News:
| Grubby Mitts + JP at CUBE CINEMA, Bristol |
21 Jun 2009 Special Grubby Mitts and Johnny Parry visual show at the Cube cinema in Bristol to coincide with the opening day of Andy Holden's solo exhibition 'Desert Project' at the Works/Projects Gallery. |
| Johnny Parry 'More Love and Death' |
29 Apr 2009 Johnny Parry Album Out May 1st! It is now available to order from the Lost Toys Shop for £8. It will be posted out to reach you on May 1st. Tickets stil available for the special one-off show at the Union Chapel on Saturday May 9th, playing new tracks off the album with a chamber orchestra! Not to be missed! |
| Grubby Mitts Dates! |
29 Apr 2009 Does three shows constitute a tour? No. Grubby Mitts will play a few shows to promote their forthcoming EP for the Lost Toys Editions series. Confirmed: Friday 12th June - Cambridge, Wysing Arts, 7.30pm (special show as part of the exhibition 'Performed') Saturday 13th June - Norfolk - Private Show Thursday 18th June - Electro Accoustic Club at Slaughtered Lamb with Juneau Projects + Support. 8pm £5. |
| Johnny Parry at the Union Chapel |
26 Mar 2009 Johnny Parry with Chamber Orchestra! Album Launch 'More Love and Death' Do your very best to be there. Tickets available from: www.johnnyparry.com http://www.wegottickets.com/event/46576f £8 in advance. Book early! Great support acts - this is this 5th birthday celebration of the Electro Accoustic Club, should be an amazing night! |
| Andy Holden Exhibition - London |
26 Mar 2009 The event at the Odeon Cinema, Covent Garden on Thurs 9th April at 6.30pm will feature a string quartet and the music of Johnny Parry and Grubby Mitts. It is free to get in. For more info on the art of Andy Holden see: www.andyholdenartist.com |
| Lost Toys Editions: Betty Frances |
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10 Feb 2009 Lost Toys Records are pleased to announce a special new wing to our operation: Lost Toys Editions. Lost Toys Editions will be a series of EP's by artists, both new to Lost Toys as well as more familiar faces, issued in a strict limited edition hand numbered sleeve designed by the artist in collaboration with Andy Holden. Each limited edition will be launched at an event hosted by Lost Toys and the Electro Accoustic Club. The first in the Series will be by BETTY FRANCES. It will be launched at the Electro Accoustic Club at the Slaughtered Lamb on Tuesday 17th March. More Details to Follow. For a taster: www.myspace.com/bettyfrances <  Above: Betty Frances www.myspace.com/bettyfrances |
| Lost Toys Records Christmas 'do' 20th dec Luminaire |
18 Dec 2008 doors 7.30pm £6/£7 Johnny Parry Trio (with guests ) on at 8pm Show Without Punch 9.30pm The Grubby Mitts 10.30pm Grubby Mitts dj's till 1am blurb from Luminaire website: A EVENING Of WAITS-Y, TALK-TALK-Y, PIANO-LED SAVVY AND ORCHESTRAL-POP COMPOSITIONS. THE SAME BILL GAVE US ONE OF OUR BEST SHOWS OF 2007. WE EXPECT TONIGHT TO BE JUST AS SPECIAL hope to see you there! |
| Grubby Mitts play closing event for exhibition |
25 Aug 2008 See www.kunstfort.nl for directions. |
| Andy Holden Exhibition in the Netherlands |
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30 May 2008 A major exhibition by Andy Holden opens July 14th at Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, NL, running until 24th August. It is the first time the Arts Council funded sculpture and film 'The Return of the Pyramid Piece' will go on show. The exhibition also contains a musical composition Last Stop For the Good Old Times pt 3, a version of the Grubby Mitts track arranged for piano quintet in collaboration with Johnny Parry.  Details: www.kunstfort.nl www.andyholdenartist.com |
| Little Prayers Launch / Lost Toys Night |
12 Jan 2008 Please join us at the Luminaire in Kilburn, easily the nicest venue in London, for another Lost Toys night, this time to Launch the Little Prayers 1-8 (ep) by the Johnny Parry Trio. This is the first of what will be a triptych of CD's by the Johnny Parry Trio. It is also the first set of studio recordings as a three piece rather than Johnny on his own, giving it a very different feel. The 8 'Little Prayers' contain two alternate versions from 'Songs Without a Purpose' and one from Johnny's debute album from 2003 'Break Your Little Heart'. It is also the first set of recordings to surface from the just finished Lost Toys Studio, hidden out in the Bedfordshire countryside. SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH and The GRUBBY MITTS will also perform at the Luminaire in support of a full set by JP Trio. |
