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Speak and Spell are pleased announce that we will be sharing the bill in Tonsberg with the one and only Vince Clarke. A personal hero of ours, a synth legend and founder of Depeche Mode. Vince will be performing a late/early hours DJ set after Speak and Spell’s regular gig. Keep an eye on this […]

A big thanks to all those who got there despite the closed Northern Line train. It was an all thriller, no filler shorter set in a 3/4 full O2 Academy. Also the UK debut for the Spook-a-phones. They performed well but some of the triggers need repairing. We don’t half hit them sometimes. Here they […]

GIG NEWS! Get to the O2 Academy 2 EARLY Saturday night (tomorrow) as the bands are starting early and turning around quickly . We’re gonna hit you thick and fast from door opening…. just the way you like it The live music STARTS AT 20.00! Tickets available here.  http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/YDH23112?brand=o2academyislington&camefrom=CFC_UK_AMG_O2ACADEMYISLINGTON_SPEAKANDSPELL See you there 

We recently returned from  a short 3 date tour of Germany where we were very honoured to share their stage with World Class classical musician Michal Matejcik, a wonderful man (yes we put that in bold on purpose) and extremely talented musician. We performed this on the Friday and Saturday and I’m pleased to say this […]

Alan Wilder in 1986 Building re-constructions of Alan Wilder’s 1986 sunflower spook-a-phone was really no small feat with several technical challenges and, dare I admit it, design changes.  Building, testing, rebuilding, re-testing all took its toll but the result is three spook-a-phones with 4 channels each. They had to be modular, easily repaired lightweight, robust, […]

Building a new website, spookaphones and organising a European tour we never sit still. New tracks from the Neubaten era are underway. 3 to be precise. so theres a fair bit of metal clonking and PPG programming.