Ghost Box Music

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Ghost Box Music
Founded	2004
Founder	Julian House Jim Jupp
Genre	Electronic Ambient Musique concrète Library music
Country of origin	UK
Location	Edinburgh
Official website	Ghost Box Music

Ghost Box Music is an English independent record label, established in 2004 by Julian House and Jim Jupp.

Contents 1 Concept 2 Aesthetic 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Concept

The concept for the label was hatched in 2003; a manifesto of influences was compiled, which included "music for schools, cosmic horror stories, library music, English surrealism, and the dark side of psychedelia".^{[citation needed]} Shortly after, the first The Focus Group and Belbury Poly releases became available on CDR.

[edit] Aesthetic

Ghost Box had a defined aesthetic from formation; Julian House explained that ...the best way to put our stuff out was to start a label.. There was such a richness to the references we both shared, not just musical.. It made sense that we could put releases out which had this complete world attached to them.. A set of things united by a design identity, fragments of real or imagined books, collections of images, films, links... Something people can become lost in and want to be a part of..^[1] Releases on the label (presently encompassing The Focus Group, Eric Zann, Belbury Poly, and The Advisory Circle) tend to share a common design aesthetic - all record covers so far have been by Julian House (there is an acknowledged debt to the iconic design of sixties Penguin Books paperbacks)^{[citation needed]}. There are shared elements in sound, too; Ghost Box artists tend to draw heavily on influences such as musique concrète, library music, and 1970s soundtracks. Several critics have noticed a melancholic or nostalgic element to the Ghost Box sound as well, prompting comparison to the shorter, 'interlude' tracks of Boards of Canada, or similar folk or psychedelia-influenced electronic musicians^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• The Sunday Times article on contemporary electronic music, including Ghost Box and Belbury Poly
• A selection of images from projected Ghost Box films. Images by Julian House

v • d • e Ghost Box Music Julian House • Jim Jupp Belbury Poly Farmer's Angle GBX001 • The Willows GBX003 • The Owl's Map GBX007 The Focus Group Sketches and Spells GBX002 • Hey Let Loose Your Love GBX005 • We Are All Pan's People GBX008 Eric Zann Ouroborindra GBX004 The Advisory Circle Mind How You Go GBX006 • Other Channels GBX010 Mount Vernon Arts Lab The Seance at Hobs Lane GBX009