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VCMG, the new project by synthpop pioneers Vince Clarke and Martin Gore, marks the first time the two musicians have worked together since they were both members of Depeche Mode in the early Eighties.

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<a href="http://www.djcraig.net/los_angeles_dj">DJ Craig</a>

Covered and criticized:

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=31780

(...in fact, by us, djcraig!)

Reviews're trickling in. BBC likes it lots; Pitchfork put it at the top of the day's reviews and finds it a qualified success. If I like it as much as Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy's Devils one-off I'll be very happy.

Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/ma ... sfeed=true

BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/rmwx

Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16369-ssss/

The latter ends on this note: [i]...the one thing you can't say about Ssss is that it's uncommitted, and after decades of quckie cash-in collaborations between long-estranged old bandmates, that in itself is it's own kind of pleasure. [/i]