The Soundcarriers record is awesome.
And this will also be awesome:
http://cafekaput.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/ghost-box-other-voices-01-brooks-ohagan.html
Back in the mists of time (we're talking probably 14 years ago) I 'creatively re-appropriated' a snippet of a High Llamas song into one of my own tunes. Wanting to do the honourable thing, I contacted Sean O'Hagan and played him what I'd done. I remember him being quite pleased about the whole thing and we stayed in touch, often talking about making a record together. Of course, these things always take time.Fast-forward to now and here we are, kicking off a new series of singles on Ghost Box. It's available to pre-order now, at the Ghost Box shop.
Fast-forward to now and here we are, kicking off a new series of singles on Ghost Box. It's available to pre-order now, at the Ghost Box shop.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 11 July 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
always interested when Sean O'Hagan is involved in a music project
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Friday, 11 July 2014 14:57 (nine years ago) link
The clip could easily just be a new High Llamas song.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 11 July 2014 15:05 (nine years ago) link
How's the new Advisory Circle?
― djh, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
Very good, more of the usual but a bit more sinister and space-y
― Gouty_Ted, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
i heard several reports to the effect jon brook's 52 is his best so far. hoping this one will make for a spooky christmas.
really liked the pye corner black mill 3-4 from earlier in the year.
― cw, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
Brooks' Shapwick and 52 are both terrific. Great to see the former once again available, now as a digital download on Bandcamp.
― doug watson, Wednesday, 10 December 2014 01:24 (nine years ago) link
Ridiculous question but what would be a good "Ghost Box-y" present that wasn't actually a Ghost Box product?
― djh, Monday, 15 December 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
^try something by Concretism:
https://soundcloud.com/concretism (some tracks streaming here are on his LP, 'Town Planning')
http://concretism.bandcamp.com (older stuff)
― Jeff W, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
Artemiev's score for Solaris might be worth a listen. It was reissued this year. Not a million miles away.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
Thanks both.
I was thinking of something non-musical - a book, a picture or something - to go with an already bought Ghost Box CD, as a vaguely themed present.
― djh, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
Blu-Ray of Berbarian Sound?
DVD of Look Around You?
― dan selzer, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
Oh, if a book, then Discovering Scarfolk obv - http://scarfolk.blogspot.co.uk
― Jeff W, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:24 (nine years ago) link
What about the book "Discovering Scarfolk" by Richard Littler?
― michaellambert, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:25 (nine years ago) link
How abt dvds of children of the stones or something?
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
I'd meant to come on here to *wonder* about Scarfolk. How is it regarded in the world of Ghost Box et al? I saw it in a bookshop and my immediate thought was "I didn't know there was a Ghost Box book" and when I realised it wasn't Ghost Box felt a bit weird towards it. The website does amuse me, though.
― djh, Monday, 15 December 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
The humour seems stretched a little thin in the book.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Monday, 15 December 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
Arthur Machen or MR James?
― rob, Monday, 15 December 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
Iain Sinclair books
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 15 December 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
Bemused that I have never seen Children of the Stones. Does it stand up to "grown up" watching?
― djh, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Children Of The Stones is excellent, sort it!
― Basically / I Don't Wanna Be / An mp3 / 3-2-0 kb / ps (Craigo Boingo), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
Yes it does stand. And also induces a powerful and sadly unfulfillable urge to own a soundtrack album of that awesome atonal choral music.
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 21:57 (nine years ago) link
Looks perfect http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/products/product_in_a_moment.htm
― Gouty_Ted, Friday, 21 August 2015 10:01 (eight years ago) link
An expanded version of the Ritual and Education sampler?
― Noel Emits, Friday, 21 August 2015 12:43 (eight years ago) link
copy of ouroborindra just went for $65 / £43 on ebay
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 00:38 (eight years ago) link
it's the only one i don't have. not sure why it's so rare and hasn't been repressed.
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link
my guess is copyright issues with the bbc? there's a quote from "the stone tape" in the liner notes and i don't think that's quite out of copyright yet.
