House Of Infinite Zen

Various DVDs

2010-03-21T23:11:00.002Z

You might have noticed that a lot of automotive DVDs have been released through HOIZ; basically, a bunch of old Hillman Imp VHSs have been transferred and shoved out on this label, as well as another Nurburgring disc. They were released in very limited numbers and are no longer available.

I guess we'll release something that everyone can buy again, one day. :)

Book available again

2009-06-16T21:08:00.000+01:00

http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/10410312/A-Little-Book-Of-Lies/Product.html

They're offering it here with free P&P at £6.99. Amazon.co.uk hasn't caught up with that yet.

Book Second Edition Is Out!

2009-03-16T16:46:00.004Z

At last. It's available HERE despite them mis-spelling Steve's name & missing Rich off completely.
Stupid bastards. Look, there's a picture and everything, woo. It's got some crap lies deleted, about 450 new ones added,a nd is £6.99 inc P&P if you go for the super saver option at Amazon.co.uk.
Buy one today!

Little Book Of Lies 2nd Edition

2008-11-02T15:28:00.000Z

is on its' way. Should be out by Christmas. Some of the crap lies deleted, 450+ new ones added in. New sleeve too.

Finally, something new

2007-04-22T19:30:00.000+01:00

...and it's not even released on HOIZ. How fucking lame are we!

Philmanns asked Steve to do him a video for his Hexstatic/The Orb bootleg. Steve has Koyaanisquatsi on his dvd shelf. The rest is kind of self explanatory. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas....

2006-12-25T20:31:00.000Z

....one & all. New stuff happening in 2007, ah yeah.

Comments are now moderated

2006-11-30T16:09:00.000Z

...because of all the spamming cockends who'd fuck their own gran in the arse if it meant they could flog another snide fucking Rolex. If you've got something useful to say, please feel free. If you're trying to flog penis enlargement pills, kindly cram them up your arse. All posts now moderated....

Supercollider is no more....

2006-11-20T14:03:00.000Z

....he's killed off his MySpace, changed his names everywhere else, and is generally doing one. Anyone who's known him for a long time knows he was JH Christ (or variations thereon) for a couple of years and he got bored of that too. Having played at Bootie in San Francisco this Nov 11th just gone, he's hung up that moniker.

He's not gone away though....

12" getting scarce!

2006-07-23T19:06:00.000+01:00

And SOLD OUT at Juno and HTFR, so get in there (elsewhere - see below) quick if you want one. These people still have copies....

HMV Rough Trade Discobole (in Greece I think!)

and in the USA Milk Records

anyone with any links worldwide, please mail 'em in.

All Quiet On The Western Front

2006-07-14T13:34:00.000+01:00

No, we ain't dead yet.

Not much going on right now, there's a band in the offing which should be fun but that waaay under wraps right now.

Other than that, Steve's had Lasik & all is well. :) The 12" is selling too, so get yourself a copy now if you don't have one already.

Update on everything, really....

2006-06-12T08:57:00.000+01:00

OK, been a few days. Here's how it all went....

The 12" sold 200 copies of the 400 available in the first month it was available, though that was a split month and that info is slightly out of date so if you don't have a copy we strongly suggest you get one now while you still can!

The book continues apace, selling slowly but then again this is all the publicity it's had so far....thinking of doing a promo piece for that.

HOIZ005 went out at Bastard on June 1st, and we forgot to keep any back. Bah. Three of the tracks are on Supercolliders' MySpace though.

All well & good. :D

12" sightings - photos!!

2006-05-31T13:37:00.000+01:00

This one was taken at HMV Oxford Street. It's on the listening post - how cool is that?

This on the other hand was taken at Rough Trade on Neals Yard in Covent Garden. You can see that our very own Supercollider is mentioned on the insert card! (Probably in consequnce of the XFM playout of BMT...)

Both photos courtesy SuperDan, a top chap and undeniable legend.

HOIZ005 out tomorrow

2006-05-31T13:29:00.000+01:00

Full details here but it's a five track 3" CDR, limited run of 23 copies, to be given away free by Supercollider at Bastard 99, tomorrow night at the Asylum. It looks like this....

