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Vince Clarke, London School of Economics, review: more PowerPoint presentation than hi-tech synth-pop

• Deep in the bowels of Holborn, the archetypal keyboard shadowlurker shrouded himself once more in comforting technology. Vince Clarke might be the synthpop genius who founded Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure, but ever since he relinquished the singer’s spot in Depeche to Dave Gahan in 1980 he’s hidden behind side-of-stage synthesisers while colourful and charismatic singers such as Alison Moyet and Andy Bell razzle-dazzle his music for him.