The Clarke and Ware Experiment / The House of Illustrious box set

Electro-pop legends Vince Clarke and Martyn Ware are to release a deluxe box set of ambient, atmospheric music on 26 November.

The two musicians collaborated twelve years ago, to produce the albums Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle and Pretentious and the pair have continued their project to assemble a totally unique collection of music.

The result is an ten-CD box set – The House of Illustrious – which includes the two albums mentioned above plus a host of unreleased material across eight additional CDs. The entire package is housed in a “unique collectable box set of the highest standard and quality”.

The House Of Illustrious is strictly limited to 1000 copies and none of the music will be released in physical format again.

In addition, each deluxe boxset is individually numbered and signed by Vince Clarke and Martyn Ware making it even more desirable and collectable.

The box set will retail at £79.95 and can be pre-ordered here.

The House of Illustrious / Track listing

disc 1 

• The 4th Place (63:26)
• The Game of Their Lives (07:45)

disc 2

• Knots Pt 1 (04:53)
• Knots Pt 2 (03:59)
• Knots Pt 3 (03:59)
• Knots Pt 4 (04:11)
• Knots Pt 5 (04:49)
• Transparent Mirrors (10:42)
• Virtual Wishing Tree (14:39)
• On Public Display (09:25)

disc 3

• New Ages of Man (06:12)
• Town and Country (14:33)
• Helios Suite (10:00)
• Imagine a World… (16:00)
• Timepiece (16:00)

disc 4 

• Shine (61:00)

disc 5 

• Everytime I See the Sea… (11:37)
• Diaspora Magnet (12:09)
• Tokyo Soundscape (02:17)
• Vegas (06:26)
• 2007 FPS A London Conversation (06:54)
• Ghost Machine (10:03)

disc 6

• Starbirth (23:08)
• Futurescape 1 (08:38)
• Futurescape 2 (08:46)
• Futurescape 3 (08:37)
• New City (07:22)

disc 7 

• SoundLife London (30:00)
• Kubla Khan Soundscape (03:13)
• Feelosophy (24:33)

disc 8

• The Sound of Diamonds (17:46)
• Sparking Reaction (24:00)
• Remote Experiments (05:42)

disc 9 – Pretentious 

• Music For Multiple Dimensions (14:17)
• Open Our Eyes (07:52)
• Too Deep For Tears (09:24)
• I Think I’m In Love (09:01)
• The East Is Falling (09:35)
• Wilderness/Turbulence (08:01)
• Disappearing Breakthroughs (06:39)
• The Light Far Away (07:43)

disc 10 – Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle

• White [you are in heaven] (12:37)
• Yellow [you are on a beach] (12:01)
• Red [you are in the womb] (12:39)
• Blue [you are underwater] (12:20)
• Green [you are in a forest] (12:03)
• White [you are in heaven again] (12:15)