Metatronic


Metatronic is a retrospective compilation of recorded audio and visual material by British musician and recording artist John Foxx. It was released in 2010 by Edsel Records to mark the 30th anniversary of Foxx's debut solo album Metamatic and the start of his solo career. The idea for the compilation was first mentioned in the Ultravox fanzine Extreme Voice back in 1999.
The three disc set, comprising two CDs and one DVD, highlights on the electronic side of Foxx's recorded work and includes promo videos for 'Underpass', 'No-One Driving' and 'He's A Liquid' on DVD for the first time, along with rare performances of 'The Noise' and 'Shifting City' performed by Foxx and Louis Gordon and filmed by VH1.
The extended version of Underpass and the "early version" of Burning Car remain exclusive to this release, as do the tracks on CD2 recorded live in Sydney.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. Underpass
  2. This City
  3. No-One Driving
  4. Burning Car
  5. The Noise
  6. Everyone
  7. When It Rains
  8. Automobile
  9. Broken Furniture
  10. Drive
  11. Once In A While
  12. From Trash
  13. Never Let Me Go
  14. Smokescreen
  15. Cinemascope
  16. Phone Tap
  17. Smoke

    CD 2 (Live In Sydney, 2008)

  18. Crash & Burn
  19. Uptown / Downtown
  20. The Man Who Dies Every Day
  21. Hiroshima Mon Amour
  22. Underpass
  23. From Trash
  24. Shadow Man
  25. My Sex

    CD 2 Bonus Tracks

  26. Burning Car
  27. Underpass
  28. Dislocated
  29. 20th Century

    DVD

  30. Underpass
  31. He's A Liquid
  32. No-One Driving
  33. Smokescreen
  34. Underpass
  35. The Noise
  36. Shifting City