..:: Ade Fenton ::..

Monday 29th October 2007
Performance Schedule Update:

Apologies for the rather belated nature of this news update.

I’ve been working extremely hard in the studio with Gary Numan over the last month or two. We’re working on some of his new songs and we are making excellent progress.

Here are some updates to my current dj schedule:

November 10th 2007 - Drop Beats Not Bombs, Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK
December 1st 2007 - Atomic Jam, Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK
December 31st 2007 – Atomic Jam, Birmingham, UK

I’ll also be playing keyboards for Gary Numan on the forthcoming Replicas 2008 UK Tour. The dates are as follows:

February 29th 2008 - Academy, Bristol, England
March 1st 2008 - Corporation, Sheffield, England
March 2nd 2008 – ABC, Glasgow, Scotland
March 3rd 2008 - Air & Spring Brake, Belfast, Northern Ireland
March 4th 2008 – Tripod, Dublin, Ireland
March 5th 2008 - Rock City, Nottingham, England
March 7th 2008 – Academy, Newcastle, England
March 8th 2008 – Academy, Manchester, England
March 9th 2008 – UEA, Norwich, England
March 10th 2008 - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, England
March 11th 2008 - The Junction, Cambridge, England
March 12th 2008 - The Dome, Brighton, England
March 13th 2008 – Academy, Oxford, England
March 14th 2008 – University, Southampton, England
March 15th 2008 - Indigo2 @ 02 Arena, London, England

Thursday 2nd August 2007
Numan DJ set tracklisting:

For anyone that’s interested, here’s a rundown of the tracks I played in my dj sets across the 4 nights on last weeks Gary Numan shows:

Ade Fenton – One Day
Ade Fenton – Truth
Ade Fenton vs. Gary Numan – Healing
Gary Numan vs. Ade Fenton – The Leather Sea (Electro Mix)
Nine Inch Nails – Me, I’m Not
Nine Inch Nails – Vessel
Nine Inch Nails – Underneath it All
Skinny Puppy – Censor
Kraftwerk – Numbers
Kraftwerk – Tour de France
Earth Goat – She’s a fire
Gary Numan – Random
Gary Numan – Metal
Motor – DIN
Ministry – Hizbollah
Combichrist – This shit will fuck you up
Combichrist – Without emotions
Cabaret Voltaire – Just Fascination
Kraftwerk – Music Non Stop
Nine Inch Nails – Complication
Nine Inch Nails – Somewhat Damaged
Depeche Mode – Dream On (Dave Clarke Remix)
Nine Inch Nails – Memorabilia
Ade Fenton – Machine
Nine Inch Nails – Gave Up
Nitzer Ebb – Look to me
Laurent Garnier – Greed
Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism

Tuesday 31st July 2007
The Leather Sea:

The Leather Sea is released today. All high street record shops have copies in store, and you can also order from our online store by clicking on the following link http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/artist.php?artist=Gary+Numan+Vs+Ade+Fenton. The download package is also available all of the usual portals like iTunes, 7digital, HMV, Virgin etc.

Tuesday 31st July 2007
Thank You:

Thanks to everyone that came along to the shows on Gary Numan’s tour last week. The dj sets I did seemed to be received well and I look forward to doing more, sometime in the future.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the new experience of being on stage as a band member, although I must say that I spent the whole day before my home gig at Nottingham Rock City trying to fight off the nerves, but actually it couldn’t have gone any better. I’d worked hard during rehearsals reprogramming many of the sounds on my Access Virus TI synthesizer, making sure every patch sounded how it was supposed to sound.
As some of you may have noticed, I did have some pretty bad technical problems with the Virus developing throughout the tour, which basically meant that when I pressed a note on my keyboard, a sound would freeze, completely randomly, and not read the next note. By Liverpool, these problems had gotten so bad that I had to abandon using the Virus altogether for the last of Gary’s 3 or 4 songs, and in fact in London, it died completely during soundcheck.

