
5. Space Shot (Acoustic)
6. War With Me (Acoustic)
7. Return Of White Rabbit (Jaymo & Andy George Remix)
8. Return Of White Rabbit (Atomic Heart Remix)
9. True Love 1980 (Loverush UK! Vocal Remix Edit)
10. True Love 1980 (Loverush UK! Dubstrumental)
11. True Love 1980 (Vince Clarke Remix)
12. Space Shot (Pete Doyle's Rocksolid Remix)
13. Space Shot (Snitch Brothers Remix)
14. Neon (Beatcave Remix)

"A-Z Vol. 1" has been released in Japan 7th April 2010.

Added Andy Bell "Running Out" Single Page

The page about Andy Bell's "Running Out" single has been added to Discography.

Added New Pics

Added details of: "The Innocents" uk promo cdr, "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" us cassette, "A Little Respect" italian vinyl, "Erasure" swedish cd, Alison Moyet's "Whispering Your Name" uk vinyl.

EIS Newsletter:

Konnichiwa!

Thank you to everyone who sent me messages about the word 'malarky' after I used it in last week's newsletter… it seems it is recognised far more widely around the world than I expected and I'm not the only one who loves it!

Lots of bits and pieces for you from the world of Erasure this week - not least the chance to preorder Andy Bell's new single on CD - and there's lots of exciting things in the pipeline too, more about some of those next week if everything comes together...

Andy Bell New Solo Single 'Call On Me' Available For Pre-Order

The Official Erasure Shop at Lexer Music is now taking pre-orders for the CD version of Andy Bell's forthcoming single 'Call On Me' which will be released on May 10th. The single will also be released as a digital download with a slightly different tracklisting, see Andy's official website for more details.

'Call On Me' CD tracklisting:
1. Call On Me (Wideboys Full Length Radio Mix)
2. Had It All
3. Call On Me (Original Version)
4. Call On Me (Vince Clarke Remix)
5. Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)
6. Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)

Vince Clarke Confirms Yazoo Live Album

Vince made a very brief appearance on Howard Stern's Howard 100 News radio show last week talking about his career so far, the current music scene and 2008's Yazoo reunion. During the interview - which you can hear by following this link - he also confirmed that there will be a live Yazoo album released in September… more news on that when we have it!

Andy Bell 'Non-Stop' Album Artwork Revealed

Andy has released the artwork for his second solo album, 'Non-Stop', which will be released on May 24th on CD and via download. 'Non-Stop' will feature the singles 'Running Out', 'Will You Be There?' and 'Call On Me' alongside a further seven electro-anthems including 'Honey If You Love Him', a fantastic duet with Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell. You can see the 'Non-Stop' album cover in the news section at Andy's official website. Pre-order information to be announced very soon!

'Non-Stop' album tracklisting:
1. Running Out
2. Call On Me
3. Subject / Object
4. Say What You Want
5. Will You Be There?
6. Slow Release
7. Touch
8. Non-Stop
9. DHDQ
10. Honey If You Love Him (Featuring Perry Farrell)

Vince Clarke Mini-Documentary

I've talked before about how Motherboard TV's excellent mini-documentary about Vince and his studio in Maine, 'The Cabin', has been appearing all over the internet, well it's still going and we're particularly pleased to see it popping up on the rather prestigious Sundance Channel this week... check it out here!

Artwork Inspiration...

Well, last week's mention that the new Christina Aguilera cover bears an uncanny resemblance to Erasure's 'Chorus' album has generated a lot of emails, mostly from people gently pointing out that 'Chorus' itself might be seen as bearing an uncanny resemblance to the artwork produced for the film 'Terminator', which is a fair point I think. Luke also got in touch to show me this 1988 jacket for the classic book 'To Kill A Mockingbird' which may have influenced the cover for Erasure's 'Nightbird' and which may, in turn, have influenced the new Court Yard Hounds releases I mentioned last week… no such thing as an original idea as they say!

Luke also used a Japanese greeting and farewell in his email which I have shamelessly stolen to use in this newsletter… thank you Luke!

Sayonara!

Richard

Erasure Information Service
www.erasureinfo.com

Andy Bell - "Call On Me" CD Single Pre-Order

Taken from the forthcoming album "Non-Stop", the single "Call On Me" is soon to be released by Mute Records.

This 6-track CD Single includes a mix by Erasure's Vince Clarke. Pre-order the CD Single now for dispatch by the date of release, Monday 10th May 2010.

CD single tracklisting:
1. Call On Me (Wideboys Full Length Radio Mix)
2. Had It All
3. Call On Me (Original Version)
4. Call On Me (Vince Clarke Remix)
5. Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)
6. Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)

Andy Bell - "Non-Stop" Cover Artwork

EMI Music is listing the following artwork for Andy's forthcoming album "Non-Stop":

The catalogue number is CD STUMM 316 / 5099963278422.

