It’s 134! And it is time to look in on the new album from WHITE MOTH BLACK BUTTERFLY, fronted by vocalists JORDAN BETHANY and, from TesseracT, DANIEL TOMPKINS - out now on Kscope, entitled ‘The Cost of Dreaming’. You’ll hear chat and three tracks. Worth listening to if you are interested in the impact of Covid on live music, Dan’s views on virtual gigs and the future of rock are fascinating.

PLUS THE ANCHORESS NEWS! Re-issues from MARILLION and TANGERINE DREAM! And something brand new from new signings THE HELICOPTER OF THE HOLY GHOST.

Tracklisting

The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost - 'Slow Down' (album version from Afters)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thehothg/

White Moth Black Butterfly - 'Under The Stars', 'Use You', 'Soma' (from The Cost of Dreaming)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/whitemothblackbutterfly/

Marillion - 'Under the Sun' (from Radiation)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/marillion/

Tangerine Dream 'Apus' (from Chandra The Phantom Ferry part 2)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/tangerinedream/

Trifecta - 'Pavlov's Dog Killed Schrodinger's Cat' (from Fragments)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/trifecta/

Klone - 'Sealed' (live) (from Alive)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/klone/

Billy Reeves talks to Bruce Soord, main man of The Pineapple Thief re: the new CD bookset of ‘The Soord Sessions vols 1-4’, about his new studio and the journey thereto. Is Bruce optimistic about the tour, and the future of streaming? And who kicked him out of the attic? Plus we’ll hear obscurities and fan-favourites from the set.

NEW music from White Moth Black Butterfly, Klone and Giancarlo Erra too – find yourself a comfy chair for Mr Erra’s new single, and a plump cushion. And, as it's you, go on then, some Ozric Tentacles.

PLUS listen out for news of Steven Wilson alumni…

TRACKS:

White Moth Black Butterfly - ‘The Dreamer’ (from The Cost of Dreaming)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/whitemothblackbutterfly/

The Pineapple Thief - ‘Willow Tree’/A Loneliness’/’White Mist’  (from The Soord Sessions vols 1-4)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Ozric Tentacles - 'Shards of Ice' (from Vitamin Enhanced 6CD reissue)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/ozrictentacles/

Klone - Alive (teaser)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/klone/

Giancarlo Erra - ‘Departure Tape’ (from Departure Tapes)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/giancarloerra/

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Hello! In this episode we speak to the NUMBER 1 IN THE CHARTS* The Anchoress, also known as Catherine Anne Davies, about her new album, artistic existential solace, working with James of  Manic Street Preachers and the future of the music industry.

PLUS, new music from Jonathan Hultén, The Pineapple Thief, White Moth Black Butterfly and Gazpacho’s new video, which, they say, we deserve after the long winter. Too right.

*iTunes chart. Number 5 in the UK Independent chart and number 7 in the UK Vinyl sales chart…

The Anchoress -  ‘The Art of Losing’ ‘The Exchange’ & ‘Unravel’ (from The Art Of Losing)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/the-anchoress/

Gazpacho - 'Clockwork' (from Fireworker)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/gazpacho/

Jonathan Hultén  - ‘Living’ (forest version) (original from Chants From Another Place)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/jonathanhulten/

White Moth Black Butterfly - The Cost of Dreaming teaser

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/whitemothblackbutterfly/

The Pineapple Thief – ‘The One You Left to Die’ (from The Soord Sessions)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

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Podcast 131 - Richard Barbieri speaks!

Mr Barbieri is probably best known for his tours of duty with two of Great Britain’s most important and enduring artbands: Japan and Porcupine Tree, he also makes his own solo records with a few choice chums. His newie is the follow-up to the expansive ‘Planets + Persona’, an introspective lucid mood piece entitled ‘Under A Spell’, which dovetails nicely with the new breed of Bandcamp bedroom heroes and the Streatham nu-jazz scene. Richard joins Billy Reeves via Kscopelink™ to talk post-Pandemic, Percy Jones and lucid dreams.

 PLUS

..new singles from Jonathan Hultén, Lunatic Soul, The Anchoress and Jon Gomm

ALSO

...news of forthcoming luxurious releases on Kscope by The Pineapple Thief and Marillion

AND

…how about something by Ozric Tentacles, recorded in 1984 that still sounds as fresh as a daisy?

