Win Music from HOLICE

With the release of the next single from HOLICE on 25th October and already growing support from the usual and extending network of fantastic community radio stations and internet radio stations (or web radio as some like to call it) we are giving you the chance to win a signed copy.

Yes, we have 5 signed copies to win and you could get one simply by entering our “Spot the Difference” competition.

We have taken a still shot from the music video to “So Beautiful” and have doctored the image to have 5 subtle differences. All you have to do is fill in the form on the HOLICE website and say what you think the differences are.

Have a look at the image and if you can spot the differences why not enter.

5 correct entries will be drawn on the 7th November 2010 and each will win a signed copy of “So Beautiful“

Good Luck xxxx

Chill Out Music from HOLICE

We’re pleased to announce that the HOLICE chill out music album TICK is now available for £6.99 + P&P and can be purchased from

www.coldcommunications.com/chillout

The album features wonderful soundscapes and transient synths and textures all layered into 60 minutes of non stop ambience for you to either chill out to or meditate to.

Sample

Click here if you would like to hear 30 second samples of each track.

Relax or Sleep

This is a superb chill out album to drive along to or even to help you get to sleep if you’re having trouble doing so.

Get a Copy Today

Don’t waste any time getting a copy as we’re told that they are limited and will not be available via iTunes or any other music network. It’s hard copy only as it seems silly to do it any other way.

So Beautiful to be Around You

It appears that graffiti has been cropping up in random places across the UK bearing the phrase “So Beautiful to be Around You” which is the main chorus line from the latest single release from HOLICE called “So Beautiful“.

We would like to state that we are not responsible for this graffiti and don’t believe it to be related to our new single although we do condone the positive sentiment it carries.

HOLICE xxx

Must Be The Music? Do Me A Favour…

Is it just me or am I missing something in the link between SKY ONEs new reality music show to rival X-Factor “Must Be The Music”.

I don’t mean the link between the shows, I’m talking about the premise of this show and the judges hired to front it.

Must Be The Music is a show that is supposedly going to give £100,000 cash to the winning act so they can further their career independently. Yes these are all independent musicians. Being Indie is about embracing what isn’t the norm and doing it your own way. In all cases to be really indie you weather the storm, crawl through the mire dragging yourself along by your fingernails and constantly operate on a knife edge of bankruptcy.

Even when you somehow finally break through so people recongnise you and you become popular nationally and sell thousands of copies of your music and have your songs played on radio and videos on TV you’re still indie because you’re fully in charge of your own destiny. If you wake up one day and think “Sod this, I can’t be bothered anymore” you can stop there and then – no contracts, no record labels panting down your necks. Success or fail? It’s in your hands. That’s Indie.

So with this in mind why have they enlisted Jamie Cullum, Dizzee Rascal and Sharleen Spiterri to judge these indie acts? Despite what you might read or wiki about these artists they would never have attained their success without the pop machine working hard behind them. Yes Jamie may have spent £40 producing his first album, but that doesn’t make him indie and doesn’t make him worthy of juding the acts. His big break came after he played on the Michael Parkinson show…. well how the hell do you think he got on that show? It wasn’t banging on doors I can tell you. It was well connected people who most of us are sadly denied access to.

A proper lineup for the judges would be Bill Drummond (KLF), Bernard Sumner (New Order) and…. well we need a girl in this line up to keep the balance but I can’t think of an industrious one from the past 20 years that might slot in – feel free to make suggestions below.

These judges have to be proper people who understand the potential that even a man playing the spoons can attain a number one with the right industry backing and machine behind him and that it’s not really about the music at all.

Must Be The Music? Pah! Must Be The Ratings.

Lovely message from HOLICE Fan Matt

Had a lovely message from HOLICE fan Matthew Roberts today:

Dear Chris & everyone at Holice,

I am writing to you today to say a very big “Thank You” for sponsoring me when I ran 3 miles for Sport Relief last Sunday.

Though it can hardly be described as an extra-ordinary feat of mind over matter, I’m very proud to say that I managed to complete the whole run without stopping once. The first 150 yards were probably the most difficult as I made the mistake of doing the run in my Man City shirt and had to put with two small boys in United kits scampering around my ankles shouting “Rooney, Rooney”. I like to think they were trying to encourage me, though I could be wrong.