| Johnny Parry Trio Little Prayer EP |
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17 Dec 2007 The Johnny Parry Trio will release the first in a series of three EP's. All three EP's will feature the ongoing series of songs by Johnny Parry which are simply titled Little Prayer and then numbered. These will be played as a trio, stripped down to piano, bass and drums. Several of these songs have featured on Johnny's debut album 'Break Your Little Heart' and the follow up 'Songs Without A Purpose', here, however, they will be completely new interpretations. This will be the first recording proper as The Johnny Parry Trio. The first of the three records will be launched at the Luminaire, Kilburn, on Jan 28th. Ticket information to follow shortly. |
| SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH FREE SHOW |
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13 Sep 2007 The Lost Toys Records Ensemble will play a free show at the Cross Kings in Kings Cross on Sat 22 Sept, headlined by SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH.  This was initially intended by LTR to be the launch of the astonishing debut full lenght recording of Show Without Punch, but as noted previously this can no longer be the case. We can't say for sure when it will be available, or from where, but for the time being a new live EP will be available from shows. |
| Grubby Mitts Myspace |
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20 Aug 2007 After futile resistance the Grubby Mitts have a myspace: www.myspace.com/thegrubbymitts |
| Stufest 2007, Blunham, Bedfordshire |
20 Aug 2007 A large part of the Lost Toys ensemble will perform at Stufest. This is a one day charity festival. It is now in its third year, with last year seeing the Johnny Parry Trio headline at 2am and the Grubby Mitts being booed and having their fireworks stolen. Both acts will play again this year. Camping available. £5 entry. Email info@losttoysrecords.com for more details. www.myspace.com/stufest |
| SHOW WITHOUT PUNCH ALBUM POSTPONED |
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20 Aug 2007 Due to unforseen things, mostly good, Lost Toys Records will not be putting out the self-titled debut album from show Without Punch in September as hoped. The album is finished, but having to be held, for the time being, under lock and key. We are very sorry, but you will hear it eventually. The album lauch party at will be replaced with a Lost Toys night, possibly with a very special guest, but we are not going to make any more promises. More details to follow. |
| Grubby Mitts at CB2, Cambridge - 8th July |
07 Jul 2007 Grubby Mitts host an evening of electronica, live accompaniment to films and piano-based song writing at CB2, 5-7 Norfolk street Cambridge, on Sunday 8th July Doors at 7pm. £3 entry. And for those who were not at the Luminaire on Monday night, a second chance to pick up a free Lost Toys compilation. |
| Johnny Parry 'Songs Without a Purpose' - out now! |
07 Jul 2007 Johnny Parry 'Songs Without a Purpose' is now officially released and is available in the Lost Toys Shop! The reviews so far have been terrific: "Songs Without a Purpose is one of the most beautiful records ever made... his music brims with such beauty, elegance and bountifulness that it is impossible not to look at him as a poetic and musical genius. Could Parry be England's best export in recent years? Hell, Yes!" (Daily Vault, USA) "Mind-blowing." (DaMusic, Belgium) "Drama that would bring an opera house to its feet." (Disclaimer Review) "Bizarre? Definitely. Beautiful? Absolutely." (The Big Takeover) |
| lost toys showcase night - 2nd july at the luminaire, london |
01 Jun 2007 we've just confirmed a lost toys showcase night at the luminaire, kilburn, london on the 2nd of july. this will be the launch date for the new johnny parry trio album, 'songs without a purpose' (already available to purchase from our shop page for £10). |
| upcoming shows: |
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June: 12: Grubby Mitts, Wysing Arts, Cambridge 18: Grubby Mitts + Juneau Projects, Electro Accoustic Club, Slaughtered Lamb, 8pm £5 23: Johnny Parry Trio + Show Without Punch, 1001 Club, Brick Lane July 4: Grubby Mitts + Johnny Parry, Cube Cinema, Bristol August 5: Johnny Parry, Concrete Bar, Hayward Gallery current exhibitions: Andy Holden 'Performed', Wysing Arts Centre, nr Cambridge until 28th forthcoming exhibitions: Andy Holden 'Desert Project' works/projects Bristol July 3 - August 8 www.andyholdenartist.com |