Humble Soul has teamed up with top London promoter Arctic Circle to assemble a mini album featuring exclusive tracks from the six artists involved in the first of a brand new concert series from Arctic Circle.

Arctic Circle and TLOBF present… The Willkommen Orchestra
Members of Shoreline, The Leisure Society, The Climbers, Sons Of Noel and Adrian and The Miserable Rich make up The Willkommen Orchestra. Details on a one off show revealed inside.

The Notwist announce extra special London show in December
The Arctic Circle in association with TLOBF are incredibly excited to be announcing a very unique concert involving one of our favourite bands. The Notwist, performing with The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra. Full details inside.

Willkommen Collective – Union Chapel, London 12/06/09
To document what was without doubt one of the gigs of 2009, we’ve put together a photo gallery from all the acts that took part with contributions from some of the finest photographers in London.

Willkommen Week :: Audio Interview with Rowan Coupland
Todays audio interview is with sometime member of Sons of Noel and Adrian, full-time singer songwriter Rowan Coupland. This Friday, he plans to turn the Union Chapel into a reverberating sound cave. Sounds epic huh?

Willkommen Week :: Audio Interview with Shoreline
Tom Cowan – one of the main guys responsible for Willkommen Records talks to Ben Eshmade about the history of the label and indeed one of the many bands he plays in: Shoreline.

Willkommen Week :: Sons Of Noel and Adrian [Live Session]
Brought to us by Arctic Circle, the guys behind the Willkommen evening that TLOBF are proudly sponsoring, enjoy ‘Kernow’, ‘Inside Olympia’ and a rousing rendition of ‘The Wreck Is Not A Boat’.

Willkommen Week :: Audio Interview with The Leisure Society
To coincide with perhaps the most exciting show TLOBF have been involved with so far we are running a special Willkommen Week featuring exclusive content from all the bands playing at the Union Chapel on 12th June.

Grizzly Bear collaborator Nico Muhly announces special London show
If you enjoy the music of Peter Broderick, Max Richter, Steve Reich or Johann Johannsson you will almost certainly want to check out Nico Muhly when he performs in the grandiouse setting of London’s Union Chapel on 8th May.
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