John Foxx (Analogue Show) with
Gary Numan (DJ Set) and
special guests...
Saturday the 5th of June, 2010...
The Roundhouse launched its festival of electronica,
Short Circuit, last year with a line-up including
Jeff Mills,
Erol Alkan,
Holger Czukay (
Can),
Gavin Bryars and
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
The first acts of
Short Circuit 2010 are now announced: an evening celebrating the best of British electronic music, headlined and curated by
John Foxx.
Following a DJ set by one of the UK's most influential electronic artists,
Gary Numan with co-producer
Ade Fenton, John Foxx will perform a unique analogue synthesizer show to mark his thirtieth anniversary as a solo artist. The founder of Britain's first synthesizer rock band
Ultravox, released his debut solo album
Metamatic in early 1980. This dark electro classic is one of the few albums to be acknowledged by
Aphex Twin as an inspiration and is described by the
Klaxons as a
visionary record.
Foxx and a one-off group of special guests will assemble on stage for the first time with the machines he used on that album - the Moogs, ARPs and drum machines that created the sound of the future - to perform material from
Metamatic and a selection of early
Ultravox music.
The set will also include brand new material created in collaboration with
Paul Daley from
Leftfield, along with new songs by
John Foxx & The Maths - an all-analogue synthesizer project with London-based artist
Benge, whose work has been described by
Brian Eno as a
brilliant contribution to the archeology of electronic music. Benge's London studio houses one of the biggest collections of analogue synthesizers in the UK and was heavily featured in last Autumn's BBC documentary,
Synth Britannia.
Gary Numan was filmed at the studio for a recent
interview where he discusses the impact that
John Foxx had on his own music.
Earlier in the day there will be a series of events programmed by
Foxx. These will include movies, DJs, VJs, his own new collaborations with various film-makers and a Super 8 project he's currently working on with
London Orbital author,
Iain Sinclair.
Further information about this event, including details of some more special guests, will be announced soon...
Date : Saturday the 5th of June, 2010.
Web :
http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/ Tickets :
http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/john-foxx-4616 Address : Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH
Telephone : 0844 482 8008
*****
Rob
