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'''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: [[The Belbury Tales|Christopher Budd]] on bass and lead guitar, [[The Belbury Tales|Jim Musgrave]] on drums, James Allen on drums, David Sharp on acoustic guitar and [[The Advisory Circle| |
'''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: [[The Belbury Tales|Christopher Budd]] on bass and lead guitar, [[The Belbury Tales|Jim Musgrave]] on drums, James Allen on drums, David Sharp on acoustic guitar and [[The Advisory Circle|Cate Brooks]] on piano. |
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==Sound== |
==Sound== |
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Working with analogue electronics and wide range of unusual instrumentation and more recently supported by session players on drums and guitars, Belbury Poly's |
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 music|folk]] and Krautock.<ref name=fact02>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/02/01/belbury-poly-on-ploughmans-lunches-prog-rock-and-avoiding-clarksonwakeman-territory/|title=Belbury Poly on ploughman's lunches, prog rock and avoiding "Clarkson/Wakeman territory"|website=Factmag.com|date=1 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="GBclash">{{Cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/label-profile-ghost-box|title=Label Profile: Ghost Box | Clash Music Exclusive General|date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512223426/http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/label-profile-ghost-box|archive-date=12 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=CCSonJJ>{{Cite web|url=http://jameshoodillustration.blogspot.com/2010/12/interview-with-jim-jupp.html|title=Cardboard Cutout Sundown: Interview with Jim Jupp|website=Jameshoodillustration.blogspot.com|date=20 December 2010}}</ref> |
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Jupp has spoken about Belbury Poly and the other artists on [[Ghost Box]] as sounding like the misremembered past of a parallel world,<ref name="Reynoldsretro">{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|date=15 October 2017|title=Hauntology: Ghost Box label profile, Frieze magazine October 2005|url=http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2017/10/hauntology-ghost-box-label-frieze-2005.html|accessdate=26 October 2018|work=Reynoldsretro.blogspot.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thewire.co.uk/back/2006_11.php ''Society of the spectral''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223035654/http://www.thewire.co.uk/back/2006_11.php|date=23 February 2007}}, ''The Wire'' no. 276, November 2006</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=15 questions | Interview | Jim Jupp | Circle of Friends|url=https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-jim-jupp/page-1/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-05|website=15questions.net}}</ref><ref name="GBclash" /> as well as acknowledging a debt to the author [[Arthur Machen]].<ref name="auto" /> The name references the fictional town of Belbury, created by the author [[C.S. Lewis]]<ref>{{Cite web|url= |
Jupp has spoken about Belbury Poly and the other artists on [[Ghost Box]] as sounding like the misremembered past of a parallel world,<ref name="Reynoldsretro">{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|date=15 October 2017|title=Hauntology: Ghost Box label profile, Frieze magazine October 2005|url=http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2017/10/hauntology-ghost-box-label-frieze-2005.html|accessdate=26 October 2018|work=Reynoldsretro.blogspot.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thewire.co.uk/back/2006_11.php ''Society of the spectral''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223035654/http://www.thewire.co.uk/back/2006_11.php|date=23 February 2007}}, ''The Wire'' no. 276, November 2006</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=15 questions | Interview | Jim Jupp | Circle of Friends|url=https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-jim-jupp/page-1/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206162804/http://15questions.net:80/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-jim-jupp/page-1/ |archive-date=6 February 2015 |access-date=2020-09-05|website=15questions.net}}</ref><ref name="GBclash" /> as well as acknowledging a debt to the author [[Arthur Machen]].<ref name="auto" /> The name references the fictional town of Belbury, created by the author [[C.S. Lewis]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1554704.ece|title=The art of noise refined-Arts & Entertainment-Music-TimesOnline|date=1 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401024045/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1554704.ece|archive-date=1 April 2007}}</ref> in his novel ''[[That Hideous Strength]]''. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Jim Jupp has released EPs, singles and six albums on Ghost Box under the name of Belbury Poly. He is also a member of The Belbury Circle along with |
