Listened to the new Belbury Poly Album 'From an Ancient Star' over the weekend about ten times and to my surprise theres no Ghost box thread. I slept on the label a bit as they seemed a bit too engaged with nostalgia and pastiche but there seems to be a real downcast joy to what I've heard. 'Open university italo' was the term getting thrown about when partying to this on saturday morning. Just picked up the advisory council record as well and looking forward to diving into the catologue over coming weeks
― straightola, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
Huh, I was sure there was a thread on this as well. It is all very hauntology/memoradelia, which I guess irks some people (too studied, pseudo-intellectual?) but I love that stuff. And definitely a down-cast joy - the first track I *really* loved from any of the records was the title track from Hey, Let Loose Your Love by the Focus Group, and nothing on the label has surpassed that for me as such a simple sublime pop moment.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
I suppose as a huge fan of Radiophonic Workshop/Raymond Scott I'm going to be the exact target demographic, aren't I? Ah well, preaching to the converted they may be, but I still say it's brilliant stuff.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
Love it as well. Last year's Advisory Circle album is so great, and the new Bellbury Pole is awesome as well. I must check out that Focus Group album still.
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:20 (4 years ago) Permalink
thats exactly why i left it so long to listen to any of it, all the pseudo intellectual simon reynolds baiting stuff i read about the label really got on my wick. I read a review the other day (possibly petridish) harping on about how the label had hit upon some gesamkunstwerk because they have uniform packaging, make videos and the music featured has a similar ethos. Isnt every label ran by a graphic designer done in this way? sounds like standard degree show stuff. But now ive put that aside the music is really enjoyable, the Belbury album is worth it just for the disco tracks
― straightola, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
downloaded the advisory circle because of its appearance in wire's rewind. Love the album. Just ordered it together with the belbury poly album after hearing its titletrack and the awesome Hidden Door.
― willem, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 16:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
sad, neglected thread
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 9 October 2009 21:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Thanx for reminding me i need to listen to this shit some more.
― Stillborn birth of a display name (Jon Lewis), Friday, 9 October 2009 21:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
Friend of mine was just talking about this label the other day...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 October 2009 21:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
Not technically a Ghost Box release, but has anyone on here listened to Broadcast's collaboration with The Focus Group? It is available for download only right now through iTuens and whatnot.
I like it, although I wish it were a little more Broadcast and a little less Focus Group. I'm hoping to catch Broadcast at the Fun Fun Fun festival here in Austin next month - should be pretty great!
― Moodles, Friday, 9 October 2009 21:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
The Broadcast/Focus Group EP is good, and agree on the Focus Group part--probably my least favorite of the ghost box folkx but hard for me to complain as I'm pretty hard for Julian House's design/overall aesthetic which is at least 50% of Ghost Box's appeal (I think).
Want to hear the "Roj" record they just put out but not sure what I think based on samples. After freaking out about all of this stuff and then coming back a little saner a mo. or so later, I think the advisory circle records hold up the best
― Bangelo, Friday, 9 October 2009 22:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
Took me forever to get into Ghost Box even though they push so many of my geek buttons- the whole "hauntology" discussion just turned me way the fuck off, had me thinking this was music made more to be discussed than listened to, etc. Then I took a gamble on the iTunes $5 comp album and wahey, it's really fucking great. Can't wait to catch Broadcast in Philly in about a week.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Friday, 9 October 2009 22:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
Don't let k punk and his ilk put you off, this is some really great stuff.
― leavethecapital, Saturday, 10 October 2009 00:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
What's the name of that comp?
I always forget about this label for some reason
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 10 October 2009 00:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ritual and Education, it's the best $5 you'll ever spend. On music. This year. From Ghost Box.
― More Butty In Your Pants (Telephone thing), Saturday, 10 October 2009 01:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Has anyone heard the Roj album in full? I don't like listening to samples, but I've yet to purchase it. Is it comparable to the other GB artists?
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 10 October 2009 09:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like this label. Everything I've heard from it sounds like it was made by a cult obsessed with Love American Style, daytime TV shows from the 70s -- 80s, and oddball field recordings.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 10 October 2009 12:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
I wish it were a little more Broadcast and a little less Focus Group
Hmm, in general I thought they had a good balance, but when I did find it skewed, I thought it was the other way round - I love both groups, but the vocal style is so distinctive it often overpowers the music.