12" sightings in London

2006-05-24T12:48:00.000+01:00

Spotted (in both cases by Dan) in Rough Trade in Neal's Yard, and in HMV on Oxford Street. Splendid! Photos to follow.

12" now available!! Buy it here!!

2006-05-08T15:09:00.000+01:00

Stores that have already got stock in are (from a google search):

Juno

http://tinyurl.com/oh3ex

Normans Records

http://tinyurl.com/o9qn8

Shellshock

http://tinyurl.com/s93lt

and it's generally £7.50 a copy, cheaper than we were knocking it out on eBay for!!

On the other hand, if you bought it from us you got it weeks ago.....

Supercollider to play at Bastard!

2006-05-02T18:37:00.000+01:00

It's true! Supercollider is supporting Rich & Jools at Bastard on June 1st. 90 minute set, apparently. There's no flyer yet, so here's an old one from years ago instead. It's got all the details on anyway....

Just in case you can't read that, it's at the Asylum, corner of Charlotte Street and Rathbone Place, London W1. Nearest Tube is either Goodge Street or Tottenham Court Road, entry is free but capacity is limited, and yes it really is underneath the newsagents on the corner.

Bootleg types tend to meet up beforehand in the Black Horse, down Rathbone Street - 200 yards away tops. Being summer by then, fingers crossed for nice weather too....

Single Release Delayed By A Week

2006-05-02T18:35:00.000+01:00

Indeed. Look for it on shelves on May 8th, rather than May 1st as previously advertised. Seems Shellshocked need a bit more time. Ah well!

Black Metal Tarantula on XFM 19:30 April 16th!

2006-04-15T18:39:00.000+01:00

True! This weekend's Remix with Eddy Temple-Morris has been pre-recorded, and BMT is on the playlist at about half seven! Yay HOIZ, ETM, Supercollider & Octofish, and also Phil of Phil & Dog for badgering him into playing something off the EP!!

Phenomenal!

!2" is available May 1st remember....

12" Updates - inc. Radio play!

2006-04-05T11:04:00.000+01:00

Right then....

The 12" has been picked up by Shellshocked for distribution via Prank Monkey Records, so thanks Nick over at PM for sorting that, top chap. Release date to the streets is May 1st, and the ability to buy it at the HOIZ site is about to disappear forever!!

ALSO - last night, Soundhog's 500 Bad Mice and 20 seconds of Lumpy's What You Ravin' For? got a spin on the Huw Stephens show on BBC Radio One just around midnight; HOIZ on National Radio!!! YEEEAAHHHH!!!! He said he'll play some more next week, so promo stuff going out to him in the interim....top chap. Cheers Huw. :)

81,757 at Amazon!

2006-03-29T22:08:00.000+01:00

We'll be Top Ten by Christmas.

2027.

:)

HOIZ publishes books world wide!!

2006-03-22T20:46:00.000Z

Amazon Japan!

Amazon Canada!

Amazon France!

cool eh?

95,140 - we am teh popularist.

2006-03-20T09:49:00.000Z

Indeed! We're inside the top One Hundred Thousand at Amazon! wooo yaaaayyyy etc.

Arf. It must mean that word is spreading though, and it is a bloody funny book. Buy it, laugh a lot, tell your friends, they buy it laugh a lot, they tell their friends and so on! Like the Arctic Monkeys, only funnier. And older, balder and fatter. Hell they're authors not pop stars!

UK Printed Test Book is here & is fine!

2006-03-18T10:39:00.000Z

So, the printing operation we use has a global option, whereby our originals are farmed out to other presses for local manufacture and distribution, and this is where play.com gets their copies from.

The link for play.com's page with the book on is HERE

And a copy we bought to make sure it's OK has arrived. the sleeve is a little brighter and a little thinner, but is still paperback standard, and it's still gloss finished. The ISBN number has been replaced too with same number different design, for some reason - probably to do with fonts. It usually is with ISBNs apparently.