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<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://ghostbox.co.uk/|title=Home - Ghost Box}}</ref> In 2019 he co-wrote and produced the music and spoken word album Chanctonbury Rings with Justin Hopper and Sharron Kraus.<ref name="auto2"/> 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"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stickler|first=Jon|title=Paul Weller Shares New Song Earth Beat From Upcoming Album 'On Sunset' - Stereoboard|url=https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/227796/9|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Stereoboard.com|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electronicsound.co.uk/product/issue-65-print-edition/|title=Issue 65 Print Edition | Out Of Stock – Electronic Sound|website=electronicsound.co.uk|access-date=5 July 2020|archive-date=21 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521052920/https://electronicsound.co.uk/product/issue-65-print-edition/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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| ''[https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/30d20348-443e-4962-8a15-66313d2e7e11 The Gone Away]'' || CD/LP/DL || Ghost Box || GBX035 || 2020 |
| ''[https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/30d20348-443e-4962-8a15-66313d2e7e11 The Gone Away]'' || CD/LP/DL || Ghost Box || GBX035 || 2020 |
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| [[Sharron Kraus]] with Belbury Poly || ''Other Voices 10: Something out of Nothing'' || 7"/DL || GBX720 || 2018 |
| [[Sharron Kraus]] with Belbury Poly || ''Other Voices 10: Something out of Nothing'' || 7"/DL || GBX720 || 2018 |
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| Shirley Inspired: A Tribute to Shirley Collins<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shirleycollinsinspired.bandcamp.com/|title=Shirley Inspired, by Shirley Inspired...|website=Shirley Inspired...}}</ref>|| Various Artists || Earth || EARTHLP003 || 2015 |
| Shirley Inspired: A Tribute to Shirley Collins<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shirleycollinsinspired.bandcamp.com/|title=Shirley Inspired, by Shirley Inspired...|website=Shirley Inspired...}}</ref>|| Various Artists || Earth || EARTHLP003 || 2015 |
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| Folklore of Plants Volume 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/product/folklore-of-plants|title=The Folklore of Plants Vol.I|first1=Folklore|last1 |
| Folklore of Plants Volume 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.folkloretapes.co.uk/product/folklore-of-plants|title=The Folklore of Plants Vol.I|first1=Folklore|last1=Tapes|website=Folklore Tapes}}</ref> || Various Artists || Folklore Tapes || || 2017 |
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| Chanctonbury Rings<ref name="auto1"/> ||''[[Justin Hopper]], [[Sharron Kraus]] and Belbury Poly'' || Ghost Box || GBX033 || 2019 |
| Chanctonbury Rings<ref name="auto1"/> ||''[[Justin Hopper]], [[Sharron Kraus]] and Belbury Poly'' || Ghost Box || GBX033 || 2019 |
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| Taxi Negro (Black Cab Mix) || ''Tremolo Audio'' || Visitas || Mil Records || MRCD009 || 2008 |
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| Ghost Office (Remixed by Belbury Poly) || ''Xylitol'' || Xylitol Music as played by Other People || self-released || || 2010 |
| Ghost Office (Remixed by Belbury Poly) || ''Xylitol'' || Xylitol Music as played by Other People || self-released || || 2010 |
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===The Belbury Circle (Belbury Poly and [[The Advisory Circle]]) Discography |
===The Belbury Circle (Belbury Poly and [[The Advisory Circle]]) Discography=== |
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| ''Outward Journeys''|| CD/LP/DL || Ghost Box || GBX029 || 2017 |
| ''Outward Journeys''|| CD/LP/DL || Ghost Box || GBX029 || 2017 |
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==References== |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132852/http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/artist/artist_belburypoly.htm Belbury Poly on Ghost Box] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132852/http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/artist/artist_belburypoly.htm Belbury Poly on Ghost Box] |
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*[http://thequietus.com/articles/12902-ghost-box-the-focus-group-interview Quietus Interview with Julian House on Ghost Box] |
*[http://thequietus.com/articles/12902-ghost-box-the-focus-group-interview Quietus Interview with Julian House on Ghost Box] |
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*[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1554704.ece ''The Sunday Times'' article on contemporary electronic music, including Ghost Box and Belbury Poly]{{subscription required}} |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070401024045/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1554704.ece ''The Sunday Times'' article on contemporary electronic music, including Ghost Box and Belbury Poly]{{subscription required}} |
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*[https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2020/05/08/jim-jupp-intermission-and-ghost-box-records/ Interview with Jim Jupp by The Haunted Generation Blog] |
*[https://hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2020/05/08/jim-jupp-intermission-and-ghost-box-records/ Interview with Jim Jupp by The Haunted Generation Blog] |
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Latest revision as of 02:18, 20 December 2024
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Belbury Poly | |
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Background information | |
Genres | |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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