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If you live in the north of our lovely country and find yourself with with a couple of quid knocking around in your pocket, you could do a lot worse than getting yourself a copy of the big issue. In addition to helping out our homeless, you will also be treated to an interview with helene. You can see the the interview here but don't let that stop you getting hold of a copy.

Some press has also started to come through in preparation for the release of Heliotrope. You can check the latest ones here


we are excited to announce that viarosa have just put together their tour of germany for the end of January/start of February. You can find out where to catch them on their live page if you're around the area.


fantastic news. prego appeared on steve lamacqs 6music radio show last night where edd and casper had a good chat with the big man as he declared the band as his new favorite band of 2009. well done to the boys - if you want to listen to what they had to say, go to steve lamacqs home page here.




This sunday, 30th november, pronoia records are fortunate enough to be able to put on a quality afternoons entertainment at our local fantastic venue, the george tavern on commercial road in E1, London. We have Viarosa, Helene, Electric Litany and Island Line all ready to make your sunday afternoon all that much better. It's also completely free to get in. bands will start around 1:30pm but feel free to come along at any time for a few lazy beers. nick cave is playing across the road later on too at the troxy cinema if you fancy turning it into an all day music feast. click here to get the flyer with all the details on it. see you there.


pregos new singel 'answers' is out in digital form today (25th nov) and can be found on many sites including itunes. the single has received single of the week on nme radio and more plays on radio 1 on the past week, so go and get it now....


prego have been getting some more nice words from the nme over the past couple of days. take a look at the blog area on the magazines website to see what the fuss is all about. We are currently putting together the release of the bands second single so watch here for more details.


now that we are in the final couple of weeks before the release of viarosas second album, send for the sea we have started to get some national press coming through. you can see a couple of the early ones on the viarosas press page.


viarosa have just announced their tour to support the release of their new album 'Send for the Sea'. For full details, just check the live page and make sure you buy your tickets asap.


prego were last night made single of the week by Steve Lamacq on Radio 1. Anyone who went down to last nights single launch will obviously know why. Congrats to the boys and if you want to hear it played, just go here and skip forward to 55 mins 20 secs. The band also got another spin on Radio 1 last night from Colin Murray who is championing the band every week during his show. Thanks to the normally impenetrable radio 1 and congratulations to the band.


you lovely people can now buy tickets for our wonderful 5 year anniversary gig here. the night will celebrate the hard but very satisfying and successful five years we have been spent working on building Pronoia to what it is today. music on the evening will come via live performances by helene, viarosa and prego backed up as always by Paul Barker on the decks. the venue takes in the sleazy glitz of the soho revue bar so get your tickets asap to avoid missing out.


prego have had a busy week; played on colin murray's radio 1 show, single of the week on iain bakers NME Radio show and a superb gig at the scala. All these things make the upcoming release of their debut single even more tantalising. The single launch will be held at the Water Rats in Kings Cross on Monday August 4th so come down and see what all the fuss in about.


the utterly amazing video for pregos forthcoming single 'Cause and Resolve' has now had the final touches added to it and can be seen in its full glory at the bands myspace page. It has just been confirmed that the video will be added to the NME TV Radar playlist this weekend so go and check it out on the NME website next week.





if you're a regular listener to BBCs Radio 2 (and you really should be) then keep a close ear on the majestic mark radcliffes programme from this weekend as you should start to experience the lovely tones of like a fox being played over the airwaves. it's been confirmed that the band will be appearing on his show over the next few weeks.


Here at Pronoia, we've always been big fans of what we consider to be one of the best bands form London in the past few years, Helene. So we are absolutely delighted to announce that Pronoia will be releasing Helene's third album Heliotrope in September. After recently hearing the final mixes of the album, we are sure that all you Pronoia people will be very exicited about it too. Helene will be releasing a limited edition vinyl 7" single in the summer to precede the album and are currently looking at putting together some live dates to go along with both the single and full album. More details on all of these will be available very soon.
In the meantime, the band have a gig at the 229 Club on Wednesday, 11th June so come along and see what you've been missing all this time.