TRACKS:

Jon Gomm – The Ghost Inside You from ‘The Faintest Idea’

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/jongomm/

Richard Barbieri – Serpentine, Flare, Lucid from ‘Under A Spell’

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/richard-barbieri/

Lunatic Soul – Hylophobia from ‘Through Shaded Woods’

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/lunaticsoul/

Jonathan Hultén – Wasteland (2021 Forest version); the original is from ‘Chants From Another Place’

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/jonathanhulten/

Ozric Tentacles – Spiral Mind; an Ed Wynne remaster from the forthcoming ‘Vitamin enhanced’ 6 CD set

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/ozrictentacles/

The Anchoress – The Art of Losing from the forthcoming LP of the same name

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/the-anchoress/

Happy New Year to you from BILLY REEVES and all at Kscope. 

Herein: BRAND NEW MUSIC from THE ANCHORESS and RICHARD BARBIERI, a celebration of our winners from the Prog Magazine readers’ poll, and the tracks we have decided from your suggestions via social media, are the most uplifting pieces from the catalogue. 

Tracks: 

THE ANCHORESS – ‘The Art of Losing’ (from The Art of Losing 12/3/21) 

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/the-anchoress/

RICHARD BARBIERI - album sampler (from Under A Spell 26/2/21) 

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/richard-barbieri/

MARIANA SEMKINA – ‘Skin’ (from Sleepwalking) 

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/marianasemkina/

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF – ‘Warm Seas’ (from the Record Store Day LP Uncovering the Tracks) 

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

RICK WAKEMAN – ‘Ascraeus Mons’ (from The Red Planet available on sister label Madfish) 

https://www.madfishmusic.com/artists/rickwakeman/

SE DELAN – ‘On My Way’ (from The Fall) 

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/se-delan/

NORDIC GIANTS – ‘Illuminate’ (from A Séance of Dark Delusions) 

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/nordic-giants/

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A golden hour featuring all the best chat and songs from the Kscope label in 2020, the established, the new and the exclusives…

Featuring snippets of interviews with

COLIN EDWIN, GAVIN HARRISON and RICHARD BARBIERI of PORCUPINE TREE

• MARIANA SEMKINA
• JONATHAN HULTÉN
• THOMAS ANDERSON of GAZPACHO
• PAUL DRAPER of MANSUN
• BRUCE SOORD
• ED WYNNE of OZRIC TENTACLES
• GODSTICKS
• JON GOMM
• DANIEL TOMPKINS of TESSERACT
• MARIUSZ DUDA of RIVERSIDE/LUNATIC SOUL

Tracklisting:

Porcupine Tree - ‘Blackest Eyes’ (from In Absentia)

kscopemusic.com/artists/porcupinetree/

Godsticks - ‘Denigrate’ (from Inescapable)

kscopemusic.com/godsticks/

Mariana Semkina - ‘Everything Burns (from Sleepwalking)

kscopemusic.com/artists/godsticks/

Porcupine Tree - ‘Trains’ (from In Absentia)

kscopemusic.com/artists/porcupinetree/

Jonathan Hultén - ‘The Mountain’ (from Chants From Another Place)

kscopemusic.com/jonathanhulten/

Ozric Tentacles - ‘Humboldt Currant’ (from Space For The Earth)

kscopemusic.com/artists/ozrictentacles/

Gazpacho - ‘Fireworker’ (from Fireworker)

kscopemusic.com/artists/gazpacho/

The Pineapple Thief - ‘Demons’ (from Versions Of The Truth)

kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Jon Gomm - ‘Cocoon’ from (The Faintest Idea)

kscopemusic.com/artists/jongomm/

Daniel Tompkins - ‘The Gift’ (from Ruins)

kscopemusic.com/artists/danieltompkins/

The Pineapple Thief - ‘Someone Pull Me Out Of Here’ (from The Soord Sessions vol. 4)

kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Lunatic Soul - ‘Navvie’ (from Through Shaded Woods)

kscopemusic.com/artists/lunaticsoul/

Mansun - ‘The Chad That Loved Me (near final)’ (from the Closed For Business box set)

kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/

DOUBLE BUMPER FESTIVE EDITION

FOUR exclusive interviews with - PAUL DRAPER (Mansun) talking Closed For Business)

MARIUSZ DUDA (Riverside/Lunatic Soul) talking Through Shaded Woods 

DANIEL TOMPKINS (TesseracT) talking Ruins

BRUCE SOORD (The Pineapple Thief) talking The Soord Sessions

PLUS NEW SINGLE from KLONE SINGLE from THE ANCHORESS 

You’ll need a C90 to tape this!

