Visit the lovely www.toychestra.com !
Since 1996, Toychestra has been enlightening audiences young and old with amplified toy music.
Toychestra performs original compositions ranging from stark to upbeat, from percussive to melodic, to ambient, avant-garde and kitsch. In the past the band was known to do a few covers ranging from Dvorak to Kraftwerk to Black Flag.
Toychestra plays in a wide range of venues- experimental music spaces, rock clubs, museums, as well as schools, community centers and half way houses.
Toychestra released its eponymous cherry red vinyl 7” in 1999, Live in Leipzig in 2000, Sassy Pony in 2002, What Leave Behind: Concerto for Guitar and Toy Orchestra in 2004, the result of an inspiring collaboration among the group and Berkeley composer Dan Plonsey and guitar legend Fred Frith. Also on Lyon’s SK records is the group’s newest release My Good Side, a collection of new songs and sound pieces as well as a remake of a Toychestra classic, incorporating new toys and turntables.
Discography
My Good Side cd ep SK 32, 2005
What Leave Behind: Concerto for Guitar and Toy Orchestra cd SK28, 2004
Sassy Pony cd SK23, 2002
Live in Leipzig cd, 2000
Toychestra 7”, 1999
Compilations (that we know of):
“LO zecchino d’oro dell’underground” 2005
“l’horreur est humaine no 5”
“?” 2001
“bEastFest” 2001
KEVIN BLECHDOM - NEW ALBUM !!! OUT NOW !!!! OMG !!!
GENTLEMANIA!! GENTLEMANIA!! GENTLEMANIA!! GENTLEMANIA!!
An acoustic album chock full of palpitating love songs.
Kevin Blechdom plays piano and sings.
Available NOW on Sonig and on iTunes.
www.itunes.com/kevinblechdom/gentlemania
hey hallo, I don't know you/your music for long time, but hey what you're doing there is surely one amazing piece of music. Oh yes. Thank you very much for the add.
hi girls, how are you doing... we had a new band now called "the good damn" (we'll ask you to be friend with us by the way) we're still three frenchies in this project. hope to see you soon.
snad to uz toy holky vi, ze mate myspace?? a zkousite ted? gaffa asi dneska zacne na ty pisnicce pro tebe. taky jsem psala evangelista, a ted je taky nase pritelkyne ;) moc, moc pus, vsude petra
Hello Ladies! Thanks for the support! Hope to see you around at one of the shows. Listen to the new songs of the remix album "kopfsprudelbad" at my profile and tell me if you like it! LOVE, CAMELTOE SUPREME
I still have the 7" that you sold in Hamburg's Meanie Bar to me, many years ago. It contains a sung recipe in Japanese language. The recording was very quiet and a bit hissy. I DJed it frequently. May your tongues grow longer with your exceeding recipes.
