Artrock TV

Heres a couple of interviews conducted by ArtRocker Magazine

She's A Liquid

Here is a really cool unofficial video that has appeared for Rear View Mirror:

Wordsearch

Life on the road. Plenty of time for pointless pastimes, such as word-spotting with the iPhone:

Toxic Takeaway

We are well into our UK tour with OMD, and I just realised I hadn't posted a link to the remix I did for them!

Heres the blurb: Says John Foxx of the remix: "OMG! - its OMD! - The Maths have gone exponential. Channelling the spirit of J.G. Ballard via Joe Meek's 'Ghost Riders In The Sky', here comes Foxxy with a toxic takeaway delivered by Benge on a burning Buchla. A strangled tango for mangled minds in tangled times."

The single, released on May 27 via 100% Records, will include B-side 'Time Burns', in addition to remixes by Mike Jolly and Bounce Darkside, while the iTunes bundle comes with a reworking by Zebra and Snake.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Underpass Pass

We've been mixing a lot this week, heres Underpass through the MCI with me adding plate reverb to the choruses:

Stray Gene

Theres a great new interview with Foxxy over on The Electricity Club. As usual he's being daft as a brush and utterly sensible, all at the same time

Evidently

Our new album is out this week...

REVIEWS FOR EVIDENCE:

‘Evidence – the third album with Modular Moog-obsessive Ben ‘Benge’ Edwards, ferries the listener to a paranoid, dystopic, late-night city soundtracked by dense, pulsating synths, glacial melodies and ethereal half-sung, half-spoken vocals. Foxx’s creative fires still burn white hot.’ 4/5 MOJO

‘His relationship with young producer Benge has seen Foxx release his best music since the glory days of early Ultravox and debut solo album Metamatic, and Evidence is even more brimful of sci-fi sensuality than last year’s The Shape Of Things. Highlights include the dark house of Matthew Dear collaboration ‘Talk (Beneath Your Dreams)’ and two centre-piece excursions with Brighton electro maverick Gazelle Twin.’ 4/5 UNCUT

‘Foxx’s legacy has come to be revered, with his influence on electronic music recognised by the likes of The Orb and LFO. Evidence, Foxx’s third album in 3 years with The Maths, provides plenty of evidence why. The tracks are crafted and atmospheric and the collaborations serve to anchor the album in the present rather than the past.’ THE WIRE

‘Evidence offers 15 tracks of escapist, dreamlike ‘ballads’, glowing with sprawling analogue paranoia and grimy, debased atmospheres. The beauty lies in the music’s simplicity, of which the duo revel effortlessly throughout, as if they couldn’t be having more fun if they tried.’ 8/10 BARCODE

‘Foxx has refreshed his creative music with consistently excellent work in recent years. Lush and romantic, Evidence is the kind of timeless electronic album you can dream inside.’ 8/10 CLASSIC ROCK

‘The new John Foxx And The Maths album is quite something. A beauty.’ ELECTRONIC SOUND

‘The mood is dark and unsettling as Foxx combines the icy beauty of ‘My Town’ with the eerie ‘Changelings’, featuring the haunting voice of Gazelle Twin.’ 4/5 CLASSIC POP

‘A pulsing electro cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Have A Cigar’ might be an unexpected (though warming) surprise, but the closing quartet of ‘Shadow Memory’, ‘Walk’, ‘Myriads’ and ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ sees Foxx and Benge simmering in exquisite fashion.’ 4/5 RECORD COLLECTOR

‘The third album from the cutting edge electro innovator’s adaptable outfit is another classy blend of off-kilter ambient atmospheres, dubbed dreams and general analogue silkiness. Pink Floyd’s ‘Have A Cigar’ gets re-rolled but Foxx’s own compositions exert a compelling fascination.’ 4/5 DAILY MIRROR

‘Rather than treat their analogue synthesizers as museum pieces, John Foxx and his electronic producer partner Benge have cranked their machines into life for a succession of albums of futuristic electronic pop. This Dark Lord Of Synth still wields fearsome power.’ Q MAGAZINE

‘Foxx has embraced technology to create something otherworldly, chilling and at times dream-like on an album that hangs together beautifully.’ 4/5 VIVE LE ROCK

‘Subtlety and ambience is the thing here. This garden of seemingly straightforward songs is nothing of the sort; it’s an analogue world of shifting details.’ 4/5 GAY TIMES

‘Lush basslines and dubby synths aplenty inducing a spaced out, slightly experimental but visceral vibe throughout.’ 7/10 FUTURE MUSIC

‘Ever since he started making music John Foxx has always sounded contemporary – and here, more than 35 years on, that remains the case. As a consequence Evidence is a mandatory listen for long time followers of Foxx and electronic music – but also for those new to the form.’ 5/5 DMC WORLD

‘If you already own John Foxx & The Maths’ previous albums Interplay and The Shape of Things then you need this album. If you don’t own those records then you need all three, and what a treat you have coming your way.’ 4/5 THIS IS NOT RETRO

Catwalk

UPDATE: Oh, and we were chosen as one of the best tracks of the NY fashion week, LOOK!

OMG! OMD

Hey guess what we (JF&TM) are going on tour as special guests / support for OMD. Pretty cool! The first gig I ever went to when I was a little boy was Gary Numan at the Hammersmith Odeon in the late 1970s. I think it was the Pleasure Principal tour. But guess who the support act were that night? Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark! So they were actually the first band I ever saw live. OMG

April 2013
28 Margate Winter Gardens
29 Birmingham Symphony Hall
May 2013
1 Nottingham Royal Centre
2 Ipswich Regent Theatre
3 London Roundhouse
5 Bristol Colston Hall
6 Oxford New Theatre
8 Sheffield City Hall
9 Leeds Academy
10 Manchester Academy
12 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
13 Gateshead Sage
14 Liverpool Empire

Sparks

Here is a video made by the excellent Quietus folk. Its a discussion about identity, fear of future, mechanical takeover and apocalyptic ends from electronical sparks. Its nice to see the studio shot with a good camera

John Foxx & Friends Discuss Identity Amidst The Machines from theQuietus on Vimeo.

Covers

Here is Jonathan Barnbrook's excellent cover to the aforementioned DVD. They look really cool together, yes?

Underpassing

Hurrah! The DVD of our concert at the Roundhouse in London is finally out. Get it here. Us playing Underpass:

Sudden Video

I love it when random people make us videos! Via She-s A Liquid on youtube

Motorways and Vacuum Cleaners

John Foxx on BBC 6 Music last week, preserved here for posterity...

Evidently

Yay! Our new album is out today. Get your copy here

Bestival Festival

Here are a few shots of us playing last thursday, taken by Mark Jones our inimitable host. Somehow we managed to be selected as act of the day by Bestival

Here is a clip I took backstage. John is checking our visuals for the gig...


And this is where we played - the Big Top - Wooo!

UPDATE: Finally there is a youtube clip of us at Bestival. Thank-you Guildfordghost:

Pete's Cargo Videos

My friend Pete sent me some vids he took at our cargo show last week:

Vinylly

The double gatefolds have arrived! Good work from Barnbrook, Malins, and well, me and John really

Dream

Heres a short clip of the new stream-lined Maths rehearsing a song for our shows this week. This is a brand new song from our forthcoming album Evidence. Video shot at the studio, where I've got a new PA. No, not Personal Assistant, Public Address system

New Evidence

We're releasing our new album soon. Here's the track listing:

JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS - EVIDENCE
Out on 10 September, 2012

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)

Cover design by Jonathan Barnbrook