{"title":"Andy Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Bell is a talented guitarist, bassist, and songwriter born on 11.08.1970 in Cardiff, Wales. With an impressive musical background, he has established himself as a prominent figure in the music industry. Andy's career includes being a former partner of *a641125*. His unique style and passion for music have earned him recognition among fans and critics alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAndy Bell's music resonates with fans who appreciate artists like Ride, Pale Blue Eyes, Steve Mason, The Reds Pinks and Purples, GLOK, Flyying Colours, Gruff Rhys, Tim Burgess, Maps, Michael Head \u0026amp; The Red Elastic Band,Gaz Coombes,Hammish Hawk,bdrmm,the Boo Radleys,Pye Corner Audio,the Telescopes Death and Vanilla Constant Smiles,Afflecks Palace,and Bleach Lab.His work showcases his versatility as a musician while captivating listeners with his distinctive sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you're looking to explore the diverse world of alternative rock and indie music or simply want to discover new sounds that push boundaries,\u003cem\u003e Andy Bell\u003c\/em\u003e's discography is definitely worth exploring. Whether it's his solo projects or collaborations with other talented musicians,\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"the-view-from-halfway-down","title":"The View From Halfway Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eRide guitarist \/ singer Andy Bell releases his debut solo album \u003ci\u003eThe View From Halfway Down\u003c\/i\u003e. The product of a gradual, four-year process and finished during lockdown, the album was entirely written and recorded by Andy, engineered by Gem Archer and mastered by Heba Kadry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in 2016, Andy was inspired by David Bowie’s death to be more proactive about finishing his songs, more confident about sharing them and to channel all of this into finally making a solo album. He laid down some tracks in former Beady Eye and Oasis bandmate Gem’s studio, but got diverted when Ride’s live reunion blossomed into a full return. A run of two albums, an EP and two world tours later, it would take a pandemic to give Andy the space to complete \u003ci\u003eThe View From Halfway Down\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the ecstatic psych pop of \u003ci\u003eLove Comes In Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, to the heady loops of\u003ci\u003e Indica\u003c\/i\u003e and deeply groove-led \u003ci\u003eSkywalker,\u003c\/i\u003e the eight tracks mix summery melodies with soundscapes and studio experimentation. The end result sits neatly between Ride’s widescreen shoegaze and GLOK’s textured electronics, variously inspired by The Stone Roses, Spacemen 3, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Beta Band, Stereolab, Neu!, Can, John Fahey, The Kinks, The La’s, The Who and the United States Of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo there you have it. The near death of a cartoon anti-hero and the actual death of a music legend, feeling the calm within a global pandemic and a musical turning point halfway through life all add up to one glorious, technicolour whole.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417648927051,"sku":"1132124","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50417649647947,"sku":"1099401","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b9ba553b-d818-4cff-85d3-1825b6f67f41_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726734524"},{"product_id":"torsten-in-queereteria-deluxe","title":"Torsten In Queereteria - Deluxe","description":"\u003cp\u003eA strictly limited edition CD packaged in a richly illustrated, deluxe, 48 page hardback art book. This edition contains several exclusive features :- A bonus track, an edit of an unreleased remix by Bronski Beat of the most popular Torsten song, \u003ci\u003eI Don’t Like\u003c\/i\u003e, from the first album \u003ci\u003eTorsten The Bareback Saint. \u003c\/i\u003eLots of colour art and treated photographs of Andy Bell in the role of Torsten. A six Torsten poem sequence, \u003ci\u003eFilthy, Rhymey Murk\u003c\/i\u003e, which offers insights into further episodes of Torsten’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTorsten In Queereteria\u003c\/i\u003e is the third solo album by Andy Bell (Erasure) performing as alter-ego Torsten, a gender-fluid, semi-immortal who, having loved and lost many during an unnaturally elongated life, is left haunted by his lifetime of bittersweet memories. \u003ci\u003eTorsten In Queereteria\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique pop \/ musical theatre collaboration between Erasure singer Andy Bell, poet \/ playwright Barney Ashton-Bullock and musician Christopher Frost. This new album, three years in the making, is structured around fourseparate themed ‘Acts’ which deal with different aspects of both Torsten’s life story and his self-realisation; each song designed as if a postcard insight into a particular hot-spot of memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SFE","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448959177035,"sku":"1066353","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/10a0a1eb-ce3d-4458-a371-5796a6e4f88b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727097704"},{"product_id":"variance-iii-the-torsten-in-queereteria-remixes","title":"Variance III - The ‘Torsten In Queereteria’ Remixes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA strictly limited edition 1,000 copy pressing of an outré, ultra-synth, pop-dance remix celebration of tracks from Erasure singer \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell’s\u003c\/strong\u003e cult-theatrical side project, \u003cem\u003eTorsten\u003c\/em\u003e, in which he performs as his acclaimed ‘semi-immortal, polysexual sensualist’ alter-ego.