― emil.y, Saturday, 10 October 2009 12:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ritual and Education is a great comp. And that Roj disc just appeared on eMusic (something I was prompted to discover because of this thread; thank you, ILM).
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 10 October 2009 12:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like love this label.
better
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 15 February 2010 02:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
Roj album is good - well up to par if you like Ghost Box artists in general.
Reissue/revision of OOP early record by The Advisory Circle coming soon!
― Jeff W, Monday, 15 February 2010 13:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
just got the belbury poly disc (from an ancient star). trippy!
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 15 February 2010 13:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://jimjupp.blogspot.com/2010/05/ghost-box-study-series-singles.html
Just ordered the first two editions from the Ghost Box Study Series - a 7 inch singles club, it seems. Lovely.
― kraudive, Monday, 14 June 2010 19:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
I keep looking at these in the local record shop, thinking "a tenner for a seven inch???".
― The New Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 6 January 2011 16:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
They're £4.95 each or £7.95 for two on the website. Which still sounds fairly expensive to me, but you don't often see new 7"s going for less than a fiver these days. Sigh.
― emil.y, Thursday, 6 January 2011 17:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
great label - they deserve every penny they charge
― jumpskins, Thursday, 6 January 2011 19:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Anyone on here heard the Moon Wiring Club stuff? I'm wondering if this is something I need to get.
― Moodles, Thursday, 6 January 2011 20:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, A Spare Tabby... is really good. Very much of the genre, and it maybe goes on a tad long, but the first half totally blew me away.
― emil.y, Thursday, 6 January 2011 20:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
yep i just got the spare tabby today and love it immediately . plus all the graphic design is sublime. i assume he does all that website illustration stuff himself?? if so he is a man of parts.
― cw, Friday, 21 January 2011 21:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
those moon wiring club sleeves, all 4 of them, need to go on the album art thread.
just bought the broadcast addition to the Study Series. and don't like it (not a surprise, didn't really like the lp). think the others singles are better. (the digital downloads are cheap at boomkat).
― koogs, Saturday, 22 January 2011 17:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Did you get the vinyl or cd version of the Moon Wiring Club album? They are doing a great of saying you should really get both.
― The New Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 17:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
Numbers 5 & 6 in the 7" Study Series now available (Johnny Trunk and Hintermass), along with vinyl reissues of Belbury Poly's The Willows and The Focus Group's Sketches and Spells...
http://ghostbox.greedbag.com/
― Barnaby, Hardly, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 12:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
and they are lovely. Spent the last hour listening to 1-6 and they're just great. As the sky was dimming the music sounded beautiful. The design of the covers / sexy heavy vinyl is ace also!
― kraudive, Sunday, 17 April 2011 19:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
there was a boomkat / 14tracks compilation of this stuff recently. (14 tracks chosend by boomkat staff(?) for £6.86)
http://14tracks.com/selections/152-listening_at_home_with_ghost_box
― koogs, Monday, 18 April 2011 11:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
The samples of the new Advisory Circle that are up on the ghost box site are really beautiful. I agree with everyone above saying that Other Channels is the best thing on the label, though emily is right about Hey, let loose (and about Spare Tabby being overlong).
― rob, Friday, 10 June 2011 17:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
nah, roj is the best
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 10 June 2011 18:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah? I never actually listened to that one--will correct that now.
― rob, Friday, 10 June 2011 18:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
any verdicts on the recent advisory circle & moon wiring club rekkids?
― cw, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
AC = still dope
MWC = still twee (i didn't like it, ymmv)
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 26 July 2011 20:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
still think they peaked with "roj"
Advisory Circle record is very very good. Moon Wiring Club is good but I think works better with visuals etc. Was very good live w/video and his source materials are often drawn out of old tv/film so seeing it in that format makes more sense.
― One Big Craigo, Full Of Bad Boingos (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 26 July 2011 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Advisory Circle - Learning Owl Reappears
Man, I want to write a horror film about owls just so that I can peg that onto the start of it.
