Bandcamp / Buy Since 1989, in and around writing the bulk of the songs recorded by Depeche Mode, Martin Gore has been slowly building a solo discography. Itâs a humble side hustle comprising cover versions or, as on MG, modular-synth instrumentals, some of which originated as demos for his bandâs 2013 album Delta Machine. But with Gore having no one to please but himself, heâs free to make weirder and more dynamic sounds than he would dare with the day job. The Third Chimpanzee is his darkestâand strongestâsolo work yet. The five instrumentals, all of them named after different primates, have the overdriven sting of vintage industrial, with bone-shuddering bass and the nastiest synth eruptions that he has elicited since Depeche Modeâs 1997 album