Throwing Words are a Indie/Pop band from Hull who've been together since July 2011. Taking influences from such bands/Artists as Frank Turner and Mumford & Sons etc. Since forming Throwing Words have been actively gigging around the Humber region and have performed at numerous festivals including Brecon Fringe & Cottingham Springboard. In September 2012 Throwing Words were featured on BBC Humberside introducing performing a session live on air. 

Formed in early 2010 by then audio engineer Carl Conway Davis and then HipHop producer Pat Dooner, The Broken Orchestra began as an experiment, a way to learn and as a creative output. Ten years on and those fundamental aspects still remain, even if those initial roles have shifted somewhat.
Ten years of creativity, expansion and development has seen The Broken Orchestra morph into more than just a music production duo. They create sound tracks for landscapes, audio walking tours, radio dramas, sci fi adventures, perform live as a five piece  band, release music into the world on physical and digital formats all in a bid to connect with the audience.
As a band they release music regularly receiving air play from the likes BBC Introducing’s Tom Robinson and Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6 Music. They have also played live in some of the UK’s most prestigious venues during the last three years including Hare and Hounds (Birmingham), Band on the Wall (Manchester), Hifi Club (Leeds) and Hoochie Coochie (Newcastle).
Extremely proud of their hometown of Hull they are supported extensively by local partners such as BBC Introducing Humberside and Humber Street Sesh and have been lucky enough to have been commissioned to work with such brilliant festivals as Freedom Festival Arts Trust, Hull Jazz Festival, and BBC Contains Strong Language as well as being supported in this work by Arts Council England.
Collaboration and experimentation have been at the forefront of their work over the last ten years, an ethos that has seen them collaborate with many notable musicians, artists and performers including the likes of Inyang Bassey (Moby), Melanie Pain (Nouvelle Vague), Anna Uhuru (Abstract Orchestra) & Shawn Lee. With a keen interest on presenting music in different ways they have also created soundtracks for projects with Vicky Foster (BBC Radio 4), Joe Hakim & Hull Truck Theatre,

Ever fancied singing and recording your favourite song in a professional recording studio? Well, now you can. Element Studio's 'Superstar Singing Experience' offers the chance for people of all abilities to come and have fun singing/recording their favourite song in a supportive and professional and relaxed environment. The experience can be what ever you want it to be but it has fun and enjoyment at its heart, no intense sessions or ego's here.

Prices are nice and simple, starting at £60 for the first song and going up in increments of £30 for additional songs. All prices include mix, audio file and cd (if required) Vouchers are also available at a slight additional cost.

If this fun experience sounds good for you or someone you know then get in touch on 07841777156.

We use this Soundcloud page to display some of our favourite recordings to the world and give these lovely performers a platform to share their experience with friends and family.

Purple Worm Records is an Independent record label established and based in the fine city of Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK. We pride ourselves on selecting and promoting the very best in new music, emerging from the region. We have worked with many artists from the past and present, including The Rats, The Aces, Uriah Heep, Spiders from Mars, Ted Key (The Housemartins/Gargoyles), The Beautiful South, The Red Guitars, Fila Brazillia (CSI/Sex & the City Soundtrack), GST Cardinals & The Paddingtons.
Courtesy of Believe Digital, chosen artists are promoted through the worldwide music market via all major online stores including Spotify, Apple Music & Prime.

The Dark Secrets was formed by Jeff Parsons, Colin Holgate and Julia Hunn in 1989. It was a studio band which ran parallel to their live band Drum Animals; some songs were performed by both bands.
Dark Secrets recorded the album Disclosure at Colin's Mayfield Studio in Gilberdyke with the help of Col's son Gary and the support and encouragement of his other son Darren. Gary and Darren both played in Drum Animals too.
Jeff, as the main songwriter, was very keen to play guitar and bass and also (despite having at best a pretty poor voice!) to sing; as a songwriter Jeff says "you want to be able to sing your own songs". This meant playing live would be difficult as the guitar parts continued to grow!
In 2011 Jeff recorded new material under the Dark Secrets imprint in Hull with Dan Foster at the controls (also providing keyboards and angelic harmonies!) and Kelvin Baldwin on the drum stool. The first fruit of this endeavour is "Let Yourself Go" which is an old song Jeff had never recorded except for a Portastudio demo.
Three other songs were then completed and  uploaded; Serious Future, The Space Age and My Soul Is Crying Out For You are older songs which, like Let Yourseld Go, have never been definitively recorded until now! These were then released as the "Stratagems" EP.
Other tracks are demos and works in progress from the post-Disclosure period, except for Metallic Blue which is an ambient improvisation which Jeff developed to accompany an art exhibition at the East Riding College, where he used to teach on a contemporary music course.
The band has now finished recording its second full-length album, a mere twenty-three years after the first, which is available now! It's called "Band Of Brothers" and features twelve brand-new recordings from Hull's Element Studio.


Sound like steelworkers giving you a kicking to the strains of filthy rock 'n' roll!

Dan - Guitar & vocals
Dave - Bass & vocals
Rick - Drums & percussion

Get some garage ROCK up ur arse!

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