New YOMANDA featuring TOYAH single artwork…
Hot on the heels of a video and photoshoot on Wednesday, artwork was put together yesterday for a new single by Yomanda (dance music producer Paul Masterson) and Toyah. The single and artwork were submitted to iTunes today for release on Sep 18th. Check out the artwork in the TOYAH gallery.
Toyah celebrates 30 years with special gig… and a new official T Shirt…
Toyah performed a special concert at the Leicester Square theatre last night, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her break-through LP Anthem and its two predecessors. The From Sheep Farming To Anthem tour kicked off with a set that included songs that have seldom been heard live and saw Toyah perform in six of her original early 80s outfits. As part of the celebration, we designed an official T-Shirt that pays homage to Toyah now and then and went on sale for the first time at last night’s show.
Toyah celebrates 30 years with 2011 ‘tour’…
Toyah will embark on a tour of sorts this year with a select number of her 2011 gigs featuring songs “From Sheep Farming to Anthem”. So far, six gigs have been set aside for a setlist that will feature songs from Toyah’s first three albums: Sheep Farming in Barnet, The Blue Meaning and Anthem… hence the name of the tour. Such is the significance of these gigs that we at the ‘Toyah Camp’ have given them their own identity, which features elements old and new including current Toyah logo and original album logos, Egyptian-inspired graphics from the period and a brand new image of the punk princess herself in one of her original early-8os costumes.
Site 3.0 for Toyah, site 1.0 for The Humans…
Three years to the month since I redesigned the official Toyah Willcox website, www.toyahwillcox.com, the site has re-launched again with a more modern approach. The site was developed fully in flash to coincide with the release of Toyah’s first digital single in 2007. Although the site that fitted, aesthetically, Toyah’s career direction it soon became user-unfriendly with the emergence of the smart phone and increasing use of mobile web technology. The aim of the new site is not only to provide a comprehensive career archive, a frequently updated news portal and an outlet for new music, video and imagery, it has been developed with a view to improving access for mobile users.
And as toyahwillcox.com enters its third incarnation, thehumansofficial is also born. This is the first official website for Toyah’s ‘other’ new music project – a band she formed in 2007 with Bill Rieflin (REM) and her musical director and live band bass player Chris Wong.
Toyah’s Dreamchild reissue out Monday…
The reissue of Toyah‘s 1994 album Dreamchild is released on Monday on Cherry Red Records (CMDRED451). I received my copy today so I could check out my expanded booklet and re-imagined front cover. This can be seen in the Toyah Reissues Program gallery.
