Музыка и песни Foxx, John And The Maths / Foxx, John And The Maths на CD

Artist: John Foxx And The Maths Label: Metamatic

The follow-up to their critically acclaimed Interplay album (2011), was recorded and mixed at Benge's studio in London. Like Interplay, it's the sound of analogue synthesizers and drum machines - and on one track feedbacking guitars played by Foxx himself. There's a raw, experimental edge to much of the material on the new album, which is linked together by a series of instrumentals. Although not overtly autobiographical, the tone of the songs is a lot more reflective and emotional than their previous work. Many of the lyrics explore feelings of loss over opportunities and lovers missed - possible futures that remain unlived. The electronic music created out of machines built 30 or 40 years ago creates an atmospheric, rough-edged accompaniment for this set of feelings and atmospheres. It's both analogue and forward-looking; echoes from the past but also still futuristic - a strange push and pull that mirrors the words perfectly. For the new shows Foxx and Benge will be joined on stage Record Label: Metamatic Style: Electro

Electro pioneer Foxx sounds more relevant in 2012 than he ever has. Dennis Leigh is 63. His alter-ego John Foxx is, however, ageless. As alien-handsome as he was 35 years ago while inventing synth-pop with the first line-up of Ultravox(!), this Lancashire-born cult hero of electronica has, at various points, been a photographer, video director, graphic artist and designer of book jackets. But something always pulls Foxx back to his singular and hugely influential music, and his marking out of a territory involving analogue synths, discreet metallic rhythms, pop-meets-classical tunes, urban dystopia, and a feel of European existential angst and detached alienation from a world of humans he doesn’t understand – or perhaps understands only too well. Like many an 80s synth maestro and 70s post-punk, Foxx has stuck to his sonic guns, and seen the world inevitably come back around to his way of thinking. He has never seemed so relevant, nor sounded so modern, as he does in 2012. Counting co Record Label: Metamatic Style: Ambient

The 15-track CD brings together collaborations with THE SOFT MOON, GAZELLE TWIN, XENO & OAKLANDER, TARA BUSCH and MATTHEW DEAR, plus a PINK FLOYD cover and some new FOXX/BENGE material. Meanwhile, regular Maths live band member HANNAH PEEL plays violin on two songs. "Evidence" is JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS' most atmospheric and darkly percussive album so far - built around stark, late night rhythms. The ambient spaces in the music allow for experiments with textures and mood, with dreamlike echoes of MASSIVE ATTACK, Dub (in spirit not pastiche), DEAD CAN DANCE and the ultra-introspective JAPAN. The edgy beats of the opening track "Personal Magnetism" are followed by "Evidence", featuring THE SOFT MOON's Luis Vasquez. Layers of sound whirl around FOXX's brooding, insomniac vocals, as he searches for answers in the early hours. The slow, minimalist "That Sudden Switch" takes the European art Record Label: Metamatic Style: Ambient