Doublespeak

Erasure’s Vince Clarke, Blancmange’s Neil Arthur and the electronic producer-writer-synth-nerd Benge have joined forces to form the new project Doublespeak. Set to be released on May 29th 2026, their self-titled debut album revisits eleven of their favourite songs from the past four decades, each reimagined and renewed in the timeless space of gleaming analogue electronica. The roots of the project date back to the mutual respect shared between Depeche Mode and Blancmange during their early days. Neil Arthur subsequently recorded an unreleased track for Vince Clarke’s latter project The Assembly, but it wasn’t until 2017 when Neil suggested the initial idea for this project - and Vince was excited by the less obvious songs that had been suggested. A kindred spirit, Benge (real name Ben Edwards) also joined the project after he co-produced the previous six Blancmange albums and also collaborated with Neil on their Fader project. Here are the results of their work, seven years in the making – but in reality, much longer, drawing right the way back to ’70s radio, ’80s indie labels and the 21st century analogue synth revolution.