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Gosling is well known as a member of Psychic TV .[4 ] [5 ] Gosling founded the group Zos Kia ,[6 ] Psychic TV (during 1984),[6 ] and Bass-o-Matic (with William Orbit ) before recording as Mekon.[7 ] and teamed up with Coil [8 ] [9 ] for the album Transparent . He has also done extensive remixing work under the name "Sugar J".[10 ]
His first single was "Phatty's Lunch Box", which was followed by "Revenge of the Mekon", which featured Frankie Fraser ; Gosling met Fraser in Islington shortly after reading a biography of the former gangster , and they subsequently recorded three hours of Fraser reminiscing on his past, excerpts of which were used on the single.[7 ]
In the mid-to-late-Nineties he was a core member of the group Agent Provocateur along with Matthew Ashman (originally of Bow Wow Wow ), Dan Peppe , Danny Saber (of Black Grape ) and Cleo Torez.
He has worked with artists such as Schoolly D (on the Skool's Out album), Roxanne Shanté ("Yes Yes Y'All"), Marc Almond ("Delerious"), Bobby Gillespie , Alan Vega , and Afrika Bambaataa .[3 ] [11 ] His third album, Something Came Up , featured artwork by fashion designer Alexander McQueen .[11 ] [12 ]
Mekon's remix of the Infadels single "Can't Get Enough" appeared on an episode of Hex , a hit show originally shown on Sky One in the UK, and later on BBC America . It also featured on the FIFA 07 soundtrack. His song "What's Going On" is featured on the PlayStation 2 game ATV Offroad Fury 2 as well as the video game Amplitude .
Discography
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Zos Kia
23 as Zos Kia on 2CD, 2CS, 3x12" vinyl (2017)
Transparent as Zos Kia/Coil on CD, CS, 12" vinyl (1984)
Rape/Thank You on 7" vinyl (1984)
Be Like Me on 12" vinyl (1985)
Rape (Zos Kia album) on 12" vinyl (1985)
That's Heavy Baby (with Sugardog ) on 7" and 12" vinyl (1987)
with Psychic TV
with Jam Nation
as Mekong on A Brief History of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes and C & S Street Jazz Presents Give 'Em Enough Dope Volume Two
with Bassomatic
with Agent Provocateur
Other
as Mekon
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References
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^ "HOW WE MET: Alexander McQueen & John Gosling 'We were walking the same way. I had no idea he was stalking me'", The Independent , 24 September 2000, retrieved 5 February 2010
^ Bush, John "Mekon Biography ", Allmusic , retrieved 5 February 2010
^ a b "Mekon takes no prisoners ", Newham Recorder , 14 September 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010
^ Keenan, David. England’s Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground (MIT & Strange Attractor Press, 2016)
^ Strong, Martin Charles (31 October 2003). The great indie discography . Canongate U.S. ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9 . Retrieved 31 July 2010 .
^ a b Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography , Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0 , p. 466
^ a b Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music , Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0252-6 , p. 220
^ [1 ] Gosling Bio Blurb
^ Buckley, Peter (28 October 2003). The rough guide to rock . Rough Guides. pp. 221–222. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0 . Retrieved 31 July 2010 .
^ Sugar J discography
^ a b Sasson, Chloe (2006) "Something Came Up ", Sydney Morning Herald , 21 November 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010
^ "Mekon's third artist album out through Wall Of Sound ", Resident Advisor , 8 May 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010
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