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Mute Bank taking preorders on Spock 12"

While the digital release for the forthcoming "Spock" single from Martin L. Gore and Vince Clarke's VCMG project will be available at Beatport on Nov 30th, the 12" vinyl will be out on Dec 19th and you can preorder your copy now from Mute Bank! Check out the sleeve artwork, tracklist, and preorder link after the jump!     VCMG "Spock" 12" Tracklist (12MUTE475) 1 Spock 2 Spock (Edit Select Remix) 3 Spock (Regis Remix) 4 Spock (XOQ Remix)     After 30 years working on their respective ongoing music projects, Vince Clarke (Erasure / Yazoo / Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore...

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Beatport Erasure remix contest

Beatport has a new Erasure remix contest going on now and they're giving you an opportunity to remix the track "I Lose Myself". Contest winner get's up to $5,000 in prizes and their remix released on Mute. All the details are after the jump!    Contest Details per Beatport.com:   Ready to get lost in the music? Beatport is proud to announce Erasure's "I Lose Myself" remix contest, featuring the pumping electro-disco single from the band's new album for MUTE, "Tomorrow's World." This is your chance to collaborate with two of synth-pop's veritable icons, Andy...

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Mute: Balanescu Quartet performing The Model (live)

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Mute: An Introduction To… a new series from Mute

An Introduction To… is a series of Mute compilations. Neither a "best of" nor a "greatest hits" but rather a series of compilations giving a revealing introduction to the world of Mute's Artists. "This is the Balanescu Quartet" is a 12-track album including re-interpretations of Kraftwerk classics and seminal works composed and selected by the Balanescu Quartet, one of the most visionary string quartets of our time. "Konnecting" is a 15-track collection of electro-pop songs bringing together for the first time the works and three guises of electronic pioneers David Baker and Simon Leonard - I Start...

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HOME recommends: SixToes!

Most of our readers should be familiar with the name SixToes, having remixed a couple of Depeche Mode tracks in recent years. But what you might not know is that the London based sextet have an absolutely stunning new video out as a teaser from their forthcoming album. This is definitely a band to keep your eyes on - especially if you're a Depeche Mode fan. SixToes' remix of "Peace" features on the forthcoming "Remixes 2: 81-11", out on Mute on June 6th, with remixes of "Come Back" and "Jezebel" also out.

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