The Dawn Parade (Press Release)

Passionate widescreen rock’n’roll band The Dawn Parade release their dubut single “Good Luck Olivia” on NYC/Pinnacle Records on Monday November 5th. Singer Greg McDonald said: “Good Luck Olivia is about a thirst for magic, however cheap and tarnished that little ideal may be… our generation is so keen to deride and sneer at everything, that’s not a simple thing even to admit to, let alone to do… We hope The Dawn Parade can fly in the face of derision and sneering, amd be an invitation to adventure, colour and magic…”

The Dawn Parade have been making waves in London this summer, recently attracting the attention of Polydor Records. Fans can see the band's last London show, before a packed 200 strong crowd at the Bull and Gate, as a webcase on the Bull and Gate website: www.bullandgate.co.uk

The Dawn Parade are touring the UK during late October and early November to promote the release of "Good Luck Olivia", with the "Half Past Dawn Tour" culminating in a show at the Boat Race, Cambridge, the group’s adopted home, on Friday 16th November. Singer Greg McDonald said: "We can't be grateful enough for all the support we've had in Cambridge in the last six months, especially from Richard Rose at Repeat Fanzine, and the hardcore fans who've become good friends along the way... we really can't thank them enough, even if they are occassionally sick on band members' trousers after the gigs..."

The Dawn Parade’s final gig before the start of The Half Past Dawn Tour will take place on October 9th at pestello's, Bury St Edmunds, where one recent Dawn Parade show resulted in a stage invasion the local press called “A virtual full scale riot”.

You can find news, interviews, free music downloads, picture galleries, and endless love/hate guestbook controversy at www.thedawnparade.com

The Marvin Project

Colchester-based duo ‘The Marvin Project’, Jayson Orr – synths, guitar, producer – and Tina James – singer/lyricist, are aiming for world domination with their cool blend of fun, chilled-out dance and trip-hop

Alongside their own website – which contains samples of most of their songs to date – they have now released their first EP on the music website for unsigned bands www.peoplesound.com

The EP ‘Shining Day’ contains a title track of the same name along with three other songs: ‘Bliss’, ‘Breathe’, and ‘Runaway’

For more details on this fresh up and coming duo and for future gig dates visit www.themarvinproject.co.uk

Praha7

Fresh from a successful summer supporting Morcheeba and Lamb Chop at De Montfort Hall's Summer Sunday and Leicester's Abbey Park Festival, Praha 7 are back...

Praha 7 is playing live at another of Conkerfight's fabulous 1 up 3 down events at the Charlotte, Leicester. Upstairs, Couleur Café will be serving up a piping hot selection of late night percolated beats, whilst downstairs the excellent DJ's Maz and Footwork will be making a funky breakbeat sandwich around Praha's live set.

Praha 7 is the only group of people in the Midlands offering something unique, fresh and tasty. Made up of 5 inspired, talented and daring musicians, they use a mixture of live, sampled and electronic sound, leading audiences through a magical and uplifting journey, throwing in breaks, beats, house, hip hop, a twist of jazz & funk and the occasional 80's throwback.

Praha 7 compose, construct and deconstruct, providing a sound that is uplifting and addictive.

Saturday 29th September 2001. The Charlotte, Oxford Street, Leicester, 9.30pm - 2am. Free giveaway packs.
£3.50 / £4.50 on the door.

See you there!

Gwyn Ashton: 28th-30th Sept 2001

Just found out about a fan club for us based in Dunkerke, France. Thanx to everyone there for the support. We're gonna be playing there next Friday 28 and it sold out 2 weeks ago! Bewdy. Should be a rip-snorter of a night and we're gonna boogie our hearts out.

Sat. 29 we're back in England playing as special guests to the legendary Wishbone Ash at the Wilbarston Hall in, wait for it........Wilbarston. (Somewhere in Northamptonshire). Get there early 'cos it may be hard to get in.

Sun. 30 and we've got our CD launch for "Beg, Borrow and Steel". It's an acoustic CD recorded in Australia a few years ago, but it's coming out in "old blighty" next week and we're taking advatage of the situation and gonna have a party at the Torrington in Nth Finchley, London with some choice special guests including Lou Martin on piano who used to play with the late Rory Gallagher. Kind of an "unplugged" vibe, but we're not allowed to use that word 'cos apparantly MTV created it!

CD's'nstuff available at all of the above gigs.
All in all it looks like a good week ahead and you're all invited! You don't wanna miss out on history in the making, eh? May even have time for tea and scones at the Palace.

Come on down, put your boogie shoes on and party with the boys.

www.gwynashton.com