Ghost Box Music

infobox record label


founded = 2004
founder = Julian House Jim Jupp
country = UK
location = Edinburgh
genre = Electronic Ambient Musique concrète Library music Hauntology
url = [http://www.ghostbox.co.uk Ghost Box Music]

Ghost Box Music is an English independent record label, established in 2004 by Julian House and Jim Jupp.

Concept

The concept for the label was hatched in 2003; a manifesto of influences was compiled, which included "music for schools, cosmic horror stories, library music, English surrealism, and the dark side of psychedelia".Fact|date=April 2007 Shortly after, the first The Focus Group and Belbury Poly releases became available on CD-R.

Aesthetic

Ghost Box had a defined aesthetic from formation; Julian House explained that "...the best way to put our stuff out was to start a label.. There was such a richness to the references we both shared, not just musical.. It made sense that we could put releases out which had this complete world attached to them.. A set of things united by a design identity, fragments of real or imagined books, collections of images, films, links... Something people can become lost in and want to be a part of.." [ [http://www.soulriotmagazine.co.uk/julianHouse.html Interview with Julian House] , "Soul Riot"] Releases on the label (presently encompassing The Focus Group, Eric Zann, Belbury Poly, and The Advisory Circle) tend to share a common design aesthetic - all record covers so far have been by Julian House (there is an acknowledged debt to the iconic design of sixties Penguin Books paperbacks) [ [http://www.normanrecords.com/records/89880 Norman Records review of various Ghost Box releases] ] .There are shared elements in sound, too; Ghost Box artists tend to draw heavily on influences such as musique concrète, library music, and 1970s soundtracks. Several critics have noticed a melancholic or nostalgic element to the Ghost Box sound as well, prompting comparison to the shorter, 'interlude' tracks of Boards of Canada, or similar folk or psychedelia-influenced electronic musiciansFact|date=April 2007.

ee also

* List of record labels

References

External links

* [http://www.ghostbox.co.uk Official site]
* [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]
* [http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/58/ A selection of images from projected Ghost Box films. Images by Julian House]