In 2000, Vince Clarke and Martyn Ware combined forces and released the albums Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle and Pretentious. These two releases captured the relaxing nether world of ambient sculpturing and atmospheric soundscaping.

Since the turn of the millennium the pair have continued their project to assemble a totally unique collection of music.

The result is the epic House of Illustrious box set, consisting of 8 CD's of unreleased material plus the original two albums. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.