NEW WAYS OUT, OTHER VOICES 08, BELBURY POLY T-SHIRT

The new album from Belbury Poly, New Ways Out is available today, on LP and Download in all its eerie, daft, glam, faux-folk, motorik, library-ish eerie glory. 

"...the new LP by Jupp's Belbury Poly succeeds purely as a listening experience. Lighter than most Ghost Box fare, Jupp and a small gang of session musicians explore space-age glam ("Hey Now Here He Comes"), fingerpicked folk ("Water Wheel") and a sort of English pastoral take on Michael Rother-style Krautrock. The sepia edges and occult undercurrents are mostly absent, but New Ways Out ploughs a satisfying new furrow. " UNCUT

"...transporting you to those especially daft places only BP can – Tizer-fuelled 70s youth club discos with side-rooms for Ouija boards" Electronic Sound

"...there's an added bounce and groove that makes New Ways Out Belbury Poly's most immediate and accessible release to date." Shindig

The next in our Other Voices series of singles is available to pre-order today. This time it’s two beautiful songs from Portuguese group Beautify Junkyards. It's released on 10th June and follows on from their remarkable album of last year The Beast Shouted Love. 



If you place a pre-order for this in our shop alongside something else, the good people at Greedbag will dispatch the available items now and the single when its released.

Also today to, coincide with the release of New Ways Out  there’s a new Belbury Poly T-shirt. It’s a pale pink  screen print on a black premium soft cotton T shirt.

--Our thanks to DJ Food for pack shots--

NEW WAYS OUT - THE BELBURY POLY pre-ordering now

Due on 27th May and available to pre-order in the Ghost Box shop now. The new album from Belbury Poly melds krautrock, glam, faux folk and ancient TV soundtracks across eleven joyous, slightly camp and oddly unsettling instrumentals. Moving away somewhat from the haunted electronics and occult signifiers of his earlier albums, Jim Jupp convenes his floating ensemble of session musicians to continue the exploration and illustration of their parallel world landscape. Including a guest appearance from The Advisory Circle's Jon Brooks on piano on The Green Scene.


...transporting you to those especially daft places only BP can – Tizer-fuelled 70s youth club discos with side-rooms for Ouija boards
Carl Griffin, Electronic Sound

Pre-order now for 27th May.  CD and LP packaging designed by Julian House with additional artwork by Jim Jupp. The 180gm LP includes a free download card.

GHOST BOX ORIGINAL PETER RECORD BAGS

Ghost Box in association with Trunk Records have commissioned a super limited edition of beautifully handcrafted Original Peter record bags. Available now only in the Original Peter shop.

Only ten of these beautiful bags have been produced based on the classic Original Peter navy blue 12" bag. Hand made in the UK from double bonded waterproof canvas with high grade leather, brass and military webbing.

The front flap logo and text, designed by Julian House was intended to reproduce a moiré effect in embroidery. This required two embroidered patterns sewn in over each other, an unusual and surprisingly complex technique, but the overall effect is superb. 

The Ghost Box bags also come with a pair of bespoke record stiffeners in canvas plus a a copy of "In a Moment... Ghost Box" the new compilation LP marking ten years of Ghost Box records. 

NEW GHOST BOX MERCHANDISE FOR AUTUMN

Heavyweight cotton Long Sleeve T Shirt. 

(light grey ink screen on grey fleck fabric).

Tough cotton tote bag.

 38cm x 43 cm (x 10cm gusset). 

Ideal for records,groceries or PE kit.

Available now, only in the Ghost Box shop.

THE ADVISORY CIRCLE, FROM OUT HERE

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. 

A BAG FOR LIFE AND BEYOND

New in the Ghost Box shop today there's a high quality, extra heavy duty 12oz canvas tote bag. Its 38cm x 43cm with a depth of 10cm and very tough seems. Far more substantial than a standard cotton tote; you can DJ, shop or simply step out with confidence and spectral style. Truly a bag for life and beyond.

ROJ AMATEUR'S ATTIC 7" IN THE GUEST SHOP NOW

We have a few copies of  The Amateur's Attic in the Ghost Box Guest Shop now.

These pre-Ghost Box pieces for tape and electronics were rescued from Roj's studio floor by Peter Strickland,  (Sonic Catering Band and director of Berberian Sound Studio). Released in 2013 on his Peripheral Conserve label, this insanely rare curio, features two beautifully delicate and melodic pieces, which gradually drown in saturation and gently dissolve before the listener's ear. 

THE GHOST BOX GUEST SHOP

There's a new department in the Ghost Box shop, where you can buy LPs and CDs by artists who have similar areas of interest to Ghost Box or who have at one time or another have released there own material there. The guest shop opens today with limited quantities of the following records:

Down to the Silver Sea LP - Various Artists (Gecophonic)

Video Trailer

An Electric Mind LP - Georges Verts (Melodic)

 

Riddles of The Sphinx LP - Mike Ratledge (Mordant Music)

Original film extract

 
The Lighter Side of Concrete CD - Jez Butler (Disques Boum)

 

Juice for the Baby CD - Spacedog

You'll find  more information on each release here.

