Down To Earth

Inspired by the Bergman flick of the same name, Rival Consoles’ ‘persona’ album moves him one step closer to film soundtracks being his next musical step

The first time that Vince Clarke met Daniel Miller, the mute boss told him he didn’t like Depeche Mode’s demo tape. thankfully, the basildon boys got a second chance to impress, as the Depeche/Yazoo/Erasure keyboardist recalls in this first person account of his long and fruitful creative relationship with mute

The final composer to leave the workshop as it was being wound down in the late 90s, Elizabeth Parker recalls her time at the audio coal face