New Signings: Wheeler Street!
January 14, 2010
Maidstone’s finest folk band, Wheeler Street, have signed a record deal with Kent label, Tin Robot Records.
Wheeler Street are very widely-touted and have enjoyed airtime on BBC Radio 2, live slots at Glastonbury and the Cambridge Folk Festival and critical acclaim for their last album, Roodumdah, and EP, Complaints and Privileges.
Wheeler Street are the third act to sign with Tin Robot Records, the new label that is helping change the face of the music industry. The band are currently working on their first single with Tin Robot Records that is due for release on the 22nd March.
If you thought you didn’t like folk – this is the band that will change your mind!
Visit the Tin Robot Records website (www.tinrobotrecords.co.uk) to hear some of the band’s past music and to find out more about them!
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Kaleidophone – ‘Fat Cats Tour’
January 13, 2010
We are pleased to announce Kaleidophone’s ‘Fat Cats Tour’ which will see the band performing across the South of England.
This tour, in promotion of their latest single ‘Fat Cats’, includes dates in London, Brighton, Bristol, Coventry and Kent between the 14th and 19th February.
There is also a pre-tour warm-up gig at Earl’s in Maidstone, Kent on the 4th February!
Full tour schedule:
14th February – The Dublin Castle, London.
16th February – Hobgoblin, Brighton.
17th February – Junction, Bristol.
18th February – The Cov Mint, Coventry.
19th February – The Command House, Chatham, Kent.
We hope you can make it down to see one of the Southeastern music scene’s best kept secrets as they export their sound!
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What a New Year!
January 5, 2010
Wow, we had a fantastic New Years. Pretty much the whole team was together and we had a great time a cocktail bar in Hammersmith. We also took full advantage of free London transport and travelled one whole stop a gratis on the glorious district line!
Our first meeting of the year saw us discussing the New Years’ Celebrations around the world and our favourite has to be Tokyo’s wonderful idea of sending three thousand balloons into the air, each one carrying the wishes of the person who released it for 2010. We’ve even found a pic of it all going on for you to see!
So Happy New Year from all of us at Tin Robot – let’s all have a good one!
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A Real White Christmas
January 5, 2010
A few of the Tin Robot clan were in Oslo over the Christmas period, enjoying snow and scouting out some of the coolest venues in the city for potential touring plans for our artists.
The snow came above our knees and it truly was a very beautiful place and the whitest Christmas you can imagine! Pete Briley was seen making several snow angels and he developed a slight addiction to Norwegian Brown Cheese!
the Pete Briley snow angel.
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Ever Wondered What Ticks Inside a Tin Robot?
December 14, 2009
We have. And just as we were pondering this philosophical issue, our wonderful designer Niall Stumbled across Nick Veasey.
Nick has created some incredible images of hundreds of objects including 747s and robots using X-rays! Below are what he discovered inside a couple of Tin Robots – more images can be found from http://www.nickveasey.com/
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Build your own desktop Tin Robot out of card!
December 2, 2009
We now have the ‘Fun Stuff’ section of our website up and running!
From here you can download a fine selection of pdf files that will allow you to cut and fold and end up with a fantastic little robot of your very own for FREE!
We have 3 different designs and we will be adding more in the future so if you’d like your own little robot, pop over to our website:
Happy Folding!
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Rotosound Endorsement Deal For Pete Briley
November 25, 2009
Pete Briley has just completed an official partnership with the world-famous string manufacturer, Rotosound.
As a Rotosound Endorsee, Pete finds himself in esteemed company such as Kasabian, John Renbourn, Franz Ferdinand, and Fairport Convention to name a tiny proportion of musicians who favour Rotosound.
Pete uses Rotosound Tru Bronze strings and is extremely happy to be a Rotosound Endorsee.
A string of London dates to lead up to Christmas with Pete Briley!
November 19, 2009
While it still seems rather early to be talking about Christmas, this year we have an excuse!
In a very exciting development, Pete Briley has been booked to perform at the Serpentine Bar tent that is one of the main attractions of the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland in London. Between now and Christmas, Pete will be playing 5 shows in Hyde Park as well as performing at the Alexandra, Clapham Common, and his favourite acoustic night, The Icarus Club in Hither Green.
The exposure for Pete is excellent and he is extremely excited about being a part of such an exciting event!
For full details of when and where Pete is playing over the next few weeks, visit www.petebriley.com
Kaleidophone’s new single is OUT NOW!
November 9, 2009
We are pleased to announce that Kaleidophone’s new single ‘Fat Cats’ is OUT NOW!
‘Fat Cats’ was mastered at Abbey Road Studios and has been praised by the critics that have encountered it. Henry Jones of music website Leeds Music Scene had this to say:
“‘Fat Cats’ is a downright rockin’ tune (that’s the only description I can use, apostrophe and all!) that you can’t help but tap your foot to and grin because of the excited music machine inside you that wants to shake its head in every direction before destroying a TV. This tune is going on my ipod right now and I hope to God that I get to review these guys again!”
‘Fat Cats’ is available to download from all good download stores including iTunes, so get over there to check it out!
stay tuned for news of the official ‘Fat Cats’ video.
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Promotional Video of Pete Briley’s ‘Semantics’ is released
November 2, 2009
The video we previewed earlier in the month (see a previous post from 20th October) has completed it’s post production phase and has now been released to promote Pete’s new single ‘Semantics’. We hope you found the behind the scenes photos from our set interesting and they whet your appetite enough – enjoy the final cut!
Check the video out under Pete’s section on our website or search “Pete Briley – Semantics” on YouTube.
Here are some stills from the video to add to your excitement:
