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A new Barnbrook cover has been designed for Evidence the new mini album:-



I like it a lot.

Brian

Thanks Brian - I couldn't get this image to display earlier!

Nice artwork - I love it too!

The Soft Moon vs John Foxx And The Maths

You can hear an exclusive preview of the new track Evidence at soundcloud now, courtesy of Life or Death PR

http://soundcloud.com/life-or-death-pr/the-soft-moon-vs-john-foxx-the


More info here:
http://www.factmag.com/2012/05/17/john-foxx-and-the-soft-moon-collaborate-download-the-results/

Nice, but instantly reminded me of this:

Love the cover - could be a nice t-shirt at the end of Summer!
However the first thing that popped into my juvenile mind was Connect 4!

Very nice cover - made me think of forensic (evidence), as if it were a patch of carpet under the microscope.

haha! nice...

The 'Evidence' track that John has collaborated on with The Soft Moon is now available to pre-order (release date 26 June) as a one-sided clear vinyl 7" single from Captured Tracks in New York.

Page with details here: http://capturedtracks.com/catalog/store/ct-156-the-soft-moon-john-foxx-evidence-7

Thanks to forum member glimmerfix for this info

1 - Sided clear vinyl, me like............

Hope it arrives in time for the 5th Sept.

Great news, Martin!

Do you know if we could get it at Cargo on the 5th September too? Would be nice we could buy a copy on that evening.

The track-listing for the forthcoming John Foxx And The Maths mini-album Evidence is as follows...

01. Personal Magnetism
02. Evidence (Featuring The Soft Moon)
03. That Sudden Switch (Featuring Xeno & Oaklander)
04. Talk (Beneath Your Dreams) (Featuring Matthew Dear)
05. Neon Vertigo
06. Changelings (Featuring Gazelle Twin)
07. My Town
08. Have A Cigar
09. A Falling Star (Featuring Gazelle Twin)
10. Cloud Choreography
11. Shadow Memory
12. Walk
13. Myriads
14. Only Lovers Left Alive

BONUS TRACK
15. Talk (I Speak Machine Mix) (Featuring Tara Busch)

The catalogue number is META31CD.

The featured version of the track Evidence is slightly different to the one which has previously been available as a digital download and a one-sided seven inch clear vinyl single. The Evidence mini-album is scheduled to be available at the forthcoming show at Cargo.

Rob

Thanks for the update, Rob... always exciting to see the new song titles

Will Evidence be available to buy online, or just at the gig?

Yup, Evidence will also be available to buy on-line...

Rob

Great news

Although with 11 "new" tracks, I'm curious to know why it's being referred to as a "mini" album... unless are there a lot of short instrumentals, like we had on TSOT. I guess we'll know soon enough!

It was originally intended as a way of pulling together tracks which had not been that widely available (Have A Cigar, Changelings, the Gazelle Twin mix of A Falling Star, the Matthew Dear collaboration Talk (Beneath My Dreams), etc.), but it soon started to grow into something more than that when they found themselves back in the studio. As for the 'shape' of the remaining tracks...

Rob

I see one slight difference already - it's now "featuring The Soft Moon" , instead of "The Soft Moon vs..." ;-D

Thanks for this! Presumably "Have a Cigar" is the finished version that was mistakenly not given away free with Mojo?

That's definitely the plan...

Rob

Not necessarily AT the gig.

Evidence is scheduled for release on September 10th

Are there any links as to where we can get a copy of the album online yet, couldnt see it on the Townsend site.

No, there are no links... yet...

I'm hoping that I'll be able to update the site with links to both Evidence and Analogue Circuit in the not too distant future.

Rob

John Foxx And The Maths’s third album Evidence is due for release on 24 September 2012, via Metamatic Records.

The new John Foxx And The Maths album brings together various new collaborations with The Soft Moon, Gazelle Twin, Xeno & Oaklander and Matthew Dear from the last 18 months, an unlikely cover version and some recently recorded Foxx/Benge material.

Initially planned as an EP, Evidence grew into an album as it became clear that a certain mood and style was emerging from The Maths studio in London – darkly percussive and full of troubled characters and strange, atmospheric twists. The edgy beats of the opening track ‘Personal Magnetism’ are followed by an extended version of ‘Evidence’ featuring The Soft Moon’s Luis Vasquez. There’s a sense of being disrupted and confused, as whole new layers of sound whirl around Foxx’s brooding, psychedelic vocals. The minimalist electro-pop of ‘That Sudden Switch’ was inspired by a Xeno & Oaklander riff, while ‘Talk (Beneath Your Dreams) features US electronic artist Matthew Dear taking the role of ‘the sleeper’ as a conversation is held in a dream. It’s a stark, nightmarish track but like much of this album, it has motion – Dear adding new techno rhythms to this version. ‘Neon Vertigo’ furthers the noir atmosphere with massive bass and some ‘space violin’ from Maths regular Hannah Peel, while ‘Changelings’ is in many ways the centre of the album. Written and recorded by new Maths collaborator Gazelle Twin, ‘Changelings’ only retains the vocals of the original as The Maths rebuild it completely from scratch. It’s arguably one of Benge’s finest moments in the studio so far while Foxx’s vocals are re-purposed from Cathedral Oceans to complete this beautiful end-of-the-world song.

What follows is weirder still: ‘My Town’ features Peel again on violin while Foxx’s distorted voice dominates as an ego-on-the-brink-of-madness. The cover of Pink Floyd's ‘Have A Cigar’ starts with a cackle of laughter before Foxx launches into another heavily treated vocal as the singer goes ‘corporate’ – sounding just as warped and dangerous as the self-appointed master of the previous track. From record execs to bankers, some things never change . . . ‘A Falling Star’ is a reverse of ‘Changelings’ – a Foxx/Benge track reworked by Gazelle Twin. In this context, it becomes a coldly glamorous ballad full of siren vocals and a sense of release as it stretches into the long, elegant fadeout. In fact, it does signal a change, as the mood gradually evolves into something more reflective. The two instrumentals ‘Cloud Choreography’ and ‘Shadow Memory’ offer some new space and textures, while ‘Walk’ appears to emerge half-way through a dream as Foxx sings ‘and I walked through all the streets of this city’ after a slow build. This is glowing, rich, analogue music which climaxes with the electronic harp music of ‘Myriads’ and the final song, ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ – a pretty melody found on an old discarded reel-to-reel; nostalgic, the sound of memory and tape creating one of the album’s most moving tracks.

Meanwhile, the sci-fi imagery of Jonathan Barnbrook's artwork is colder and more ambiguous in tone than his previous work for The Maths. There's a sense of mystery to the product, as well as to the music.

Pre-Order Evidence Here:
John Foxx & the Maths Store

Evidence - The Soft Moon vs John Foxx

The aforementioned US-only one-sided 7" single CT157 is now available in the UK from HMV

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleMultiSearch....amp;primaryID=0