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John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}

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John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}

John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 560 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 202 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 20 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 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.

It is definitely inspired by the cold life of the city with people being reduced to liquid form. When listening to this CD, one hears the soundtrack of the period when the 1970s turned to the 1980s. "A New Kind of Man" has the factory pulse of early Wall of Voodoo, the dark "Blurred Girl" foreshadows A Flock of Seagulls' "The Fall", "Miles Away" is like Numan's "My Conversation" in pop form, "Touch and Go" sounds so much like Ultravox's "Mr. X" it makes one wonder if the track is a leftover from the Foxx years. It is not Foxx taking from others, but Foxx creating a type of music with themes that inspired a generation of songwriters. Still, Foxx added his own imagination to the music. As Foxx states, "We were constantly making new music for the cities. But rather than looking to America, I wanted to make a kind of music which might have happened if America had never existed. A sort of minimalist European urban electronic folk music. I had a picture of a future jukebox in some lost European motorway service station. I just listened to it play what became 'Metamatic.'" What makes this CD definitely worth the price are the additions. Seven bonus tracks are included, as well as lyrics to the original album tracks, several photos of Foxx, and a three-page mini bio of Foxx and the impact of Metamatic. It is a very impressive package.
John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}


Track Listing

CD1

01 - Plaza
02 - He's A Liquid
03 - Underpass
04 - Metal Beat
05 - No-One Driving
06 - A New Kind Of Man
07 - Blurred Girl
08 - 030
09 - Tidal Wave
10 - Touch And Go

John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}


CD2
01 - Film One
02 - This City
03 - To Be With You
04 - Cinemascope
05 - Burning Car
06 - Glimmer
07 - Mr. No
08 - Young Love
09 - 20th Century
10 - My Face
11 - Like A Miracle
12 - A New Kind Of Man
13 - He's A Liquid

John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}


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John Foxx / Metamatic (CD 2)

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John Foxx - Metamatic (1980) {2CD Deluxe Remastered Edition Edsel EDSD 2013 rel 2007}


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