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dboy

'l'enfer, c'est les autres' sartre

About Me

“reserve the great matters till the end, and the small matters give at the beginning”
there’s a reason to it all. a beginning and somewhere an end. for the sake of brevity, lets look at the facts.
dboy is a man. he writes and plays music using instruments, both internal and external. he’s not a great fan of having his photograph taken,.
he was born after a war and survived the thatcher years. he was raised on a diet of rock and roll, soul, jazz and blues. he survived the Britpop years by forming a band which imploded after autistic differences.
he subsequently drifted into reading books about people, politics and fairies.
his first solo gigs were as part of the edinburgh fringe festival after he was spotted busking with a sponge and a rusty spanner on the royal mile. after that he spent a few years playing all over the country taking in the sites and sounds of this green and pleasant land before releasing three e.p.’s (with the micro-label superherorecordings) which were all well received both critically and commercially.
he engaged, on his journey a roving unstable group of musicians and artists who he calls the traveling circus and who still contribute to recordings and gigs from various manors.
now settled in leeds where he was crowned a ‘local legend’ by no-title magazine, he once again wants to break free the constraints of geography and take his particular brand of songwriting to more and more people.
his relationship with ivolv will surely see this become a reality.
fin.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/28/2006
Band Members: dboy, and various members of the travelling circus
Influences: jeff buckley, the jam, george orwell, the beatles, nick drake, edmund, damien rice, david kitt, radiohead, r.e.m., badly drawn boy, elliott smith, ben christophers, bright eyes, sigur ros, ray charles, dylan, bowie, david gray, american imperialism, ed harcourt, eels, joy division, fiona apple, bill hicks, four day hombre, tom mcrae, gemma hayes, becca williams, eels, graham coxon, existentialism, counting crows, marvin gaye, bloc party, stevie wonder, merz, nina simone, the wainwrights, the smiths, the three colours trilogy, - there will be more...
Sounds Like:

IVOLV Alternative's new release - dboy "people are fragile" c/w "dream" is now available for digital download on iTunes , Napster, and many more.

Record Label: ivolv alternative
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

people are fragile (especially after theyve had a bump to the head)

so, the single is officially out now  hurrah; if you made it down to the launch gig thank you very much, if you didn't you really did miss a cracking night courteously of john dorr and ms becca willi...
Posted by dboy on Thu, 29 May 2008 05:55:00 PST

**news** people are fragile

so then, unofficially the single is released! people are fragile is released on the general public courtesy of ivolv digital the new home of dboy. as you may have noticed the site has gone thro...
Posted by dboy on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:37:00 PST

this months playlist - mixed bag

bonjour tout les monde,how are we all this fine new (leap) year? i hope you saw the year in in style as this will be the best year of your life - i say this solely because i would assume that things c...
Posted by dboy on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:38:00 PST

goodbye 2007

so here we are again, the end of another productive if not frustrating year. a year that saw me crowned as a local legend by no-title magazine! for those of you who weren't aware of dboy this time la...
Posted by dboy on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:13:00 PST

finally... some new songs!!!!

as promised... christmas has come early!... i'm okay... is out on a compilation from these fellas& i don't know when but they will& hassle them hassle them. life is good, songs are flowing like ...
Posted by dboy on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:29:00 PST

off to war...

so i guess this is the point where i let everyone know whats going on...not been around mainly due to british telecom being anything but handy and because i've been busy being maudlin (well not a...
Posted by dboy on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:01:00 PST

an update that doesn’t really say much

hello chaps and chaperinas...still here, just been really busy the last few weeks... time doesn't always work in a linear fashion...anyhow, there is good news... there will be a dboy single released o...
Posted by dboy on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:54:00 PST

this months playlist - halfway from coal, halfway to diamond

hello again,how are we all? what a long month it's been... albums all done now, just deciding what is going to be done with it, theres talk of recreating the whole thing live and having a remix versi...
Posted by dboy on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:38:00 PST

august 5th

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Posted by dboy on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:19:00 PST

if you can, you must...

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Posted by dboy on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:48:00 PST