John Foxx

PARALLEL LIVES FILM: ALEX PROYAS (BY KIND PERMISSION) MUSIC:...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:26:00 -0500

PARALLEL LIVES

FILM: ALEX PROYAS (BY KIND PERMISSION)

MUSIC: JOHN FOXX & STEVE D’AGOSTINO

‘I think apart from his incredibly cinematic lyrics, John’s music has always conjured entire movies in my head when I listen to it. I think it’s his mastery of atmosphere that has stayed with me through the years. If I could only make a movie as textured and evocative as John’s music I would be a happy man.’

ALEX PROYAS - DIRECTOR OF THE MOVIES I, ROBOT, THE CROW & DARK CITY

JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS - ‘EVERGREEN’ (RADIO EDIT)...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:48:56 -0500

JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS - ‘EVERGREEN’ (RADIO EDIT) 2011

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donpinguin: brilliant soundtrack guys! check it out.. and the...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:09:08 -0500

donpinguin:

brilliant soundtrack guys! check it out.. and the film too if you don’t know it yet.

apartmenthouse1776: John Foxx (Ultravox) My Sex! (Munich) photo...

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apartmenthouse1776:

John Foxx (Ultravox) My Sex! (Munich) photo by Uwe Möntmann

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Image by John Foxx. Part of the artwork for the 2008 live album,...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:10:56 -0500

Image by John Foxx. Part of the artwork for the 2008 live album, Neuro Video.

John Foxx And The Maths at Benge’s studio in London.

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John Foxx And The Maths at Benge’s studio in London.

astradyne: Ultravox - Past, Present And Future fanzine 1979...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:55:10 -0500

astradyne:

Ultravox - Past, Present And Future fanzine 1979 (part 5)

including ‘The Quiet Man’ short story by John Foxx

"Yeah, I always seem to write about the basic level; a man, a woman and a city. It’s because I am an..."

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:52:53 -0500

“Yeah, I always seem to write about the basic level; a man, a woman and a city. It’s because I am an urban creature most of the time. I think that’s increasingly relevant now because I think most people do live in cities and I think it is very interesting what happens in that environment. We alter ourselves constantly to live in it, to survive in it and that process has very poetic levels. I don’t want to sound pretentious, but it is very moving the way people accommodate each other and the city that they live in, and try to build this environment together. You almost have to dissolve yourself, re-incorporate yourself with the city in order to make it work on any level. All those tiny interactions and the major draws and minor draws that result from all that. I find it endlessly fascinating. I could sit in a cafe all day and some times I do. It’s like being part of a beautiful ocean that is constantly moving. A lot of what I sing about is trying to describe some of that process.”

- John Foxx (via passing-strangers)

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'Trapped In This'

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'Trapped In This' :

Exquisite Corpse is a Surrealist take on an old parlour game called Consequences, in which participants write a word or phrase on a piece of paper, then pass it on, but each new contributor is only allowed to read part of what’s already been written.

When the Surrealists tried it they came up with “Le cadavre / exquis / boira / le vin / nouveau” (The exquisite corpse will drink the young wine) and the name stuck.

You can make up your own rules for the game, as we did. Because we wanted lots of musicians/writers to take part (40 ended up doing so), and a story that would hopefully be fluid and make some sense (you be the judge of that), we allowed players to read every contribution before adding theirs.

We initially insisted that contributions be kept to a single sentence. That didn’t work out, because we didn’t have the balls to tell Ian Rankin to re-submit his entry. We subsequently requested something short and simple, and that, of course, is a tough ask of many musicians/writers. As such, we refused five contributions, cut down and edited four that were decadent or over-long, and corrected grammar.

The writers included John Foxx, Robert Wyatt, The Horrors, Gary Numan, Billy Childish, Brian Eno, Gazelle Twin, Luke Haines and Anna Calvi.

The Weird

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:14:37 -0500

The Weird :

Brilliant collection of short stories by the likes of Neil Gaiman, Borges, Kafka and Haruki Murakami.

John Foxx And The Maths Featuring Matthew Dear

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:03:47 -0500

John Foxx And The Maths Featuring Matthew Dear:

Taken from the new album, The Shape Of Things (Out on 19 March, 2012 on Metamatic Records)

KNIGHTS ELECTRIC PART 3

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KNIGHTS ELECTRIC PART 3

KNIGHTS ELECTRIC PART 2

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:00:43 -0500

KNIGHTS ELECTRIC PART 2

KNIGHTS ELECTRIC (PART 1) The four tracks from John Foxx’s...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:58:55 -0500

KNIGHTS ELECTRIC (PART 1)

The four tracks from John Foxx’s Metamatic in the film are:-

UNDERPASS (opening sequence)
FILM 1
NO-ONE DRIVING
MR NO (closing sequence)

Knights Electric is 24 minutes long and was played in cinemas as an opener for more high-profile sci-fi and futuristic films.
According to the director - it was quite a wow when it played at cinemas – people actually preferring it to the main picture it went out with.

Light Machine

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:55:13 -0500

Light Machine