Jim Jupp is a producer, composer, and along with the graphic designer Julian House he co-owns the Ghost Box record label [1] [2] and manager of Belbury Music Publishing. [3] [4] He records as Belbury Poly. Jupp also runs his own music publishing business and small run record label, Belbury Music [5]
Since 2004 he has recorded six albums for Ghost Box with Belbury Poly, [6] [7] and one album as Eric Zann and also records with Jon Brooks as The Belbury Circle. He has collaborated on Ghost Box singles and EPs with John Foxx, Pye Corner Audio, Spacedog, The Advisory Circle and Moon Wiring Club, [8] Jupp has remixed work by Pye Corner Audio, The Advisory Circle, Moon Wiring Club, Bill Ryder-Jones, John Foxx, Mirrors, Bernard Fevre, The Memory Band, Sharron Kraus. 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]
In interviews Jupp has cited several influences including French soundtrack composer François de Roubaix, [3] Harmonia, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Broadcast, Caravan and more generally Early Music, folk music, Krautrock, 1970s television soundtracks and electronic music of the 1960s and 1970s. [7] [11] [12] [13] [14]
John Foxx is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. He was the original lead singer of the new wave band Ultravox, before leaving to embark on a solo career in 1980 with the album Metamatic.
From Out Here is a 2014 album by Cate Brooks, under the pseudonym of The Advisory Circle. It was released on 5 December 2014 by independent record label Ghost Box Music on CD, online download, and 12" vinyl record. The album cover art was designed by Julian House.
The Focus Group is a project of experimental electronic musician and graphic designer Julian House. The Focus Group's sound is a blend of influences ranging from old library music sounds produced in the 1970s, 1960s-inspired pastiches, public information films, and soundtracks to 1970s films and programmes, as well as the sound collage of musique concrète.
Ghost Box is an independent, UK-based electronic music record label, launched in 2004 by graphic designer Julian House and producer Jim Jupp. Its roster includes artists such as Jupp's Belbury Poly, House's The Focus Group, and the Advisory Circle, as well as releases by Broadcast and John Foxx among others.
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.
Eric Zann is an alias of electronic musician Jim Jupp. Jupp's releases are on the Ghost Box Music label, of which he is a co-founder. The name references a minor H. P. Lovecraft short story, The Music of Erich Zann.
The Owl's Map is an album by Jim Jupp, under the pseudonym of Belbury Poly. The album was released on 10 September 2006 on the Ghost Box Music label.
The Willows is an album by Jim Jupp, under the pseudonym of Belbury Poly. The album was released in 2004 on the Ghost Box Music label. It is named after a short story by Algernon Blackwood.
We Are All Pan's People is an album by Julian House, under the pseudonym of The Focus Group. It was released on 26 March 2007 on the Ghost Box Music label. The title and artwork owe a simultaneous debt to the 1970s dance troupe Pan's People and the stories - the novella The Great God Pan specifically - of Arthur Machen; labelmates Eric Zann and Belbury Poly have also acknowledged a debt to the author.
The Advisory Circle is an alias of English electronic musician Cate Brooks along with King of Woolworths. Her releases as The Advisory Circle are on the Ghost Box Music label.
Farmer's Angle is an EP by Jim Jupp, under the pseudonym of Belbury Poly. It was released in 2004 on CD-R and was the first release on Ghost Box Records. In 2010, the EP was re-released and expanded on CD and 10" vinyl as Farmer's Angle' , whilst it was re-issued in its original form in October 28, 2022 on CD and 7" vinyl.
Julian House is a graphic designer, a musician, and the co-owner of the Ghost Box record label. He records music as the Focus Group.
Tying Tiffany, also known as TT and Tiff Lion, is an Italian electronic music singer. She stated that the idea of her stage name was born from a photobook by artist Nobuyoshi Araki.
John Foxx and the Maths is a musical project featuring electronic music pioneer John Foxx, Benge and more recently Hannah Peel. The group specialises in the use of analogue synthesizers and drum machines. It was initially a studio based project working from Benge's studio in Shoreditch, London but has also engaged in live work.
This is a complete discography of the British recording artist John Foxx.
The Belbury Tales is a 2012 concept album by Jim Jupp, the fourth studio album under the pseudonym of Belbury Poly. It was released on 24 February 2012 on CD, online download, and 12" vinyl record. Rob Young contributed the short story "The Journeyman’s Tale" to the liner notes.
Pye Corner Audio is a British electronic music project by Martin Jenkins. Originally self-released, Vols 1–2 and Vols 3–4 of the Black Mill Tapes were released by Type records. Sleep Games (2012) was released on Ghost Box.
New Ways Out is a 2016 album by Jim Jupp, under the pseudonym of Belbury Poly. It was scheduled to be released on 27 May 2016 by independent record label Ghost Box Music on CD, online download, and 12" vinyl record.
Hauntology is a music genre or a loosely defined stylistic feature that evokes cultural memory and aesthetics of the past. It developed in the 2000s primarily among British electronic musicians, and typically draws on British cultural sources from the 1940s to the 1970s, including library music, film and TV soundtracks, psychedelia, and public information films, often through the use of sampling.
Moon Wiring Club is the recording alias of Ian Hodgson, who releases his music on his own label Blank Workshop.