Andy Bell - "Non-Stop" Album Promos

The first Andy Bell's album promos are starting to appear on eBay. The catalogue number for album promo is ACD STUMM 316. Here are the pictures of it:

EIS Newsletter:

Zdravo!

Did you have a good Easter? I have to admit that the holiday kind of crept up on me last week and it was suddenly upon me before I had time to send out a newsletter. However to make up for that this is a bumper issue, with lots of news and all sorts of Erasure-related malarky* that has caught my eye since I was last in touch.

Here you go...

Andy Bell New Solo Single "Call On Me"

Andy Bell will precede the release of his forthcoming new album 'Non-Stop' with a brand new single, 'Call On Me', which will be released on May 10th in the UK and May 11th in the USA. 'Call On Me' will be released on CD and via digital download and both formats include a non-album b-side entitled 'Had It All' as well as a selection of remixes (including a rather marvellous Vince Clarke remix). There's an audio preview of 'Call On Me', plus the full tracklistings and the single artwork all online at Andy's website… don't forget 'Non-Stop' will follow on May 24th!

CD tracklisting:
1. Call On Me (Wideboys Full Length Radio Mix)
2. Had It All
3. Call On Me (Original Version)
4. Call On Me (Vince Clarke Remix)
5. Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)
6. Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)

Download tracklisting:
1. Call On Me (Wideboys Radio Mix Edit)
2. Had It All
3. Call On Me (Original Version)
4. Call On Me (Vince Clarke Remix)
5. Call On Me (Hey Champ Remix)
6. Call On Me (Deadboy Remix)

The London Sessions - Erasure Album Video Updates!

If you've been keeping an eye on the Erasure website then you will know that I added the final two video updates to the news section and to Erasure's YouTube channel last week which show Andy and Vince talking about Erasure's 25th anniversary and the new wave of electro-pop… that's seven videos in all for your viewing pleasure! If you haven't visited the website for a while then you have some catching up to do!

Erasure Inspires Christina Aguilera?

Someone very wise once said that there's no such thing as a new idea, and if we put the sleeve of the new Christina Aguilera record, 'Bionic', next to the sleeve of Erasure's 'Chorus' it would seem that they might have been right... and it's not just us who think that, even the legendary blogger Perez Hilton has picked up on the similarities on his website and it's been spreading across the internet ever since! On the back of posting that story on the Erasure website last week I had an email from Daniel (thank you!) who also pointed out the similarities between the new Court Yard Hounds sleeve and Erasure's 'Nightbird'… follow those links if you want to see for yourself!

Erasure Are Officially Part Of The ABBA Story

I also got a message from Paula last week who had attended the Abbaworld exhibition at Earl's Court in London and was able to report back that Erasure do get a mention - which she also photographed to show me and which I posted in the news section of Erasure's website last week for you to see too. Thank you Paula!

Andy Bell At The Eagle In London

Andy played a DJ set at London club The Eagle on Saturday and Russell James, who attended the event, sent over some of his pictures from the night which are now in the news section over at Andy's website. Look out for news of more DJ dates soon, and not just in the UK!

Robot Unicorn Attack… The Saga Continues

I've mentioned this online video game several times in previous newsletters but it seems that Robot Unicorn Attack - which features Erasure's 'Always' as the soundtrack music - is just going from strength to strength and has now been played over thirteen million times (incidentally the current high score is over 264,000 which is particularly impressive next to my personal best of 47) and has helped make 'Always' the most recently-downloaded Erasure track on iTunes! I've reported before how the game and the song have been been spreading across the internet through blogs and recommendations but it seems that the game, and especially 'Always', has also been inspiring people in other ways!

This week's newsletter greeting and farewell are in Serbian, courtesy of Mike and his friend Dejan… thank you!

Pozdrav!

Richard

* 'malarky' is one of my favourite words, for those of you outside the UK it's a slang word that kind of means 'bits and pieces'…

Erasure Information Service
www.erasureinfo.com

Added "Total Pop! - The First 40 Hits" Album Page

The page about "Total Pop! - The First 40 Hits" album has been added to Discography.

Added New Pics

Added details of: "The Innocents - 21st Anniversary Edition" uk limited cd and various uk/eu/au/us formats, "Union Street" us cd (thanks to AF), "Chains Of Love" us vinyl, "Crackers International" australian vinyl, "Chorus" spain cd album.

Andy Bell "Non-Stop" - Press Release

Here is the full press release of the forthcoming Andy Bell solo album "Non-Stop".

"Connoisseurs of deluxe dance-pop, seductive electro anthems and gold-plated disco grooves - lend me your ears.

Now prepare to have them blown away by Andy Bell’s magnificent new album, Non-Stop. Because this is a lavish, lustrous, sumptuous collection of exquisite dancefloor confessionals from one of the most acclaimed and beloved singers in British pop.

