8 The Belbury Circle Outward Journeys GHOST BOX 2017, £11.95

Vestigial sound experiments from a Ghost Box supergroup of sorts.

This is the first full-length album from Jupp and Jon Brooks of The Advisory Circle, who come together to pay homage to the birth of the digital era. With the utilisation of analogue sequencers and primitive sampling, they conjure the wide-eyed wonderment of kids in the 1970s watching the utopian possibilities unfold on Tomorrow’s World. Friend of the label and electronic avatar John Foxx gives his stamp of approval too, adding vocals and synthesizers to the psycho-geographical Trees and Forgotten Town. It’s also worth tracking down The Belbury Circle’s first EP from 2013, Empty Avenues, which also features the original Ultravox singer.