Vince Clarke
One of the Fathers of Synthpop - Former of Depeche Mode, later Yazoo with Alison Moyet, Erasure with Andy Bell
side project with the Assembly and other little projects, even a CD album with Heaven17 - members (Martyn Ware) was made in 1999.
Well known for a large number of Analog Synthesizers in his Studio and the use of a BBC Acorn B 8bit Computer.