Quick Facts
Biography
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 Jon 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 soundworld is characterised as a kind of upbeat, electronic and rustic prog rock. Influences, range from old library music and TV soundtracks to keyboard driven 70s prog rock, folk and Krautock.
Jupp has spoken about Belbury Poly and the other artists on Ghost Box as sounding like the misremebered past of a parallel world, as well as acknowledging a debt to the author Arthur Machen. The name references a fictional institution, created by the author C.S. Lewis in his novel That Hideous Strength.
Discography
Albums & EPs
| Title | Format | Label | Catalogue Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer's Angle | 3" CD-EP | Ghost Box | GBX001 | 2004 |
| The Willows | CD/LP | Ghost Box | GBX003 | 2005 |
| The Owl's Map | CD | Ghost Box | GBX007 | 2006 |
| From an Ancient Star | CD | Ghost Box | GBX011 | 2009 |
| Farmer's Angle (Revised Edition) | CD/10" | Ghost Box | GBX014 | 2010 |
| The Belbury Tales | CD/LP | Ghost Box | GBX016 | 2012 |
| New Ways Out | CD/LP | Ghost Box | GBX024 | 2016 |
Seven Inch Singles
| As | Title | Catalogue Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belbury Poly and Moon Wiring Club | Study Series 01: Youth and Recreation | GBX701 | 2010 |
| Belbury Poly and Mordant Music | Study Series 03: Welcome to Godalming | GBX703 | 2010 |
| Belbury Poly and The Advisory Circle | Study Series 08: Inversions | GBX708 | 2012 |
| Belbury Poly and Spacedog | Study Series 10: Message and Method | GBX710 | 2013 |
| Pye Corner Audio with Belbury Poly | Other Voices 05: Machines are Obsolete/Pathways | GBX715 | 2015 |
Remixes
| Track Title | Original Artist | Album,Single,EP title | Label | Catalogue Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxi Negro (Black Cab Mix) | Tre-molo | Visitas | Mil Records | MRCD009 | 2008 |
| Ghost Office (Remixed by Belbury Poly) | Xylitol | Xylitol Music as played by Other People | self-released | 2010 | |
| Escape Hatch | Bernard Fevre | The Strange World Of Bernard Fevre Remixes | Universal | NJ9048 | 2010 |
| And The Cuckoo Comes To Belbury | The Advisory Circle | Mind How You Go (Revised Edition) | Ghost Box | GBX013 | 2010 |
| Lights And Offerings (Belbury Poly Mix) | Mirrors | The White EP | Skint | SKINT216ID | 2011 |
| Summerland (Belbury Poly Mix) | John Foxx And The Maths | The Shape of Things | Metamatic | META29CD | 2011 |
| If... (Belbury Poly Mix) | Bill Ryder-Jones | If... Remixes | Domino | DS061 | 2012 |
| Hobby Horse | The Memory Band | Further Navigations | Static Caravan | Van 272 | 2014 |