Tracklisting 

Mansun – Cancer (from Closed For Business)
Mansun – The Chad Who Loved Me (From Live At Margate) 
www.kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/

Lunatic Soul – The Fountain, Through Shaded Woods (from Through Shaded Woods)
www.kscopemusic.com/artists/lunaticsoul/

Daniel Tompkins The Gift, Ruins (from Ruins)
www.kscopemusic.com/artists/danieltompkins/

The Pineapple Thief – Versions Of The Truth (From The Soord Sessions vol. 4)
www.kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Klone – The Spy (from Le Grande Voyage) 
www.kscopemusic.com/artists/klone/

The Anchoress – Show Your Face (from The Art Of Loosing) 
www.kscopemusic.com/artists/the-anchoress/

We’ll hear tracks from the new Ozrics and the new Gomm albums which are out now…

PLUS BRAND NEW AS YET UNRELEASED MASTERPIECES from FORTHCOMING SOLO ALBUMS BY

LUNATIC SOUL (Mariusz of Riverside, taking us deep into the woods)

DANIEL TOMPKINS (of TesseracT, taking us back to his roots)

AND a couple of nudges towards lovely new videos from GODSTICKS and JONATHAN HULTEN, a treat for your eyes and earholes

ALSO the brand new re-working (with Gavin Harrison) of THE PINEAPPLE THIEF’s Record Store Day “drop” – including how to get hold of it (possibly) if you missed out…

Tracklisting

Jon Gomm – ‘Dream Factories, Tempest, Cocoon’ (from The Faintest Idea)
kscopemusic.com/artists/jongomm/

Ozric Tentacles – ‘Stripey Clouds, Space For The Earth’(from ‘Space For The Earth’)

kscopemusic.com/artists/ozrictentacles/

The Pineapple Thief – ‘Shoot First Gavin Harrison edition’ (From Uncovering The Tracks)
kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Daniel Tompkins ‘The Gift’ (from Ruins)
kscopemusic.com/artists/danieltompkins/

Lunatic Soul – ‘Navvie’ (from Through Shaded Woods)
kscopemusic.com/artists/lunaticsoul/

Why don't you run screaming from the cinema during a horror movie? Why rescue a baby on the train tracks? Just what is it deep inside your psyche that's controlling you? Why ON EARTH would anyone want to make a concept album based on a play by Ibsen? All these questions and more answered by Thomas Anderson of GAZPACHO in response to just the one question posed by Billy Reeves which was "so what's the album about, man?"

Three sections of the mega track from 'Fireworker' - the new Gazpacho LP - are interspersed with the philosophical conundrums explored within by the aforementioned Anderson, 

plus...

BRAND NEW TUNES from forthcoming albums by JON GOMM, LUNATIC SOUL and the latest single from THE PINEAPPLE THIEF.

Gazpacho – ‘Space Cowboy’ (from Fireworker)

kscopemusic.com/artists/gazpacho

Jon Gomm – ‘Deep Sea Fishes’ (from The Faintest Idea)

kscopemusic.com/artists/jongomm/

Lunatic Soul – ‘The Passage’ (from Through Shaded Woods)

kscopemusic.com/artists/lunaticsoul/

The Pineapple Thief – ‘Driving Like Maniacs’ (From Versions Of The Truth)
kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

In this episode we speak to BRUCE SOORD and GAVIN HARRISON of THE PINEAPPLE THIEF about Wurlitzer OrganS, upsetting singers, lockdown sessions and, naturally the new LP ‘VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH’ (three tracks herein) as well as one from the re-issue series of Swedish prog maestros ANEKDOTEN and a chat with PAUL DRAPER of MANSUN about their special Record Store Day release and about his replacement in the band… ( one rarity and one live track from the Mansun chaps to get your earholes around too). Please spread the word and subscribe if you’ve not already. TA!

Anekdoten – ‘A Sky About To Rain’ (From A Time Of Day)

The Pineapple Thief – ‘Versions of the Truth’, ‘Demons’, ‘Break It All’ (From Versions Of The Truth)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thepineapplethief/

Mansun – ‘Check Under The Bed’ (from Dead Flowers Reject)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/

Mansun - 'Being a Girl' - Live Brixton 23/10/98 (From Closed for Business boxset)

https://kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/