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The Wisdom Of Harry US album debut, European tour
6 October 2000

London experimental artist Pete Astor aka The Wisdom of Harry released his US debut, and his first studio album conceived as such, in August on Matador. Titled House Of Binary, it’s available on vinyl and CD in Europe and the US.
    The new album follows his 1999 European-only collection Stars Of Super 8 (also on CD and vinyl, but now out of print) and a series of narrowly distributed vinyl singles—Astor’s preferred distribution medium.
    The Wisdom Of Harry opened a European tour last night at El Sol in Madrid. They play tonight in Valencia and continue on and off through 26 November with a show in Belfast. On 20 October they’ll do a single US show as part of the CMJ Music Marathon.
    Astor, who previously headed up Britpop band The Weather Prophets, seems to have chosen the path less traveled musically after dealing with the commercial pressures of that earlier band. The Wisdom Of Harry’s House of Binary is refreshingly unexpected and emotionally transparent—there’s depth of creativity and you can see all the way down because the water’s clear.
    You won’t find much additional info on Astor’s Web site, but if you use your browser’s refresh/reload button on the main page you’ll get a generous helping of Harry’s Wisdom.
    Here are The Wisdom Of Harry’s upcoming tour dates.

October
  5 - Madrid, E (El Sol)
  6 - Valencia, E (Black Note)
  7 - Barcelona, E (Astin)
  9 - York, GB (York University)
10 - Edinburgh, GB (The Venue)
11 - Oxford, GB (The Point)
12 - London, GB (The Scala)
20 - New York, NY (Westbeth Theatre (CMJ)

November
  8 - Berlin, D (Maria am Ostabanhof)
  9 - Hamburg, D (Pronzenbar)
10 - Hannover, D (Gig Lounge)
11 - Diksmuide, B (4AD)
12 - Koln, D (Studio 672)
18 - Prestatyn, GB (Bugged Out! Weekender 2000)
24 - Cork, IRL (Triskel Arts Centre)
25 - Dublin, IRL (Whelans)
26 - Belfast, IRL (TBA)
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