Depeche Mode's Martin Gore teams up with founding member Vince Clarke

Depeche Mode guitarist Martin Gore has teamed up with founding band member Vince Clarke for a new side project.

The pair have re-united to record a techno album which they are currently in the process of mixing. "Out of the blue I got an e-mail from [Clarke] just saying, 'I'm interested in making a techno album. Are you interested in collaborating?'," Gore told Billboard. "This was maybe nine months, a year ago. He said, 'No pressure, no deadlines,' so I said, 'OK,' and that's what we've been doing the last six months."

Clarke quit the band in 1981 and went on to form Yazoo and Erasure. He has had no contact with the band since, until now.

"It was something different, and we didn't have conversations about it," Gore said of their new project. "It was more just like e-mails and file-sharing. It was something completely different no vocals, all instrumental stuff."

Even the though the project will be "finished quite soon" the guitarist added, it might not see "the light of day for a while".

Clarke also contributed to Mode's new 'Remixes 2: 81-11' collection, putting a new spin on 'Behind The Wheel'.

Depeche Mode founders Vince Clarke and Martin Gore announce new album details

Vince Clarke and Martin Gore of the original Depeche Mode line-up have announced details of their collaborative album 'Ssss'.

Set for release on March 12 through Mute, the 10-track album sees the duo working together for the first time in over 30 years. Gore is still a member of Depeche Mode - current line-up pictured above - but Vince Clarke left the band after the release of their 1981 album 'Speak & Spell', before going on to make music with Erasure and Yazoo.

The album, which is being attributed to VCMG, was made with both men working separately from their own studios and developing tracks via email. 'Ssss' was written and produced by Clarke and Gore.

Last summer, Gore told Billboard that the project "was something different, and we didn't have conversations about it. It was more just like emails and filesharing. It was something completely different no vocals, all instrumental stuff."

The 'Ssss' tracklisting is:

'Lowly'
'Zaat'
'Spock'
'Windup Robot'
'Bendy Bass'
'Single Blip'
'Skip This Track'
'Aftermaths'
'Recycle'
'Flux'

My copy just arrived from UPS. I'll give it a spin later.