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Andy Holden Exhibition at Tate Britain

26 Dec 2009 From january 9th until april 10th 2010 andy holden will have a solo exhibition as part of the 'art now' series at tate britain. the show is 'pyramid piece and return of the pyramid piece', a reincarnation of the work first shown in holland at kunstfort vijfhuizen last year. the video 'retuen of the pyramid piece' has a soundtrack by the grubby mitts. www.tate.org.uk

Andy Holden 'Lecture on Migration'

17 Nov 2009 Lecture on Migration is a work originally performed in 2004. It involves a one hour slide lecture by Peter Holden on the theme of bird migration. This performance coincides with the launch of the new issue of Garage Land Magazine, which includes an interview with Andy Holden about this work and other issues surrounding his art practice. Sunday 29th November, 3-4pm Transition Gallery, 25a Regents Studio, 8 andrews Road, London E8 4QN. Free Entry

28th NOV - Johnny Parry Chamber Orchestra Concert at St. Giles in The Fields

06 Nov 2009 With support from: Tom Mckean & The Emperors and Tom Hickox 60 St Giles High Street London WC2H 8LG Tickets available from We got Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/58008 Furthermore! Johnny Parry 'More Love and Death' T-shirts now available in the Lost Toys Shop.

'Daybreak' by Show Without Punch Out Now!

02 Sep 2009 The Long awaited debut mini album by Losttoys finest Show Without Punch is now available to buy in the Lost Toys Shop! Horray! Purchase a copy without delay.

Johnny Parry Chamber Orchestra Dates Announced!

02 Sep 2009 Johnny Parry with full Chamber Orchestra will play: Oct 24: Music in Mind 'Festival of Imaginative Music’ Brugge, Belgium, Nov 28: St Giles in the Fields, London (support tbc) 'More Love and Death' has meanwhile been generating glowing reviews: "As Parry has proved it once more with 'More Love And Death', his dark and beautiful and complex world is a work of genius." Daily Vault, 2009 "Parry's poems of morbid carnality and romance are framed by heavy velvet curtains of stylized theatrical gloom" Uncut, 2009 Here is a clip of the last outing with the full Orchestra at the Union Chaple in May:

Andy Holden 'Desert Project' Bristol

09 Jul 2009 Andy Holden: Desert Project (or Hard On In The Desert) Exhibition of new work, including one new Grubby Mitts track cut as a dub-plate inspired by a road trip around the West Coast of America as well as photographs, drawings, and sculptures in wood, bronze and plaster. Runs until August 8th at Works/Projects, Sydney Row, Bristol. Open Friday and saturday 10-6.

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

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 DEC 20th at the the always lovely Luminaire (311 high rd. Kilburn) 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 For the last hour of the last days of andy holden solo exhibition at kunstfort vijfhuizen, netherlands, the grubby mitts will a set including new material and new videos. Sunday 31st August (exhibition extended by one week from originally advertised). 4pm entry with ticket to exhibition (2 Euro). See www.kunstfort.nl for directions.

Andy Holden Exhibition in the Netherlands

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

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

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

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

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).