Toy Box Studios

Bristol

PJ Harvey and John Parish start work on New Album at Toybox

Polly Harvey, John Parish, Carla Azar (Autolux), Eric Drew Feldman (Frank Black, Captain Beefheart) and Giovanni Ferrario are in toybox working on the follow up to the 1996 collaboration ‘Dance Hall at Louse Point’.

Posted Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:41:00 GMT

New Headphone system installed

We have just installed a brand new headphone monitor system. It gives each performers an individual 8 channel mixer/amplifier, with which to set their own headphone mix. And turn it up as they bloody well like.. We are, needless to say, very excited!

Posted Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:44:00 GMT

Kid Carpet back in the Box

Work is underway on the new Kid Carpet album…

Posted Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:09:00 GMT

Toybox at Portishead ATP

We’ve just got back from ATP where we’ve been doing some live recording. Great sets by Glen Branca, Chrome Hoof, Portishead, Seasick Steve and Fuckbuttons.. Time to get some sleep now..

Posted Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:07:00 GMT

Toybox hosts Piano Party

Thanks to everyone who came to our Piano Warming party on Thursday, the whole night was a real success with great performances from all the acts. We had a really good night.

Thanks to The Cedar, John E Vistic, Rasha and Angel Tech, Daisy Chapman and Sam Hurt for breaking in the ivories and to Tony Hutton, Luke, Jim Lampard, Tim for all their help with putting the night on. We will announce another Toybox session soon…

Posted Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:44:00 GMT

Maple Underfoot

We’ve just installed a maple floor at one end of our dead room. Came out of a gymnasium somewhere. All ears on drum overheads….

Posted Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:55:00 GMT

Retro Rockers Jebo in Toybox

Retro rock band Jebo are in recording their new album with the legendary Genesis producer Johnnie Burns at the helm. Check out their website at

http://www.jebomusic.co.uk

Posted Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:13:00 GMT

Safetyword in the 'box

The excellent Safetyword are in with Ali recording new single ‘Pope Joan’.... examine their wares at

http://www.safetyword.com.

Posted Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:39:00 GMT

PJ Harvey album out 24th Sept

The new PJ Harvey album ‘White Chalk’ to be released 24th Sept on Island records. Look out for some hot banjo playing..

Posted Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:16:00 GMT

John and Ali at Montreux Jazz Festival

John and Ali have just been over in Switzerland performing, and eating and drinking with Raphelson and co, of the excellent Magicrays, who we worked with last year. A marvellous show ensued with Raph taking the stage with fellow songwriter Fauvre and the Lausanne Sinfonetta, with guest appearances from John Parish and Swiss new comer Sophie Hunger… The show was truly stunning!

Posted Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:33:00 GMT

Head in Mixing Joe Gideon and The Shark

Renouned Producer ‘Head’ in with Ali mixing some new tracks for Bikini Atoll frontman Gideon for his new project Joe Gideon and the Shark..

Posted Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:31:00 GMT

Tom Brosseau over from California

Tom Brosseau, one of our favorite voices of the last year is in the box recording his new album for Fat Cat records. Tom has a website and seems to be on perma-tour…go find him and listen..

www.tombrosseau.com

Tom’s Myspace

Posted Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:37:00 GMT

Swiss (post) rockers Rosqo in town

Check out the bands blog of the sessions at

www.roqo.ch

Posted Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:53:00 GMT

John & Ali working on new PJ Harvey material

Pianos, dodgy trombones and wonky Salvation Army drumming…it’s going to be an interesting album.

Posted Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:18:00 GMT

Rose Kemp Album Out this week

Get it NOW!!

Some reviews….

http://thebirder.net/sites/SPO/CY/index.php?menu=showreview&id=119

http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.php?id=4002

And she’s on tour too

Thurs 8th Feb – YORK, Picturehouse Cinema Fri 9th Feb – THIRSK, The Old Courthouse SOLD OUT Sat 10th Feb – LANCASTER, The Yorkshire House Sun 11th Feb – GLASGOW, Captain’s Rest (the above shows with www.myspace.com/the7hertzband)

Sat 17th Feb – BRISTOL, Thekla Social w/The Noisettes

Fri 9th March – GLOUCESTER, The Guildhall Sat 10th March – LEEDS, The Fenton Sun 11th March – BIRMINGHAM, Scruffy McMurphys Tues 20th March – LONDON, The Brixton Windmill Thurs 22nd March – PORTSMOUTH, The Registry

Posted Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:28:00 GMT

Kid Carpet in working on new EP

Kid Carpet is back in the studio working on his new EP with Ali. As Dee Snider would (almost) say…The Kid’s Back!!! There is plotting and planning going on..

Posted Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:27:00 GMT

Gravenhurst back in the box

Nick Talbot and his merry men are back working on a new album.

Posted Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:20:00 GMT

Mississippi Witch Record finally completed

Nearly a year and half since Oli Walker and Dan Danby wandered in here to “just record a couple of demos”..we are proud to annonuce a finished album has now left the building. After the runaway success of debut single ‘Just for Roosevelt’, we felt obliged to get our act together and finish the bastard off.

What wasn’t originally intended to be an album at all, has slowly morphed into one, over a dozen or so separate sessions..with long breaks in between.

Just about everyone who frequents Toybox has contributed to/ played on this record at some point down the line, so it’s become a sort of sporadic snapshot of the last 18 months..as well as a labour of much love.

It looks like it’s going to go out on Manchester label Skinny Dog Records, run by Elbow mainman Guy Garvey who apparently loves this band to death.

Make your own mind up

www.myspace.com/mississippiwitch

So we’re going to start on the next album straight after xmas right ?

Posted Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:15:00 GMT

New Swiss rock band '20 Box Stories' mixing with Ali

Fig from the Magicrays, has asked Ali to mix his new band’s record…it’s sounding pretty cool. Many hours listening to The Cure as a teenager have finally paid off.

check them out.

www.myspace.com/twentyboxstories

Posted Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:06:00 GMT