News

Date: April 8th, 2008 10:48:53 p.m.

AN UPDATE ON THE EMI PROJECTS

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

As many of you know, information regarding EMI's planned Ultravox re-releases was recently made known. This is the second major project Extreme Voice has been progressing on EMI's behalf, the first being 'Anthology', and we are now in a position to give a small update on the current progress and what the future holds.

EMI are intending, wherever possible, to release double disc versions of the entire Chrysalis-era Ultravox and Midge Ure solo catalogue over the next twelve months as 'Definitive Remastered Editions', in the order in which they were originally released - i.e. chronologically from 1980 to 1988. This second project came out of several conversations we had with EMI at the beginning of March 2006 around the main 'Anthology' release. We can confirm that these re-releases are intended to complement the main project ('Anthology') rather than replace it.

Despite the current industry trends and market conditions record companies are currently operating in, EMI have been tremendously supportive of both projects. The album re-releases are being put out through EMI Catalogue rather than EMI Gold, and so have benefited from a different perspective and budget, allowing us to 'think bigger' for what we would want these albums to be and include. With a broadly blank canvas, we were initially given a wider brief than we had previously had and we have been encouraged to revisit everything connected with the albums. We have considered and worked incredibly hard to bring a new dimension and ideas to everything you will see and hear on every album, this includes artwork, lyrics, photography and obviously, the music.

The original recordings will be digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London. The first albums to undergo this process, 'Vienna' and 'Rage in Eden', were transferred from the original production master tapes at the beginning of March. The final track-listings cannot yet be confirmed until the members of the band have listened to, commented on and approved the proposed extra tracks. We will give more details and release dates as soon as they are confirmed to us by EMI.

However, one thing we can confirm is that with the help and support of EMI, 'thinking big' has allowed us to pursue and now be in a position to reinstate the original front cover artwork for the 'Rage in Eden' album. This was withdrawn by Chrysalis after legal issues soon after it was originally released and has been replaced by alternative artwork on all subsequent editions. The process from initial conversations with Peter Saville about identifying the art which inspired the cover, through to our extensive work in contacting the original artist's estate to establish intent and culminating with EMI concluding licensing negotiations for its use took over a year, but we are absolutely thrilled with this achievement and to now be able to restore the image to the physical CD release. Digital downloads of 'Rage in Eden' that will be available online will have alternate artwork as the agreement for use does not cover any other editions of this album, either now or in the future.

We are currently writing a second 'All You Need To Know' companion piece (the first of which was completed for the Island Records re-mastered albums back in 2007) detailing the full process of the 'Anthology' and remastered album re-releases. We will publish this on the Extreme Voice website in due course.

AJANTA MUSIC - GIG & NEW ALBUM

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

AjantaMusic Live in London, Wed 23rd April 2008

Paul and Robin Simon will be performing live with their band AjantaMusic on Wednesday April 23rd 2008 at Inn On The Green, 3 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL. They 0will be joined by vocalist Gina Watson, dancer Minnie Russnak, plus Montana Verde VJ Visuals and AjantaMusic DJs. 0

AjantaMusic will be previewing material from their second album, 'Above The Cloudline', due for release in May. Guest musicians on the album include Dave Formula (Magazine, Visage), and Pete Jones (Public Image Ltd) plus vocalists Gina Watson and Danelle Harvey. 0

For further updates, and exclusive previews of the album (as they become available), visit www.myspace.com/ajantamusic. Click the poster below to see a larger version.

MIDGE URE - COVERS ALBUM

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

A preview of Midge's long-awaited covers album will be released as a 2-track promo single, to German radio for the tour there in April. This limited edition CD (1000 copies), entitled simply 'Two', will also be sold at the German shows and online in the midgeure.com shop, shipping from April 28th.

Track listing:
01. Man Of The World
02. Alfie

The full CD, entitled 'Ten', is to follow later this year.

MIDGE URE - INTIMATE MOMENTS 2

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

A new 'Intimate Moments' live CD and DVD set has just been released. It will be for sale on the German tour this month and will be shipping from the midgeure.com store from around April 28th.

Track listing:

AUDIO CD
01. Waiting Days
02. Man Who Sold The World
03. Fade To Grey
04. Let Me Go
05. Song For While I'm Away
06. Little Girl In Bloom.
07. Personal Heaven
08. I Survived
09. Lament
10. Vienna
11. All Fall Down
12. Dancing With Tears
13. If I Was
14. Hymn
All recorded live in Oldenburg, Krefeld, Koln & Hamburg in 2006.

DVD
01. Dear God
02. Personal Heaven
03. Cold Cold Heart
04. Song For While I'm Away
05. Fade To Grey
06. Let Me Go
07. Survived
08. One Small Day
09. Man Who Sold The World
10. Lament
11. Man of The World
12. Beneath A Spielberg Sky
13. Somebody
14. No Regrets
15. Breathe
All recorded / filmed in Langholm, Scotland November 2007.

JORI HULKKONEN & JOHN FOXX

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

The new Jori Hulkkonen single 'Never Been Here Before', which features John Foxx, is now available in digital and 12" vinyl formats.

Only two tracks are available to buy on iTunes for some reason, but all four can be bought via Play Digital.

'Never Been Here Before' is the first single to be taken from Jori's new album 'Errare Machinale Est', which is available in digital download and doublepack vinyl formats. A limited edition compact disc version is also be available, but ONLY in Finland.

The album was released by F Communications on the 24th of March, 2008.