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVariance III - The ‘Torsten In Queereteria’ Remixes\u003c\/em\u003e features two reworks by electronic pop legends \u003cstrong\u003eBronski Beat\u003c\/strong\u003e who have dance remixed the fans’ two most popular \u003cem\u003eAndy Bell is Torsten\u003c\/em\u003e songs, \"\u003cem\u003eI Don’t Like\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eWe Hadn’t Slept For Twenty Years\u003c\/em\u003e\" in their signature retro electropop style!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEuro-poptastic remixer \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Pop\u003c\/strong\u003e has created an evocative dance floor smash from the emotional \u003cem\u003eAndy Bell is Torsten\u003c\/em\u003e torch song \"\u003cem\u003eNot Opting Out\u003c\/em\u003e\"; this definitive remix is \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell’s\u003c\/strong\u003e personal favorite of all the reworks ever done from his critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eTorsten\u003c\/em\u003e songbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrevious \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e collaborators, synth wizards \u003cstrong\u003eShelter\u003c\/strong\u003e, have also remixed a variant upbeat version of the \u003cem\u003eAndy Bell is Torsten\u003c\/em\u003e single \"\u003cem\u003eWe Hadn’t Slept For Twenty Years\u003c\/em\u003e\", a song celebrated by delighted audiences as the heart-wrenching closing song of the recent \u003cem\u003eQueereteria TV\u003c\/em\u003e stage show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA further highlight is the deftly atmospheric electronic re-working of \"\u003cem\u003eLowland Lowriders\u003c\/em\u003e\" by \u003cstrong\u003eJerome Froese\u003c\/strong\u003e (ex-\u003cem\u003eTangerine Dream\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVariance III\u003c\/em\u003e also includes two completely new songs \"\u003cem\u003eLead Me\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eJudgement\u003c\/em\u003e\" that are exclusive to this album!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe CD also includes four bonus tracks, a variant \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e solo version of \"\u003cem\u003eIf We Want To Drink A Little\u003c\/em\u003e\" (previously a duet on the \u003cem\u003eQueereteria\u003c\/em\u003e album with \u003cstrong\u003eHazel O’Connor\u003c\/strong\u003e), as well as the edit versions of songs, as issued to radio stations, of \"\u003cem\u003eSilence Is Golden\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eNot Opting Out\u003c\/em\u003e\", and \"\u003cem\u003eWe Hadn’t Slept For Twenty Years\u003c\/em\u003e\", the last of which boasts alternative lyrics!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collectible limited edition CD is packaged in a miniature LP style gatefold sleeve with new photos and a message from Team \u003cem\u003eTorsten\u003c\/em\u003e about this ‘endgame’ release.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SFE","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50449020158283,"sku":"1085707","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/29977e52-df89-4528-a3cf-f532085ba645_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727098566"},{"product_id":"all-on-you-ep","title":"All On You EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited edition 7” vinyl version of the \u003ci\u003eAll On You\u003c\/i\u003e EP, featuring four acoustic tracks originally recorded for radio sessions, including a cover of Paris Angels’ classic\u003ci\u003e Perfume\u003c\/i\u003e. Pressed on green vinyl. The sleeve is reverse board with an inside print.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Green | 7\"","offer_id":50461146022219,"sku":"1114952","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/08218e74-b6a6-4acb-99f9-5bbfaf11423a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727243999"},{"product_id":"flicker","title":"Flicker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlicker\u003c\/i\u003e is the second album from Ride guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell. Written almost as a conversation with his teenage self, it follows the triumphant solo debut that was 2020’s \u003ci\u003eThe View From Halfway Down\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 18-track double album finds Andy moving towards classic songwriting, notably on the reflective lead single ‘Something Like Love’, the strident harmonies of ‘World of Echo’, the joyous refracted loops of ‘Jenny Holzer B. Goode’ and the fuzz-laden late-’60s balladeering of ‘Love Is The Frequency’. Stylistically, the four sides of \u003ci\u003eFlicker \u003c\/i\u003etake in everything from modern psychedelia to fingerpicked folk, whimsical baroque pop, and Byrdsian 12-string beauty. It’s a breathtaking array and makes it even more abundantly clear that Andy has entered a purple patch in his songwriting, hitting a new velocity in contrast to his initial inhibitions about becoming a solo artist. He gradually overcame these after the passing of David Bowie in 2016, with the Thin White Duke’s bountiful 50 years of music providing inspiration from beyond the grave.