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There's a new interview with John Foxx in Poland's KMAG this month. Steve's generously published the whole text online at The Quiet Man site here: http://blog.thequietman.co.uk/?p=599
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Another new interview with John Foxx in Spain's Rockdelux magazine. It's an extensive piece in which John covers a lot of old ground, but with new footprints... Full text now online at The Quiet Man here: http://blog.thequietman.co.uk/?p=617#more-617
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Thanks for sharing this
This is the Q and A from Unsound I was hopng would appear soon
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Andrew Perry gives The Shape Of Things 4 /5 in the latest issue of Mojo, out today
"Exultant and macabre synth-like pop - an unilluminated collison of Plastikman and Bauhaus"
7 out of 10 in Uncut: http://blog.johnfoxxandthemaths.com/?p=1159a retrofuturist show of bubbling electronics.Chi Ming Lai at The Electricity Club:http://www.electricity-club.co.uk/blog/?page_id=3908it gets progressively satisfying with further, conscientious listens. For many of his followers, this could even turn out to become one of their favourite albums…"My God, I know. I'm one"
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Another nice interview with Foxx n Benge here, pre-Aarschott Peek-a-Boo
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There's a link to this on an audio file as well.
Superb. It was recorded uring soundcheck, and its wonderful to hear John (and Benge) having to shout over Hannah's groaning violin pieces etc...
An excellent interview all round
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Here's an excellent, articulate and shining review of The Shape Of Things, according to the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dz5c'... his best album since Metamatic'?Really? I know its good, but - well. Already?
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Here's an excellent, articulate and shining review of The Shape Of Things, according to the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dz5c'... his best album since Metamatic'?Really? I know its good, but - well. Already? Yes, excellent review .. but perhaps the reviewer didn't catch Interplay? .. or any of his recordings from 1997 onwards?!!?
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Here's an excellent, articulate and shining review of The Shape Of Things, according to the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dz5c'... his best album since Metamatic'?Really? I know its good, but - well. Already? Yes, excellent review .. but perhaps the reviewer didn't catch Interplay? .. or any of his recordings from 1997 onwards?!!? Or The Garden, even?
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Here's a brilliant new interview with John. And it looks great too. Great to see an interview so thoughtfully designed http://www.deluxxdigital.com/latest-issue(page 27 onwards) Also includes interview with Numan
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Now, as if that wasn't enough... You can read another extensive and in-depth interview with John at Bantmag here: http://www.bantmag.com/mag/06/page/view/789Cyberpunk literature, art and analogue improvisation - as well as some hints at the new projects he's mentioned in other interviews
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Excellent, thanks as always for the link Martin.
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a translated and version of this review is featured in the Music section of Italian weekly news magazine Internazionale this week. Nothing new but the magazine is very selective about what is featured, as it brings together the best of the world's press in current affairs, arts etc., and there are only a handful of music reviews every week, so it's a prestigious appearance for The Shape of Things. Martin: I can send you the scanned pages if you so desire.
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That would, as usual, be fab!
Yes please. I agree with your comments about the placing of these reviews. It's endlessly fascinating WHERE news and feedback of John's work appear as it shows the incredible depth and range of his influence.
Ditto with the compilation albums he features on. I like to acquire as many as I can for the same reason. More often than not, Foxx is the only artist I have heard of - which is great because you get to learn of new things but again see just how highly regarded the Quiet Man is.
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Ahead of the forthcoming gig in Madrid on 26th May, there's an exclusive n ew interview with John Foxx now online here: http://www.wix.com/kskweb/magazine%20#!entrevistasAnd Steve has posted a translation of the same at The Quiet Man: http://blog.thequietman.co.uk/Well worth reading as usual, not least because John Foxx refers again to a couple of new projects he's currently working on... 
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A point of minor curiosity. John revealed that he is 63 years old here: I first arrived in your country in 1966. I had hitch-hiked from the North of England, across France. I was seventeen years old and wanted to see the country of Picasso, Bunuel, Dali and Gaudi.
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An excellent find.
Thanks for sharing it here Mike :-D
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The latest interview with John and Benge is by the very lovely Ben Hogwood at musicomh.com And it's a great read: http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/john-foxx-2_0612.htm
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Exclusive interviews with John Foxx and Gary Numan in the debut issue of Electronic mag. Out now! http://issuu.com/futurepublishing/docs/electronicmag/10
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And at a gobsmacking Ł7.99 per issue, I can't see them getting that many readers! Pretty slim too, when you compare to the other mags...
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I started a new thread elsewhere to give a heads up about the new mag,not realising it was already mentioned here.I bought a copy yesterday.
It's a good to have a mag that focuses on the kind of music that we like.There are some interesting articles.There is also a review of Ultravox's Brilliant which is positive but contains a number of errors(Yet more shoddy journalism).I have all bar one track on the accompanying cd already.My main bugbear is the price of Ł7.99. I don't understand how they can justify the price.Most music mags that come come with cds cost around a fiver.How can the publishers justify an extra Ł3!! I'm not too sure if I will buy it again in future.
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While recently back in the UK and sorting through relics from my youth, to my surprise I unearthed a JF interview from May 1981 in an Sydney-based music weekly called Vox. I have not seen this paper since the early 1980's and certainly don't recall the article. This was passed onto me by my father upon his return from a visit to Australia. He also gave me a Church single. In more recent years the Church have done a half-decent cover of 'Hiroshima Mon Amour'. The third item my dad gave me was a Whitesnake album. The less said about that the better. Linking the main double spread interview and the cover of Vox. The cover features the name of JF alongside a rather menancing picture of Peter Garratt from Midnight Oil. Probably not revealing anything new but an enjoyable read all the same. Mike JF 1981 Vox Interview vox 1981 cover
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Great to find such old stuff. Not seen this before, and I think it is very good! So taken at around the completion of The Garden. Sounds like Cathedral Oceans was already underway even at this early stage, along with Tiny Colour Movies.
