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Sat 24th Metamatic presents JOHN FOXX + Louis Gordon
John will play two shows.
SHOW ONE Entry is free on a first come, first serve basis if you arrive wearing a From Trash t-shirt, which you can get here. The show is also special because five of the songs John and Louis will perform on the night will be chosen by you. All you have to do is register with the mailing list here and reply to your 'welcome' email with a list of five songs from John Foxx's career that you'd really like them to perform. The more obscure the better!
SHOW TWO THIS EVENING SHOW HAS NOW SOLD OUT "The combined work of original Ultravox vocalist John Foxx and Manchester's electro producer Louis Gordon is a thoughtful journey into electronics, from the Germanic stomp of the title track to the Laurie Anderson washes of 'Never Let Me Go'. I'll give this four out of five." [DJ Magazine] As the original singer and main songwriter in Ultravox, John Foxx created the UK's first synthesizer-rock group, working with Brian Eno while David Bowie mixed conventional and leftfield influences together on his 1977 album 'Low'. "'From Trash' finds him and Gordon lurking in arty electro Elysium, a place where ennui-laden, robotic vocals glide into throbbing, thumping backbeats; 'A Million Cars' almost bursts into 'Tainted Love'. It's all leavened with a taste of Kraftwerk, especially the romantic 'Never Let Me Go'. Beneath the extraterrestrial exterior, Foxx appears to be having a whale of a time." [Q Magazine] In 1980 Foxx recorded his debut solo album 'Metamatic', a completely electronic set of songs that still influences artists to this day - Klaxons recently described it as a 'visionary' piece of music. Since then the self-styled "Quiet Man" has moved between film-making, graphic design, photography, art exhibitions and of course music, including two electro albums in the past 12 months; 'From Trash' (2006) and the brand new CD, 'Sideways' (2007). "There are some belters here: 'Another You' is a quirky pop song, 'Impossible' is Foxx at his Ultravox best, while 'Never Let Me Go' is vocoded loveliness. [Future Music] "Motorik sequencers, glistening synth pads and lyrics of vague, science fiction dystopia. To wit, the title track is a robotic anthem worthy of The Human League's 'Dare', 'Freeze Frame' is 'Computer World'-era Kraftwerk and 'Impossible' reassembles David Bowie's 'Always Crashing In The Same Car'." [Mojo] |
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