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Clear LPx2","offer_id":50465338556747,"sku":"1141482","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50465339048267,"sku":"1141481","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e60cb421-4c89-42ee-b0fc-7d655fd5c62a_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727286611"},{"product_id":"untitled-film-stills","title":"Untitled Film Stills","description":"\u003cp\u003eSongs that inspired \u003ci\u003eFlicker\u003c\/i\u003e by Yoko Ono, Pentangle, The Kinks and Arthur Russell. “The idea was that I would be covering songs which helped in some way to colour in the edges of the picture of the influences that make up Flicker,” explains Andy.“The song ‘Jenny Holzer B. Goode’ on the album refers to a few of the female artists from the music and art worlds who I find inspiring, including Yoko Ono, so it felt right to include a cover of ‘Listen, The Snow Is Falling’, my favourite Yoko Ono song. “Pentangle’s ‘Light Flight’ came out in 1970, the year I was born, and I’ve loved it ever since I heard it on the 1997 folk compilation Transatlantic Ticket. “Nat Cramp, the head honcho of Sonic Cathedral, requested that I cover ‘The Way Love Used To Be’. I’d never heard this song despite being a big fan of The Kinks, but it’s lovely and it felt very natural to do a version of. All hail Ray Davies! “Arthur Russell has been a big reference point for all my music away from ‘band world’. There is something impressionistic and open-ended about his records. I guess you could describe the production style I’m trying for on ‘Our Last Night Together’ as ‘World Of Echo meets This Mortal Coil doing Skip Spence’.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eA1. Listen, The Snow Is Falling\u003cbr\u003eA2. Light Flight\u003cbr\u003eB1. The Way Love Used To Be\u003cbr\u003eB2. Our Last Night Together\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Clear | 10\"","offer_id":50466824094027,"sku":"1170069","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ccfb1f9e-d272-4bf1-b0c8-2e129d7ce2ca_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727323582"},{"product_id":"the-grounding-process","title":"The Grounding Process","description":"\u003cp\u003eStripped down versions of tracks from \u003ci\u003eFlicker.\u003c\/i\u003e “On my debut solo album The View From Halfway Down I did all of my promotion via Zoom and pre-recorded interviews and acoustic sessions,” explains Andy of the EP. “I enjoyed making the acoustic versions and decided to do some more for this album.” “‘Something Like Love’ is the most popular song from Flicker and one of the oldest, starting life in the ’90s. It’s probably the only one that dates back to the Ride era.“The riffs for ‘World Of Echo’ were written while I was on tour with Oasis, at the height of my La’s obsession. It went through a few iterations from then onwards, but never had a final melody until last year.“’She Calls The Tune’ was the first song I wrote after I joined Oasis, ending a period of writers’ block which I had started going through some time in 1999. The very first performance of it was to an audience of Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer and Richard Ashcroft in a Milan hotel room. No pressure! I don’t think I ever saw this as an Oasis song, but I have them to thank for the fact that I was able to write songs again at all.” ‘Lifeline’ was another riff I came up with while on tour with Oasis. I remember being on a UK tour with Shack, and sitting around backstage on acoustics with Mick and John Head jamming around the Simon \u0026amp; Garfunkel version of ‘Scarborough Fair’. The riff for ‘Lifeline’ followed soon after. It was always called ‘Lifeline’ but I never found the right lyric for it until recently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eA1. Something Like Love\u003cbr\u003eA2. World Of Echo\u003cbr\u003eB1. She Calls The Tune\u003cbr\u003eB2. Lifeline\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Clear | 10\"","offer_id":50466852372811,"sku":"1170068","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/30e10c13-80e8-42c9-b56e-fb45829af85c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727325659"},{"product_id":"i-am-a-strange-loop","title":"I Am A Strange Loop","description":"\u003cp\u003eReworkings of songs from \u003cem\u003eFlicker\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e, Maps, Richard Norris and bdrmm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“It