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Fri, the 19th of December. Thanks to everyone who came along. We gave out loads of copies of the new album GET IT TOGETHER, and played our best performance yet
At 9pm the place was empty, which was a little worrying – but during the next hour the place filled up like a kettle waiting to [...]

So….Christmas looms. The usual non-Christmasey and more often Pixar-film-based lights are up on Oxford and Regent Street in London and we are all rushing around like loonies trying to buy presents for our nearest and dearest. 2008 has flown by so quickly I can hardly believe were here again, and as usual I am faced with [...]

So I’m currently in the middle of reading “U2 By U2″ and came across this passage where Bono finds all his old notebooks contaiing his lyrics from years ago and he’s scratching his head going “what the hell was I on about then?”. I can relate to that. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not really a big [...]

To celebrate the release of ‘Get it Together’, we’re holding the official Gold Digger album launch party at Babalou in Brixton on Friday 19th December and we’d like to invite you to come celebrate with us! It’s going to be a great night with a whole bunch of bands and DJ’s keeping the place rocking [...]

“A spinning, glitzy, neon, shabby-chic snapshot of the state of the nation, 2009.”
‘Get it Together’  -  an album 2 years in the making, first recorded back in October 2006 and finally completed in 2008. For many reasons ,it was a helluva mission which you can read about here.  Engineered by Steve Ellis and Jeff2Bad of Planck Music at The Premises. [...]

Woo hoo! We’ve just had a fantastic night performing over at Babalou, the pre-party bar (or crypt!) beneath Brixton’s “super club” Mass. It might sound a little spooky but they’ve got a great atmosphere down there and it turns into a proper bangin’ club after 11pm. We were really lucky to be playing alongside the live Trance group Serotonin and Hip Hop band *SWAGGA*. [...]