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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'", ''
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big beat
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and
industrial
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musician and
electronica
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Allmusic
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Newham Recorder
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Gosling is well known as a member of Psychic TV. Gosling founded the group
Zos Kia
''Zos Kia'' (also credited as Zoskia) was a British musical group initially formed by John "Zos Kia" Gosling along with John Balance. This trio, along with Peter Christopherson on sound, and sometimes other guests, recorded and performed severa ...
,Psychic TV (during 1984),Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 46623 Skidoo, and Bass-o-Matic (with
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) before recording as Mekon.Larkin, Colin (1999) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 220 and teamed up with Coil for the album ''
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''. He has also done extensive remixing work under the name "Sugar J".Sugar J discography /ref>
His first single was "Phatty's Lunch Box", which was followed by "Revenge of the Mekon", which featured
Frankie Fraser
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; Gosling met Fraser in
Islington
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shortly after reading a biography of the former
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, and they subsequently recorded three hours of Fraser reminiscing on his past, excerpts of which were used on the single.
In the mid-to-late-Nineties he was a core member of the group
Agent Provocateur
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along with
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),
Dan Peppe
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,
Danny Saber
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(of
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) and Cleo Torez.
He has worked with artists such as
Schoolly D
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(on the ''Skool's Out'' album),
Roxanne Shanté
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("Yes Yes Y'All"),
Marc Almond
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("Delerious"),
Bobby Gillespie
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,
Alan Vega
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, and
Afrika Bambaataa
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Sydney Morning Herald
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'', 21 November 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010 His third album, ''Something Came Up'' featured artwork by fashion designer
Alexander McQueen
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Resident Advisor
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, 8 May 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010
Mekon's
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of the Infadels single, "Can't Get Enough", appeared on an episode of '' Hex'', a hit show originally shown on
Sky One
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in the UK, and later on
BBC America
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. It also featured on the ''
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'' soundtrack. His song "What's Going On" is featured on the
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game ''
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'' as well as the video game ''
Amplitude
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''.
Discography
Zos Kia
*'' 23'' as ''Zos Kia'' on 2CD, 2CS, 3x12" vinyl (2017)
*''
Transparent
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'' as ''Zos Kia/Coil'' on CD, CS, 12" vinyl (1984)
*''Rape/Thank You'' on 7" vinyl (1984)
*''
Be Like Me
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'' 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
* Berlin Atonal Vol. 1 (1984)
* Berlin Atonal Vol. 2 (1984)
*
Unclean
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Themes 2
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(1985)
*
Live in Heaven
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Imaginary Landscapes
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and C & S Street Jazz Presents Give 'Em Enough Dope Volume Two
with Bassomatic
*
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass
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(1990)
with Agent Provocateur
*
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Wall of Sound
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) – 1997
*''Relax with... Mekon'' (Wall of Sound) – 2000
*''Some Thing Came Up'' (
PIAS Recordings
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) – 2006
See also
*
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