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Just picked up a copy of the latest Artrocker mag (with the Numan vs Foxx fetaure inside)

The attached CD 'Beat53' is really good and features a great mix of new material from new bands.

I always enjoy seeing and hearing John's work (Flightpath Tegel) in this context. It just shows how far his influence has spread.

Soaking up the brilliance of Gary Numan's 'DANCE' album.

I really do think that this is his best album. Sophisticated, esoteric, delicate & heartfelt, among other things. Truly absorbing.

& this track could be my favourite Numan 'Dance' era track & possibly fave Numan track of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znvTPkFIHsQ

Listening to some things old and some things new, still trying to get through a few of this years album releases that I’ve not paid enough attention to, so in no particular order its been:

CocoRosie: Grey Oceans

Magic Lantern: Platoon

Sun Araw: Off Duty

Deerhunter: Weird Era

Celer: Salvaged Violets

Dead Can Dance: Spleen And Ideal

Laibach: Volk, and WAT

Atlas Sound: Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

And Mr Foxx’s: D.N.A.


Oh, and also been listening to music by some guy called ‘The Shed Man’, and VS303’s links to Rukkanor’s Despartica cheers guys. Stringy Bob, I’ve been enjoying the suite of ‘six pieces written in praise and celebration of coal fired power stations’: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=247665&content=music

VS303 – Beauty And Beauty - great track, and I particularly like A Poison Tree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rtIyjc6dY
Going through the Martial Industrial links also led me to Life’s Decay: Gloria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDBUyLE_CUA&feature=related and Etesse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpxWDNpP3uQ I really like these.

DANCE is underrated outside of fan circles. I know a lot of fans who rate it as their favourite. It took me a while to get into it and appreciate it, but Dance is a very emotional album - a very 'human' contrast to the 3 'machine' style albums which went before.

Just dented my iTunes credit to buy the new Duran Duran album,seems to have good reviews.

I've been left unimpressed with the bits I've heard so far. Only Girl Panic on the iTunes preview made me want to hear the rest of the track.

They do sound more like Duran Duran again compared to Red Carpet Massacre, but it doesn't sound like any classic Duran style songs are on there.

Hopefully I'm wrong though.

On my third listen, nice pop album,its all good with a touch of 80s DD,not over produced and not what I'd call 'too commercial', though obviously hope it sells well.

John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Mirrorball
Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Moon & The Melodies


Playing the first led me on to the second.

Durans 'The Man Who Stole A Leopard' has an almost Underpass intro, have a listen you'll hear it.

Duran Duran mentioned John's influence on them in interviews a few years back so no surprise there.