The Focus Group

Sketches and Spells

Available Formats	Tracks	Price
12" Vinyl Album	25 tracks	£15.95
CD Album	25 tracks	£10.95
Download Album (MP3)	25 tracks	£7.99
Download Album (FLAC)	25 tracks	£7.99

Description

The Focus Group - Sketches and Spells

Reviews

“...it often sounds like hip hop if it had been invented in England in the late fifties. House turns library muisc's 'science of mood' againast itself by creating barely calssifiable emotions (macabre whimsy, pensive rapture, 'reverie and efficiency') or making atmospheres clash and mingle like colours on a paint wheel going muddy.”
Simon Reynolds,
Retromania

“Intimately acquainted with this uncertain hinterland between yesterday and tomorrow, The Focus Group are also smart enough to realise that anyone can pass for modern if they still listen to Pierre Henry, Tom Dissevelt, Jacques Loussier or Dave Brubeck.”
Ken Hollings,
The Wire

“…evokes powerful intimations of the uncanny.”
Rob Young,
Uncut Magazine

“…the spirit of a certain experimental, baroque psychedelia is alive in every one of these tunes.”
Benjamin Graves,
The Quietus

“Great music, all quite unpredictable, painstakingly knitted together. Lots of peculiar noises all making a very lovely sound,”
Jonny Trunk,
Trunk Records Website

“…this is an archaeology of emotion, a philosophically motivated exploration of the power of not just one's childhood memories, but of the collective unconscious.”
Matthew Ingram,
The Wire

"Song-by-song, and often within the tracks themselves, Julian House’s The Focus Group juxtapose the comforting and the anxiety-inducing, creating constant slippage. Perhaps it’s no accident that House gave his outfit such a name:
Jason Draper
Record Collector

“The Focus Group’s music feels ‘alive’. Or, more accurately, ‘undead’.”
Simon Reynolds,
Frieze Magazine

Tracklisting

12" Vinyl Album (GBX002LP)

The Focus Group - Stringed winds
The Focus Group - Verberations
The Focus Group - Open the Gate
The Focus Group - Activity and Scales
The Focus Group - Corn Holes
The Focus Group - Verberations exp.
The Focus Group - Bells hazes
The Focus Group - Alsh
The Focus Group - Hocusing fee
The Focus Group - Colouring Toys
The Focus Group - Danse & Atoms
The Focus Group - Free psych & mirrors
The Focus Group - Verberation int.
The Focus Group - Jout sections
The Focus Group - Geometree hou
The Focus Group - Sun groof
The Focus Group - Diagonalam
The Focus Group - Underwater pries
The Focus Group - Jass Tarp
The Focus Group - Hocusing loe
The Focus Group - What are you seeing?
The Focus Group - Bromiding place
The Focus Group - Kasratu
The Focus Group - Swirling paths
The Focus Group - Starry wisdom

CD Album (GBX002CD)

The Focus Group - Stringed winds
The Focus Group - Verberations
The Focus Group - Open the Gate
The Focus Group - Activity and Scales
The Focus Group - Corn Holes
The Focus Group - Verberations exp.
The Focus Group - Bells hazes
The Focus Group - Alsh
The Focus Group - Hocusing fee
The Focus Group - Colouring Toys
The Focus Group - Danse & Atoms
The Focus Group - Free psych & mirrors
The Focus Group - Verberation int.
The Focus Group - Jout sections
The Focus Group - Geometree hou
The Focus Group - Sun groof
The Focus Group - Diagonalam
The Focus Group - Underwater pries
The Focus Group - Jass Tarp
The Focus Group - Hocusing loe
The Focus Group - What are you seeing?
The Focus Group - Bromiding place
The Focus Group - Kasratu
The Focus Group - Swirling paths
The Focus Group - Starry wisdom

Download Album (GBX002)

