Belbury Poly
Background information
Genres
LabelsGhost Box
MembersJim Jupp
WebsiteBelbury 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

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

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

Albums and EPs

Title Format Label Catalogue Number Year
Farmer's Angle3" CD EP/DLGhost BoxGBX0012004
The WillowsCD/LP/DLGhost BoxGBX0032005
The Owl's MapCD/DLGhost BoxGBX0072006
From an Ancient StarCD/DLGhost BoxGBX0112009
Farmer's Angle (Revised Edition)CD/10"/DLGhost BoxGBX0142010
The Belbury TalesCD/LP/DLGhost BoxGBX0162012
New Ways OutCD/LP/DLGhost BoxGBX0242016
The Gone AwayCD/LP/DLGhost BoxGBX0352020

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Singles

As Title Format Catalogue Number Year
Belbury Poly and Moon Wiring ClubStudy Series 01: Youth and Recreation7"/DLGBX7012010
Belbury Poly and Mordant MusicStudy Series 03: Welcome to Godalming7"/DLGBX7032010
Belbury Poly and The Advisory CircleStudy Series 08: Inversions7"/DLGBX7082012
Belbury Poly and SpacedogStudy Series 10: Message and Method7"/DLGBX7102013
Pye Corner Audio with Belbury PolyOther Voices 05: Machines are Obsolete/Pathways7"/DLGBX7152015
Sharron Kraus with Belbury PolyOther Voices 10: Something out of Nothing7"/DLGBX7202018

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Album Appearances

Album Title Album Artist Label Catalogue Number Year
Ley Line[12]Justin HopperBandcampself-released2014
Shirley Inspired: A Tribute to Shirley Collins[13]Various ArtistsEarthEARTHLP0032015
Folklore of Plants Volume 1[14]Various ArtistsFolklore Tapes2017
Chanctonbury Rings[11]Justin Hopper, Sharron Kraus and Belbury PolyGhost BoxGBX0332019
Intermission[11]Various ArtistsGhost BoxGBXD0082020

Remixes

Track Title Original Artist Album,Single,EP title Label Catalogue Number Year
Taxi Negro (Black Cab Mix)Tremolo AudioVisitasMil RecordsMRCD0092008
Ghost Office (Remixed by Belbury Poly)XylitolXylitol Music as played by Other Peopleself-released2010
Escape HatchBernard FevreThe Strange World of Bernard Fevre RemixesUniversalNJ90482010
And The Cuckoo Comes To BelburyThe Advisory CircleMind How You Go (Revised Edition)Ghost BoxGBX0132010
Lights And Offerings (Belbury Poly Mix)MirrorsThe White EPSkintSKINT216ID2011
Summerland (Belbury Poly Mix)John Foxx and the MathsThe Shape of ThingsMetamaticMETA29CD2011
If... (Belbury Poly Mix)Bill Ryder-JonesIf... RemixesDominoDS0612012
Hobby HorseThe Memory BandFurther NavigationsStatic CaravanVan 2722014
Broken Folk[15]Seatman and PowellBroken FolkKS AudioKSA 0082018
Something Out of Nothing[16]Sharron KrausOther Voices 10Ghost BoxGBX7202018

The Belbury Circle (Belbury Poly and The Advisory Circle) Discography

Title Format Label Catalogue Number Year
Empty Avenues10" EP/CD EP/DLGhost BoxGBX0192013
Outward JourneysCD/LP/DLGhost BoxGBX0292017

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References

  1. ↑ "Belbury Poly on ploughman's lunches, prog rock and avoiding "Clarkson/Wakeman territory"". Factmag.com. 1 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Label Profile: Ghost Box | Clash Music Exclusive General". 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Cardboard Cutout Sundown: Interview with Jim Jupp". Jameshoodillustration.blogspot.com. 20 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Reynolds, Simon (15 October 2017). "Hauntology: Ghost Box label profile, Frieze magazine October 2005". Reynoldsretro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Society of the spectral Archived 23 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Wire no. 276, November 2006
  6. 1 2 "15 questions | Interview | Jim Jupp | Circle of Friends". 15questions.net. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "The art of noise refined-Arts & Entertainment-Music-TimesOnline". 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007.
  8. 1 2 "Home - Ghost Box".
  9. ↑ Stickler, Jon. "Paul Weller Shares New Song Earth Beat From Upcoming Album 'On Sunset' - Stereoboard". Stereoboard.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "Issue 65 Print Edition | Out Of Stock – Electronic Sound". electronicsound.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 "Catalogue Archive - Ghost Box".
  12. ↑ "Ley Line, by Justin Hopper". Jackdaw Shivers Press.
  13. ↑ "Shirley Inspired, by Shirley Inspired..." Shirley Inspired...
  14. ↑ Tapes, Folklore. "The Folklore of Plants Vol.I". Folklore Tapes.
  15. ↑ Seatman, Keith (12 November 2018). "Test Transmission all things Keith Seatman and more: Out Now. Broken Folk 10 inch EP and Digi Release".
  16. ↑ "Sharron Kraus with Belbury Poly - Other Voices 10". Ghost Box.


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