― kraudive, Thursday, 18 August 2011 22:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Have been playing a lot of Ghost Box recently.
An odd one in that I can play the same tracks at different times and have quite extreme reactions around liking them/disliking them. The Advisory Circle sounded lovely tonight, driving through the Oxfordshire countryside. Ritual & Education is very good though I feel mildly tempted to re-edit it into my own "Best of Ghost Box".
― djh, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Been listening to the Advisory Circle album a lot recently, after not paying attention for a while. "Wheel of the Year" is my jam.
― questino (seandalai), Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
great album. I should have seen it coming based on some of his mixes, but I was still surprised at how much he broadened his palette beyond the radiophonic synth stuff while still sounding totally like himself. those albums he put out under his own name were quite good as well.
― rob, Thursday, 12 January 2012 22:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
Belbury Poly sounded right while putting clothes away this morning.
― djh, Sunday, 15 January 2012 11:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Love this stuff. Is there enough to do a lil' Ghost Box POV/POX??
― (Uptown Baby) (admrl), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maybe once I've heard the latest from Belbury Poly. Speaking of which:http://jimjupp.blogspot.com/2012/02/belbury-tales-and-radio-belbury.html
― Jeff W, Friday, 24 February 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Excellent new Jon Brooks (Advisory Circle) album as Shapwick...
www.claypipemusic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/shapwick.html
Sadly sold out in a few hours (only 110 copies were made) but apparently a second edition on vinyl is forthcoming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FdfafGC-bBw
― Barnaby, Hardly, Monday, 4 June 2012 09:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Let me try that first Youtube link again...
― Barnaby, Hardly, Monday, 4 June 2012 09:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
I love Ghost Box stuff so much, but reading 'Retromania' I kind of feel like its hypocritical. Esp since I have spent five years shitting on American chillwave "huh huh my band is called Agent Cale Dooper and our tape is called EVERY NIGHT IS SNICK" and its penchant for nostalgia as an ends-to-a-means...
I actually had NO IDEA all the reference points to 60/70s British culture lurking deep in the music. Especially since I grew up in Florida and British TV outside of like Mr. Bean is a complete nonentity in my life. The touchstones and period-evoking synth sounds and class-evoking accents that Simon details in these songs might as well be some comp from Syrian radio hits put out by Sublime Frquencies. I have LITTLE TO ZERO nostalgia when I hear this stuff, it all sounds alien to me! That;s why I like it.
Love, an American
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
― koogs, Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:17 (5 months ago) Permalink
lol, Whiney, that's a pretty huge thing to miss, even from an Auslander.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:29 (5 months ago) Permalink
I mean, I obviously knew it harkened back to library music and horror scores and BBC Radiophonic, but like, not to the specific degrees or actual references that Reynolds points out
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 19:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
Yeah but the reference points in American chillwave are usually totally obvious and comfort-blanket ephemera that lazily pander to their intended audience. But the Ghost Box stuff I've heard evokes a time shortly before much of its audience was born. Like I remember the residue of this sort of stuff swilling around when I was a child but it was already from a slightly strange previous era, same goes for all those 60s psych record that are full of this English folk influence that's largely disappeared from British rock music since. Looking back at pre-punk, pre-Thatcher Britain is like looking into a different world, one that (at a guess) most of Ghost Box's audience weren't around for, which is what makes it so unsettling.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
Yours, someone who was born in the year Thatcher came to power.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:31 (5 months ago) Permalink
A lot of the references Ghost Box evoke were still around in the 1980's when I was growing up. I get the impression Ghost Box fans are now in the 35 and above age bracket (I may be wrong here obv). Kids in the 80's in the UK still got the TV public service announcements (Charlie and the like ran for years) and still had access to John Wyndham, who for me hasn't been mentioned enough in relation to GB.
Adore this stuff beyond reason btw. It feels like home.
