The Focus Group


The Focus Group is a project of experimental electronic musician and graphic designer Julian House. The Focus Group's sound is a blend of influences ranging from old library music sounds produced in the 1970s, 1960s-inspired pastiches, public information films, and soundtracks to 1970s films and programmes, as well as the sound collage of musique concrète.
The Focus Group have released five studio albums on House's own label, Ghost Box: Sketches and Spells, Hey Let Loose Your Love, We Are All Pan's People, The Elektrik Karousel and Stop-Motion Happening with the Focus Groop. Hey Let Loose Your Love was featured in The Wires top 50 albums of 2005.
Additionally, House collaborated with indie electronic band Broadcast, resulting in the 2009 album Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age and the 2010 7-inch EP Familiar Shapes and Noises. Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age was named The Wires top album of 2009.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Sketches and Spells
  • Hey Let Loose Your Love
  • We Are All Pan's People
  • Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age with Broadcast
  • The Elektrik Karousel
  • ''Stop-Motion Happening with the Focus Groop''

    Singles and EPs

  • "We Are Coming Back to Dance With You" digital single
  • Ghost Box Free 3 Track EP split digital EP with the Advisory Circle
  • Familiar Shapes and Noises 7-inch EP with Broadcast