Thursday 28th June 2007
New Single:

The new Gary Numan vs. Ade Fenton single, 'The Leather Sea', will be released on July 30th 2007, through Submission Records/Universal

CD-1 features 2 tracks:
The Leather Sea (Radio Edit)
The Leather Sea (Ade Fenton Suicide Mix)

CD-2 features 3 tracks:
The Leather Sea (Album Version)
Melt (Ade Fenton Remix)
Healed (previously unavailable on CD)

You can now pre-order the two CD singles at a special discounted rate by clicking on the following link: http://www.townsend-records.co.uk/artist.php?artist=Gary+Numan+Vs+Ade+Fenton

A digital download version of the single will also feature the following tracklisting:

The Leather Sea (Radio Edit)
The Leather Sea (Ade Fenton Electro Mix)
One Day (Extended Version)

We'll have details of how to pre-order this download very soon

Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Media Links:

A short video taken at Ade’s recent gig at the wonderful Clash club in Sao Paulo can be viewed by clicking on this link. For anyone that missed the Ade Fenton/Gary Numan live session on Janice Long’s show on BBC Radio 2 last week, you can listen to it online by clicking this link.

Tuesday 15th May 2007
Artifical Perfect Interview:

An interview with Ade Fenton about Artificial Perfect, the Healing video and much more is now online,and can be read by clicking on the following link: www.thenorthphase.com

Thursday 10th May 2007
Press Reviews:

'Ade Fenton's more industrial material can't have escaped the notice of those who like their tunes bleak and buzzing with a palpable sense of fear and paranoia, especially when they recall Trent Reznor's early efforts. But what really makes Artificial Perfect so compelling is the vocal contribution of cyber-warrior Gary Numan - when that instantly recognisable, robotic, detached and so very trademark Numan drone appears, the songs take on a powerful identity.' METAL HAMMER

'Ade Fenton is best known for being an international and respected techno DJ, a renowned remixer, as well as being the co-producer of Gary Numan’s acclaimed album Jagged. Numan himself guests on four tracks - the archetypical soaring choruses of the panoramic Numan-esque opener ‘The Leather Sea’ and the dark eerie edginess of the techno-Industrial Fenton collaboration ‘Healing’ being most notable. The Nine Inch Nails influenced ‘Slide Away’ is another sublime Numan-meets-Fenton mutation, with a lethal nightmarish twist. A cohesive and remarkably impressive debut album.' ROCK SOUND

'Ade Fenton is a techno DJ of no little fame himself and has helped to relaunch the career of synth pioneer Gary Numan. It was Fenton who helped make last year's Jagged as good as it was. Artificial Perfect exists comfortably at the industrial extremes with the likes of Nine Inch Nails and KMFDM and the attention to detail is admirable, straddling the divide between NIN's Pretty Hate Machine and Broken. The album also features Gary Numan's excellent vocals on four tracks.' CLASSIC ROCK

'After breathing new life into Gary Numan's oeuvre as producer on last year's Jagged, Ade Fenton, perhaps more widely known in the dance music world for running two specialist techno labels, has branched out and begun recording his own compositions. Numan returns the favour - Jagged was edgy and very well received - by contributing vocals to four tracks on Fenton's first solo album. Artificial Perfect is an album of abrupt twists and turns - punchy beats giving way to elegant piano lines. The overall sound is harsh but never thin, rhythmic complexity underpinning the grimy forcefulness of the songs. It all ends in a glorious blast of hissing vocals and pounding beats which build into a hypnotic loop on 'Machine'. It's not a long album and leaves you wishing for more - definitely one to return to again and again.' MUSIC OMH

'Ade Fenton co-produced Gary Numan's last album Jagged and with Numan guesting on four tracks here the similarities between the album sounds were always going to be striking. However, the songwriting is clearly not down to Numan and while the mood remains somber, other vocalists like Helen Tilley and Fenton himself give enough variation. Numan fans will love it but Fenton strikes a clear path too.' FUTURE MUSIC

Tuesday 8th May 2007
Gary Numan Interview on Radio One:

An interview with Gary Numan by Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank is now available for your listening pleasure by clicking on the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank Gary discusses the making of Ade Fenton’s Artificial Perfect album, amongst many other subjects.

