Eric Zann is an alias of electronic musician Jim Jupp (along with Belbury Poly). Jupp's releases are on the

Ghost Box Music Ghost Box is an independent, UK-based electronic music record label, launched in 2004 in music, 2004 by graphic designer Julian House and producer Jim Jupp. Its roster includes artists such as Jupp's Belbury Poly, House's The Focus Group, and t ...

label, of which he is a co-founder. The name references a minor H. P. Lovecraft short story, ''

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''.

Eric Zann's sound

Zann's sound is deliberately darker and more

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than other Ghost Box artists, containing elements of

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soundtracks,

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and drones; in Jupp's words, "it's full of

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s, magick spells and other gothic clichés"."Society of the spectral"
''The Wire'', no. 276, November 2006

Discography

* 4 April 2005 ''Ouroborindra'', CD

References

External links

Stylus Magazine review of ''Ouroborindra''

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