I love the view of the time of Analogue synths being very cold and analytical compared to today's view that they have a lot of warmth! As he mentioned in the article, they just became part of the arsenal.
Thanks for sharing - great read.
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I second that!
I collect these things, and it's always good to find something new.
We'll add this to the Media Archive in due course.
Lots of interesting background - I do always especially enjoy interviews that describe the setting.
Sitting at a bar in the Portobello Hotel with members of Magazine having a drink in the background
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Linking the main double spread interview and the cover of Vox. The cover features the name of JF alongside a rather menancing picture of Peter Garratt from Midnight Oil. Thanks for sharing...  Rob
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Found this on Youtube whilst being directed to Maxi Dunn video's, I'd not seen it before, Tara and the boys in the studio... Tara, John and Benge in the Studio
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Click, click, droneIn an extensive new interview with David Buckley for his book Kraftwerk : Publikation, John Foxx goes on a bit about electronic music, Stockhausen, Dad's Army and all things German Fabulous piece. Full transcript here: http://www.david-buckley.com/news.htmlThere's also a chance to win David's new book, in a proper competition!
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and in The Electricity Club John Foxx gives Evidence I hadn't heard him mention Thomas Thallis before...
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We'll have to get up early on Sunday, pals to listen to this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rsdssMary Anne Hobbs helms BBC Radio 6 Music with a beautiful Weekend Breakfast blend of music, stories and iconic guests. In '3 Minute Epiphany', Mary Anne asks an expert to answer the questions we most want to know about. This time around it is the turn of Ultravox's (sic.) John Foxx, who describes the perils and pleasures of making music with machines. Will electronic music take over and remove man from music altogether?
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..not to mention the article in The Quietus itself with this news from Sir John: "At present there’s more Maths – we’re working on another album at the moment. We’d like to get Hannah [Peel] involved in this one from the start – that violin and voice are unique – not to mention her synth and piano playing. The most talented all-round musician I’ve ever worked with. It would also be good to get Serafina [Steer] in as well – she’s justifiably wrapped up in her solo career at the moment, so we’ll see.
"Then there’s a long list of projects already begun - a domestic piano record with empty room recordings - Electricity & Ghosts. Another Harold Budd and Rubin Garcia. Rubin passed away recently but he and Harold had already sent some tracks so I’d like to work on them. A record with Diana Yukawa and Benge - Diana’s a phenomenally talented classical violinist, who wants to see what modern recording techniques can do with her skills – it’s a real adventure for the three of us.
"Then there’s one with Robin Simon, plus a pure electronic melody record I can’t quite classify yet – analogue electronic tunes. Sort of fairground, BBC, Blackpool-Tower-Ballroom-via-Las-Vegas-on-a-satellite-Theremin music. And a few others, too. Always healthy to have a long list."
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John Foxx features in the September '13 issue of North-East Music Magazine, talking about the inspiration he finds in the work of Erik Satie:  Who is your musical hero or, if you prefer, inspiration?
Erik Satie
When did you first hear about this person and hear their music?
I was at art school in the mid 1960’s. A nice old place in Preston Lancashire. A girl I knew played a piece of music on a piano in the old lecture theatre. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever heard. I can still picture the moment – doors open on Avenham Colonnade early summer. She told me the name of the piece and I wrote it down. That was Gymnopedies by Satie. You hear it quite often now, but in those days it was fairly obscure – it didn’t fit with anything else, really - a bit of an anomaly.
What makes the person a hero to you?
He had the quiet courage to be himself – at the time he was composing, Wagner was dominating everything – huge Germanic pieces for full orchestra. Satie simply stood aside and made minimal music for a single player on a domestic upright piano. Totally unfashionable in those days. He was the first minimalist and his work is still the most beautiful I’ve ever heard. Of modern composers, only Harold Budd comes close.
What was his or her finest work in your opinion?
The Gymnopedies pieces.
Is there any other reason why you admire this person?
He was a friend of Picasso, Jarry, Breton, Debussy, Duchamp – Paris at that time was the centre of the modern art world, The Dadaists and Surrealists were manifesting their new ideas and Satie was working with them all.
He was also among the first to listen to ragtime and Scott Joplin, He played piano in nightclubs and worked in a few of his compositions.
He had little money during his lifetime and walked miles through Paris every day, to and from his work in music halls and nightclubs . He was also an eccentric and loved word play. Always wore the same suits, looked like a bureaucrat and often played word games with his titles – “Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear”, for instance.
Can you see any parallels between your music and this person’s?
I hope so.
What relevance does this person have today?
His music is increasingly relevant – the world is so crowded and frantic now. Satie provides a place of quiet sobriety and reflection - far away from all the agitation. We need him more than ever.
In modern terms, you might say he was the first minimalist. He really invented that approach in music.
True minimalism is concerned with isolating something dignified and beautiful and presenting it without unnecessary additions, so you can appreciate it fully. When it works properly you find yourself in a sort of timeless, luminous space. Satie did all this instinctively – he was the first and best.
Have you met your hero? If so, how did it come about and can you recall anything particularly memorable about the meeting?
He died in 1925
If you haven’t met your hero but could, what would you ask him or her?
Swift transition of time and place. It’s 1910. We’re wearing the old grey suits. Glimmer of wire framed glasses. “Let’s meet up with Picasso first - then all the others. Drinks are on me”.
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Great piece, thanks for sharing!
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There's a new FACT piece here.
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That's a pretty good piece. Thanks for sharing it here
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