Belbury Poly
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| Background information | |
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| Labels | Ghost Box |
| Members | Jim Jupp |
| Website | Belbury Poly on Ghost Box |
Belbury Poly is the studio band of Ghost Box Records co-founder Jim Jupp. Jupp is the main composer and producer and also plays synth, keyboards and guitar. Other members are session musicians, that have included: Christopher Budd on bass and lead guitar, Jim Musgrave on drums, James Allen on drums, David Sharp on acoustic guitar and Cate Brooks on piano.
Sound
[edit]Working with analogue electronics and wide range of unusual instrumentation and more recently supported by session players on drums and guitars, Belbury Poly's sound is characterised as a kind of upbeat, electronic and rustic prog rock. Influences, range from old library music and TV soundtracks to keyboard driven 1970s prog rock, folk and Krautock.[1][2][3]
Jupp has spoken about Belbury Poly and the other artists on Ghost Box as sounding like the misremembered past of a parallel world,[4][5][6][2] as well as acknowledging a debt to the author Arthur Machen.[6] The name references the fictional town of Belbury, created by the author C.S. Lewis[7] in his novel That Hideous Strength.
Biography
[edit]Jim Jupp has released EPs, singles and six albums on Ghost Box under the name of Belbury Poly, and has released a dark ambient album for the label under the moniker Eric Zann. He is also a member of The Belbury Circle along with Cate Brooks (of The Advisory Circle) and occasional collaborator, John Foxx[8] In 2019 he co-wrote and produced the music and spoken word album Chanctonbury Rings with Justin Hopper and Sharron Kraus.[8] He has recorded library tracks for KPM, BMG and Lo-Editions. He has remixed tracks for several artists including John Foxx and Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral). The track "The Willows" taken from the first Belbury Poly album of the same name was reworked by Paul Weller as "Earth Beat"[9] for his 2020 album On Sunset. The debut EP by Belbury Poly, Farmer’s Angle was included in an Electronic Sound magazine feature, A History of Electronic Music in 75 Records.[10]
Discography
[edit]Albums and EPs
[edit]| Title | Format | Label | Catalogue Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer's Angle | 3" CD EP/DL | Ghost Box | GBX001 | 2004 |
| The Willows | CD/LP/DL | Ghost Box | GBX003 | 2005 |
| The Owl's Map | CD/DL | Ghost Box | GBX007 | 2006 |
| From an Ancient Star | CD/DL | Ghost Box | GBX011 | 2009 |
| Farmer's Angle (Revised Edition) | CD/10"/DL | Ghost Box | GBX014 | 2010 |
| The Belbury Tales | CD/LP/DL | Ghost Box | GBX016 | 2012 |
| New Ways Out | CD/LP/DL | Ghost Box | GBX024 | 2016 |
| The Gone Away | CD/LP/DL | Ghost Box | GBX035 | 2020 |
Singles
[edit]| As | Title | Format | Catalogue Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belbury Poly and Moon Wiring Club | Study Series 01: Youth and Recreation | 7"/DL | GBX701 | 2010 |
| Belbury Poly and Mordant Music | Study Series 03: Welcome to Godalming | 7"/DL | GBX703 | 2010 |
| Belbury Poly and The Advisory Circle | Study Series 08: Inversions | 7"/DL | GBX708 | 2012 |
| Belbury Poly and Spacedog | Study Series 10: Message and Method | 7"/DL | GBX710 | 2013 |
| Pye Corner Audio with Belbury Poly | Other Voices 05: Machines are Obsolete/Pathways | 7"/DL | GBX715 | 2015 |
| Sharron Kraus with Belbury Poly | Other Voices 10: Something out of Nothing | 7"/DL | GBX720 | 2018 |
Album Appearances
[edit]| Album Title | Album Artist | Label | Catalogue Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ley Line[12] | Justin Hopper | Bandcamp | self-released | 2014 |
| Shirley Inspired: A Tribute to Shirley Collins[13] | Various Artists | Earth | EARTHLP003 | 2015 |
