After signing to Virgin Records, Foxx achieved minor chart success with his first solo single, “Underpass” (UK Chart Pos. #31) and “No-One Driving” (UK Chart Pos. #32). Its parent album Metamatic appeared in record shops on 17 January 1980. Foxx played most of the synthesisers and “rhythm machines”, as they were listed on the sleeve. The name of one of the album’s songs, “Metal Beat”, takes its name from a CR-78 drum machine sound used on the record. Virgin released the album under the imprint name “Metal Beat Records”, which was used for Foxx releases throughout his contract with them.
This is a shorter radio edit of the remix featured on the 12 ‘Underpass’ 12 inch which is released by Metamatic Records on 27 May, 2013. The full remix on the vinyl edition is over six minutes. Hand-stamped and numbered by designer Jonathan Barnbrook, the single is limited to 530 copies – only 500 of which will go on sale. The 12 inch also features the nine minute Oh The Hilt Mix of ‘Underpass’ by John Doran and John Tatlock.
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