― kraudive, Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:25 (5 months ago) Permalink
yeah, i mean obviously my first reaction to Ghost Box was "wow this is def nostalgia-based but with an attention to detail" instead of like I SMEARED SALUTE YOUR SHORTS WITH KAOSS PAD"
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:40 (5 months ago) Permalink
were people really talking about this and hauntology in 2007 or did simon just invent that. i can't find any evidence that this was a talking point besides some, like, quietus articles
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:41 (5 months ago) Permalink
lol dude
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:44 (5 months ago) Permalink
this was pretty much all british crit theory informed music blogs talked about in 2007
i think k-punk alone wrote more about that one belbury poly ep than henry darger did about little girls
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:45 (5 months ago) Permalink
I mean, I don't read "brit crit theory informed music blogs" for at least three reasons
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:48 (5 months ago) Permalink
all of this stuff was made by and for those ppl and was more notable for its aetiology as an early example of ~ critical blogger discourse ~ feeding back into actual music than for any intrinsic value
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:54 (5 months ago) Permalink
the lols come from most of these people being disheartened former grime fans
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:56 (5 months ago) Permalink
2007 def when I started hearing the term.
K-punk was often ridic, but his pieces on The Fall were fantastic.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:56 (5 months ago) Permalink
You're skewing a lot there in order to reach a lack of intrinsic value, dude.
Also, as a Critical Theory graduate, can I just get a pre-emptive 'fuck you' out of the way? Cheers.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:59 (5 months ago) Permalink
this music isn't terrible at all, it's nice, well made, more or less worthless
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:00 (5 months ago) Permalink
"More or less" is doing a lot of work there. What music do you consider not worthless? Is there any worth in anything? Probably not.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:01 (5 months ago) Permalink
did this have any impact in america at all? i didn't hear about it until The Wire put Advisory Circle at like No. 45 on a year end list in 2011. I bought and enjoyed Advisory Circle, Pye Corner Audio and Belbury Poly and was spinning the black circle like "la la la enjoying my cool little british label that no one seems to talk about" and then I open up a Simon Reynolds book with a Library of Congress call number and there's like 40 fuckin pages on how this is Britains version of hip-hop and I felt like I did when I learned Lonestar Steakhouse was a chain restaurant
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:06 (5 months ago) Permalink
the blackout crew, certain of the late beethoven quartets
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:06 (5 months ago) Permalink
It doesn't have any impact in Britain either really.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:09 (5 months ago) Permalink
nb you will have noticed that crit theory wasnt dismissed, merely its lesser amateur practitioners
jon yeah athough in another context entirely i was going to say too much is written about the fall, the k-punk fall/lovecraft stuff is certainly towards the better end of this spectrum
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:10 (5 months ago) Permalink
how this is Britains version of hip-hop
Ahahahahahahahahaaaaa
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:11 (5 months ago) Permalink
I thought k-punk's piece on hauntological musics was quite good, in all seriousness.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:12 (5 months ago) Permalink
I mean there are however many pages in Retromania about it doesn't really surprise me because Reynolds and his mates have been talking about it amongst themselves for years but its impact on or relevance to much of the rest of British music is virtually zero. It's a fairly isolated scene producing some excellent music but that's about it. The critical discourse around this label is largely awful and put me off actually listening to it for several years.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:13 (5 months ago) Permalink
xpost nilmar totally, they are v over-talked-abt. that was one of the few Fall pcs that felt like it would rattle about my brain for the rest of my listening career.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:14 (5 months ago) Permalink
you know who needs to get and love ghost box is film score nerds. I don't know if they know about it or not.
Well, I think the Julian House/Broadcast/Berberian Sound Studio crossover will make that the case soon if it isn't already.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
yeah but emily that might nearly have been written for you
ghost box probably had some influence on demdike stare and that strain of olde englishes weird techno
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:15 (5 months ago) Permalink
So, wait, does that mean you're writing me off as a lolcrit blog dilettante? Seeing as you indicate with your other posts that you think such things are laughable... Bah humbug.
