1. A British indie pop and "urban folk" band fronted by Darren Hayman.
2… Read Full Bio ↴1. A British indie pop and "urban folk" band fronted by Darren Hayman.
2. electronic downtempo artist Lee Jones who released an album called Residue,
3. An experimental side project of Swedish indie, electronic, hip hop artist Lechy
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1. Hefner were a British indie pop and "urban folk" band fronted by Darren Hayman. They were active from about 1996 until 2002; since then they have played together only once, for a tribute to the DJ John Peel, who was a strong supporter of theirs.
Hefner began as a live band in 1995. In 1996 Darren Hayman recorded a tape for Sticky Records (named The Devotion Chamber) on which all instruments were played by Darren himself. His friend from art school, Antony Harding, assisted, providing backing vocals.
The band's first release was in April of 1997 when the 7" single "A Better Friend" was released by Boogle Wonderland. The single featured Antony on drums and John Morrison (from Rhatigan) on bass. Shortly after the release, the record label Too Pure offered a record deal to Darren, who extended the offer to Antony and John.
After a few more singles, Hefner recorded their debut album Breaking God's Heart. A lo fidelity album primarily recorded in one take, Hayman has declared that this album is the one he is least interested in listening to, due to its unrealized potential.
The Fidelity Wars would be their next record (with the recent addition of multi-instrumentalist Jack Hayter playing on some tracks, who would later join the band properly); a darker collection of songs. In the official website of the band Darren has explained that all of the songs gravitate around the concept of breaking up.
Hefner had, at this point, recorded a large number of singles and EPs. Boxing Hefner collected some of those tracks that had not appeared on the previous albums, often as new recordings. The compilation also included some unreleased material. The band stated that this album was released primarily to mark Jack's actual joining.
We Love the City marked a change in direction for the band. In contrast with previous records, which had older songs, all of the compositions on We Love the City were made for this record, which had better production value and more varied instrumentation.
Dead Media, released in 2001, continued the interest that Hefner had shown in exploring new ways. Dead Media is certainly different from previous records in the sense of its electronic weight, an interest that led Darren to eventually create The French.
After the band's final gig at the ICA in London on 10 December 2001 and the release of an EP called The Hefner Brain the following March, the band went on a seemingly permanent hiatus, save for one reformation for the "Keeping It Peel" tribute show, marking the death of one of their biggest supporters, Radio 1 DJ John Peel. In 2005 a t-shirt was released that read "Hefner, Britain’s Largest Small Band (1997-2002)", and in an interview Darren Hayman said "no, no reunion planned".
In 2005, after a legal dispute between Darren Hayman and Too Pure, the rights to all the band's Too Pure recordings have reverted to Darren. As a result, he has released The Best of Hefner 1996-2002 (on Fortune & Glory) and Catfight (Cargo), a 2 CD collection of 43 unreleased songs, both in 2006. The full recording of Hefner's special live Peel Session performance from 23rd August 2000 in the eight piece We Love the City formation (amelia fletcher and a horn section - part of which appeared as a limited bonus disc with some copies of the CD of We Love the City) has been released under the title of Maida Vale in November 2006. All of the band's albums have also been reissued with bonus tracks.
In 2008 Darren and Jack got together and played Hefner songs on a limited number of venues around Europe. This project is not planned to continue further after September 2008 though.
Darren Hayman tours and releases music as a solo artist - sometimes as Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern, but he has been involved in several solo projects: The French, the Stereo Morphonium and Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee.
Antony Harding's solo project is known as Ant
Jack Hayter releases solo stuff as well.
www.hefnet.com
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2. The other is Lee Jones who released an album called Residue, a number of 12"s and remixes on Inertia Records.
Residue sold 85,000 albums independently through Inertia Records. Lee Jones, in response, took the project on the road around Europe, playing throughout Holland, Germany, Italy and France. Also appearing on national TV in both Germany and Holland. The album was voted number 3 in the BBC Radio 1 urban albums poll.
Then all went quiet. He worked on Josee's solo album, Lost Souls Dancing, and moved to Berlin.
At this time in order to satisfy demand Inertia released a compilation of his best remixes called "Reworks" featuring his versions of tunes by Lamb, 4 Hero, Omar faruk Takbilek and others and took time off to produce some other artists.
In 2003 Inertia hooked Hefner up with Frazey Ford, lead singer of The Be Good Tanyas, a fantastic rootsy, folky band from Vancouver. The resulting material was magical but due to recording commitments to EMI the project had to be stalled until the Be Good Tanyas album was finally released. As of the end of 2006 the project has been revitalised with the partnership working together again. An album is due at the end of 2007.
