Metamatic Forums John Foxx John Foxx bass guitar!

(to be said in the voice of Vivian Stanshall...)

Yes but I've always been very fond of the bass guitar parts on METAMATIC.

I'm guessing at the forthcoming Metamatic concerts,
the line-up will be the usual John & Louis one,
and no-one will be along to play bass...?

Good point (LOL) - I think that Jake Durant was brought in as bass parts were very "manual" pre midi or reliable sequencers becoming availiable.Witness Chris Cross on the Systems of Romance material live.
I have shamelessly offered my services to John many times for guitar/bass should the material require it...............!!!

I don't think there will be any real bass.... nor will John be sporting his big blonde quiff!

Auch come on, nobody with fingers would need a sequencer to play stuff like the bassline to "Underpass".

I remember being slightly surprised though when I read John Barker explain that the WHOLE album was played manually - particularly the jiggerty octave bits throughout 'No-one Driving'!

I'm no expert but I like it when it turns out that things which seemed so hi-tech back then were really quite lo-tech and 'manual'. I read something similar in an interview with W Cann about recording Vienna .. a lot of it seemed to have been done on a biscuit tin.

Willing, able and ready to report for duty.

I wish...

:p

Davy.

The repeating tenor synth on No One Driving was done by hocketing with the Roland Space echo doing a close single delay. It required much rehearsal and a steady nerve, coupled with drop-ins.

Hope that clears up that one.

Yeah, but which brand?

Arnotts? lol ...


Thanks for that info, John.

A GIANT thanks for this information John. Usually technical informations about Metamatic, and pop-synth in general, are limited to devices only. This description looks like there is also a virtuosity aspect also involved in Metamatic?