| 01. |
Shatterproof |
| 02. |
Catwalk |
| 03. |
Evergreen |
| 04. |
Watching A Building
On Fire |
| 05. |
Interplay |
| 06. |
Summerland |
| 07. |
The Running Man |
| 08. |
A Falling Star |
| 09. |
Destination |
| 10. |
The Good Shadow |
"One of the
finest electronic records you'll hear in 2011."
- The Quietus
"Meeting of synth-fetishists is an unlikely triumph."
- 4/5 Mojo
"Synth pioneer and friend launch analogue attack and by
turns it evokes early incarnations of Cabaret Voltaire, The Human
League and Roxy Music."
- Q Magazine
"Forceful, stripped-down music that sounds as new as its
old, and as imaginative as it is familiar."
- Uncut
"Fresh and powerful. Tracks move from glistening-crisp,
growling fierce to tender - the latter mood captured by the melancholic
beauty of A Falling Star and The Good Shadow."
- 8/10 Clash Magazine |
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| Format : Compact
Disc |
| Catalogue Number
: META28CD |
| Label : Metamatic
Records |
| Release
Date : 21
March 2011 |
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Interplay
is the hotly anticipated new album from John Foxx And
The Maths.
This is a collaboration between John Foxx
and electronic composer and synthesizer collector, Benge
(Ben
Edwards)
who'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'.
Although 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 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 a 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. One of the tracks, Watching A Building On Fire,
features Mira
Aroyo
from Ladytron
who also came up with the original synth riff.
The first 1500 copies of Interplay will be housed
in a special limited edition deluxe digi-pack - which will be
allocated on a 'first come - first served' basis. This will include
the full lyrics, together with a thorough breakdown of all of
analogue synthesizer equipment which was used to create the album.
This digi-pack will open out into a mathematical sign, and will
feature a number of colour images and graphics, all of which
have been designed by renowned graphic artist Jonathan Barnbrook. |
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| Please note that
if you pre-order Interplay
from Townsend Records
you will receive an exclusive edit of the track Evergreen.
This is equivalent to a 'single edit' - the version which appears
on the album is longer. |
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