― emil.y, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:17 (5 months ago) Permalink
while we're speaking about k-punk et al, I noticed there's a new cheap ebook of collected and augmented woebot pieces. Kind of tempted, I remember enjoying him on average more than kp.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:17 (5 months ago) Permalink
<q> The critical discourse around this label is largely awful and put me off actually listening to it for several years.</q>
As someone whose been listening to this stuff for a year without seeing any critical discourse its like "HOLMES YOU DID NOT KNOW IT WAS A CAN OF DOG FOOD"
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:21 (5 months ago) Permalink
I don't think the hip hop thing is such a stretch. A year ago I had the idea of writing a blog post discussing Stereolab and Broadcast's sonic references/appropriation/thievery in the context of hip hop. Makes total sense.
I like most of this stuff, though only had the slightest idea of the aesthetic, being american and whatnot. But there are hazy memories of the 70s/early 80s that I have that aren't that different. Or maybe I just watched a lot of Dr. Who and The Prisoner while growing up.
But musically, it all sounds awesome to me, it just doesn't stick with me that much. Some of it is more musique concrete, some is more library music...Pye Corner Audio is the one that sticks with me because he works it in a lo-fi italo-disco/proto-house way.
And Broadcast is my favorite band of their era, no matter what they were ripping off at any given time.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:21 (5 months ago) Permalink
Whiney I know you're partly playing it up for LOLs but this isn't actually going to ruin this stuff for you is it?
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:26 (5 months ago) Permalink
yeah i think some of my fairly mild scorn for these dudes itt was precipitated by seeing that woebot has repackaged his defunct blog into an ebook
i don't think it's even chutzpah so much as an english arts and crafty enamourment for careful artisanal labour, rather like the dude who carves spoons all day in hackney he wants to get paid in full (if only retroactively)
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
I dunno, I just like reading things on a dedicated reader more than I like reading them on blogs where the rest of infinity is constantly beckoning me to click away.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:31 (5 months ago) Permalink
maybe he just wants to get paid?
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:31 (5 months ago) Permalink
yeah but he is a shitty writer and doesn't deserve to
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:33 (5 months ago) Permalink
ouch. regardless, not that big a deal that someone, anywhere, should publish an ebook. it's convenient. he's not going to retire from it.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:39 (5 months ago) Permalink
if he needs to pay the rent then i might feel obliged to send him twenty quid for introducing me to some fine music when i was like 19, but reading that interview of him on (iirc) the quietus i was reminded of his precious cultural dirigism and those tendentious thinkpieces about musical history
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:43 (5 months ago) Permalink
the troubled ghosts of former ilxor NRQ haunts my posts itt like the fragments of the incredible string band limning their way throughout the work of skepta
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 10 January 2013 23:44 (5 months ago) Permalink
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Thursday, January 10, 2013 6:26 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah, I still love this stuff
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 11 January 2013 00:13 (5 months ago) Permalink
reverse is also true, btw - ie there are plenty of uk telly genre-nerds who consume Children of the Stones and The Owl Service for breakfast, know every episode of Kinvig off by heart, but who wldn't touch the Ghost Box stuff w/ a fifty foot maypole
also think Electric Eden by Rob Young was a more important bk, in the UK at least, for popularising this idea of olde weird britain and a wider idea of what constitutes trad/folk music than the Simon Reynolds volume
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 11 January 2013 00:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
Woebot's 70s ebook was a lot of fun. Wish it were longer.
― brimstead, Friday, 11 January 2013 02:01 (5 months ago) Permalink
This. I tried a couple and even though they should be right up my street I just couldn't get into them at all. (For reference, they were Seance at Hob's Lane, We Are All Pan's People and The Owl's Map - feel free to point out they're unrepresentative and/or rubbish and I'm missing out.)
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Friday, 11 January 2013 11:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
I really like the first Belbury Poly album, The Willows. Also check out the Broadcast/Focus Group collab.
― Moodles, Friday, 11 January 2013 16:22 (5 months ago) Permalink
so, thoughts on the new focus group lp anyone?
― cw, Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
On very first listen this morning I liked it very much. I went straight onto the GB site and bought the vinyl. I like the sound of it a lot; kinda medieval stuff going on. Reminds me a little of Matmos's The Civil War. Intriguing.
― kraudive, Sunday, 12 May 2013 13:00 (1 month ago) Permalink
https://soundcloud.com/cafekaput/applied-music-vol-1-science
― djh, Sunday, 12 May 2013 18:37 (1 month ago) Permalink