The Focus Group
The Focus Group | |
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| Birth name | Julian House |
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Electronica, library music, sampledelia, musique concrète, hauntology, psychedelia |
| Occupation(s) | Musician songwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Ghost Box |
| Website | Ghost Box Records |
The Focus Group is a project of experimental electronic musician and graphic designer Julian House. The Focus Group's sound is a blend of influences ranging from old library music sounds produced in the 1970s, 1960s-inspired pastiches, public information films, and soundtracks to 1970s films and programmes, as well as the sound collage of musique concrète.[1]
The Focus Group have released five studio albums on House's own label, Ghost Box: Sketches and Spells (2004), Hey Let Loose Your Love (2005), We Are All Pan's People (2007), The Elektrik Karousel (2013) and Stop-Motion Happening with the Focus Groop (2017).[2] Hey Let Loose Your Love was featured in The Wire's top 50 albums of 2005.[3]
Additionally, House collaborated with indie electronic band Broadcast, resulting in the 2009 album Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age (issued by Warp) and the 2010 7-inch EP Familiar Shapes and Noises (released on Ghost Box). Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age was named The Wire's top album of 2009.
Graphic design
[edit]House is also noted as a graphic designer; his work has included cover art for Broadcast, Oasis, Can, Stereolab, Martina Topley-Bird, Razorlight and Primal Scream.[2][4]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Sketches and Spells (2004, Ghost Box)
- Hey Let Loose Your Love (2005, Ghost Box)
- We Are All Pan's People (2007, Ghost Box)
- Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age with Broadcast (2009, Warp)
- The Elektrik Karousel (2013, Ghost Box)
- Stop-Motion Happening with the Focus Groop (2017, Ghost Box)
Singles and EPs
[edit]- "We Are Coming Back to Dance With You" digital single (2008, Ghost Box)
- Ghost Box Free 3 Track EP split digital EP with the Advisory Circle (2008, Ghost Box)
- Familiar Shapes and Noises 7-inch EP with Broadcast (2010, Ghost Box)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Wire magazine No. 273, November 2006". Archived from the original on 23 February 2007.
- ^ a b "The Focus Group - Ghost Box". Ghostbox.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "The Wire magazine best of 2005". Thewire.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (15 October 2017). "Hauntology: Ghost Box label profile, Frieze magazine October 2005". Reynoldsretro.blogspot.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
External links
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