Dollboy - Ghost Stations - Second Language

Another new album, Ghost Stations is out this month.

It's an instrumental album evoking the ghosts of abandoned metro stations in London and Berlin. It includes recordings made on both the London underground and the U-bahn in Berlin and is the third release on the fledgling Second Language label which feathures such luminaries as Leyland Kirby, Plinth, Peter Broderick, Vashti Bunyan and many more. In fact, you should go to their website and listen to some of the other releases on their podcasts. More details below.

A brand new album, Ghost Stations (SL03) is out in late february 2010. It's a very limited edition and comes in lovingly hand-printed sleeves with various beautiful and intriguing inserts on the new Second Language label. It's only available by subscription (unless you're lucky enough to nab one of the handfull that make it into Rough Trade or Norman's) so check out their website for details. It's a slight return to earlier styles, being an instrumental record and is a set of pieces about the Ghost Stations of London and Berlin.	The third Dollboy album, A Beard of Bees is still available on Static Caravan, (van179). It's had loads of play on 6 Music and Radio 3's late Junction plus great reviews from people like The Times and The Guardian. It's available on CD and download from: www.staticcaravan .org www.boomkat.com www.amazon.co.uk and loads of other places.
Teaism: Music Inspired by the Art and Culture of Tea. A fantastic album of varied artists and styles compiled by Static Caravan's Geoff Dolman and Stefan Panczak (Inch-time). Features Serafina Steer, Tunng, Inch-time etc. Out now from Static Caravan and good record boutiques.	Woodcraft Folk/Dollboy split mini CD. First release on Harmonium Records and first in a series of CDs chronicling their Travels Around Britain. It comes in the most beautiful hand printed packaging and is strictly limited to 100 copies. Order it here.
Split 7" vinyl release on Static Caravan. Features the first solo outing for Isan and Arable Record's Robin Saville, the quite marvellous "Player Piano" and the Dollboy rendition of J.S. Bach's "Prelude No 1 in C Major". Out now from Static Caravan and good record boutiques.	The second Dollboy album is available on Arable Records, (Arable7). It's available on CD (includes 1 extra track) and very limited vinyl with hand finished sleeves.
The Arctic Circle's Christmas album on LOAF features a new tune from Dollboy, "Look darling, it's starting to snow" (guaranteed that no one will find the title as funny as I do) alongside pieces from such artists as Rothko, Vincent Oliver, North Sea radio Orchestra, Sean O'Hagan and many more. Pre-order it here.	"The silence was warm" Lovely Japanese compilation featuring Maps & Diagrams, Library Tapes, The Retail Sectors and Dollboy among others. Out now on Symbolic Interaction.
Pete Lawrence's selection "Take Me Home" features Dollboy covering the 30s standard, "I Only Have Eyes For You". Out now on Big Chill Recordings.	Out now on the Chillosophy Music compilation, "Defining Moments". Includes the exclusive Dollboy track, "Cicadas".
Out now on Different Drummer and Static Caravan a 7" vinyl remix swap featuring the Dollboy mix of Tunng's "People Folk" from their debut album, "Mother's Daughter" and their mix of "Cymbaline & Celeste" from the Dollboy album, "Plans for a modern city". It's almost certainly unavailable now though you might be lucky on eBay.	Dollboy's debut album, "Plans for a modern city" is available on CD or by download on Different Drummer, Amazon, iTunes etc.
The Penguin Books compilation, "Penguin Remixed" includes "Status" by Dollboy featuring Alain de Botton. Available from www.audible.co.uk or iTunes Music Store. Also features a great track by Dollboy collaborators Woodcraft Folk.	The House of Wax, a compilation of "Neo Vic-Hop" includes Dollboy's creepy, "Klaus". You can get this one on Amazon.