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3. Dr. Hefner, the Prince of Holmiapolis
2… Read Full Bio ↴1. A British indie pop and "urban folk" band fronted by Darren Hayman.
2. electronic downtempo artist Lee Jones who released an album called Residue,
3. An experimental side project of Swedish indie, electronic, hip hop artist Lechy
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1. Hefner were a British indie pop and "urban folk" band fronted by Darren Hayman. They were active from about 1996 until 2002; since then they have played together only once, for a tribute to the DJ John Peel, who was a strong supporter of theirs.
Hefner began as a live band in 1995. In 1996 Darren Hayman recorded a tape for Sticky Records (named The Devotion Chamber) on which all instruments were played by Darren himself. His friend from art school, Antony Harding, assisted, providing backing vocals.
The band's first release was in April of 1997 when the 7" single "A Better Friend" was released by Boogle Wonderland. The single featured Antony on drums and John Morrison (from Rhatigan) on bass. Shortly after the release, the record label Too Pure offered a record deal to Darren, who extended the offer to Antony and John.
After a few more singles, Hefner recorded their debut album Breaking God's Heart. A lo fidelity album primarily recorded in one take, Hayman has declared that this album is the one he is least interested in listening to, due to its unrealized potential.
The Fidelity Wars would be their next record (with the recent addition of multi-instrumentalist Jack Hayter playing on some tracks, who would later join the band properly); a darker collection of songs. In the official website of the band Darren has explained that all of the songs gravitate around the concept of breaking up.
Hefner had, at this point, recorded a large number of singles and EPs. Boxing Hefner collected some of those tracks that had not appeared on the previous albums, often as new recordings. The compilation also included some unreleased material. The band stated that this album was released primarily to mark Jack's actual joining.
We Love the City marked a change in direction for the band. In contrast with previous records, which had older songs, all of the compositions on We Love the City were made for this record, which had better production value and more varied instrumentation.
Dead Media, released in 2001, continued the interest that Hefner had shown in exploring new ways. Dead Media is certainly different from previous records in the sense of its electronic weight, an interest that led Darren to eventually create The French.
After the band's final gig at the ICA in London on 10 December 2001 and the release of an EP called The Hefner Brain the following March, the band went on a seemingly permanent hiatus, save for one reformation for the "Keeping It Peel" tribute show, marking the death of one of their biggest supporters, Radio 1 DJ John Peel. In 2005 a t-shirt was released that read "Hefner, Britain’s Largest Small Band (1997-2002)", and in an interview Darren Hayman said "no, no reunion planned".
In 2005, after a legal dispute between Darren Hayman and Too Pure, the rights to all the band's Too Pure recordings have reverted to Darren. As a result, he has released The Best of Hefner 1996-2002 (on Fortune & Glory) and Catfight (Cargo), a 2 CD collection of 43 unreleased songs, both in 2006. The full recording of Hefner's special live Peel Session performance from 23rd August 2000 in the eight piece We Love the City formation (amelia fletcher and a horn section - part of which appeared as a limited bonus disc with some copies of the CD of We Love the City) has been released under the title of Maida Vale in November 2006. All of the band's albums have also been reissued with bonus tracks.
In 2008 Darren and Jack got together and played Hefner songs on a limited number of venues around Europe. This project is not planned to continue further after September 2008 though.
Darren Hayman tours and releases music as a solo artist - sometimes as Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern, but he has been involved in several solo projects: The French, the Stereo Morphonium and Hayman, Watkins, Trout and Lee.
Antony Harding's solo project is known as Ant
Jack Hayter releases solo stuff as well.
www.hefnet.com
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2. The other is Lee Jones who released an album called Residue, a number of 12"s and remixes on Inertia Records.
Residue sold 85,000 albums independently through Inertia Records. Lee Jones, in response, took the project on the road around Europe, playing throughout Holland, Germany, Italy and France. Also appearing on national TV in both Germany and Holland. The album was voted number 3 in the BBC Radio 1 urban albums poll.
Then all went quiet. He worked on Josee's solo album, Lost Souls Dancing, and moved to Berlin.
At this time in order to satisfy demand Inertia released a compilation of his best remixes called "Reworks" featuring his versions of tunes by Lamb, 4 Hero, Omar faruk Takbilek and others and took time off to produce some other artists.