The Focus Group - Stringed winds
The Focus Group - Verberations
The Focus Group - Open the Gate
The Focus Group - Activity and Scales
The Focus Group - Corn Holes
The Focus Group - Verberations exp.
The Focus Group - Bells hazes
The Focus Group - Alsh
The Focus Group - Hocusing fee
The Focus Group - Colouring Toys
The Focus Group - Danse & Atoms
The Focus Group - Free psych & mirrors
The Focus Group - Verberation int.
The Focus Group - Jout sections
The Focus Group - Geometree hou
The Focus Group - Sun groof
The Focus Group - Diagonalam
The Focus Group - Underwater pries
The Focus Group - Jass Tarp
The Focus Group - Hocusing loe
The Focus Group - What are you seeing?
The Focus Group - Bromiding place
The Focus Group - Kasratu
The Focus Group - Swirling paths
The Focus Group - Starry wisdom

Downloads

flac downloads

Track Number	Track Name	Track Length	Price	Buy
1	Stringed winds	1m 19s	N/A	N/A
2	Verberations	16s	N/A	N/A
3	Open the Gate	1m 14s	N/A	N/A
4	Activity and Scales	2m 18s	N/A	N/A
5	Corn Holes	55s	N/A	N/A
6	Verberations exp.	1m 55s	N/A	N/A
7	Bells hazes	57s	N/A	N/A
8	Alsh	26s	N/A	N/A
9	Hocusing fee	36s	N/A	N/A
10	Colouring Toys	1m 12s	N/A	N/A
11	Danse & Atoms	3m 10s	N/A	N/A
12	Free psych & mirrors	38s	N/A	N/A
13	Verberation int.	1m 47s	N/A	N/A
14	Jout sections	1m 46s	N/A	N/A
15	Geometree hou	46s	N/A	N/A
16	Sun groof	2m 5s	N/A	N/A
17	Diagonalam	31s	N/A	N/A
18	Underwater pries	2m 9s	N/A	N/A
19	Jass Tarp	1m 5s	N/A	N/A
20	Hocusing loe	1m 29s	N/A	N/A
21	What are you seeing?	1m 12s	N/A	N/A
22	Bromiding place	1m 11s	N/A	N/A
23	Kasratu	34s	N/A	N/A
24	Swirling paths	2m 26s	N/A	N/A
25	Starry wisdom	2m 57s	N/A	N/A
	Entire FLAC Download Album (25 tracks)		N/A	N/A

Unfortunately at this time we can't offer all the The Focus Group - Sketches and Spells tracks as individual mp3s, as some of these tracks exceed the shops maximum (33.3333333333333mins) download length.

These longer mp3 tracks are available in the full album download.

mp3 downloads

Track Number	Track Name	Track Length	Price	Buy
1	Stringed winds	1m 19s	N/A	N/A
2	Verberations	16s	N/A	N/A
3	Open the Gate	1m 14s	N/A	N/A
4	Activity and Scales	2m 18s	N/A	N/A
5	Corn Holes	55s	N/A	N/A
6	Verberations exp.	1m 55s	N/A	N/A
7	Bells hazes	57s	N/A	N/A
8	Alsh	26s	N/A	N/A
9	Hocusing fee	36s	N/A	N/A
10	Colouring Toys	1m 12s	N/A	N/A
11	Danse & Atoms	3m 10s	N/A	N/A
12	Free psych & mirrors	38s	N/A	N/A
13	Verberation int.	1m 47s	N/A	N/A
14	Jout sections	1m 46s	N/A	N/A
15	Geometree hou	46s	N/A	N/A
16	Sun groof	2m 5s	N/A	N/A
17	Diagonalam	31s	N/A	N/A
18	Underwater pries	2m 9s	N/A	N/A
19	Jass Tarp	1m 5s	N/A	N/A
20	Hocusing loe	1m 29s	N/A	N/A
21	What are you seeing?	1m 12s	N/A	N/A
22	Bromiding place	1m 11s	N/A	N/A
23	Kasratu	34s	N/A	N/A
24	Swirling paths	2m 26s	N/A	N/A
25	Starry wisdom	2m 57s	N/A	N/A
	Entire MP3 Download Album (25 tracks)		N/A	N/A