The co-founder of Depeche Mode unveils a first avant-garde and soothing solo album Vince Clarke presents his first solo album Songs Of Silence. As an Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter behind countless chart-topping pop songs, co-founder of Erasure, Yazoo, and Depeche Mode, Clarke waited until now to embark on a solo album. Recorded in his home studio in New York, work on the album began as a distraction during the first lockdown, a chance to finally understand the possibilities of the Eurorack, a modular synthesizer famous for its limitless configurations.