In 2003 Inertia hooked Hefner up with Frazey Ford, lead singer of The Be Good Tanyas, a fantastic rootsy, folky band from Vancouver. The resulting material was magical but due to recording commitments to EMI the project had to be stalled until the Be Good Tanyas album was finally released. As of the end of 2006 the project has been revitalised with the partnership working together again. An album is due at the end of 2007.
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3. Dr. Hefner, the Prince of Holmiapolis
Dive Into You
Hefner Lyrics
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Austin Willacy Does it all exist if i′m not here to live…
Cosmos/Hefner I was alone, I took a ride I didn't know what…
Hefner vs. Cosmos I was alone, I took a ride I didn't know what…
I-Land 触电/Dive Into The Sky 作词：李懋扬（T2o） 作曲：李懋扬（T2o） 编曲：纪粹希（G-Tracy…
Jay B 어두운 조명 아래 실없는 농담처럼 웃게 돼 너를 떠올리면 힘들었던 하루 어지럽던 내…
Loving Caliber It doesn′t even make sense why I think about you It…
MOONBIN & SANHA 조용한 나만의 작은 세상 항상 당연한 일들로만 가득한데 뭐랄까, 묘하게 떨리는 맘 점점…
MOONBIN&SANHA(ASTRO) 조용한 나만의 작은 세상 항상 당연한 일들로만 가득한데 뭐랄까, 묘하게 떨리는 맘 점점…
NCT DREAM Yeah Look around 둘러봐도 온통 짙은 푸른빛 까만 밤 마치 깊은 물에…
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A Belly Full Of Babies The Cherubim and the Seraphim and the Thrones, they all…
A Better Friend There's no reason to be bored when, A face like yours…
A Better Man I saw flowers by the side of the road, The flowers…
A Hymn For The Coffee Bless the coffee that passes between her lips, ‘cause the…
A Hymn For The Postal Service Sobriety breeds sincerity, and Lydia Pond she is my gravity.…
Alan Bean Ever felt like giving up? I've felt like giving up. But no…
Another Better Friend There's no reason to be bored when, A face like yours…
As Soon As You're Ready I will polish your shoes, I will bring you good news, Put…
As Soon As You`re Ready I will polish your shoes, I will bring you good news, Put…
Betty Cutts I believe she's breathing correctly I believe her heart rat…
Blind Girl With Halo The girl is blind and beautiful, I'm honour bound and…
Broodmare Those prying eyes are vultures eyes, your face I should…
Charlie Girl Everybody wants my girlfriend, Every girl wants to be her. …
China Crisis Its not the spiritual, its not the intellectual, Its not…
Christ I didn't love her quite enough so she left, I…
Christian Girls Now I believe an angel crossed my path and realised,…
Dead Media We don't need this dead, dead media, We're not mourning any…
Desrroyed Cowboy Falls And she's dancing with me tonight, I am happy, As…
Destroyed Cowboys Falls And she's dancing with me tonight, I am happy, As…
Don't Flake Out On Me Don't flake out on me, Oh you promised you'd write…
Don't Go Put on your underwear, pull your tights over your knees. Bu…
Dont Go Put on your underwear, pull your tights over your knees. …
Eloping I bet your eyes aren't really that blue, I think…
Every Little Gesture What was I thinking of Making those eyes wet and weary Wha…
Fat Kelly's Teeth The spaces between all the towns, Is where I lay my…
Flowers A man takes a maiden to be his bride, She wore…
Gabriel in the Airport Peter Gabriel, please come to gate nine: Sting has saved the…
Girl From The Coast Could I fall deep in love with the girl from…
God Is On My Side Make yourself pretty for your boyfriend, Cause his your boyf…
Good Fruit If it doesn't mean a thing, then don't say anything. But…
Grandmother Dies 'Grandmother dies, with a cup of dusty water by her…
Greater London Radio It's a red, red glow above the skyline, Feel the city…
Greedy Ugly People I had her on the carpet twisting and squirming about, Trying…
Half A life Thank you for the streetlights, thank you for the signposts,…
Hello Kitten Hello Kitten I don't miss sex it's just the feeling…
Hold Me Closer I want a single bed, I want a simpler life, But…
Home The dirty young wives turn to dirty young mums in…
Horror Show Not to be outdone, Not to be unrewarded. I put my…
Hymn for the Alcohol Don't start me on the rum, Just because it makes…
Hymn For The Cigarettes No one called, no one wrote, no one phoned, So no…
Hymn for the Telephones When I do bad things She makes the phone ring She has…
I Love Only You In the 1980's I was busy hating, All of the…
I Stole A Bride And every Prince Who lives in Greece Will tear themselves to…
I Took Her Love For Granted Hope was propping me up when I met her, As soon…