The paper is of comparable quality and ultimately it's still a good looking bit of kit. More pertinently, play.com are offering it for £5.99 including P&P, so go bag a bargain today!!

Amazon still carry it too, and of course you get free P&P from them if your order's over fifteen quid. They charge £6.06 for it, a moderately random price if ever there was.

Launch done!

2006-03-12T22:41:00.000Z

So, the 12" launch party was held at the Hatchet, and it was...well, mixed. People were few (Thursday night, raining!), but those that were there were ace. Posters were lovely at A3 size, but the bar management were w*nkers of the first order when they decided to close at 1am...telling us at quarter past midnight. This meant that Soundhog, having travelled all the way from North Wales, played maybe 40 minutes tops. No-one took a proper camera that we know of, so the best (and only) photos were taken on a phone! Ah well.

So halfwit bar management (not the bar staff, they're good types) and gorilla bouncers (known stupid & neanderthal) aside, a good time was had, and everyone danced a bit and so on. The 12" is available through HOIZ (just send us an email and we can work out payment to suit you) or occasionally through eBay.

Coming soon - the DVD.

And now the book is on Play.com too!

2006-03-05T16:50:00.000Z

Good this isn't it?!

Play.com are offering the book for £5.99 inc P&P, and it's the UK produced version which we've not seen yet. Suffice to say we've ordered one to check quality is up to spec. You'll have to search for it by title though, as for some reason they've only included Rich as author, not Steve. We have mailed them about that, and hope for a correction in due course.

12"s on eBay, book on Amazon.co.uk

2006-03-01T23:01:00.000Z

Indeed they are. First batch of 20 available here. £7.99 a pop, plus P&P.

A Little Book Of Lies has popped up on amazon.co.uk for £6.06, but that has a proviso of taking 4-6 weeks to arrive. You *could* always ask us instead....;) easiest way to find it on Amazon is search for Potz-Rayner, since there's only one Steve and he's only got one book out there. Lockwood returns about 2800 items!!

The Book Is Back!

2006-02-28T03:42:00.000Z

All back to normal, thankfully. Thanks to katie at lulu.com for helping out! Remember, buy two, select Supersaver Shipping, get free P&P!

Oh FFS Book Temporarily Unavailable

2006-02-25T23:10:00.000Z

Their servers have screwed up somewhere, and the book isn't available for ordering. Apologies.

Yay Book Reviews & FREE P&P!

2006-02-25T18:03:00.000Z

Well....reviews are coming back, and they're all positive. Bumped into Ian Fondue last night who said he had travelled to the club we were in on the Tube, and had been chortling away and getting many strange looks. Other people have been in touch today, all telling us they like what they see, no names no pack drill but hello Rich & Chris, two of the guest contributors.

If you buy two copies, you can get it P&P FREE from the USA. Find a mate who wants a copy, and cough up $14.95 each - and get your books delivered gratis. It's a winner, you know it is.

12"s due Tuesday 28/02!

2006-02-24T10:50:00.000Z

Just had word from the pressing plant that the 12"s are due to be delivered on the 28th. The launch party is of course on the 9th....should we make them available ahead of the official launch? Questions, questions....

12" test pressings are here!

2006-02-09T17:08:00.000Z

And they're really nice, and on 180gm vinyl (the thicker heavier weight...)

The order for production is in. yay!

A Little Book Of Lies is out!

2006-02-08T19:13:00.000Z

Here's photographic evidence of the existence of the first two copies of 'A Little Book Of Lies'! It's available to order now from the HOIZ website, just click on 'Releases', scroll down to HOIZ004 (where you'll also see the photo above), and bingo there's your link! It's $14.95 plus P&P which equates to about nine quid plus P&P for anyone in the UK. Full details on the site.

At the same time, full details have been announced for the forthcoming 12", 'This Is Infinite Zen' HOIZ002. same place, go look! Cheers!

12" Launch Party - poster released

2006-01-28T16:13:00.000Z

Indeed. Cop an eyeful of this....and the only act appearing that's not on the 12" is the Overhope Organisation. Ooh! Does that mean a Soundhog track is committed to vinyl? Ah...yes, yes it does.