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
web site just says "out of stock", wonder if it's just accelerationist profiteers
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 01:07 (eight years ago) link
well they have repressed everything else once or twice (i'm talking CD btw) but they have never repressed ouroborindra for some reason
― the late great, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 01:08 (eight years ago) link
New Belbury Poly out today
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Saturday, 28 May 2016 03:45 (seven years ago) link
Latest Mailout:https://ghostbox.greedbag.com/mailouts/ghostbox047/ghost-box-news-new-ways-out-other-voices-08-belbury-poly-t
Excited for the Beautify Junkyards 7" as well as the Pye Corner Audio and Pattern Forms LPs.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 29 May 2016 12:32 (seven years ago) link
I like the new Belbury Poly album.
― afriendlypioneer, Sunday, 29 May 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
Yep, pleased to see there's a Pattern Forms LP upcoming, I'd assumed the single was a one-off.
― michaellambert, Sunday, 29 May 2016 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Clips from the Pattern Forms LP sounding sensational to these ears:https://soundcloud.com/ghost-box/sets/peelawaytheivy
Pye Corner Audio album is also v. good.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 1 September 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
Agree, the new Pye Corner Audio album is excellent.
― stevo-rd, Friday, 2 September 2016 05:00 (seven years ago) link
New album from The Pattern Forms out now. It feels like Ghost Box has really been cranking it out this year.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 21 October 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
The Pattern Forms album is great. The drums sound spectacular, and obviously Jon Brooks hits it out of the park.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 24 October 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Another winner from Ghost Box: The Invisible World of Beautify Junkyards, dreamy psych-pop half sung in English, half in Portuguese (the band are from Lisbon, I think).
― Jeff W, Monday, 12 March 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
New Advisory Circle - Ways of Seeing
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 May 2018 05:05 (five years ago) link
Is it good ?
― add surface noise (Ross), Friday, 25 May 2018 09:40 (five years ago) link
This is fucking great Advisory Circle are so classic Like a long lost carpenter score
― add surface noise (Ross), Friday, 25 May 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
I seem to like this label a little more in my memory than I do while listening. I still listen to everything and enjoy nearly all of it to some extent but have to concede that it's eerie, crusty textures like those of The Focus Group, Roj, and selected Advisory Circle records (eg. Other Channels and From Out Here, from memory) that I'm always hoping to hear, rather than the relatively crisp, uncluttered synths of the more recent Advisory Circle and Belbury Poly releases.
― Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 26 May 2018 06:29 (five years ago) link
Jon Brooks is so prolific I always think he can't possibly surprise any more, but there are a few tracks on Ways of Seeing that feel like new territory for him. Personally, I'm glad this isn't Other Channels 2.
― Jeff W, Saturday, 26 May 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
nag has a fair point; the new advisory circle is much lighter than the last one, which was the darkest one since other channels (which is hard to beat for darkness with those bloody murder screams N all).
I like the new one a lot tho, it sounds like zelda 2 music at times
― California scheming (Ross), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
i think a case could be made for ghost box taking the throne from the old overrated idm canon of yesterday; personally i'd rather listen to a new focus group than any old boards
― California scheming (Ross), Sunday, 27 May 2018 19:39 (five years ago) link
Controp: Ghost Box is for people who won't admit to liking IDM unless it's coated in arch references to Sapphire & Steel and fucking Bagpuss ;-)
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Monday, 28 May 2018 12:23 (five years ago) link
Mostly kidding BTW, and ibrealise that's way off the mark.
But I dunno, as well done as some of it is, and as terrific as the presentation often is (the early 80s software package referencing Outward Journies is just delicious) I can't find much enthusiasm for more Tangerine Dream or Radiophonic Workshop knock offs, despite being ostensibly in the target demographic.
Did really like the Soundcarriers album though.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Monday, 28 May 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
It's not really Berlin school though, is it?
― doug watson, Monday, 28 May 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
The Soundcarriers album on Ghost Box is great, as are their other albums. I wonder if they’re working on anything...
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 28 May 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
totally knew you were kidding and appreciated it Noel
soundcarriers absolutely KILL
― California scheming (Ross), Monday, 28 May 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link