Friday 4th May 2007
Ade Fenton Kerrang Radio:

Ade Fenton will be appearing on The Slab on Kerrang Radio 105.2 FM in the Midlands from 3am on Sunday May 6th. 3 tracks from Artificial Perfect will be played and Ade will be interviewed. Kerrang Radio is also available on Sky0180, Freeview and DAB. The show can also be heard for a week, commencing Monday 7th May on the following link: www.kerrangradio.co.uk

Tuesday 1st May 2007
Ade Fenton Mobile Phone WAP Site Launch:

If you're based in the UK simply text:

ADEFENTON to 84070

This service requires your phone to be WAP enabled, please check with your handset manufacturer or mobile provider if you are unsure as to your phones capability.

By visiting the WAP site you may browse and buy Ade Fenton mobile content including wallpapers (such as promo shots from the Healing campaign), ringtones and video. You can also find out the latest news about single releases and forthcoming events and gigs.

By texting ADEFENTON to 84070 you will be charged 25p. Please bookmark the site when leaving in order to visit it again in the future for free.

For fans outside the UK who wish to visit the Ade Fenton Mobile Phone WAP site simply text the word:

ADEFENTONMOBILE to +44778620322

By texting the word ADEFENTON MOBILE to +44778620322 you will receive a link by return message directing you to the Ade Fenton WAP site.

Mobile content pricelist:

Ringtones:

UK - £3
USA - $3
Europe - 2 Euros

Video Clips:

UK - £3
USA - $3
Europe - 3 Euros

Wallpapers:

UK - 50p
USA - $1
Europe - 1 Euro

If you experience any difficulties using the Ade Fenton WAP site, please contact info@moyst.com

Service provided by Moyst Ltd.

Tuesday 1st May 2007
Single Out Now
The new Ade Fenton vs Gary Numan single, Healing is out now through Submission/Universal (SUB01). It's available as a four track digital download - the tracks are Healing (single edit), Healed, Healing (Ade Fenton's Stripped Mix) and Healing (Ade Fenton's Pyscho Mix). You can buy it on iTunes and over 30 other portals although please check which digital format you're downloading as they do vary. Healing is also available as a limited edition 12 inch vinyl (SUBLtd01). The tracklisting for the 12 inch includes all the mixes on the digital EP except for Healed. You can buy it from leading High Street record stores as well as www.townsendrecords.co.uk, www.sisterray.co.uk, www.musicnonstop.co.uk, www.hmv.co.uk and specialist dance outlets.

Meanwhile, Healing is getting some great reviews in the dance press:

IDJ:

After producing Gary Numan’s 2006 album Jagged Ade Fenton once again returns to the man with the voice that epitomized 80s electro, with a release that is going to appeal across the board to fans of techno, electronica, industrial and all other indie music.Numan's haunting vocals sound at their best when laid over the top of the grittiest beats offered on the excellent Psycho Mix, and this surely is the one that will be doing the business club wise.

M8:

It's always good see an artist break out of his mould to try new stuff and Ade Fenton has achieved this perfectly with this new collaboration with pop legend Gary Numan. There always was a dark edge to Ade's music and he's tried to bring that to the fore whilst still trying to appeal to a wider market. The single is more sound based than what we’re used to from Ade, and with Numan's vocal on the top, you can expect this one to cross over massively. A great attempt at difference - lets hope it continues!

Update:

Gary Numan came out of the Roxy-era punk scene and invented himself as the bastard space warrior robo-offspring of Ziggy Stardust to massive success which went on to unexpectedly influence the early techno guys. Ade Fenton is one of the harder techno belters with his Perverter and Advanced labels. Last year Ade produced Gary's Jagged to great acclaim and now the pair return with a taster of Ade's debut solo album Artificial Perfect, which features Numan on four tracks. It's quite dark and nasty with Gary's wind-tunnel vocals and trademark synth sweeps. The mood is blackened further on the Psycho Mix, while the dancefloor will drop their trousers for Ade's Stripped Mix, which speaks for itself and demonstrates what an ace techno merchant he is. But that's just one side, as this single shows.

There's also a review on today's Teletext page:

Numan does some unusually light vocals for his producer's single. It works as it allows Fenton's supple, Timo Maas-y beats to keep powering on menacingly.