I’m delighted to report that together, we’ve managed to raise £528.50. Every penny of this will reach projects run by Sport/Comic Relief and will help transform the lives of poor and vulnerable people, both at home and across the world’s poorest countries.

When I set my target at £500, I didn’t really think that I’d achieve it. I was subscribing to the Kevin Keegan theory of “If you aim for the stars, you might just hit the moon” and hoping to raise a few hundred quid, but thanks to the generosity of my friends, family and the wider voluntary sector in Halton, my Sport Relief Sock/Totaliser is full.

Thank you very much indeed.

Matthew

http://www.mysportrelief.com/almabear

Will you be in our next video?

Exciting news folks. Our next single which we’re about to start recording is called “When You’re Around” and we would love you to be in the video.

You don’t even have to leave your house. All you will need to do is register on our website www.holice.co.uk for a copy of the pre master of the single and it will be emailed to you on the address you subscribe with.

Then video yourself performing to the single, upload it to YouTube and email us the link.

We will then rip it and then compile all the best videos into the official video which will be shown on SKY and everywhere else.

xxx

Exciting news folks. Our next single which we’re about to start recording is called “When You’re Around” and we would love you to be in the video.

You don’t even have to leave your house. All you will need to do is register on our website for a copy of the pre master of the single and it will be emailed to you on the address you subscribe with.

Then video yourself performing to the single, upload it to YouTube and email us the link.

We will then rip it and then compile all the best videos into the official video which will be shown on SKY and everywhere else.

xxx

Exciting news folks. Our next single which we’re about to start recording is called “When You’re Around” and we would love you to be in the video.

You don’t even have to leave your house. All you will need to do is register on our website for a copy of the pre master of the single and it will be emailed to you on the address you subscribe with.

Then video yourself performing to the single, upload it to YouTube and email us the link.

We will then rip it and then compile all the best videos into the official video which will be shown on SKY and everywhere else.

xxx

FREE Album to 1000th Facebook Fan

It seems that the HOLICE Facebook fan page is nearly at 1000 members which is great news.

As it’s always maintained the members of a Facebook fan page are true fans, not just MySpace inflated friends looking to increase their own friends lists.

To celebrate the 1000th member Holice are offering a FREE copy of their album 10 CHAKRAS to that lucky person.

Brilliant

Getting your music on the radio

One of the most important aspects for any indie musician is what to do next. It’s all well and good recording fantastic songs but without any idea about what to do with that song it’s very unlikely many people are going to hear it or even buy it.

So what do you do if you want to release your own music? A good starting place is http://www.BrandNewMusicUK.com which is a resource website full of information about how you, as an indie band / artist, can promote and distribute your music and even get it played on UK radio.

Anything is possible in this day and age of technology, yet no one is willing to go on record to help struggling musicians reach the next level. With the guides on http://www.BrandNewMusicUK.com you can push your new music as far as radio play and even appearances on TV shows.

http://www.BrandNewMusicUK.com is a great weapon to any indie artist arsenal – use it wisely.

Tokyo Boy from Holice now available

The new single by electronic pop band Holice is now available on iTunes and via the COLD communications on line store http://store.coldcommunications.com so don’t forget to check it out.

What does it sound like? Well here is the video:

Made for no budget at all using existing equipment and editing software Holice beg stole and borrowed to get the job done.

This is what being truly independent is all about. Let the majors waste their cash

If you want to purchase your copy of Tokyo Boy or indeed any other Holice single or album like 10 Chakras, Make the Night Worthwhile, Blessed and much more then go to http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/holice/id292465833

There are more links and you can find out more on their website http://www.holice.co.uk

Arty Farty

Sorry we’ve not been blogging for a bit. We’ve been so busy we forgot. No excuse I know but it’s a reason.

Anyway, we hope you’re well. What have we been busy doing. Well we’ve been arranging promotion and plugging for the latest single release from HOLICE. It’s a remix double A side of “Make the Night Worthwhile” and “Blessed”.

We’ve also been busy filming and editing the video for “Make the Night Worthwhile” which you can watch on either the main HOLICE website www.holice.co.uk or on their official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/holicetv

They have also been in the studio working on new material and working with other artists who you will be hearing from soon.

Not only that situationist art project TBA have been exhibiting their video to “It’s Grim in Runcorn” at the Brindley in Runcorn at the Open Art Exhibition. They’re not worried if they don’t win, they’re merely making a statement as always.

So it’s busy busy busy and continues so.

Chris xxx