We are also very excited to be involved in the continuing success story of the band known as Prego. Prego have been building some amazing press and more and more fans are starting to flock to their live sets every week. Recently described as 'brilliant' by NME, 'diverse, exciting and wonderfully dynamic' by Rock Sound magazine and 'something special' by the mighty Daily Star before even releasing a note, we hope you start to see the potential of this fantastic band. So Pronoia are very happy and proud to be releasing their debut single 'Cause and Resolve' on digital and limited edition vinyl in August. You can see Prego next at the 100 club on Oxford Street in London on the 11th June where they are supporting 'Out From Animals'. If you haven't seen them live before, we seriously suggest you do.


pronoia are delighted to announce that we will be releasing viarosa's second album 'send for the sea'. we've always been huge fans of richard and co and after listening to the album we can guarentee that any fans of where the killers run will adore the following. For those who weren't lucky enough to hear the first album, what on earth have you been doing? keep coming back for more information.


like a fox's debut UK album will be released this month and we've just received word of a review in this weeks copy of the NME. you can check out the review but buying the magazine or more cheaply by clicking here. lots more reviews on the way for the band this month so keep checking back.





after a mention in rob fitzpatricks column last month, like a fox will have 'nobody knows you', the opening track from their forthcoming self-titled album, featured on the cover mount CD of word magazines april edition. the magazine comes out on march 1st so watch out for that and a review in the magazine.


click here to see the latest reviews of vinny peculiar from the daily mirror, Q and the independent as well as a brand new interview with penny black.


vinny peculiars new album 'goodbye, my angry friend' is released on pronoia on monday 21st january. the physical record will be available from all of your favorite web shops as well as in the more traditional high street affairs. it will also be available digitally from iTunes and all other download sites . The album has been receiving some good press recently which you can check out here plus keep an eye on the site as vinny will be performing some live sessions over the coming weeks.


vinny peculiar will perform tracks from his forthcoming pronoia release, 'goodbye, my angry friend' on bbc 6music on thursday the 3rd of january. he will be playing a session on the stations 'rocket science' program which begins at 8pm, currently being presented by rob hughes who is standing in for pronoia favorite mark riley. tune in and have a listen to some of the new tracks.



pronoia are pleased to announce that you can now buy three of vinny peculiars previous albums digitally via itunes through the label. just go to vinnys releases page for more information and download links.


for those of you lucky enough to get stuck on the DLR last week with a free newspaper may have noticed an interview with our intrepid founder colin lomas. if you didn't manage to get a copy then thanks to the wonders of modern technology you can read the interview on the internet here.




you can now check out the video for damian morgan and mike doyles single the dimming of the light on youtube here, which should act as a good reminder to those of you who haven't yet downloaded the single to do so asap. remember all profits go to the alzheimer's society so all support is truly appreciated.
thanks.


damian morgan and mike doyles single 'the dimming of the light' is available for pre-order download now from tunetribe so make sure you get an early copy of the release before everyrone else.

the single will be on general release from 28 august.




viarosa played at the olympia theatre in dublin on 4th july opening for REM. The five day residency at the theatre was sold as a 'working rehearsal' and had REM working out tracks for their next studio album. richard and rob warmed the packed crowd up with a fantastic set before being joined on stage by robyn hitchcock who performed two songs with them.


pronoia are delighted to be releasing the single 'the dimming of the light' by damian morgan and mike doyle on august 28. apart from being a great record, all profits from the release will be going to the alzheimer's society, who fully support the single. the alzheimer's society is a charity close the hearts of pronoia and to damian and mike, so please take time to listen to the song and shell out a bit when it comes out.





we are currently in the process of setting up PRPR, a public relations office working out of our premises in manchester. we aim to provide low cost effective press and radio for great artists who needs some good exposure. we can also tie in a digital release for bands who require it. we will only work with artists we consider to be excellent in their field so if you think we could help you, get it touch with andy in our manchester office now on 0161 839 8822.


we are very pleased to announce that we will be releasing 'goodbye my angry friend', the latest studio album of fabulous manchester songsmith vinny peculiar. to coincide with the release, vinny will be touring with his band, which includes oasis original bonehead, ex-smiths drummer mike joyce and ben knott of jeep, across the country from the middle of october. it's particularly great for the label to work with vinny as we've been a fan of his music for some time now. anyone who hasn't been fortunate enough as yet, here is your chance to get on-board. we will also be releasing a series of digital-only back catalogue releases, more info soon...





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