John Foxx – A New Kind Of Man

fantastic and super analogue!
METAL BEAT-version IS a MASTERPIECE! great live

A ‘New Kind of Man’ is a live recording of the 2007 Metamatic UK tour, this is the re-released 2009 edition. Originally released in 1980 Metamatic is one of the most popular John Foxx albums. The live recording opens with the B-side Film One. Sadly it sounds like a backing tape of the original recording with some synth doodling over the top. It would have been nice to have heard a fresh version of this track. Each track has the inclusion of the audience to give more atmospheres; this ambience is then faded out of the recording. Again some of the tracks sound like they are taken from the original album tapes. Plaza was always a good track and Foxx had recently been playing this live before the Metamatic tour. Metamatic sounds good, and is clearly a favourite. The only thing I wasn’t sure about on this recording was the Sooty & Sweep flanging not in keeping with the original, that MXR sound was part of the original Metamatic sound. Various other B-sides appear alongside the original Metamatic album tracks; these include Glimmer, Mr No and This City from the ‘No-One Driving’ double single. Another interesting inclusion was ‘My Face’ from the flexi disc. The album ends with the newly titled 21st Century. This is really a collectors album for fans of John Foxx, those who are new to John Foxx should listen to the original Metamatic album first.