The Focus Group Archives

The Focus Group DJ Set & Films
in God’s Waiting Room, Belfast

The Focus Group (Julian House) will be DJing alongside some exclusive Ghost Box films at David Holmes’s God’s Waiting Room in Belfast on 27th October. Tickets…
https://www.ticketweb.ie/event/david-holmes-halloween-gods-waiting-the-dockers-club-tickets/8770815

Beautify Junkyards and Sharron Kraus at Café Oto, London on 26th October is now sold out. But both will be doing a matinee performance on Saturday 27th at 2pm (NOTE this is minus Focus Group DJ support – that’s Friday night only).
https://babayagashut.seetickets.com/…/cafe-oto-dals…/1266977

There are also a few tickets left for their gig at The Heretic’s Folk Club, The Shakespeare, Sheffield on Sunday 28th.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beautify-junkyards-ghost-box-records-sharron-kraus-antique-doll-tickets-48642161013

Beautify Junkyards & Sharron Kraus
at Cafe Oto (London) 26th October

26th October, 7:30 – Café Oto (London)
Beautify Junkyards, Sharron Kraus & The Focus Group (DJ)
Tickets £12

And coming this September, Other Voices 10 by Sharron Kraus (with Belbury Poly):

Stop-Motion Happening & The Owl’s Map
Out today.

Stop-Motion Happening by The Focus Group LP,CD and DL

“…we need more of this sort of thing. The problem is nobody, absolutely nobody, does this sort of thing other than Julian House. He really is on his own out there.” Electronic Sound

The Owl’s Map by Belbury Poly (re-mastered) LP and DL

“…some of the most delightful electronica to arise in Britain since Aphex Twin, the Black Dog and Global Communication.” The Sunday Times

Stop-Motion Happening
& The Owl’s Map LP re-issue
Pre-Order Now

The Owl’s Map was the second album for Belbury Poly, first released in 2006. It’s music that is by turns, jaunty and dark and was inspired by TV soundtracks, folk and library music and 1970s electronic music technology. It established the mood and the imagined geography of Belbury, the fictional parallel-world setting for the record label itself.

This re-issue has been specially remastered by Jon Brooks for this first outing on vinyl. Ghost Box designer, Julian House has adapted the original CD artwork to the new heavyweight vinyl format. It includes a colour card inner sleeve with a visitor’s guide to Belbury and a free download code card. The vinyl version is released on 14th July 2017 and you can pre-order it from our shop now. The re-mastered digital version is currently being re-distributed to all major download suppliers and will replace the older version by the release date on the 14th. You’ll be able to buy the new remastered digital version from our shop on mp3 or lossless flac next week. (We’ll update the exact time of availability right here, as soon as we can.)