Mekon (UK big beat/industrial musician John Gosling)

John Gosling (born 16 October 1963, Brighton), currently known as Mekon, is an English big beat and industrial musician and electronica producer. Gosling is well known as a member of Psychic TV. Gosling founded the group Zos Kia, Psychic TV (during 1984), and Bass-o-Matic (with William Orbit) before recording as Mekon. and teamed up with Coil for the album Transparent. He has also done extensive remixing work under the name "Sugar J". 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. 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. His third album, Something Came Up, featured artwork by fashion designer Alexander McQueen. 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. Zos Kia 23 as Zos Kia on 2CD, 2CS, 3x12" vinyl (2017) Transparent as Zos Kia/Coil on CD, CS, 12" vinyl (1984) Rape/Thank You on 7" vinyl (1984) Be Like Me 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 (1984) Descending (1985) Themes 2 (1985) Live in Heaven (1987) Live at Thee Mardi Gras (1988) A Real Swedish Live Show (1989) Live at Thee Ritz (LP) Temple Records (1989) Mein-Goett-In-Gen (1994) Those Who Do Not (1997) Godstar: Thee Director's Cut (2004) Mary Never Wanted Jesus with Jam Nation as Mekong on A Brief History of Ambient Volume 2: Imaginary Landscapes and C & S Street Jazz Presents Give 'Em Enough Dope Volume Two with Bassomatic Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass (1990) with Agent Provocateur Where the Wild Things Are (1997) Other The Melancholy Mad Tenant as Mekon Welcome to Tackletown (Wall of Sound) – 1997 Relax with... Mekon (Wall of Sound) – 2000 Some Thing Came Up (PIAS Recordings) – 2006 ATV Offroad Fury 2 Amplitude (video game) "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 5 February 2010 Bush, John "Mekon Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 5 February 2010 "Mekon takes no prisoners", Newham Recorder, 14 September 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010 Keenan, David. England’s Hidden Reverse: A Secret History of the Esoteric Underground (MIT & Strange Attractor Press, 2016) Strong, Martin Charles (31 October 2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate U.S. ISBN 978-1-84195-335-9. Retrieved 31 July 2010. Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 466 Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0252-6, p. 220 Gosling Bio Blurb 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". Discogs.com. Retrieved 8 September 2025. Sasson, Chloe (2006) "Something Came Up", Sydney Morning Herald, 21 November 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010 "Mekon's third artist album out through Wall Of Sound", Resident Advisor, 8 May 2006, retrieved 5 February 2010 John Gosling discography at Discogs Mekon discography at Discogs