March 9th, Bristol. See you there?

Book, record and t-shirt update

2006-01-27T18:05:00.000Z

OK, so the book photo shoot is now *this* weekend, postponed due to illness. The 12" is at the pressing plant & is looking OK so far (awaiting the test pressings) and we have some t-shirts and stuff you can buy from spreadshirt.co.uk, the link is on the front page of the website under 'Merchandise'.

A few very cool non-logo'd Mouse Mobius pieces there, go check it out. We figure that for all this stuff the question must be 'would you wear it to the pub'? Ah...yes. Yes, I would. There's a real cute clock there too, go have a look.

Regarding the 12", the track listing and sleeve will be made public as soon as the test pressings are approved.

New artwork on the front page!!

2006-01-13T19:30:00.000Z

Courtesy of the fantastic Phillip at biro-art.com (link to the right there, check his stuff out), the new front page artwork is up! It looks WAY better than the original (which was MC Escher's 'Mobius Strip II' from 1963), and T-shirts, mugs and assorted other paraphenalia will be available soon.

Otherwise, work on the 12" and the book continues apace, with photo sessions for both happening on the weekend of the 21st; they should go to print shortly after that.

WOB March 06 - oops

2006-01-10T18:23:00.000Z

We've lost the venue apparently. Oops. No idea what's going to happen now....it was going to be the launch party for the 12" of course, on topic of which Chris hurry up with that track!

Update: yeah, def. no venue, Lumpy's looking into an alternative. Launch party might be delayed therefore....ah well, these things are sent to try us....

New Artwork is complete

2006-01-08T11:07:00.000Z

...and it's phenomenal. It'll appear on the front page as soon as Phillip gets the CD with the originals on to us.

It's stunning, truly is - we are SO impressed. Images soon!

Book Update

2006-01-02T19:35:00.000Z

Editing is in progress, but there's still no front cover image determined.

We thought a few taster lies might amuse.

The Serpentine contains 23 million gallons of Ribena. This is why all the crayfish are purple.
Adam Hart Davies is a pygmy hippo in a loud shirt.
Imelda Marcos is 163 years old and is kept alive by regular injections of suede water repellent; the huge collection of shoes is merely a cover for bulk water repellant purchases at ShoeWorld in Droitwich.
The planet Earth has four suns, but they’re always perfectly aligned so you can only see the nearest one.
Helen Of Troy was noted for her skills in playing Subbuteo.
Nokia mobile phones are powered by your brainwaves. The battery is there purely as a placebo and to offset suspicion. This is why text messages are rubbish when you send them drunk - the power’s all skew-whif.
Thrash metal kills nits.
Viagra was invented to repel greenfly from runner beans.

There are a shade over eighteen hundred of these. Many of them are more libellous than the examples given here, but then again these are all Lies. Not an iota of truth in there. Or maybe that's a lie too. You are the judge!

Anyway, the book progresses through the editing stages. We'll keep you updated as to progress. We reckon we might be able to get a little Flash presentation or game or something out there too. We'll let you know.

New artwork coming soon

2005-12-30T16:28:00.000Z

The eagle eyed among you will have noticed that we've temporarily got an Escher drawing in there for the site logo. Phillip at biro-art.com (there's a link permanently on the right too) is putting together a new logo, which is expected in a couple of weeks. Check his site out, it really is Top Notch.

Hooray! A blog!

2005-12-30T10:40:00.000Z

Indeed. A blog, for all the inanity - oops - news from the House Of Infinite Zen.

Two releases on the horizon; the first is a 12" single, the second is a book.

The 12" will contain six tracks, two of which are legend in GYBO circles, a third by a pair of characters who've been very successful this year, the fourth by a West Country chappie, the fifth by a deceased messiah and the sixth a brand new thing from our very own Supercollider - working title on that was BMT, see if you can work out what it is.

The book is still in process and is also undercover right now; suffice to say, it's bloody funny, and is written by a pair of friends of HOIZ. It *might* be a split publishing thing, we're not sure yet. Keep an eye on this blog for further details.....