Track listing:
01. Never Been Here Before, featuring John Foxx (Jori Hulkkonen Dub): 7'51"
02. Never Been Here Before, featuring John Foxx (Sasse Dub): 10'16"
03. Never Been Here Before, featuring John Foxx (Jeff Benett Mix): 7'22"
04. Never Been Here Before, featuring John Foxx (Sasse Vocal Mix): 10'15"

JOHN FOXX - AUSTRALIAN TOUR

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

John Foxx and Louis Gordon are all set to embark on a tour of Australia in May. The shows at selected venues will be augmented with a performance of 'Tiny Colour Movies'. Below are the dates which have so far been confirmed:

Sunday the 4th of May, 200
The Tivoli, 52 Costin Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane 4006, Queensland
Telephone: (07) 3852 1711, Fax: (07) 3257 1583
Web: www.thetivoli.net.au
Also includes a performance of 'Tiny Colour Movies'.

Tuesday the 6th of May, 2008
Fowlers Live, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
Email: fowlerslive@internode.on.net
Web: www.fowlerslive.com.au
Including DJ Trip.

Thursday the 8th of May, 200
Corner Hotel, 57 Swan Street, Richmond, Melbourne 3121, Victoria
Telephone: (03) 9427 9198, Fax: (03) 9427 9646
Email: info@cornerhotel.com
Web: www.cornerhotel.com
Including Support.

Friday the 9th of May, 2008
ACMI, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne 3000, Victoria
Telephone: (03) 8663 2583
Web: www.acmi.net.au
A screening of 'Tiny Colour Movies'.

Saturday the 10th of May, 2008
The Metro Theatre, 624 George Street, Sydney 2000, New South Wales
Telephone: (02) 9550 3666, Fax: (02) 9550 2990
Email: metro@centuryvenues.com.au
Web: www.metrotheatre.com.au
Also includes a performance of 'Tiny Colour Movies'.

JOHN FOXX - 'THE QUIET MAN' IN ITALY

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

John Foxx will be performing sections from his ongoing 'Quiet Man' novel at the 14th Genoa International Poetry Festival in Italy on Saturday the 21st of June, 2008.

The festival organisers have sent us the following information about the event:

Since 1983 the Circolo dei Viaggiatori nel Tempo (CVT) have organised several events in the fields of literature, poetry, visual arts and music. During the last thirteen years, its international activity has increased in importance and in significance. After the success of the Genoa International Poetry Festival, that every year invite the most known authors and the best young poets and performers, several European cities and regions (Paris, Helsinki, Lille, Munich, Brugge among the others) have asked the CVT to organise similar literary and poetry events.

The 'Genoa Poetry Festival', which started in 1995, is now considered the biggest poetry event in Italy and one of the most important in Europe.

In previous years over 700 authors have performed their works in Genoa, from the Nobel Prize winners Czeslaw Milosz, Derek Walcott and Wole Soyinka, to other poets and artists such as Lou Reed, John Giorno, Dacia Maraini, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Yusuf Komunyakaa, Peter Hammill, Tony Harrison, Jack Hirschmann, Simon Armitage, Joy Harjo, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, Joanne Kyger, Pedro Pietri, Charles Tomlinson, Brian Patten, Adonis, Fernando Arrabal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mario Luzi, Alvaro Mutis, Michel Houellebecq, Tahar Ben Jelloun, and many others.

Address: Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Matteotti, Genoa, Italy
John's performance is scheduled to start at 21:00 on Saturday the 21st of June.
Admission: free.

For more information and the complete list of who's scheduled to appear this year, please point your browser at www.festivalpoesia.org.

JOHN FOXX - 'THE QUIET MAN' IN LEEDS

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

John will also be performing sections from his ongoing 'Quiet Man' novel at the Victoria Hall, Leeds at 21:00 on Friday the 7th of November, 2008. He will be playing a grand piano to accompany a pre-recorded reading of the text, and there will also be a series of 'Quiet Man' images projected onto a screen in the hall.

Tickets are now on sale priced at 310.00. Concessions are priced at 38.00.

Address: Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AD
Box Office: 0113 224 3801
You can also buy tickets directly on the Leeds City Council online ticket sales page

JOHN FOXX - A NEW KIND OF MAN

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

For anyone who was able to attend any of last year's live shows based around the 'Metamatic' album, this will be a fantastic souvenir. Entitled 'A New Kind of Man', this album features the entire 'Metamatic' live set as performed by John Foxx, Louis Gordon and Steve D'Agostino.

Track listing:
01. Film One
02. Plaza
03. He's a Liquid
04. Underpass
05. Metal Beat
06. No-One Driving
07. A New Kind of Man
08. Blurred Girl
09. 030
10. Tidal Wave
11. Touch and Go
12. Glimmer
13. Mr No
14. This City
15. My Face
16. Burning Car
17. 21st Century

Label: Metamatic Records
Catalogue Number: META16CD
Release Date: 28th of April, 2008
Available from: www.townsend-records.co.uk/product.php?pId=10002904&pType=1

ULTRAVOX.ORG.UK UPDATES

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Ultravox.org.uk has just received a few updates, with new merchandise in the Shop (including some autographed items), nine new Covers Competition entries and a special Visage treat from Andi (BlueVision). Additionally, we have two rare Rage in Eden tour metal tie-pin badges up for auction on eBay, for those interested. The first one is here and the second one here.

COVERS COMPETITION

Tuesday, 8 April 2008

The closing date for the 2008 Ultravox Covers Competition is drawing near! Don't forget to get your entries in - you have until midnight GMT on May 31st. Good luck!

MIDGE URE LIVE

Ongoing

As Midge is currently performing a rolling set of live dates which are constantly updated, it's best if we refer you to the News page on his website: www.midgeure.com/newstour.html.