JOHN FOXX
"GLIMMER: BEST OF JOHN FOXX"
2008
John foxx ex-lider de los primerisimos Ultravox! fué uno de los primeros británicos en incorporar la musica electronica. de su vida decir que estuvo muchos años apartado de la musica,concretamente casi una decada entera dedicándose a sus hobbies como eran la pintura,el diseño gráfico o la fotografia, junto con alguna colaboración o producción esporádica. En este Doble recopilatorio altamente recomendable con más de dos horas de música recogidas en veintiocho canciones. Nos encontramos lo mejor de sus trabajos en solitario,así como también alguna canción de su anterior banda Ultravox! eso si,grabada de nuevo con su amigo y colaborador habitual Louis Gordon de estos últimos años. dicho esto,por si mucha gente desconoce aun el legado de Foxx decir que artistas y grupos como Gary Numan,Depeche Mode,Human League,Erasure o Soft Cell entre muchos otros más no serian lo que son. Gracias a que el fué uno de los pioneros en hacer música electrónica en el reino unido. cosa que ya habia probado con Ultravox! en alguna cancion sin demasiado éxito. John tiene influencias de Kraftwerk,Roxy Music,David Bowie o New York Dolls como se puede comprobar en algunos de sus cortes. Centrándonos en el doble recopilatorio tenemos grandes joyas del genero New Wave,Electrónico y synth-pop como son: "No-one driving" su flamante gran hit "Underpass" junto con otras joyas del genero como "Plaza" o "030" ambas de su primer larga duración y reconocido como uno de los mejores trabajos de el genero,dicho por los especialistas. También encontramos temas de su etapa con Ultravox! como son "Hiroshima Mon Amour", "My Sex" (que es de lo mejorcito que ha grabado) "Quiet Men" o "Dislocation". Algun single no publicado en ningun disco como son "Burning Car" o "Miles Away". De su segundo album en solitario nos encontramos "Europe After the Rain", "Dancing Like a Gun" (otro de sus mayores hits) o la estupenda "The Garden". Pasamos a su tercer disco en solitario,con la maravillosa "Twilight's Last Gleaming" o "Endlessly" para finalizar con cortes de su ultima etapa con Louis Gordon y algún que otro remix y colaboracion. Una buena manera de re-descubrir a este genio de la música electrónica o de tener todos sus hits,mas algún remix y colaboración especial todo junto en uno.
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John foxx ex-leader of the very first Ultravox! was one of the first mainstream British electronic music. of his life that was many years away from music, specifically devoted almost an entire decade were his hobbies as painting, graphic design and photography, along with some collaboration or sporadic production. In this double compilation highly recommended with over two hours of music collected in twenty-eight songs. We are the best of his solo works, as well as a song of his former band Ultravox! that if, again recorded with his friend and regular collaborator Louis Gordon in recent years. That said, even if many people are unaware of the legacy that Foxx artists and groups such as Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Human League, Erasure or Soft Cell and many others would not be what they are. Because he was one of the pioneers in making electronic music in the UK. which had already tested with Ultravox! in any song without much success. John is influenced by Kraftwerk, Roxy Music, David Bowie and New York Dolls as is apparent in some of his cuts. Focusing on the double compilation have great jewels of the genre New Wave, Electronic and synth-pop like: "No-one driving" his new smash hit "Underpass" along with other gems of the genre as "Plaza" or "030" both of their first full length and recognized as one of the best works of the genre, by the specialists said. We also found issues of his time with Ultravox! such as "Hiroshima Mon Amour", "My Sex" (which is the very best you recorded) "Quiet Men" or "Dislocation". Some not published in any single disk like "Burning Car" or "Miles Away". From his second solo album we "Europe After the Rain", "Dancing Like a Gun" (one of his biggest hits) or the wonderful "The Garden". Spent his third solo album, with the wonderful "Twilight's Last Gleaming" and "Endlessly" to end cuts his last stage with Louis Gordon and the odd remix and collaboration. A good way to re-discover this genius of electronic music or having all their hits, plus a special remix and collaboration all together in one.
Puntuación *9/10
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