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From John's Myspace blog.

MY LIFE AS AN ECHO - FOXX/GUTHRIE
Rob Da Bank previewed the forthcoming John Foxx & Robin Guthrie album, Mirrorball (out on May 4) by playing some of the track My Life As An Echo on Radio 1 last weekend. You can listen to the song on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/
It fades in around 29 mins, 22 secs - as it's part of a mix you don't get the full track but a flavour . . . I think it's up there today (Sat) and (tomorrow).

Don't know if I caught the whole thing, but the bit I heard sounded more like I expected: piano presumably by John over Guthrie's guitars and a beat, no vocals.

This is excellent promotional stuff, and sets the track right up there in a 'happening now' context.

It follows Terry Lynn's 'Kingston Logic' wonderfully, believe it or not!!

Rob da Bank has been a champion of John's for a while now, and had an influential hand on the 'Bestival' appearance in 2007. He describes the track as 'shudderingly good' - which it certainly seems to be!
Mind you, he doesn't actually say who or what the track is...

In new music we trust

Thanks Brian

Yes pity he doesn't say who it is, but anyway it's mentioned in the programme's tracklisting for the day (Monday 9th March 2009 for the record)...

And a great flavour it is too, thanks for posting this Brian, and wow, I really like it, lush, and sweepingly romantic, and also a fantastic title
Getting just a tad excited about the album now!

THIS GOT ME THINKIN'...

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A JOHN FOXX TRACK WAS PLAYED ON RADIO 1???

Young Savage was played on Mark & Lard's final afternoon show about 4 years ago but actual John Foxx,I dont know...

BTW Martin are you surfing on a mobile phone by any chance?

Yes, a beautiful track! Cannot wait until May.

But A Secret Life first...

Thanks Brian!!!

Obviously we are hearing the tracks out of context within the whole album, however IMHO doesn't 'Espadrills' (or whatever it's called), sound better being heard straight after ' Luminous'? They sort of flow into each other as 'Espa' is much lighter.
Haven't heard 'My Life as an Echo' as the link's now gone, anyone know where I can hear it? Apart from wait til Star Wars Day, of course,
Cheers

Hi Craig.
I have mailed you the track accross.

Peter