Yet more work from the staggeringly prolific Jon Brooks. This time on the rather lovely Canadian label More Than Human Records. Jon Brooks is in calm and reflective frame of mind, with elegant icy electronics on this limited edition of 250 LPs. Available now (and not for long if recent Brooks LP projects are anything to go by) only at More Than Human.
The batch of Music For Thomas Carnacki LPs sold out almost instantly. But if you missed out last week we have a last chance, consolation prize.
We discovered that as a result of poltergeist activity in the warehouse, one box of LPs in our consignment had slightly damaged spines. Ranging from a slight crease to a small tear, but nothing major at all and the vinyl is unaffected.
So we're offering these at a reduced price in the Guest Shop now - but hurry the last lot went in the space of half an hour !
In 2011 Jon Brooks (The Advisory Circle, The Pattern Forms, Hintermass, Georges Vert, etc) created a score for a Resonance FM production of a short story by William Hope Hodgson. Called Gateway Of The Monster, it featured the psychic detective character Thomas Carnacki .
Utilising banks of oscillators, tape edits and analogue delays, Brooks created themes, cues and abstracts to depict the dark Edwardian setting of the story. This has just been pressed in a super limited edition of 300 on Norman Records' Fleece imprint. These sold out instantly, but we managed to secure the last 50 copies.
Artwork is courtesy of Ian (Hope) Hodgson of Moon Wiring Club , who also narrated the story when it was broadcast. Each album includes a free download code.
Here's a special mix that Brooks put together to mark this vinyl release. It opens with the spine chillingly majestic Carnacki Theme:
Laike started out as a one man project by Christofer Ståhle just outside Lund in Sweden in 2010. Now more of a live group, Laike's second album, Fången i Det Senaste (Trapped in the Latest) is lively and musically accomplished, routed firmly in the folk rock tradition of the early 70s with elements of psychedelia, pop and prog. Sounding not unlike some long forgotten Euro psych-folk gem from a Finders Keepers compilation. You can hear some highlights here...
Our friends at Monterey Records in Valencia, present this gorgeous 180g vinyl LP with die-cut cover, limited to 500 copies. Its available for a short time in the Ghost Box Guest Shop right now.
Two new Ghost Box singles, Other Voices 03 by The Pattern Forms (Advisory Circle & Friendly Fires collaboration) and Other Voices 04 by Steve Moore are available here now. Info and audio here.
(If your local record shop doesn't stock them please direct them to Ghost Box's distribution info at: ghostbox.co.uk/contact.htm )
The next two singles in our Other Voices series both feature very special guests.
Other Voices 03 introduces an exciting new ensemble, The Pattern Forms. Made up of Jon Brooks (The Advisory Circle) with Ed Gibson and Ed MacFarlane (both of Friendly Fires). Expertly crafted, dreamy, electronic pop with light, airborne vocals and just a hint of dark magick.
The next in the series is by Steve Moore, well known for his retro futuristic work both as a solo artist and as bass and keyboard player with Zombi. This single for Other Voices, captures an elegant and minimalistic performance from Moore on analogue synth, Hammond organ and vintage string machine. Two perfectly balanced and paired down science fiction landscape miniatures.
Here's a beautiful trailer video for the B side of Other Voices 03, The Sacrifice, made by Ed MacFarlane:
Both available from 27th February on super heavyweight 7" vinyl or download. Pre-order here now.
From Out Here is available now on LP, CD and download from the Ghost Box shop , your usual online retailers and finer record shops around the world.
The LP version comes on heavyweight 180g vinyl and includes a free download code. The CD includes three bonus tracks and comes packed in a beautifully designed and textured 6 panel digi pack by Julian House.
Next Saturday, 15h Novemeber, The Star and Shadow Cinema in Newcastle will host Unearthing Forgotten Horrors. Its an annual mini-fest of folk horror cinema, short film, and spooked live music.
Thirteen tracks of joyful library-esque analogue electronics recorded in live single takes with no overdubs or edits by the brilliant New York based artist. Cycles/Other Phenomena follows hard on the heels of LC's recent single for Ghost Box, Other Voices 02and can be enjoyed in its ideal format for a mere £6.95.
We're very excited to announce that the new album by The Advisory Circle, From Out Here will be released on 5th December.
Exploring darker territory than 2012’s more pastoral As The Crow Flies, The Advisory Circle hint at a Wyndham-esque science fiction story, where bucolic English scenery is being manipulated and maybe even artificially generated by bizarre multi-dimensional computer technology.
Jon Brooks’ strong sense of melody and composition is still evident as is his renowned sound design and production skill. All of which make this a rich and rewarding experience.
The CD and LP will come lavishly packaged with artwork by Julian House based on the original concepts for the music. The 180gm LP will come with a free download code, and the download and CD versions include three bonus tracks.
It'll be released on 5th December and will be available to pre-order in the Ghost Box shop from 12th November.
52 is Jon Brooks' second release for Clay Pipe Music after the hugely successful Shapwick back in 2012. This timeJon is moonlighting from his Advisory Circle work for Ghost Box, with a less analogue sound and in more personal and reflective mode. Inspired by his Grandmothers' house (where he spent much of his time as a child), 52 consists of 14 electronic and atmospheric aural memories of the house and garden.
This limited edition record has already sold out in pre-orders from Clay Pipe and other retailers and The Ghost Box Guest Shop has managed to reserve the last batch of 100 LPs in the country. Each LP features gorgeous sleeve art by Frances Castle and comes with a free download code.
Jon Brooks fans will also be excited to hear that the new Advisory Circle album From Out Here will be released on 5th December this year. More info and clips about that in these pages next week.
Next Thursday 25th September, Julian House and Jim Jupp of Ghost Box will be DJing and showing a special selection of Ghost Box films and imagery as part of a series of events in Rome's Swiss Institute called Popular Helvetica.
The evening is called "Folk & Pop Sounds from the World", and explores how a selection of contemporary record labels are repurposing and re-imagining folk and "world" music traditions in their own unique ways. As well as Ghost Box there'll be a set from Switzerland's Cyrill Schläpfer of CSR, and heading the bill is Alan Bishop of Sublime Frequencies. The evening will open with a live acoustic set from an ensemble on traditional Swiss instruments lead by Cyrill Schläpfer.
Other Voices 02 by The Listening Center is out today. The deluxe 7" or download (on FLAC or MP3) is available from the Ghost Box shop now.
Unfortunately a glitch in our digital distribution means that the download version won't be available from other online retailers today, but it will start to reach all the usual stockists over the next few days.
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