John Foxx & The Maths

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John Foxx and The Maths is the name given to the work written and produced by John Foxx and Benge. John Foxx (born in Chorley, Lancashire)[2] is the stage name of English musician Dennis Leigh. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox!, before embarking on a solo career in 1979. Primarily associated with electronic synthesiser music, he has also pursued a parallel career in graphic design and education. Founder of the Expanding Records label, Ben Edwards (Benge), has put together a marvellous timeline for lovers of analogue-to-digital synthesis. Called Twenty Systems, Edwards showcases 20 tracks made form 20 synthesisers – one from each year between 1968 to 1988. The album comes in a hardback, 60-page book, with a forward written by Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner), and delves into the history of all 20 synthesisers used. The pair initially released an EP "Destination/September Town" in December 2009 and the debut album by John Foxx And The Maths will be released by Metamatic Records on 21st March, 2011. Interplay is a collaboration between John Foxx and electronic composer and synthesizer collector, Benge (Ben Edwards). He's best known for his 2008 album, Twenty Systems which was described by Brian Eno as 'a brilliant contribution to the archaeology of electronic music'. lthough Interplay sounds nothing like the ambient experiments of Twenty Systems, both albums are based around the waves, frequencies and vibrations of analogue synthesizers. Many of the songs on the new Maths album started with an electronic rhythm from a 1960s Moog system built into Benge's studio, with the pair then coming up with ideas live in the studio. As Benge says, 'the idea of Interplay is in the lyric from the title-track. 'We calculated everything, but not the interplay'. In the studio we left a lot of things to chance and let the various combinations of sounds and colours and connections trigger our imaginations'. Moody and atmospheric, but also full of songs that are actually more ''pop'' than avant garde, Interplay pulls various strands of electronic music together – from early electro to 70s Krautrock, even flashes of Cabaret Voltaire and Foxx's first band, Ultravox! One track, 'Watching A Building On Fire' features Mira Aroyo from Ladytron, who also came up with the original synth riff. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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