Justin Hopper,Sharron Kraus,The Belbury Poly: Chanctonbury Rings (Vinyl LP)

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Vinyl LP pressing. A spoken word and music project by writer Justin Hopper and folk musician Sharron Kraus. It also features Ghost Box's own Belbury Poly. Based on live performance s of Hopper's 2017 book The Old Weird Albion (publ. Penned in the Margins), it's a poetical, autobiographical and psycho-geographical account of his experiences at Chanctonbury Ring on the West Sussex Downs. The album is a blend of folk, electronic music, poetry, prose and environmental sound. Kraus's electro-acoustic soundscapes and songs interweave with Hopper's rich, intimate narration. Musically it moves effortlessly from the traditional to the avant-garde with Belbury Poly contributing music and production throughout and bookending the work with a memorable theme tune. Finding it's spiritual home on Ghost Box, the project is reminiscent of a lost era of poetry and music albums, like David Cain and Radiophonic Workshop's The Seasons. It comes artfully packaged in a style that recalls a poetry and music for schools LP, with a nod towards 1960s Topic folk anthologies. Chanctonbury Rings (Intro), Dawn, The Thinnest Place, Changebury, Slow Air, On the Downs, Bonny Breast Knot, Layers, Breath, Wanderer, Winnie's Song, The Devil ; St. Dunstan, Out of Body, Outside the Ring, Hal-An-Tow, Chanctonbury Rings (End Title), Chanctonbury Rings LP Side 1, Chanctonbury Rings LP Side 2 Show more