andy holden & the grubby mitts:

lost toys records are home to both the music of andy holden and the grubby mitts. the music of andy holden is collaged out of scraps and fragments of melody, as if remembered from the night before, or heard floating down from a window and taken up as a hum by someone passing by on the street below.

the compositions are often composed to accompany his exhibitions or sculptures, and are often exhibited as objects.

the grubby mitts is a live band. it is written as if ‘after dance music’, short loops, (played loosely), snippets from here and there, down the scale, chat shows, veneer, refrains.

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