Monday 30th April 2007
Podcast Interview

An Ade Fenton interview by American journalist Mitchell Anthony as part of his ‘Creating Success’ website can be heard by clicking on this link

Wednesday 25th April 2007

The Artificial Perfect album will be out on May 7 in the UK via Submission/Universal. However, there is some variation in release dates from territory to territory as we're going through different labels, so we will update info about Europe, Japan and America as soon as they are confirmed. The album will be out in all the territories by July but if you want to have the album in early May we have done a deal with www.townsendrecords.co.uk to act as our official shop for the world - their other clients include the Arctic Monkeys and they are very quick and efficient. Our 'click to buy' link on the buy page or the 'online shop' on My Space will take you straight to them.

Wednesday 25th April 2007

Rob Da Bank will be interviewing Gary Numan on Radio 1 and playing tracks from Jagged, Artificial Perfect and the John Peel Sessions album on Sunday May 6.

Saturday 14th April 2007

Gary Numan and Ade Fenton will be signing copies of the new 'Artificial Perfect' album and the limited edition 'Healing' 12 inch single on 8th May, 2007 at 6pm in the Sister Ray store in London. There will also be other limited edition Gary Numan products available to buy in the store and signed on the day. Click on this link for info.

Friday 6th April 2007

A podcast recorded at the video shoot for Healing with Ade and Gary is now available free on iTunes. Just enter ‘Ade Fenton’ or ‘Gary Numan’ in the search criteria.

Wednesday 4th April 2007

Reviews of ‘Artificial Perfect’ have been confirmed for the forthcoming issues of Q, Rock Sound, Metal Hammer, i-DJ, Future Music and Classic Rock. More news to follow about these and many more magazine features to follow.

Tuesday 3rd April 2007

We’ve received confirmation that Ade Fenton will be performing a live session on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday 17th May, on the Janice Long show. Ade will be performing 3 tracks from the forthcoming album with Gary Numan.

Monday 2nd April 2007

Competition

For your chance to win a signed picture of Ade Fenton and Gary Numan along with a limited edition 12 " single of Healing as well as a copy of the new album Artificial Perfect signed by both Ade and Gary simply answer the following question via text:

What Gary Numan album did Ade Fenton co-produce in 2006?

Was it:

A. The Pleasure Principle
B. Sacrifice
C. Jagged

Simply text the word Fenton along with your answer A, B or C to 83149

Eg.
If you think the answer is A
Text Fenton (then leave a space) and then insert the letter A to 83149 (Fenton A to 83149)

Each text entry will cost £1.00 plus your standard network rate!
Open to UK residents only!

Text entry costs £1.00 plus your standard network ate. This is NOT a subscription service and you will NOT be re-billed. Competition open to UK residents only! You must be 16 years and over to enter and winner will be notified by mobile phone after closing date May 31st 2007. Competition run by Moyst Ltd. info@moyst.com

Also:
Mobile Wallpapers

Purchase new wallpapers for your mobile (Only 50p each!)
Text Ade or Healing to 83070 for the wallpaper of your choice.

For example; If you wish to purchase the Healing wallpaper simply text:

Healing to 83070

Each wallpaper costs 50p. This is NOT a subscription service and you will NOT be re-billed. Only available to UK Residents! Service provided by Moyst Ltd. If you experience difficulty downloading your wallpapers please contact info@moyst.com

Also:
Ringtones

To celebrate this competition and the forthcoming new album, we have made Healing available as a ringtone!

To purchase your Healing ringtone simply text:

Healing to 82070 and follow the instructions!

Your Healing ringtone will cost £3.00 and is only currently available in the UK!
You will be sent two text messages charged at £1.50 each. You will be sent a maximum of two messages only. Service provided by Moyst Ltd. info@moyst.com

Monday 2nd April 2007

Uncut magazine is currently running a news piece on the forthcoming Fenton and Numan single. Click on the following link for the full story - www.uncut.co.uk/news/gary_numan/news/9636

Saturday 31st March 2007

Healing has been receiving a great reaction in week one of the campaign with plays on XFM, BBC Radio 6, Total Rock and Kerrang.

Thursday 29th March 2007

The new edition of DJ magazine (with Goldie on the cover) is now in the shops, and features a double page interview with Ade and Gary Numan.

Monday 26th March 2007

Ade Fenton vs. Gary Numan

The new single
‘Healing’

Released April 30th 2007 through Submission/Universal

Ade Fenton

The new album
‘Artificial Perfect’

Featuring guest vocals on 4 songs by Gary Numan
Released May 7th 2007 through Submission/Universal