MG

<a href="spotify:artist:6KQQ6ka4Thwww3kjYqrG0F">Martin Gore</a> will always be known as the co-founder and main lyricist and songwriter of British synth pop megastars <a href="spotify:artist:762310PdDnwsDxAQxzQkfX">Depeche Mode</a>, but he has occasionally stepped away from his full-time band in order to explore other sounds and moods via side projects. His first solo release was the Counterfeit EP, a collection of covers, in 1989; full-length follow-up Counterfeit² didn't arrive until 2003. In 2011, <a href="spotify:artist:6KQQ6ka4Thwww3kjYqrG0F">Gore</a> reunited with fellow <a href="spotify:artist:762310PdDnwsDxAQxzQkfX">Depeche Mode</a> co-founder <a href="spotify:artist:7zkGCcaPSB7nLCtaxEWWE1">Vince Clarke</a> for the first time in 30 years, resulting in techno side project <a href="spotify:artist:1zXYkLlzE33tpRwmhxCxRA">VCMG</a>, which released its debut full-length SSSS in 2012. In 2015, <a href="spotify:artist:6KQQ6ka4Thwww3kjYqrG0F">Gore</a> released a self-titled instrumental solo album as MG, moving away from the straightforward techno of <a href="spotify:artist:1zXYkLlzE33tpRwmhxCxRA">VCMG</a> and more toward cinematic experimental techno and IDM. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi