Vince Clarke & Martin L. Gore present VCMG - Ssss (2012)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 396 MB | Full PNG Scans - 260 MB
Genre: electronic, techno | RAR 5% Rec. | Label: Mute Artists | #CDSTUMM441 | 2012
When the man behind the first Depeche Mode album (plus Yaz, Erasure, and a couple other things) reunites with the man behind all the rest of their efforts (which turned them into a more lyrics-driven group) you'd think the synth pop-and-somewhat-goth fan base would consider their album release a holiday. VCMG stands for Vince Clarke (first album) and Martin Gore (the rest) and their release, SSSS, is hardly what you'd call ambitious, but it is inspired, filled with minimal techno tracks that have identifiable contributions from the two.
Punchy drum machines and chimey, "Just Can't Get Enough"-styled synths (Clarke) mix with atmospherics and other touches that suggest deep space (Gore) and everything runs clean five to seven minutes, allowing for head-bobbing and hypnosis without tedium. To say this sounds like raw demos for Erasure's Circus or a dubby freebie given away with Depeche's Ultra clues fans into the sonic landscape, although it's obvious these songs weren't designed for vocalists as they all feel standalone, ready to be shipped off to Mute, or Tresor if that doesn't work out. Adjust to it being low-key, sometimes background music, and SSSS won't be leaving the average synth pop fan's headphones anytime soon.
TRACKLIST
01. Lowly
02. Zaat
03. Spock
04. Windup Robot
05. Bendy Bass
06. Single Blip
07. Skip This Track
08. Aftermaths
09. Recycle
10. Flux
Mute Info: VCMG - Ssss
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 13. March 2012, 23:02
VCMG / Ssss
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EAC extraction logfile from 13. March 2012, 23:02
VCMG / Ssss
Used drive : Optiarc BD RW BD-5300S Adapter: 3 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 5:27.13 | 0 | 24537
2 | 5:27.13 | 6:28.04 | 24538 | 53641
3 | 11:55.17 | 5:40.48 | 53642 | 79189
4 | 17:35.65 | 5:25.59 | 79190 | 103623
5 | 23:01.49 | 6:04.03 | 103624 | 130926
6 | 29:05.52 | 5:47.42 | 130927 | 156993
7 | 34:53.19 | 5:40.16 | 156994 | 182509
8 | 40:33.35 | 6:21.13 | 182510 | 211097
9 | 46:54.48 | 6:37.25 | 211098 | 240897
10 | 53:31.73 | 5:17.49 | 240898 | 264721
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Filename F:\VCMG - Ssss - 2012\VCMG - Ssss.wav
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Test CRC 24A362E2
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No errors occurred
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