Christopher Anton ’s new release, the digital Maxi-Single “Fade to Grey” has captured the techno inspired synth pop sound of his former top hit band Information Society . Christopher Anton offers a new spin on Visage 's 1980 dance track for the 30 year anniversary of its release.

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“Fade to Grey is a brilliant song. My producer and band mate Nick Tutone has changed it up a bit...It's reconfigured and aggressive”, Christopher Anton said about the release. “I was inspired to do this song because I believe there is a large audience that has yet to be introduced to this track which did very well in Europe in the 80's but failed to register much here in the U.S.”

Christopher Anton 's new release is a culmination of electronic music influences from Depeche Mode , to La Roux , the latter of which has reintroduced electronica into the main stream for the 2010's. Christopher Anton 's label, San Antonio based Mirror Piece Records, plans to follow up “Fade to Grey” with a full length Christopher Anton album entitled "Destination: X” this Spring.??

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“Fade to Grey” is produced by electronic industrial music producer Nick Tutone , and also features Christopher Anton 's band mate Donna Jean on the spoken word portion of the song.

“Fade to Grey” will be available as a digital release on January 12th exclusively at www.bandcamp.com . The release will include three versions of the track, including a remix by Astrotek with a bonus music video produced by audio visual pop artist Falcotronik included with the download.

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It's nearly Christmas, so here's our fabulous, festive, fun-packed Christmas mailer! It's filled to the brim with exciting news and competitions, so make sure you read on.

How about this for a Christmas present? You may have seen we launched a competition last week with an AMAZING prize - tickets to see Alphabeat supporting Lady Gaga at the 02 in February, AND a chance to meet Alphabeat backstage.

We're not just giving it away, you to have to earn it! Get your creative thinking cap on, and design an Alphabeat Christmas Card. You could get out the scissors, glue and glitter, or just show off your photoshop skills - whatever lets you create the most snazzy, stylish and, most importantly, festive card!

Send a picture of the finished card to alphabeatcompetition@gmail.com by the 3rd of January to be in with a chance of winning.

If all this Alphabeat news has made you itch to get hold of the new album, why not preorder your copy now? 'The Spell' will hit the shelves on March 1st, so to guarantee your copy, preorder here.

Alphabeat would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Watch their message below.

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Alphabeat are not only wishing you a Merry Christmas, they are granting your wishes too! If you click here and tell Alphabeat what you want for Christmas, you might be lucky enough for it to come true!

If you feel your social network pages are lacking in a bit of festive cheer, here's the answer: You can add a touch of sparkle to your facebook page by adding the Alphabeat Christmas Facebook application here, or adding this widget to your myspace or blog .

If you haven't got round to sending Christmas cards this year, it's not too late! You can still send Christmas greetings to all of your friends by sending them your own customised Alphabeat Christmas e-card, featuring a video message from the band. Click here to get started.

2009 is nearly over, so you've been sending us your Alphabeat Highlights of the year! Thanks to everyone who sent through their best moments, pictures and videos from the past year. Here are some of our favourites:

Tom Davidson's highlight was seeing Alphabeat play live in Manchester. He was even lucky enough to meet Stine afterwards! Check out the great photo:

Fraser Hynd:
"Alphabeat at the Classic Grand in Glasgow was my best gig of 2009....by far!

Loved hearing the new songs especially DJ (please release it as a single)

Here's my video from the show."

Anthony Hawkins:
"My Alphabeat highlight of the year was definitely meeting Anders SG and Stine backstage in Newcastle.

"The gig was incredible, I love the fun that these guys always have on stage, they just make EVERYONE want to sing along and dance! They happily signed my Alphabeat t-shirt that I'd bought at their last gig in Newcastle and I haven't been able to wear it out of the house since, it's far too special. I cannot wait till their new album comes out, and I'm pretty sure it'll be one of the best albums of 2010!"

Matthew Peck's favourite moment was "hearing the new tunes for the first time in Brighton. It was a great set." You can check out his rather brilliant collection of photos from the gig here.

Jeremy Owens' highlight was "Learning that the band would be opening for LADY GAGA. That's huge! Congrats to them all and I hope it goes well."

We couldn't agree more - bring on 2010!

The video premiere of the brilliant new single 'Hole In My Heart' will now be brought to you in the New Year. It's still getting some finishing touches to make sure the final result is just perfect! In the meantime, we can whet your appetite with a sneak peak at these stills from the video. Keep an eye on your inbox in January, when we'll bring you news of the video premiere.

Here's to 2010... with a new Erasure album, a potential Erasure tour and solo material from Andy Bell already in the pipeline... it's already shaping up to be an excellent year!

"A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR GORGEOUS ERASURE PEOPLE!"
That's the festive message for you from Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, but that's not all they sent! They also sent over a song which you can listen to on the website. 'Dream A Little Dream' is a gentle, stripped-down acoustic version of the classic song made famous by The Mamas & The Papas and you can hear it on the homepage and the news page of the website... enjoy!

FREE DOWNLOAD OF A NEW 'A LITTLE RESPECT' REMIX
Mute Records have also sent over a gift for you, a free download of a new remix of 'A Little Respect' left over from The Innocents project earlier in the year. 'A Little Respect (GRN's 'Respectful' Radio Mix)' is, as the name indicates, a respectful remix that doesn't alter the original track too much and we hope you enjoy it. See the news section on the website for the download link.

THE INNOCENTS AT NUMBER FOURTEEN IN OUT MAGAZINE'S 'MOST IMPORTANT ALBUM' POLL
Out Magazine has just conducted a poll to list the ten most important albums in the lives of a panel of over one hundred gay actors, comedians, musicians, writers, critics, performance artists, label reps and DJs. David Bowie's 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' topped the poll and Erasure's The Innocents came in at number fourteen. You can see the top ten albums listed in the news section on the website.

FREE VINCE CLARKE REMIX IF YOU TWITTER ABOUT A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
Vince Clarke's remix of A Place To Bury Strangers' single 'In Your Heart' is being offered as a free download to anyone who helps spread the word about the band via Twitter. See the news section on the website for more details!

MIKE HALL TALKS ABOUT THE INNOCENTS...
Mike Hall was Vince Clarke's keyboard technician on The Innocents tour (and way beyond!) and he kindly agreed to answer my questions about those far off days for my increasingly erratic (but hopefully still enjoyable!) 'In Search Of The Innocents' blog. Mike's answers are fascinating and add yet another perspective to the story behind what is perhaps Erasure's best known album.

A BIT OF FUN ON FACEBOOK...
A new group has been set up on Facebook recently, the group is titled 'Get Vince Clarke to judge on X-Factor' and is calling for support in it's (unofficial!) mission. See the group's Facebook page for more details!

Thanks to: http://www.erasureinfo.com/