Artist Bio
Name: John Foxx
Spotify Genres: synthpop, ambient, new wave, cold wave
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Biography
He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, England, UK, as [a=Dennis Leigh], 26 September 1948. His father was a coal miner and pugilist, his mother a millworker. During his youth he was a mod and a hippie, and at the same time he was also interested in album covers, Pink Floyd experimentalism, futurism and surrealism. His first band was called [a=Woolly Fish]. In 1973, he was in Manchester, singing while playing a 12-string guitar, supporting [a=Stack Waddy], but decided to go to London. In London, by means of a scholarship, he entered the Royal College of Art. With the bands [a=Tiger Lily (2)] and [a=Ultravox]!, he experimented with different genres of music, such as glam, reggae, synth pop and industrial, influenced by [a=Roxy Music], [a=New York Dolls] and [a=Kraftwerk]. He left Ultravox in 1979 for a solo career, releasing his first album "Metamatic" in 1980, which showed an electronic style derived from synthesizers. He released three further solo albums, before taking a break from music in 1985 and concentrating on visual work. In 1990, inspired by acid house, Foxx briefly returned as [a=Nation 12], a collaboration with [a=Tim Simenon] of [a=Bomb The Bass] (and later with the late [a=Shem McCauley] / Streets Ahead). Foxx fell silent again until 1997, when a chance meeting with [a=Louis Gordon] resulted in a batch of duo albums (1997-2008) and a new phase of Foxx's solo career.
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Check this outPopular Tracks on Spotify
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1.UnderpassMetamatic...Plus
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2.SubtextTranslucence + Drift Music
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3.A Delicate RomanceTranslucence + Drift Music
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4.Sunlit SilhouetteTranslucence + Drift Music
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5.Spoken RosesTranslucence + Drift Music
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6.Europe After the RainThe Garden...Plus
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7.AdultTranslucence + Drift Music
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8.Here and NowTranslucence + Drift Music
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9.Long LightTranslucence + Drift Music
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10.Coming Into FocusTranslucence + Drift Music
Discogs Release Info
Release: John Foxx - Metamatic
Year: 1980
Genres: Electronic, Rock
Styles: New Wave, Synth-pop