Belbury Poly is Jim Jupp, co-founder of the Ghost Box label with Julian House and a notorious lover of analog electronics circa 60s/70s such as the Radiophonic Workshop or Raymond Scott.
'The Owl's Map' originally broke through the space-time continuum in 2006, setting another flag point in the development of Hauntological thinking. In comparison to the fractal sonic tapestries of Julian House, Jupp's sonics tend towards synth-driven sequences with slightly longer track lengths, we're not talking Tangerine Dream style side-long trips, but more commonly hovering around the pop-perfected 3 min mark.
In both it's aesthetic and sound, 'The Owl's Map' unnervingly harks back to the same kind of educational TV-for-schools programmes which were viewed by at least two generations of UK schoolchildren, programmes whose mystical/mythical undercurrents and fantastical subject matter were hugely reinforced by their accompanying electronic soundtracks.
For many UK children, these programmes were the first time we would experience electronic music placed in a context like this, and at such a formative age would irrevocably alter our relationship with music. This is the subliminal stuff that probably soundtracked many a nightmare/dream, which may go some way to explaining the huge impact it had on certain corners of underground music today.
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Belbury Poly is Jim Jupp, co-founder of the Ghost Box label with Julian House and a notorious lover of analog electronics circa 60s/70s such as the Radiophonic Workshop or Raymond Scott.
'The Owl's Map' originally broke through the space-time continuum in 2006, setting another flag point in the development of Hauntological thinking. In comparison to the fractal sonic tapestries of Julian House, Jupp's sonics tend towards synth-driven sequences with slightly longer track lengths, we're not talking Tangerine Dream style side-long trips, but more commonly hovering around the pop-perfected 3 min mark.
In both it's aesthetic and sound, 'The Owl's Map' unnervingly harks back to the same kind of educational TV-for-schools programmes which were viewed by at least two generations of UK schoolchildren, programmes whose mystical/mythical undercurrents and fantastical subject matter were hugely reinforced by their accompanying electronic soundtracks.
For many UK children, these programmes were the first time we would experience electronic music placed in a context like this, and at such a formative age would irrevocably alter our relationship with music. This is the subliminal stuff that probably soundtracked many a nightmare/dream, which may go some way to explaining the huge impact it had on certain corners of underground music today.
Belbury Poly is Jim Jupp, co-founder of the Ghost Box label with Julian House and a notorious lover of analog electronics circa 60s/70s such as the Radiophonic Workshop or Raymond Scott.
'The Owl's Map' originally broke through the space-time continuum in 2006, setting another flag point in the development of Hauntological thinking. In comparison to the fractal sonic tapestries of Julian House, Jupp's sonics tend towards synth-driven sequences with slightly longer track lengths, we're not talking Tangerine Dream style side-long trips, but more commonly hovering around the pop-perfected 3 min mark.
In both it's aesthetic and sound, 'The Owl's Map' unnervingly harks back to the same kind of educational TV-for-schools programmes which were viewed by at least two generations of UK schoolchildren, programmes whose mystical/mythical undercurrents and fantastical subject matter were hugely reinforced by their accompanying electronic soundtracks.
For many UK children, these programmes were the first time we would experience electronic music placed in a context like this, and at such a formative age would irrevocably alter our relationship with music. This is the subliminal stuff that probably soundtracked many a nightmare/dream, which may go some way to explaining the huge impact it had on certain corners of underground music today.
Belbury Poly is Jim Jupp, co-founder of the Ghost Box label with Julian House and a notorious lover of analog electronics circa 60s/70s such as the Radiophonic Workshop or Raymond Scott.
'The Owl's Map' originally broke through the space-time continuum in 2006, setting another flag point in the development of Hauntological thinking. In comparison to the fractal sonic tapestries of Julian House, Jupp's sonics tend towards synth-driven sequences with slightly longer track lengths, we're not talking Tangerine Dream style side-long trips, but more commonly hovering around the pop-perfected 3 min mark.
In both it's aesthetic and sound, 'The Owl's Map' unnervingly harks back to the same kind of educational TV-for-schools programmes which were viewed by at least two generations of UK schoolchildren, programmes whose mystical/mythical undercurrents and fantastical subject matter were hugely reinforced by their accompanying electronic soundtracks.
For many UK children, these programmes were the first time we would experience electronic music placed in a context like this, and at such a formative age would irrevocably alter our relationship with music. This is the subliminal stuff that probably soundtracked many a nightmare/dream, which may go some way to explaining the huge impact it had on certain corners of underground music today.
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Belbury Poly is Jim Jupp, co-founder of the Ghost Box label with Julian House and a notorious lover of analog electronics circa 60s/70s such as the Radiophonic Workshop or Raymond Scott.
'The Owl's Map' originally broke through the space-time continuum in 2006, setting another flag point in the development of Hauntological thinking. In comparison to the fractal sonic tapestries of Julian House, Jupp's sonics tend towards synth-driven sequences with slightly longer track lengths, we're not talking Tangerine Dream style side-long trips, but more commonly hovering around the pop-perfected 3 min mark.
In both it's aesthetic and sound, 'The Owl's Map' unnervingly harks back to the same kind of educational TV-for-schools programmes which were viewed by at least two generations of UK schoolchildren, programmes whose mystical/mythical undercurrents and fantastical subject matter were hugely reinforced by their accompanying electronic soundtracks.
For many UK children, these programmes were the first time we would experience electronic music placed in a context like this, and at such a formative age would irrevocably alter our relationship with music. This is the subliminal stuff that probably soundtracked many a nightmare/dream, which may go some way to explaining the huge impact it had on certain corners of underground music today.