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metamatics/norken

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I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4Lee Norris (metamatics/ norken) was born Le Nonriz in Strasbourg on the French-German border in 1970. In 1976 while on a school field trip to the Arndale Centre in Manchester, England he became distracted whilst wetting himself and got seperated from the group and subsequently lost. Before long he had adopted a slouch typical of the area and had started speaking french and german, his native tongues, with a decidedly Mancunian accent. "Ja mein cheri, ich liebe le chips and gravy." After mastering English eventually he gained full British Citizenship in 1979, he celebrated by moving to North Wales where under indecipherable Welsh law it's technically illegal to be English. The young Lee desperately wanted to continue his French-German hobby of singing in a band, in an attempt to remain unidentified as an English boy he decided to switch to playing the synthesizer, he bought a red Roland SH-101 from a confiscated goods auction in Bala and the rest.. is history.Lee has his own radio talkshow on Radio Exeter, his theme tune which is always played in it's entirety is 'That Sunday, that summer' by Nat King Cole, one of Lee's favourite ever songs. Topics on the show vary from week to week but usually relate in some way to Gary Numan, who is usually the guest.Lee drives a 2004 BMW 745i, in his efforts to throw off stalkers or the 'greys' he never drives home the same way twice, the fields surrounding his secluded Devon house are scarred and rutted and the hedgerows almost totally destroyed by his efforts to get home in peace.Lee, like all musicians has vowed to never have a real job, to never do an honest days work in his life. He accomplishes this with his day-job as an Engineer for British Telecom.As a youth Lee was a celebrated grafitti artist using the tag 'quoi?'.Lee squeals like a distressed pig for up to 45 minutes if woken before 9am. He is receiving treatment for this but a cure seems far off, it is especially difficult when suffering from jetlag in Japan or such.Lee recently played for the RAF troops stationed in Kuwait, they had wanted Gary Numan but due to an admin error got Lee. He came onstage dressed in a pink latex cape, pink latex mask and pink latex flares, with 'SCREAMING FOR ACID' scrawled on his generous belly in bright red lipstick. He started with his electro version of New York by the Sex Pistols and then segued into a Merzbow medley. The gig finished early after he was shot at and suffered a direct hit to the bong.Like a dog Lee can tell exactly where you've been and what you've been doing by putting his head between your legs and having a good sniff. The similarities with dogs end there though, Lee prefers to think of himself as 'catlike', he admires them for "hanging around like moody cunts and then staying awake all night worrying that there's something outside going to get them".Lee has been immortalised in more than just synthesizer music, his image was used as the last level boss in the Gamecube software 'Viewtiful Joe'.Lee's label Neo Ouija was originally called Yes Oui Ja. These being the words for yes in all the languages Lee spoke, and yes being his favourite word. The change occured when he got drunk and forgot what he had already decided on for the first word.Lee dislikes every band that ever came out of Manchester and Strasbourg except Frank Sidebottom. As a youth he preferred the Basildon Bass scene of heroin addicted tesco dave and leather skirted mr Gore.Lee has many favourite drinks, recent choices include the 'swimming pool' (white rum, blue curacao and coco syrup), the 'white russian' ( vodka and the short one out of Tatu) and the 'savage flashback' (equal parts ignited Drambuie, skunk and an audience). But his absolute favourite will always remain Clog wine, imported at great expense from the Alsace region of his earliest years to his first real home in Vowelless, Wales, this was the taste that he formed his empire on. To this day Lee is still capable of drinking the last few inches from the generous 1.5 litre bottle long after everyone else had decided on their excuses why they don't have to.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/14/2006
Band Website: combination.com hydrogendukebox.com neoouija.com
Band Members: lee anthony jude norris
Influences: brian eno+carl craig+lucio fulci+manchester city fc+microstoria+kraftwerk+black dog+b12+7th plain+robert fripp+drexciya+john foxx+butthole surfers+plastikman+leonard cohen+ae+gary numan+speedy j+nick drake+model 500+depeche mode+afx+king crimson+bochum welt+seti+mark hollis+oval+david sylvian+photek+bill nelson+balil+atom heart +cluster+galaxy2galaxy+hans joachim roedelius+kenny larkin+harold budd+pete namlook+max richter+orb+reload+polygon window+stasis+terre thaemlitz+john carpenter+william basinski+sam raimi+roger eno+kaki king+songs of green pheasant+bonnie prince billy+x-tront+dario argento+charles bukowski+karate+talktalk+fuse+prince far i ++++++++++++etc++++++++++++
Sounds Like: Gently reninstating its lilting lulaby qualities,asserting this artists ability to sound like no one else!
Record Label: clear,neo ouija,hydrogen dukebox,dot,combination
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

electrode 2

14th dec-bratislavia-slovakia
Posted by metamatics/norken on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:02:00 PST

mtv!!

mtv have added personal jesus to their playlists on mtv dance and mtv 2...i never expected the ep to take off like this..its out next monday along with the album...the phone has not stopped ringing re...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:29:00 PST

My Favourite Kind Of Irrelevance review

Nice review from the lads over at boomkat.com METAMATICS & NORKEN - My Favourite Kind Of Irrelevance : A Retrospective 1997 to 2007 (LIMITED 2CD EDITION) Hydrogen Dukebox 2CD // ...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:46:00 PST

Radio 1

The past 2 weeks have been really mad with interviews and promo for the upcoming new album and ep which all hits the shops in the next week or 2!!The new  retrospective double cd album METAMATICS...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:35:00 PST

systrum sistum radio

anyone not connected with systrum sistum radio then spend some time and tune in..run by a good friend damian in australia and his friends scattered over europe playing the deepest lush electronicahave...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:09:00 PST

personal jesus video

the video is amazing..well impressedthe ep is out 11 June 2007 ...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:27:00 PST

press release*

Artist - Metamatics Title - My Favourite Kind Of Irrelevance (The Best Of Metamatics) Label - HYDROJEN DUKEBOX Format - CD / CD PLUS LTD AMBIENT CD Catalog No. - DUKE 147CD Release Date - 11/06/20...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Tue, 08 May 2007 04:06:00 PST

norken+deer---beyond the breeze

This is the fourth and last part of a series of 10?es of our compilation named Traffic III. Since the first release, we deliberately let pass away a good deal of time. In other words: who - for fear o...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Tue, 08 May 2007 03:49:00 PST

number 1

found out this morning that my new album has gone straight in at number 1 in the zubb chart...charts have never excited me or have i ever taken much notice of them but im rather delighted that my fav...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:46:00 PST

plumbline

plumbline from new york  and also label mate on hydrogen dukebox has done a metamatics remix of personal jesus for the ep...really lush mix makin the ep 4 tracks now...i think it's out in mayanyw...
Posted by metamatics/norken on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:02:00 PST