John Foxx

John Foxx (given birth to Dennis Leigh in Chorley, Lancashire, Britain), the initial vocalist of Ultravox, was one particular cult statistics known more with the recordings of others instead of those of his very own building. His detached, jolting vocal design motivated mainstream and underground performers across the years, from synth pop superstar Gary Numan to electro-techno duo Adult. Foxx’s three albums with Ultravox, released through the tail end from the ’70s, in addition to his initial two single albums, Metamatic (1980) as well as the Garden (1981), are crucial listening for anybody with an intention in artful post-glam rock and roll and challenging digital pop. Following a mainly silent period of approximately 12 years, split up with a couple of early-’90s singles with Tim Simenon as Country12, he came back more prolific than ever before, operating his personal label and dividing his documenting routine between ambient function (including collaborations with pianist Harold Budd and Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie) and song-based materials (documented with Louis Gordon) that frequently recalled Metamatic. Like a graphic designer, he designed publication addresses for Salman Rushdie and Anthony Burgess, and he also co-directed LFO’s video for 1991’s “LFO.”