was so great to see what came back when I gave these tracks from \u003cem\u003eFlicker\u003c\/em\u003e to various comrades, friends and heroes to play with,” says Andy. “They’ve given them a new technicolour life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e requested the opening track as he had formed a bit of a connection with it, and what he came up with turns the song into an hallucinogenic beast, taking pride of place here as the opening track but in a whole different way to how \u003cem\u003eFlicker\u003c\/em\u003e opens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“James Chapman AKA Maps has taken ‘It Gets Easier’ to a bigger, brighter and shinier place, he’s given quite a downbeat track a euphoric and epic sheen. James is an absolute master of electronic production and he’s taken the same care and attention over this remix as he does with his own wonderful music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“I couldn’t put Richard Norris’ lovely widescreen take on ‘Something Like Love’ better than the man himself – in his own words he found the ‘hitherto undiscovered sweet spot between ‘Roscoe’ and ‘Outdoor Miner’’ and he tapped into the melancholy euphoria at the core of the song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“bdrmm’s remix of ‘Way Of The World’ is one for headphones. There are so many great moments to love, all held together by a bassline worthy of Jah Wobble (by way of Andrew Weatherall). Astonishing!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1. The Sky Without You (David Holmes Radical Mycology Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA2. It Gets Easier (Maps Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB1. Something Like Love (Richard Norris Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB2. Way Of The World (bdrmm Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"Clear | 10\"","offer_id":50466853290315,"sku":"1170070","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/bf2c2665-8eeb-4d60-b44e-a1643107b3f6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727325747"},{"product_id":"torsten-the-bareback-saint","title":"Torsten the Bareback Saint","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe CD is housed in a deluxe 36 page hardback book containing the full libretto and production photographs. In an amazing and surprising career move and, in his own words, \"the biggest challenge of my career so far\", Erasure's Andy Bell is 'Torsten The Bareback Saint'. Andy sings in character as an age-defying polysexual in an all new solo album that is the soundtrack to the theatre show of the same name. A theatre show that is headlining the Assembly - Venue One, George Square at the 2014 Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and which, even before opening, has been already been named in The Times newspaper as being in their Times 2 'Top Ten Pick Of The Fringe'.'Torsten The Bareback Saint' is a highly theatrical and moving song-cycle of lyrical postcards from the hotspots of an outsider's memory; memories from a life lived as a semi-immortal, learned sensualist. Andy Bell as 'Torsten' sings deeply affecting expositional songs that incrementally illuminate his extraordinarily mysterious life as a man disconcerted by his own bizarre experience of the nature of passing time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Red","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467870769483,"sku":"378222","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c75c2c91-e8f4-40d6-b13b-231ffdbacee0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727342760"},{"product_id":"another-view","title":"Another View","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompilation album featuring Pye Corner Audio remixed tracks from 2020’s \u003ci\u003eThe View from Halfway Down\u003c\/i\u003e Andy Bell’s critically acclaimed album and some unreleased acoustic versions. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50501627150667,"sku":"1114949","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8d52798d-2862-4959-9843-f5c436409644_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727785711"},{"product_id":"strange-loops-and-outer-psyche","title":"Strange Loops and Outer Psyche","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe release marks the end of the campaign for Andy’s second solo album\u003ci\u003e Flicker\u003c\/i\u003e, which came out to great acclaim in February 2022, and rounds up 16 tracks from his recent run of three EPs (I Am A Strange Loop, The Grounding Process and Untitled Film Stills) that were made up of remixes, acoustic versions and covers of songs that inspired the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new CD release includes four tracks that weren’t included on the original limited-edition vinyl releases. It also includes his fuzzed-up cover of Yoko Ono’s song ‘Listen, The Snow Is Falling’ – which was recently given the official seal of approval when Yoko herself tweeted the video to her 4.5 million followers – and the majestic Maps remix of ‘It Gets Easier’, as heard on Lauren Laverne’s show on BBC Radio 6 Music. There are further remixes by David Holmes, Richard Norris, bdrmm, A Place To Bury