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Toby
(vocals & guitar) Dave (vocals & bass) and Andy (vocals
& percussion) have been writing music together since 1998 and
played their first gigs together as 'The Glorious Amber Life'. Millzy
joined on lead guitar in the spring of 2002 and 'Sound Sanctuary'
was born.
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experience of playing out was usually turning up at parties, being
given an acoustic guitar and playing in kitchens, bedrooms and gardens.
Being based in Kent (Badgers Mount, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and
Tonbridge) there were few venues and they knew that they'd have to
go to London. So in 2002 they played at 'The Rock Garden', 'Sound',
'The Kings Head', 'The Hope and Anchor' and 'W14', promoting a solo
album (The Sound Sanctuary) that Toby had recorded at The Old Barn
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Between 2003 and 2004 the band worked with Bombay Monkey producing
two demo CDRs which were played out at some of London's best acoustic
music venues in the summer of 2004, before they returned to the
studio to begin work on their debut release. 2005 saw the release
of the Contact EP and the band returned to the cream of these venues
to promote the record with the introduction of drums and samples
to the live experience. Contact earnt plays by Nick Luscombe on
XFM, received some positive online reviews, and was distributed
by Pinnalce to online and high street music stores nationwide including
HMV, Virgin, Tesco, WHSmiths, Amazon.co.uk and Play.com. In early
2006 the record also became available as a digital download on popular
download stores such as iTunes, Napster, eMusic and Rhapsody.
Sound
Sanctuary are currently putting the finishing touches on their
debut album 'Dust' and will be performing in and around London
throughout 2007 with appearances already scheduled at many of
this summers more 'kitsch' music festivals including‘The
Secret Garden Party and Festinho. Also coming up are several live
television performances on Sky and a Guyana aid concert supported
by BBC Radio 4. The first single 'Broken Signs' from the forthcoming
album 'Dust' is already available on cd single / download.
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