Although Andy’s long-running partnership with Vince Clarke in Erasure (recipients of Best British Group at The Brit Awards) remains very much a going concern - since the release of 1986’s debut, Wonderland the duo have gone on to sell over 20 million albums, 5 of them hitting #1 and had 17 Top 10 UK singles - the singer’s second solo album provides a liberating platform for his more clubby, nocturnal, disco-glam side. He has even purposely changed his vocal register and style for much of Non-Stop, putting clear blue water between his soulfully electronic solo voice and his gleaming, poppy Erasure work.

“I just needed to have a breather and see what else is going on,” Andy explains. “Spread my wings, live my life a little. This is like a different character that people don’t know me as so much. I wouldn’t say I’m a club kid, but I do love hearing remixes and club tunes. The album is quite robotic, quite tongue in cheek, lots of synths and glamorous disco. I can’t get Madonna out of my head, and I sort of feel like: if she can do that why can’t I?”

Non-Stop was co-produced and co-written by Andy Bell and Pascal Gabriel, the Belgian-born studio all-rounder whose glittering CV of collaborations includes S’Express, Ladyhawke, New Order, Debbie Harry, Kylie and Little Boots.

Andy already knew Pascal, who had previously remixed Erasure, “We had one writing session at Pascal’s house in France, then one writing session at the Strongroom in London, and we just clicked,” Andy recalls. “He is Cancerian as well, the same as Vince. Their characteristics are quite similar, both very thorough and hard working.”

The songs on Non-Stop are timeless, sexy and impeccably classy affairs, from the breathless robo-disco rush of Running Out to the moody, broody, sultry power ballads Subject/Object and Slow Release. Meanwhile, Say What You Want and Call On Me are both sublime synth-pop epics.

“Call On Me is going to be the next single, which I’m really pleased about,” Andy says “It’s a really simple song, and the backing vocal riff was inspired by Diana Ross singing Ain't No Mountain High Enough. It’s really about my friends in New York, they’re from the East Village. When I see them we just go and hang out in some of the more grimy bars.”

The sound of Non-Stop reflects Andy's infatuation with classic 1980's dance-pop and post-punk icons like Ladytron, M and Claudia Bruken. Most of the album consists of celebratory, life-affirming lyrics, but there are moments of doubt and darkness here too. The shrill, spiky, gnarly electronica of Touch is Andy’s angry reaction to the demeaning C-list celebrity freakshow of reality television.

“Touch is probably the most punk-ish thing I’ve written,” Andy says. “It is just about being offered reality shows all the time. It’s almost like they’re forcing you to make a spectacle of yourself.”

The album also reveals more of Andy’s nightclubbing, bright-white-clubbing, late-night electro-trash side than anything Erasure have yet released. With its driving groove and huskily seductive vocals, former single Will You Be There was born to be a hands-in-the-air Ibiza anthem. Much like the hedonistic machine-beat throbber Non-Stop - a song, as Andy explains, all about “being fucked up on the dancefloor.”

But in terms of decadent glamour and neon-lit cool, nothing else on the album comes close to DHDQ ­ aka Debbie Harry Drag Queen ­ a high-camp homage to the empress of New Wave New York and her armies of imitators.

“I was on the True Colors tour with Debbie and she’s lovely,” Andy says. “She loves the drag queens as well, in New York. To me, nobody’s ever copied her because they can’t, she’s the queen of all of them.

The one song Andy did not write on Non-Stop is the closing number, Honey If You Love Him, a pulsing nu-disco groove wedded to an agony-aunt lyric about romantic heartbreak penned by Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction fame. Alt-rock legend Farrell is a huge fan of Andy’s voice and suggested recording a duet together.

“Perry sang that song for a friend of his, a fashion designer who fell out with this guy,” Andy explains. “Perry is so cool, a lovely man, and quite camp.”

Classy and camp, soulful and sumptuous, Non-Stop is a deluxe dance-pop album from a master of the game. Prepare to have your ears kissed, your heart stirred and your mind blown."

Non-Stop is released on Mute on 24th May 2010.

"Non-Stop" tracklisting:
1. Running Out
2. Call On Me
3. Subject / Object
4. Say What You Want
5. Will You Be There?
6. Slow Release
7. Touch
8. Non-Stop
9. DHDQ
10. Honey If You Love Him (Featuring Perry Farrell)

Erasure Album Video Updates - Video #7

In the seventh video Vince and Andy has been asked about their thoughts on the current wave of new electro-pop acts that are around at the moment.

Click here to watch the video.

Video 7: Any thoughts on the new wave of electro-pop?

Andy: "Well, I'm glad that there's lot's of women doing it. Lots of young women and they seem to be very strong and forceful about what they are doing. I just wish we'd, get a bit more recognition."

(Many thanks to ASH-II for transcription)

April's Fool

That was the latest pop-sensation from Russia - Trololo Man, and we hope you like him :-) .