Louis Gordon
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Louis Gordon 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.
. Gordon began playing the drums as a child, later progressing to bass guitar and guitar. He now predominantly plays keyboards and guitar doing one man shows with guest appearances by frinds from the music industry often featuring .
Louis started out busking all over the country before settling in Shrewsbury for a while , his live shows started at about tea time and carried on until he could go no more or the landlord pulled the plug .
At the ATP festival in Kent Louis had his bottle of Absolute Vodka nicked by Sean Lennon and this traumatic experience led to Louis and his friend Alex taking Sean to the pub down the road where they dumped him to the mercy of hoards of nerdy trainspotters .
Instant Karma would hit them the next day when Radio 1 asked for some cd's and Lou realised that in all these years he had never made an album and so couldn't produce any product that might have got decent exposure. So the idea of making one was born and that summer closed gone fishing was made . Lou is now on the Toffeetones label as they treat him nice and don't expect much in return ...
John Foxx
John Foxx is an English singer, artist, photographer and teacher. He was the original lead singer of the band Ultravox before being replaced by Midge Ure, when he left to embark on a solo career in 1979...
. 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
Foxx had met Louis Gordon after watching one of his concerts. The concert was at berrington hall, near shrewsbury and was in aid of Louis' birthday (in January 1995). Gordon was said to be "blown away" by their meeting. He was later contacted by Foxx, who asked about making a record together. Their first recording was made in ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. Gordon began playing the drums as a child, later progressing to bass guitar and guitar. He now predominantly plays keyboards and guitar doing one man shows with guest appearances by frinds from the music industry often featuring .
Louis started out busking all over the country before settling in Shrewsbury for a while , his live shows started at about tea time and carried on until he could go no more or the landlord pulled the plug .
At the ATP festival in Kent Louis had his bottle of Absolute Vodka nicked by Sean Lennon and this traumatic experience led to Louis and his friend Alex taking Sean to the pub down the road where they dumped him to the mercy of hoards of nerdy trainspotters .
Instant Karma would hit them the next day when Radio 1 asked for some cd's and Lou realised that in all these years he had never made an album and so couldn't produce any product that might have got decent exposure. So the idea of making one was born and that summer closed gone fishing was made . Lou is now on the Toffeetones label as they treat him nice and don't expect much in return ...
Solo
- Louis Gordon – The Man With No Fame (Self-Released 2004)
- Louis Gordon - Closed Gone Fishing (Self-Released 2005)
- Louis Gordon – Tell Your Mum I Saved Your Life (Self-Released 2006)
- Louis Gordon - Deep Electric Blue (Black Spot 2006)
- Louis Gordon - Goodbye Walnut Road (Northern Star 2007)
- Louis Gordon - Blind Anorexic (Toffeetones 2008)
- Louis Gordon – E.S.T. (Electric Shock Treatment) (Toffeetones 2009)
- Louis Gordon - The Motion Picture Event of the Year (Toffeetones 2009)
John Foxx & Louis Gordon
- Shifting CityShifting CityShifting City is an album by John Foxx and Louis Gordon, released in 1997 . Released simultaneously with Foxx's ambient album Cathedral Oceans, Shifting City was Foxx's first album release since In Mysterious Ways .Stylistically Shifting City marked a return to the electronic sound of Foxx's 1980...
(1997) - Exotour 97 (1997)
- Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour (1998)
- The Pleasures of ElectricityThe Pleasures of ElectricityThe Pleasures of Electricity is an album by John Foxx and Louis Gordon, released in 2001. It was the duo's second studio album, and Foxx's third after his return to the music scene in 1997....
(2001) - Crash and BurnCrash and Burn (John Foxx album)Crash and Burn is the third studio album by John Foxx and Louis Gordon, released in 2003.-Track listing:# "Drive" — 6:55# "Cinema" — 5:09# "Broken Furniture" — 5:25# "Crash and Burn" — 4:03# "Once in a While" — 4:10# "Sex Video" — 5:00...
(2003) - Drive EP (2003)
- Live From a Room (As Big as a City) (2006)
- From TrashFrom TrashFrom Trash is the fourth studio album by John Foxx and Louis Gordon, released in 2006. Further material from the same sessions was released during the same year as Sideways.-Track listing:# "From Trash" — 4:34# "Freeze Frame" — 3:57...
(2006) - Sideways (2006)
- Impossible (2008)
- Neuro Video (2008)