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Biography
John Gosling (born c.1963, Brighton ),[1] currently known as Mekon is a British big beat and industrial musician and electronica producer .[2] [3]
Gosling is well known as a member of Psychic TV .[4] Gosling founded the group Zos-Kia ,[5] Psychic TV (during 1984),[5] 23 Skidoo , and Bass-o-Matic (with William Orbit ) before recording as Mekon.[6] and teamed up with Coil [7] for the album Transparent . He has also done extensive remixing work under the name "Sugar J".[8]
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.[6]
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] [9] His third album, Something Came Up featured artwork by fashion designer Alexander McQueen .[9] [10]
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
Zos Kia
with Psychic TV
with Jam Nation
with Bassomatic
with Agent Provocateur
Other
as Mekon
See also
References
^ "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 2010-02-05
^ Bush, John "Mekon Biography ", Allmusic , retrieved 2010-02-05
^ a b "Mekon takes no prisoners ", Newham Recorder , 14 September 2006, retrieved 2010-02-05
^ 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
^ 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 2010-02-05
^ "Mekon's third artist album out through Wall Of Sound ", Resident Advisor , 8 May 2006, retrieved 2010-02-05
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