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. Gosling founded the group Zos Kia,

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) before recording as Mekon.Larkin, Colin (1999) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 220 and teamed up with Coil for the album '' Transparent''. He has also done extensive remixing work under the name "Sugar J".Sugar J discography
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, and they subsequently recorded three hours of Fraser reminiscing on his past, excerpts of which were used on the single. In the mid-to-late-Nineties he was a core member of the group

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Discography

Zos Kia *'' 23'' as ''Zos Kia'' on 2CD, 2CS, 3x12" vinyl (2017) *'' Transparent'' as ''Zos Kia/Coil'' on CD, CS, 12" vinyl (1984) *''Rape/Thank You'' on 7" vinyl (1984) *''Be Like Me'' on 12" vinyl (1985) *''Rape (Zos Kia album)'' on 12" vinyl (1985) *''That's Heavy Baby'' (with Sugardog) on 7" and 12" vinyl (1987) with Psychic TV * Berlin Atonal Vol. 1 (1984) * Berlin Atonal Vol. 2 (1984) * Unclean (1984) * Descending (1985) * Themes 2 (1985) * Live in Heaven (1987) * Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988) * A Real Swedish Live Show (1989) * Live at Thee Ritz (LP) Temple Records (1989) * Mein-Goett-In-Gen (1994) * Those Who Do Not (1997) * Godstar: Thee Director's Cut (2004) * Mary Never Wanted Jesus with Jam Nation * as Mekong on A Brief History of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes and C & S Street Jazz Presents Give 'Em Enough Dope Volume Two with Bassomatic * Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass (1990) with Agent Provocateur *

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(1997) Other *'' The Melancholy Mad Tenant'' as Mekon *''Welcome to Tackletown'' (

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) – 1997 *''Relax with... Mekon'' (Wall of Sound) – 2000 *''Some Thing Came Up'' (

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) – 2006

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gosling, John Living people English industrial musicians 1963 births Big beat musicians Musicians from Brighton

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