From Trash
John Foxx & Louis Gordon
1. From Trash
2. Freeze Frame
3. Your Kisses Burn
4. Another You
5. Impossible
6. Never Let Me Go
7. A Room As Big As a City
8. A Million Cars
9. Friendly Fire
10. The One That Walks Through You
'From Trash finds him and Gordon lurking in arty electro Elysium, a place where
ennui-laden, robotic vocals glide into throbbing, thumping backbeats; A Million
Cars almost bursts into Tainted Love. It's all leavened with a taste of
Kraftwerk, especially the romantic Never Let Me Go. Beneath the extraterrestrial
exterior, Foxx appears to be having a whale of a time.' Q MAGAZINE
'There
are some belters here . . . Another You is a quirky pop song, Impossible is Foxx
at his Ultravox best, while Never Let Me Go is vocoded loveliness.' FUTURE
MUSIC
'The combined work of original Ultravox vocalist John Foxx and
Manchester's electro producer Louis Gordon is a thoughtful journey into
electronics, from the Germanic stomp of the title track to the Laurie Anderson
washes of Never Let Me Go. I'll give this four out of five.' DJ MAGAZINE
'Icy electronica from the original (and best) Ultravox frontman . . .
The metronomic throb of From Trash suggests night time cityscapes, pulsing like
a car-ride through urban neon much like Iggy Pop's mid-seventies Berlin
recordings. There's a strong cinematic quality to Foxx's current material, its
monochrome moments suggesting some great lost Fritz Lang soundtrack of the
imagination.' BIG CHEESE
'Motorik sequencers, glistening synth pads and
lyrics of vague, science fiction dystopia. To wit, the title track is a robotic
anthem worthy of The Human League's Dare, Freeze Frame is Computer World-era
Kraftwerk and Impossible reassembles David Bowie's Always Crashing In The Same
Car.' MOJO
'With collaborator Louis Gordon providing a backbone of
modern beats, he's produced some excellent albums, such as Crash & Burn
(2003), and this album maintains the momentum. The title track delivers a
vibrant electronic pulse which suits Foxx's dry vocal delivery perfectly, while
Freeze Frame compellingly melds Kraftwerk with Metamatic-era Foxx.' RECORD
COLLECTOR
'John Foxx makes synthetic-sounding techno-pop with Mancunian
DJ, Louis Gordon. Never Let Me Go is a great Laurie Anderson rip-off and the
other stuff is pretty good too.' VICE MAGAZINE
'An intriguing wallow in a
challenging but absorbing pool of ambience, electro and mood music . . . laced
with unexpected outbreaks of pure pop. In league with Mancunian electro wizard
and DJ Gordon, John Foxx's interest in cinematic imagery is unleashed more
determinedly in a rich collage of colours and moods. Every time you thinks it's
getting indulgent, something deliciously mad happens to save the party.'
TELETEXT
'From Trash focuses on cleanly constructed vignettes of
electro-pop, referencing a sleazier '70s rock past through icy synth lines and
catchy melodies. There is melancholy here and yet Foxx's intimate and teasingly
distant vocals promise revelation and transformation throughout. Everything from
the claustrophobia of Impossible to the delicate optimism of A Room As Big As A
City is explored, while A Million Cars is almost a love song to the capital's
immense and glittering life.' ROCK SOUND
'Freeze Frame sounds like The
Human League fretting about the dehumanising effect of technology, From Trash is
a Detroit techno-style paean to star-gazing guttersnipes and Another You
features a Bowie-esque subject, the fracturing of personality. Enjoyable stuff.'
THE INDEPENDENT
'From Trash's synth-driven minimalism is a welcome
throwback to the London Blitz - the club, not the krieg - and A Room As Big As A
City is like discovering a hidden track on OMD's Architecture & Morality.'
CLASSIC ROCK
'From Trash may have its dark side but it's an accomplished
and varied record, taking a measured approach that achieves more control without
compromising on any emotion. He continues in good musical health.' MUSICOMH
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