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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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