Time for a bit of festive fun...

Test your grey cells out on this quiz that looks back on the last 12 months.
No prizes, just for sport

1. How many copies were printed of the limited edition Burning Car vinyl-only album?

2. John Foxx sings on Bright Sparks album I Monster. But what synth is used to record his track ‘dirt in the ointment’?

3. What John Foxx album was the first to be made available for purchase via Bandcamp?

4. Who added guest vocals to his remix of ‘Talk’ for the 21st Century compilation album?

5. An exclusive remix of which classic Foxx track appears on Dave Clarke’s ‘Charcoal Eyes’ album?

6. And which John Foxx track appears on the Cherry Red compilation ‘Close To the Noise Floor’?

7. Where did John Foxx & Benge perform The Machine Stops soundtrack material in May?

8. John Foxx has revealed in several interviews this year that he is going ‘post-digital’. Which instrument did he jokingly suggest to Jonathan Ross that he was now recording with?

9. Who remixed The Good Shadow for the 21st Century compilation album?

10. What is the title of Disc Four in The Island Years boxset?

11. Where did John Foxx exhibit a series of artworks called Europe After The Rain in July?

12. What colour vinyl is the re-mastered edition of Ha! Ha! Ha! printed on?

13. Which 1972 ‘ambient’ album is described by John Foxx as “the point where electronic technology meets Thomas Tallis”?

14. Which magazine released an exclusive John Foxx compilation as its covermount CD in September?

15. Who joined John Foxx, Steve D’Agostino and Karborn on stage for the presentation of Evidence Of Time Travel in Dusseldorf?


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