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Very good, more of the usual but a bit more sinister and space-y

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.

Brooks' Shapwick and 52 are both terrific. Great to see the former once again available, now as a digital download on Bandcamp.

Ridiculous question but what would be a good "Ghost Box-y" present that wasn't actually a Ghost Box product?

^try something by Concretism:

https://soundcloud.com/concretism (some tracks streaming here are on his LP, 'Town Planning')

http://concretism.bandcamp.com (older stuff)

Artemiev's score for Solaris might be worth a listen. It was reissued this year. Not a million miles away.

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.

Blu-Ray of Berbarian Sound?

DVD of Look Around You?

Oh, if a book, then Discovering Scarfolk obv - http://scarfolk.blogspot.co.uk

What about the book "Discovering Scarfolk" by Richard Littler?

How abt dvds of children of the stones or something?

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.

The humour seems stretched a little thin in the book.

Arthur Machen or MR James?

Iain Sinclair books

Bemused that I have never seen Children of the Stones. Does it stand up to "grown up" watching?

Children Of The Stones is excellent, sort it!

Yes it does stand. And also induces a powerful and sadly unfulfillable urge to own a soundtrack album of that awesome atonal choral music.

Looks perfect http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/products/product_in_a_moment.htm

An expanded version of the Ritual and Education sampler?

copy of ouroborindra just went for $65 / £43 on ebay

it's the only one i don't have. not sure why it's so rare and hasn't been repressed.

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.

web site just says "out of stock", wonder if it's just accelerationist profiteers

well they have repressed everything else once or twice (i'm talking CD btw) but they have never repressed ouroborindra for some reason

New Belbury Poly out today

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.

I like the new Belbury Poly album.

Yep, pleased to see there's a Pattern Forms LP upcoming, I'd assumed the single was a one-off.

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.

Agree, the new Pye Corner Audio album is excellent.

New album from The Pattern Forms out now. It feels like Ghost Box has really been cranking it out this year.

The Pattern Forms album is great. The drums sound spectacular, and obviously Jon Brooks hits it out of the park.

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).

New Advisory Circle - Ways of Seeing

Is it good ?

This is fucking great
Advisory Circle are so classic
Like a long lost carpenter score

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.

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.

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

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

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 ;-)

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.

It's not really Berlin school though, is it?

The Soundcarriers album on Ghost Box is great, as are their other albums. I wonder if they’re working on anything...

totally knew you were kidding and appreciated it Noel

soundcarriers absolutely KILL

Liking this new advisory a lot, love the minimal use of percussion - doesn't date it as much

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

I'll admit this isn't exactly off the mark for me. I don't really care about the references, but Ghost Box has definitely been a big factor in making IDM palatable to me. There was a time when I ran away from IDM like the plague.

Piggybacking on the new Advisory Circle praise. Think it just might be the best on yet.

'Flight Capture' is a amazing.