''Shifting City'' is an album by
John Foxx
John Foxx (born Dennis Leigh; 26 September 1948) is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. He was the original lead singer of the New wave music, new wave band Ultravox, before leaving ...
and
Louis Gordon
Louis Gordon (born 1965) is an English musician notable for his collaboration with John Foxx. He has worked with Foxx on a number of albums since 1995. His solo work has also been released on the Toffeetones record label.
Biography
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, released in 1997 simultaneously with Foxx's ambient album ''
Cathedral Oceans
''Cathedral Oceans'' (after 2003 also referred to as ''Cathedral Oceans I'') is an album of ambient music by John Foxx, released in 1997. Alongside ''Shifting City'' released on the same day, it marked Foxx's return to the music scene after an ab ...
'', ''Shifting City'' was Foxx's first album release since ''
In Mysterious Ways
''In Mysterious Ways'' is a 1985 album by John Foxx, the follow-up to his album ''The Golden Section'', released two years previously. It features some of the highly Neo-romanticism, romantic style similar to 1981's The Garden (John Foxx album), ...
'' (1985).
Stylistically ''Shifting City'' marked a return to the electronic sound of Foxx's 1980 solo album ''
Metamatic
''Metamatic'' is the debut solo album by John Foxx, released in 1980. It was his first solo project following his split with Ultravox the previous year. A departure from the mix of synthesizers and conventional rock music, rock instrumentation ...
'', although it also shows an influence of 1960s
The Beatles
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-style
psychedelia
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, a style which Foxx had already experimented with on 1983's ''
The Golden Section
''The Golden Section'' is a 1983 album by English musician John Foxx. A progression from the sound of '' The Garden'' (1981), Foxx called ''The Golden Section'' "a roots check: Beatles, Church music, Psychedelia, The Shadows, The Floyd, The V ...
''.
A 2 CD special edition was released in October 2009, including three previously unreleased bonus tracks. Disc Two of this special re-issue contains the previously released “The Omnidelic Exotour” material, recorded live by Foxx and Gordon at
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English post-punk band formed in Greater Manchester in 1977 by Peter Terrell (guitar), Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), Jez Kerr (bass guitar, vocals), Martin Moscrop (trumpet, guitar) and Donald Johns ...
's Warehouse in Ancoats,
Manchester
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and at Metamatic Studio in 1997.
Track listing
1997 original release
# "The Noise" (Foxx) – 4:17
# "Crash" (Foxx, Gordon) – 5:24
# "Here We Go" (Foxx, Gordon) – 7:03
# "Shadow Man" (Foxx) – 7:26
# "Through My Sleeping" (Foxx) – 5:03
# "Forgotten Years" (Foxx, Gordon) – 5:43
# "Everyone" (Foxx, Gordon) – 5:48
# "Shifting City" (Foxx) – 3:36
# "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible" (Foxx, Gordon, Leven) – 5:42
# "An Ocean We Can Breathe" (Foxx, Gordon) – 6:23
* "Through My Sleeping" (originally titled "Leaving") and "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible" are rerecordings of material originally recorded by Foxx with
Nation 12
John Foxx (born Dennis Leigh; 26 September 1948) is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. He was the original lead singer of the new wave band Ultravox, before leaving to embark on a ...
.
On Nation 12's ''Electrofear'' album the tracks are credited to John Foxx, Shem McAuley, Kurt Rodgers and Simon Rodgers.
[''Electrofear'' CD liner notes]
2009 Special edition
CD1
# "The Noise"
# "Crash"
# "Here We Go"
# "Shadow Man"
# "Through My Sleeping"
# "Forgotten Years"
# "Everyone"
# "Shifting City"
# "Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible"
# "An Ocean We Can Breathe"
# "Shadow Man" (Early Version - Mono mix)
# "Quiet Men" (Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Just for a Moment" (Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour)
CD2
# "20th Century" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Burning Car" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Overpass" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "This City" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Just for a Moment" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Quiet Men" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Dislocation" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "An Ocean We Can Breathe" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Through My Sleeping" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "The Noise" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Shifting City" (Omnidelic Exotour)
# "Endlessly" (Omnidelic Exotour)
Personnel
* John Foxx: vocals, synthesisers, rhythm machines
* Louis Gordon: synthesisers, rhythm machines, backing vocals
References
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John Foxx albums
1997 albums