Belbury Poly - The hidden door

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[pigknickers .]

Cool, try watching Changes, Children of the Stones, Tomorrow People if you haven't already. I was born in 68 and love this era so much. Ther future was so exciting then not daunting and weird like the one they have now. :) Thanks for reply! :)

[MatthiasAletharch]

I've read Retromania - it's a great book. I was born in 1985, so perhaps I'm too young, but the primary school I went to was pretty darned keen on showing us aged videotapes of educational shows that looked old to us even then! I'm probably *just* on the cusp of the age range this type of music is aimed at, but it really works as a memory-trigger for me. :)

[pigknickers .]

Matthias - I think you might be a little young to truly 'get' this. If you were a child in the 70s it really resonates profoundly. Have you read "Retromania"?

[MatthiasAletharch]

To me, Belbury Poly's music always sounds slighty insubstantial and utilitarian. It's brilliant music that somehow doesn't quite stand on its own - it sounds like it comes *from* something else, possibly the soundtrack to a videotaped kids' TV show I watched when I was very young (I'm in my late 20s). And trying to fill in the gaps in the (fake) provenance triggers a flood of genuine nostalgia, as memories of Words and Pictures, Through the Dragon's Eye and The Dark & Lonely Water come back...

[MatthiasAletharch]

I've read a review of Belbury Poly's music that described it as sounding like the work of an experimental radiophonics professor in the 1970s/1980s who's been contracted to write incidental music for schools' TV shows and isn't 100% enthused about the task. I don't remember who wrote the review but he/she got it bang on.

[brianartillery]

Simon Reynold's brilliant book 'Retromania' classifies this kind of music as 'Hauntology'.. Whatever it can be called, it's extraordinary. This track might be the theme for one of those 70's thriller shows. More, please!

[interpolluter29]

Dang! This is some amazing electronic music. Vintage-sounding, adventurous, influential, beautiful, and just like that guy on the bottom said, sublime...just like Ghost Box's work in general. :-)

[MatthiasAletharch]

Sublime.

[DannyRind]

F**kin9 brilliant

[cosmic cinicat]

orgasmic!!!!