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John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}
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© 1980, 2007 Metamatic Records / Edsel Records / Demon Music | EDSD 2013
Synth-Pop / New Wave / Electronic

If you are a fan of Gary Numan, A Flock of Seagulls, the Human League, and other early 80s electronic artists, definitely check out John Foxx's works as he no doubt inspired them all. Metamatic is his first solo album after his stint as founder and vocalist with Ultravox. This album was first released in January 1980, and definitely has that Numan Pleasure Principle sound. A staple of the musical "futuristic" movement, Metamatic is darker and more detached than even Numan's early works. Foxx described this album as "carcrash" music.

John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Mirrorball (2009) {Metamatic Records META23CD}
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© 2009 Metamatic Records | META23CD
Electronic / Ambient / Synth-Pop / Experimental Electronic / Avant-Garde

Mirrorball is a melodically affecting exercise in ethereal ambience – precisely what you might expect from two artists whose CVs list collaborations with Harold Budd. That's not to set Budd up as an overarching influence, though: Foxx and Guthrie come to this album with their own long-established and distinctive pedigrees, the former as an electronic pioneer and the latter as chief architect of the Cocteau Twins' unique dream pop lullabies. Mirrorball bears the musical fingerprints of both, combining Guthrie's trademark hypnotic, echo-laden melodies with the kind of otherworldly, cavernous spaces that Foxx mapped on Cathedral Oceans.

John Foxx & Louis Gordon - The Pleasures Of Electricity (2001) {Metamatic Records META 004CD}
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© 2001 Metamatic Records | META 004 CD
Electronic / Experimental Electronic / Avant-Garde

Former Ultravox leader John Foxx continues to explore his minimal, electronic pop on THE PLEASURES OF ELECTRICITY. Taking a cue from Kraftwerk, one of Foxx's most obvious stylistic touchstones, PLEASURES is a streamlined monorail of lock-step computer-generated beats and wiry synthesizer melodies with an equal emphasis on dark, atmospherics and energized, danceable rhythms.

John Foxx and The Maths - Interplay (2011) {Metamatic META28CD}
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© 2011 Metamatic Records | META28CD
Synth Pop / Electronic / New Wave / Experimental Electronic / New Beat

The debut album by John Foxx And The Maths will be released by Metamatic Records on 21st March, 2011. Interplay is a collaboration between John Foxx and electronic composer and synthesizer collector, Benge (Ben Edwards). He's best known for his 2008 album, Twenty Systems which was described by Brian Eno as 'a brilliant contribution to the archaeology of electronic music.' The album will initially be available as a Deluxe Digipack limited to 1500 copies, designed by Jonathan Barnbrook whose previous work includes David Bowie's Heathen and Reality albums. Moody and atmospheric, but also full of songs that are actually more pop than avant garde, Interplay pulls various strands of electronic music together from early 80s electro to 70s Krautrock, even flashes of Cabaret Voltaire and Foxx s first band, Ultravox!

John Foxx - In Mysterious Ways (1985) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD2016 rel 2008}
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© 1985, 2008 Metamatic Records / Edsel Records / Demon Music | EDSD2016
Synth-Pop / New Wave / Electronic

"In Mysterious Ways", Foxx's fourth solo album, was released in 1985, and was preceded by the singles "Stars On Fire" and "Enter The Angel", both included here. Disc Two includes nine bonus tracks: non-album a- and b-sides, rarities as well as 6 previously unreleased tracks. The booklet contains the lyrics to all the songs as well as rare photos, and the singles sleeves.

John Foxx - The Golden Section Tour & The Omnidelic Exotour (2002) {2CD Edsel Records MEDCD 725 rec 1983, 1997}
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© 1983, 1997, 2002 Metamatic Records / Edsel Records / Demon Music | MEDCD 725
Synth-Pop / New Wave / Electronic

Full title - The Golden Section Tour + The Omnidelic Exotour with Louis Gordon. Rare live release for the Ultravox founder. Mastered from Foxes own tapes, disc one was recorded during the Golden Section Tour at The Dominion & Lyceum Theatres in London in October & December 1983, while disc two 'The Omnidelic Exotour', performed with Louis Gordon, was recorded 'live' in Ancoats, Manchester at A Certain Ratio's Warehouse & at Metamatic Studio, Manchester. 1997. The 1983 recordings are previously unreleased in any form. Gatefold digipak.

John Foxx - Assembly (1992) {Virgin CDVM 9002 rec 1979-1985}
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© 1979-85, 1992 Virgin Records | CDVM 9002
Synth Pop / Electronic / New Wave / Experimental Electronic / New Beat

Assembly was released in June 1992 as a retrospective compilation of Foxx's best work to date. Assembly contains tracks from his first four albums – Metamatic, The Garden, The Golden Section and In Mysterious Ways. The album was remastered for CD by Foxx himself, and was the first time many of his solo tracks had appeared on CD.