GHOST BOX T-SHIRTS, BADGES AND ARTWORK

There are two new T-Shirts over in the Ghost Box shop available right now. Both designed by Julian House, one is based on the artwork for The Focus Group's Elektrik Karousel and the other is a new Ghost Box design based on the old 70s and 80s Granada TV ident.

 

Also available now is the Ghost Box Badge Pack B. Including Advisory Circle, Belbury Poly and Focus Group badges based on recent album art.

Finally there's a very small quantity of high quality art prints remaining from last year's Ghost Box exhibition and art sale in Glasgow's Mono. Illustrating a variety of Belbury Youth Club activities, each 70x50cm print is signed and numbered by Julian House. In fact since these went on sale yesterday evening two of the three designs have already sold out, so you'll need to act quickly to get one of the last copies remaining in the world. (The good people that run the Ghost Box shop strongly advise you opt for recorded delivery if ordering one of these.)  

SHAPWICK ON VINYL

Last year Jon Brooks of The Advisory Circle took a break from his native Ghost Box  to record an album called Shapwick for Clay Pipe Records. Clay Pipe is a marvellously inventive boutique label run by Frances Castle, who specialises in beautifully hand made limited edition CDs.

 

Shapwick sold out of its first run of 110 overnight, so if you missed out the first time round, now is your chance to get it again, not the handmade CD unfortunately but this time its on Vinyl (with a free download code inside) and its in the Ghost Box shop right now. Once again though its only a limited edition.

Shapwick was inspired by a night drive through the countryside of England's West Country and is in similar territory to the Advisory Circle's melodic and melancholy, rustic electronics but taking in more elements of acoustic instrumentation and found sound. A perfectly self contained mood piece and as elegantly produced as any Brooks project.

 

 

UPDATE: This sold out in a matter of days again ! Clay Pipe tell us there may be another edition at some point - we'll let you know. 

Belbury Youth Club Posters

There are three new Belbury Youth Club posters designed by Julian House in the Ghost Box shop today.

There are two A2 generic BYC posters and an A3 poster designed for our recent Youth Club event in Glasgow. All three are printed on luxuriously heavy 200gsm paper. These are only available on line in the Ghost Box shop.

Pye Corner Audio and Stratus

This October Ghost Box will release a new album from the latest addition to their roster, Pye Corner Audio. Its titled Sleep Games and it'll be available on vinyl and CD with sleeve notes by Mark (k-punk) Fisher. Clips, dates and more info soon here and at the Ghost Box website, but meanwhile here's a rare peak at some of Julian House's developing artwork concepts.

Martin Jenkins of Pye Corner is also one half of the filmic, psychy, expansive sounding Stratus and their new self release album is available now on download and CD here. This is a beautifully produced and massive sounding album,  that you really should check out.

The title As the Crow Flies is not to be confused with the Advisory Circle album of the same name - by a remarkable coincidence and unbeknownst to each artist both albums were titled at exactly the same time. Both groups stuck to their guns agreeing to take it as an auspicious sign that they were on to something good.

Belbury Poly T Shirt

There's a new Belbury Poly T-shirt over in the Ghost Box shop. Its a two colour screen print designed by Julian House on a heavy weight cotton shirt in ecclesiastical red.

The Belbury Tales and Radio Belbury Programme 8

The Belbury Tales is finally here on Vinyl, CD and download, with sumptuous Julian House designed packaging and sleeve fiction by Electric Eden author Rob Young. Vinyl cutomers to the Ghost Box shop (only) get a free download version. If you've not already seen it here's a video for the track Summer Round, and you'll find more album art, info and clips here.

(By the way if you'd like to see or download more Ghost Box flyers like the one above they're here.)

To mark the release there's a new Radio Belbury programme which features another Belbury Tales album track along with Francis Monkman, Spacedog, Fingerbobs and Black Sabbath.

Open the Christmas Box

There's a Christmas sale over at the Ghost Box shop from now until the end of December, with reductions on all vinyl and CD albums still in stock.

Ghost Box Badge Pack A

Get this first in a series of packs of 25mm Ghost Box badges, only in the Ghost Box shop, now.

I did have a spare pack to give away but it seems to have gone missing since the verger came in to dust the other day.

Helping you make the right clothing decisions.

A new range of Advisory Circle garments is available now in the Ghost Box shop. The Advisory Circle mandala design by Julian House is featured on the As The Crow Flies album artwork, and  comes in white on green T shirt, yellow on black T shirt or yellow on black long short sleeve T shirt.

New Ghost Box T-Shirts

In the Ghost Box shop now, these two colour screen printed Julian House designs are available on white or charcoal grey shirts, in mens' and ladies' styles.

Other Music stock Ghost Box again.

A quick post to all parishioners in the NY area that have been asking about availability, to say that Other Music will once again become the main US Ghost Box stockist as of next week.