I Will Make Her Love Me Something strikes me as wrong, I think Christine might have…
It Breaks My Heart Shorter days and longer nights An empty pack of Camel Light…
Jubilee Put on your necklace, put on your dress. Pull on those…
Junk Don't need people, what good are people? People just get in…
Just Take Care Julie, come see me, I'll be like the one you want…
Karen Sitting side by side with a lunch box on her…
Kate Cleaver's house I shave myself with blunt razors, My clothes they do me…
Lee Remick I think it was in '83 my father left the…
Lisa And Me Lisa and me, we will not rest until we've beaten…
Love Inside The Stud Farm Girl, you're a teaser, what an earth did I just…
Love Will Destroy Us In The End It's the children that I feel for, Yes the children…
Mary Lee Mother is fucked up, Father is fucked up, But they're not…
May God Protect Your Home I'm tired of boys who fight with girls and stain…
Milkmaids Darling don't you know after I've bathed with you, I'm goin…
More Christian Girls Now I believe the angels taunt my laughs and bless…
My Art College Days Are Over When I'm feeling sad, she is feeling nothing. When she's on…
Normal Molly She made me sweat, she mad me swoon. Oh she put…
Painting and Kissing I'm in love with Linda, I think she understands me. She's…
Peppermint Taste You had peppermint gum stuck between your teeth, You had whi…
Pull Yourself Together You should pull up your socks girl, You should be calling…
Sad Witch You wouldn't believe in my new belle she flits and…
Seafaring Waves that big will sink a ship this size, The memory…
She Can't Sleep No More She works every morning in the greasy cafeteria, She makes …
Smoke She was such a good granddaughter He was very much his…
Smoking Girlfriend Sweethearts losing it maybe I can find it for her, Sweethea…
Sweetness Lies Within There's just a sea between us, I know this hope will…
Tactile In five minutes I'll be leaving this room, She doesn't liste…
The Cure for Evil It took a little time, it took a little wine, To…
The Day That Thatcher Dies We will laugh the day that Thatcher dies, Even though we…
The Fear Inside the fear we find the tenderness, Inside the thought w…
The Greater London Radio It's a red, red glow above the skyline, Feel the city…
The Greedy Ugly People I had her on the carpet twisting and squirming about, Trying…
The Hymn for Berlin Don't start me on the rum, Just because it makes…
The Hymn For Cigarettes No one called, no one wrote, no one phoned, So no…
The Hymn For The Alcohol Don't start me on the rum, Just because it makes…
The Hymn For The Cigarettes No one called, no one wrote, no one phoned, So no…
The Hymn for the Coffee Don't start me on the rum, Just because it makes…
The Hymn for the Things We Didn't Do Even if you feel it, even if it's heartfelt, Even if…
The Hymn For Thomas Don't start me on the rum, Just because it makes…
The Hymn for Thomas Courtney Warner All this land was privately owned in the late 1800's…
The King Of Summer I did the right thing in the wrong way, And now…
The Librarian He started to woo her in a most peculiar way,…
The Nights Are Long Since my baby left me, I'm doing pretty well, I've lost a…
The Sad Witch You wouldn't believe in my new belle she flits and…
The Science Fiction Eating all the right food, taking all the right pills,…
The Sweetness Lies Within There's just a sea between us, I know this hope will…
The Weight Of The Stars I took photos along the journey, a photo of a…
To Hide A Little Thought I tried to hide a little thought The more I tried…
Trouble Kid He is sixteen going on seventeen, He got splinters from rai…
Twisting Mary's Arm Now that I've communicated everything I feel I think I'll…
Waking Up To You Everyday I'm waking up to you, Every time I see your…
We Don't Care What They Say About Us We don't care what they say about us, anymore. They laugh,…
We Love the City This is London, not Antarctica, so why don't the tubes…
We Were Meant To Be I thought you said that you'd phone me this weekend, Cause…
When The Angels Play Their Drum Machines And we drove, on a wet and windy road To the…
Where The Angels Play Their Drum Machines And we drove, on a wet and windy road To the…
Wicker Girl Sit down, shock is better taken with bent knees, Shock is…
You've Been Prayed For Foreign language TV shows make me feel so thick you…
Your Head to Your Toes It's a beautiful road from your head to your toes,…
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