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Just checked Townsend and my copy of My Lost City was posted today, so fingers crossed it'll be with me tomorrow. YIPPEE.

Peter

Having read your post Peter, I just logged in and checked my order status - and it said "SENT ON 25/02/09"... They've managed to post it in the future!

'Sent from the future'? Have you identified yourself to them as a Doctor Who fan, then?

My Lost hole ? Sorry,been looking in the future for it.Hitched a Moebius Strip back...

Just received my copy in this morning's post, which is pretty impressive considering I only ordered it online yesterday lunchtime.

I was actually undecided about this one as I've found some of John's instrumental work (particularly TCM) doesn't work so well without visuals and tends to be a bit too much like background music. However, I had a listen to the tracks on Myspace and was persuaded - looking forward to a pleasant evening with the headphones and the phone off the hook!

That was fast! Then again I don't see the point in pre-ordering. Anyway I'm hoping mine will have arrived this morning...

I'm still undecided about My Lost City. I will look forward to reading the reviews in the coming days.

It do like the two tracks on MySpace, especially Imperfect Hymn.

My Lost City

Think Of Cathedral Oceans Mixed with Tiny Colour Movies, then muliply that thought by 10.

In the words of my friend over at AFE, simply stunning.

This has got to be Foxx's best instrumental (I use that word cautiously, as we have the heavenly Latinesque vocals of CO) album.

"Hawksmoor Orbital" and "Scene 27-Intro to The Voice Behind the Wallpaper, Trellick Tower 3am" (this track is just so beautiful) are standouts for me on first listen.

Anyone doubting this album, dispel those doubts right now, Foxx has delivered a winner (yet again).

I appreciate the sentiment,
but you're being somewhat anachronistic - the sorts of synths John Foxx first encountered (miniMoog, Arp Odyssey, EMS AKS/VCS3) didn't even have memories to let you store the sounds, never mind presets or 'demo' buttons.
And if you listen to a certain album called "Metamatic", you'll here what John Foxx did with the preset rhythms of the Roland CR78 drum machine! He didn't bother faffing around trying to program his own!

I got the album today,
have listened to it through and thought it was lovely

I can see why he didn't want to release this stuff at the time, when he was trying to have a career as a pop star who appeared on Top of the Pops and had his photo in 'Smash Hits',
but who cares about that sort of rubbish in 2009!

I am now mostly reading on the Interweb about Plague Pits!