Strangers and Claude Cooper, as well as covers of songs by The Kinks, Arthur Russell and Pentangle and five fragile acoustic takes on album tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Almost a year to the day since I released my second album\u003ci\u003e Flicker\u003c\/i\u003e, here is a technicolour companion piece that pulls together the tracks from the EPs to colour in the edges of the record,” says Andy. “Influences, stripped down acoustic reworks and remixes by my friends, comrades and heroes all hopefully help the listener see where my head was when I made Flicker, but also it stands up as a decent listen in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e”The CD was mastered in New York by Heba Kadry and is sequenced like a mixtape, which makes for a proper listening experience. “Hatful Of Hollow is my favourite Smiths album, just saying,” explains Andy. “Thanks to everyone who supported my music in 2022, I appreciate you all, see you in 2023.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50512025190731,"sku":"2005160","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/unnamed_35bef5d4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727897234"},{"product_id":"pinball-wanderer","title":"Pinball Wanderer","description":"\u003cp\u003eRide guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell’s third solo album pinball wanderer is an otherworldly collection of intergalactic wizardry that mixes psychedelic melodies, Can-via-The Stone Roses grooves and Arthur Russell-style experimental textures.With guest appearances from Dot Allison and Neu! legend Michael Rother on a cover of The Passions’ peerless post-punk classic ‘I’m In Love With A German Film Star’, it is perfect for both deep-listening headphones moments and cutting across the coolest, most understated dancefloors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe loose-limbed rhythm tracks were the starting point and were laid down with the help of Andy’s old Oasis bandmate Gem Archer. The rest followed after an intense all-night session last summer, with the completed album being delivered the following morning. It’s Andy’s finest work to date; a quintessential nighttime record where you can slip through the gaps in the notes and revel in the moment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonic Cathedral","offers":[{"title":"LP - Magenta | Signed Copy","offer_id":51053668663627,"sku":"2237976","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Blue","offer_id":51053668041035,"sku":"2237975","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51053667418443,"sku":"2237974","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8234c538-0e63-8621-6f7d-c8bb8c0ac67c_2282e07a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1736253392"},{"product_id":"ten-crowns","title":"Ten Crowns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e (Erasure) releases a new solo album, \u003cem\u003eTen Crowns\u003c\/em\u003e. The new album features 10 brand new tracks of dazzling, joyous pop, inspired by the dancefloor and gospel, which includes an incredible collaboration with \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e's idol \u003cstrong\u003eDebbie Harry\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen Crowns\u003c\/em\u003e was written with, and produced by, the Grammy-winning US producer, remixer, and DJ, \u003cstrong\u003eDave Audé\u003c\/strong\u003e. The first track released, \u003cem\u003eBreaking Thru the Interstellar\u003c\/em\u003e, is also the track that opens the album with a cosmic flash, and sees \u003cstrong\u003eAndy\u003c\/strong\u003e dance us “towards another paradise… ready for a new dimension\/On our galactic journey”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by \u003cstrong\u003eAndy\u003c\/strong\u003e’s love of reading BBC science magazines, and the possible existence of wormholes that allow travel through space, the song also reminds him of \u003cem\u003eBoney M\u003c\/em\u003e's ‘Nightflight to Venus’ and \u003cem\u003eLeila K\u003c\/em\u003e's ‘Open Sesame’. “It's on first because I wanted to let people know we're going to go for a ride now, you know!”.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Recordings","offers":[{"title":"LP - White","offer_id":51187874496843,"sku":"2242868","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2CD","offer_id":51187874201931,"sku":"2242493","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51187873907019,"sku":"2242492","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/PAS-2983461_5ab82df2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1738345250"},{"product_id":"the-crown-jewels","title":"The Crown Jewels","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited edition 4 CD box box set from Erasure’s Andy Bell, expanding his latest album \u003cem\u003eTen Crowns\u003c\/em\u003e. Carrying on where \u003cem\u003eTen Crowns\u003c\/em\u003e left off, this box set includes the original album and brand new tracks, including his cover version of the Olivia Newton John classic Xanadu plus new collaborations with Sophie Ellis Bextor and Keane’s Time Rice-Oxley. Plus 1 CD of new Remixes, 1 CD of Extended mixes and 1 CD of live recordings.  