Eric Zann is an alias of electronic musician Jim Jupp (along with Belbury Poly). Jupp's releases are on the Ghost Box Music label, of which he is a co-founder. The name references a minor

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short story, '' The Music of Erich Zann''.

Eric Zann's sound

Zann's sound is deliberately darker and more Gothic 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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