Sideways
John Foxx and Louis Gordon
Label : Metamatic

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Boomkat review:

John Foxx & Louis Gordon – Sideways

It’s always a pleasure to have a John Foxx record slip into my review pile… I still remember as if it were yesterday when my dad handed me a copy of Foxx’s 1980 classic ‘Metamatic’ telling me it was something ‘I might like’. I had never heard anything like it before, these pristine almost alien sounding vocals layered over the darkest of analogue synthesized landscapes, a track like ‘Underpass’ for example in my opinion has never been bettered. ‘Sideways’ is Foxx’s latest collaborative effort with Louis Gordon and erupted from the same sessions as ‘From Trash’, and apparently deals with the heady theme of science fiction. To my mind though it simply sounds like classic John Foxx – all the ingredients are still there in droves, cyclic electronic percussion and sheets of analogue synthwork all underpinning Foxx’s matchless vocals. I don’t think it’s just because I’m a huge Foxx fan that I can still appreciate this, he sounds great and the songs, while not being incredibly modern or inventive, are there to show off his talents as a singer. Recent live appearances were opened by the track ‘And the World Slides Sideways’ (seen here opening the album) and this sets the scene for what to expect, classic electro-pop music done slightly differently, touched by the hand of a master.

Added as a second CD also is a revealing interview from the man himself about the album ‘From Trash’ which is sure to be of interest to fans! Recommended.

BOOMKAT

 

    Interview with John Foxx about the album from Trash
2-1 John Foxx, Steve Malins From Trash (Exerpt) (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:28
2-2 John Foxx, Steve Malins The Idea? (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:19
2-3 John Foxx, Steve Malins Northern Attitude (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:25
2-4 John Foxx, Steve Malins Synths & B Movies (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:25
2-5 John Foxx, Steve Malins ”Robot Monster” (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 2:18
2-6 John Foxx, Steve Malins ”Plan 9” Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino 2:02
2-7 John Foxx, Steve Malins American Comics (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 2:33
2-8 John Foxx, Steve Malins ”Pulp Fiction” (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:50
2-9 John Foxx, Steve Malins Your Kisses Burn (Exerpt) (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:44
2-10 John Foxx, Steve Malins Film Noir (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:43
2-11 John Foxx, Steve Malins Immpossible Dreams? 1 (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 2:30
2-12 John Foxx, Steve Malins Immpossible Dreams? 2 (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:53
2-13 John Foxx, Steve Malins Another You………. (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 3:41
2-14 John Foxx, Steve Malins Brian Ferry, Roxy Music… (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 2:06
2-15 John Foxx, Steve Malins Another You (Exerpt) (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:21
2-16 John Foxx, Steve Malins A City ? (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:44
2-17 John Foxx, Steve Malins Coral Reef (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:39
2-18 John Foxx, Steve Malins 10,000 Ways We Can Go From Here (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 2:06
2-19 John Foxx, Steve Malins A Million Cars (Exerpt) (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 2:28
2-20 John Foxx, Steve Malins Never Let Me Go Louis’ Rescue…. (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:01
2-21 John Foxx, Steve Malins Lori Anderson (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:44
2-22 John Foxx, Steve Malins Friendly Fire… Political? (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 3:01
2-23 John Foxx, Steve Malins Spin Doctoring……. (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:18
2-24 John Foxx, Steve Malins Friendly Fire (Exerpt) (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:33
2-25 John Foxx, Steve Malins Confused Identities? (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:18
2-26 John Foxx, Steve Malins Jekyll And Hyde…. (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:40
2-27 John Foxx, Steve Malins Freeze Frame…. Electric Guitar (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 2:45
2-28 John Foxx, Steve Malins Justin Timberlake? (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:15
2-29 John Foxx, Steve Malins Distorted Vocals (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:33
2-30 John Foxx, Steve Malins Clinical Perfection? (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:23
2-31 John Foxx, Steve Malins Phrases And Ideas (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:46
2-32 John Foxx, Steve Malins Three Weeks (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:44
2-33 John Foxx, Steve Malins Bouncing Ideas Around (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:45
2-34 John Foxx, Steve Malins Tracks That Never Made It (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:07
2-35 John Foxx, Steve Malins My Space…. (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:55
2-36 John Foxx, Steve Malins Ideas (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:40
2-37 John Foxx, Steve Malins 16 Or 17 (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:46
2-38 John Foxx, Steve Malins Frank Sinatra (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:46
2-39 John Foxx, Steve Malins Next Album…….. (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 0:51
2-40 John Foxx, Steve Malins The One Who Walks Through You (Exerpt) (Recorded and Mixed by: Steve D’Agostino) 1:27