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Recommended by us on 11th February 2011
...according to our Mingus on Thu 10 Feb, 2011.
We are now stocking the much discussed Ghost Box imprint. A kind of conceptual music/design project as much as an outlet for musings on childhood nostalgia and arcane/otherwordly British folk/electronica noodlings. At times evocative of running scared behind chairs at the sight and sound of the Daleks appearing on the Tragic (or magic if you please) lantern that is early saturday afternoon TV of the 1960's/70's. One of a handful of releases we've received is The Focus Group; "We are all Pan's People" which has a spectral quality, much like other Ghost Box outfits particularly The Advisory Circle, that is reminiscent of Boards of Canada's classic "Music has a right to Children". At times coming across like a DJ battle tool with outtakes of found sound and effects, field recordings, wavering keyboard lines and stuck grooves. There's even elements of folk revivalism (flutes,pan pipes...that sort of thing), abliet fed through the analogue-digital interface. Fact magazine sums up Ghost Box best when they describe their releases as " functioning as an 'evocation-machine', an entry point into a network of associations and memories that can be traced from experimental music through to film, television and literature". In fact some of the sleeve designs are eerily like the old Penguin paperbacks.
On The Willows, Belbury Poly’s ghostly synths, altered voices and archival fragments conjure a world of lost children’s television programs and tall tales in haunted landscapes.
Belbury Poly is the music of Jim Jupp, somewhat radiophonic, sometimes naïve and playful, other times unsettling yet often oddly familiar. These might be soundtracks for shelved children’s TV programs to spooky have been aired.
Reviews
Praise for Belbury Poly and The Willows
...some of the most delightful electronica to arise in Britain since Aphex Twin, the Black Dog and Global Communication.
Bethan Cole,
The Sunday Times
...electronica rarely comes as intriguing and atmospheric and laden with weirdly unshakable tunes.
Alexis Petridis,
The Guardian
...Belbury Poly summons a genuinely spectral presence.
Simon Reynolds,
Frieze Magazine
...music that’s both highly atmospheric and melodically rewarding.
Joseph Stannard,
The Wire
…the record plays with the clouded otherworldliness of undersea documentaries or the oversaturated hues of old chemistry book covers.
Mike Powell,
Stylus Magazine
1. Belbury Poly - Wildspot
2. Belbury Poly - The Willows
3. Belbury Poly - Caermaen
4. Belbury Poly - A Thin Place
5. Belbury Poly - Farmer's Angle
6. Belbury Poly - Insect Prospectus
7. Belbury Poly - A Warning
8. Belbury Poly - Monstroon
9. Belbury Poly - Thorn
10. Belbury Poly - The Absolute Elswhere
11. Belbury Poly - Far Off Things
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