- The Assembly
The Assembly were a
synthpop project started in 1983 inBasildon ,England by:
*Vince Clarke (songwriting, keyboards, backing vocals)
*Eric Radcliffe (songwriting, production)Clarke founded The Assembly shortly after disbanding Yazoo with vocalist
Alison Moyet , upon completion and distribution of their 1983album , "You and Me Both ". The project never became a full-fledged band but resulted in only one single release, the UK hit "Never Never" (which featured a then cutting-edge sampledguitar track triggered note for note on aFairlight CMI ). Former Undertonesfrontman Feargal Sharkey was hired to sing on this track. The other track on the single, "Stop/Start," was aninstrumental , featuring Clarke's signature songwriting style withsyncopation that gradually becomes thedownbeat of the musical phrase. Clarke and Radcliffe had planned to use a different singer on each track [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gbfwxqwgldse~T1 Allmusic.com biography - accessed July 2008] ] , but none were released after "Never Never".The sound was plumped by the useage of
session musician Clem Clempson onelectric guitar .The Assembly marked the most-involved phase of Clarke's long-term professional relationship with sound engineer Radcliffe, who had contributed significant sonic influences to the recordings of early
Depeche Mode and Yazoo. Clarke went on to formErasure with vocalist and co-songwriter Andy Bell in 1985. Although Erasure worked with Radcliffe on some of their early work, they eventually expanded their sonic palette with producers like Flood (aka Mark Ellis). He brought Clarke and his catchy tunes back into the commercial pop limelight for the rest of the 1980s and early 1990s."Never Never" was re-released on
CD single in 1996 with four tracks, containing both the normal and extended versions of both the title song, and "Stop/Start". Themusic video for "Never Never" featured on the first "Now That's What I Call Music! " video in 1983.Discography
* "Never Never" - 1983 - Mute TINY1 - #4 UKcite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 31
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5]ee also
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The Tube (TV series)
*Casio VL-1 References
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