Packaged in a gold foil blocked box, with 50 page booklet of exclusive photos and brand new sleeve notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Recordings","offers":[{"title":"4CD","offer_id":55789786726731,"sku":"R5976-3371","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TheCrownJewels.jpg?v=1761650019"},{"product_id":"love-oneself-delicious","title":"Love Oneself \/ Delicious","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e, Erasure frontman and electronic pop icon, reissues his 2005 solo debut \u003cem\u003eElectric Blue\u003c\/em\u003e on 28th August 2026 via Planet Clique as a limited-edition deluxe triple multicolour blue vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRetitled \u003cem\u003eExtended Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, it arrives with a very belated third single from the album: a double A-side of brand-new 2026 mixes of \u003cem\u003eLove Oneself\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDelicious\u003c\/em\u003e, both featuring duet vocals from former Propaganda singer \u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Brücken\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally inspired by \u003cstrong\u003eDonna Summer\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Cowley\u003c\/strong\u003e, the new sixteen-minute remix of \u003cem\u003eLove Oneself\u003c\/em\u003e salutes the late 1970s disco era. The album was co-written and produced by \u003cstrong\u003eManhattan Clique\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose remix and production work also includes \u003cstrong\u003eKaty Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eBritney Spears\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLady Gaga\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOneRepublic\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMoby\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Human League\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSoft Cell\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOMD\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe B-52s\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eErasure\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA1: \u003cem\u003eLove Oneself\u003c\/em\u003e (Manhattan Clique 2026 Extended New York Remix)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB1: \u003cem\u003eLove Oneself Delicious\u003c\/em\u003e (Manhattan Clique 2026 Extended London Remix)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB2: \u003cem\u003eLove Oneself\u003c\/em\u003e (Andy Bell Version)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB3: \u003cem\u003eDelicious\u003c\/em\u003e (Andy Bell Version)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Renegade Records","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Red","offer_id":57921222607179,"sku":"R4071-3633","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-22at16.08.34.png?v=1784732967"},{"product_id":"electric-blue","title":"Electric Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e revisits his 2005 solo debut \u003cem\u003eElectric Blue\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003eExtended Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, a limited-edition deluxe triple multicolour blue vinyl. Available on vinyl again for the first time since October 2005, it restores the album’s full club-pop vision and adds bonus tracks and B-sides from the original sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives with a belated double A-side single, \u003cem\u003eLove Oneself\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDelicious\u003c\/em\u003e, both newly mixed for 2026 and featuring \u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Brücken\u003c\/strong\u003e. The sixteen-minute \u003cem\u003eLove Oneself\u003c\/em\u003e remix nods to late 1970s disco. \u003cstrong\u003eJake Shears\u003c\/strong\u003e joins \u003cstrong\u003eBell\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cem\u003eI Thought It Was You\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCo-written and produced by \u003cstrong\u003eManhattan Clique\u003c\/strong\u003e, the album features the UK Top 40 hit \u003cem\u003eCrazy\u003c\/em\u003e. This edition includes liner notes by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Earls\u003c\/strong\u003e, new interviews with \u003cstrong\u003eBell\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Larsen\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eChris Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e, plus sleeve artwork by \u003cstrong\u003eJames McWilliam\u003c\/strong\u003e using unseen 2005 photos by \u003cstrong\u003eTim Flach\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renegade Records","offers":[{"title":"3LP - Multicolour Blue","offer_id":57921266123083,"sku":"R2720-8184","price":59.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2026-07-22at16.14.58.png?v=1784733377"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_4a147271_thumbnail_4096_89081d90-9559-4e5d-9362-e6ee478c4e5b.jpg?v=1726734481","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/andy-bell.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}