| Folklore of Plants Volume 1[14] | Various Artists | Folklore Tapes | 2017 | |
| Chanctonbury Rings[11] | Justin Hopper, Sharron Kraus and Belbury Poly | Ghost Box | GBX033 | 2019 |
| Intermission[11] | Various Artists | Ghost Box | GBXD008 | 2020 |
Remixes
[edit]| Track Title | Original Artist | Album,Single,EP title | Label | Catalogue Number | Year |
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| Taxi Negro (Black Cab Mix) | Tremolo Audio | Visitas | Mil Records | MRCD009 | 2008 |
| Ghost Office (Remixed by Belbury Poly) | Xylitol | Xylitol Music as played by Other People | self-released | 2010 | |
| Escape Hatch | Bernard Fevre | The Strange World of Bernard Fevre Remixes | Universal | NJ9048 | 2010 |
| And The Cuckoo Comes To Belbury | The Advisory Circle | Mind How You Go (Revised Edition) | Ghost Box | GBX013 | 2010 |
| Lights And Offerings (Belbury Poly Mix) | Mirrors | The White EP | Skint | SKINT216ID | 2011 |
| Summerland (Belbury Poly Mix) | John Foxx and the Maths | The Shape of Things | Metamatic | META29CD | 2011 |
| If... (Belbury Poly Mix) | Bill Ryder-Jones | If... Remixes | Domino | DS061 | 2012 |
| Hobby Horse | The Memory Band | Further Navigations | Static Caravan | Van 272 | 2014 |
| Broken Folk[15] | Seatman and Powell | Broken Folk | KS Audio | KSA 008 | 2018 |
| Something Out of Nothing[16] | Sharron Kraus | Other Voices 10 | Ghost Box | GBX720 | 2018 |
The Belbury Circle (Belbury Poly and The Advisory Circle) Discography
[edit]| Title | Format | Label | Catalogue Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empty Avenues | 10" EP/CD EP/DL | Ghost Box | GBX019 | 2013 |
| Outward Journeys | CD/LP/DL | Ghost Box | GBX029 | 2017 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Belbury Poly on ploughman's lunches, prog rock and avoiding "Clarkson/Wakeman territory"". Factmag.com. 1 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Label Profile: Ghost Box | Clash Music Exclusive General". 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012.
- ^ "Cardboard Cutout Sundown: Interview with Jim Jupp". Jameshoodillustration.blogspot.com. 20 December 2010.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (15 October 2017). "Hauntology: Ghost Box label profile, Frieze magazine October 2005". Reynoldsretro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Society of the spectral Archived 23 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Wire no. 276, November 2006
- ^ a b "15 questions | Interview | Jim Jupp | Circle of Friends". 15questions.net. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "The art of noise refined-Arts & Entertainment-Music-TimesOnline". 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007.
- ^ a b "Home - Ghost Box".
- ^ Stickler, Jon. "Paul Weller Shares New Song Earth Beat From Upcoming Album 'On Sunset' - Stereoboard". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Issue 65 Print Edition | Out Of Stock – Electronic Sound". electronicsound.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Catalogue Archive - Ghost Box".
- ^ "Ley Line, by Justin Hopper". Jackdaw Shivers Press.
- ^ "Shirley Inspired, by Shirley Inspired..." Shirley Inspired...
- ^ Tapes, Folklore. "The Folklore of Plants Vol.I". Folklore Tapes.
- ^ Seatman, Keith (12 November 2018). "Test Transmission all things Keith Seatman and more: Out Now. Broken Folk 10 inch EP and Digi Release".
- ^ "Sharron Kraus with Belbury Poly - Other Voices 10". Ghost Box.
External links
[edit]- Belbury Poly on Ghost Box
- Quietus Interview with Julian House on Ghost Box
- The Sunday Times article on contemporary electronic music, including Ghost Box and Belbury Poly(subscription required)
- Interview with Jim Jupp by The Haunted Generation Blog
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