Episodes

Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Kscope Podcast 143 - Tangerine Dream
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
In Kscope 143 we hear from Thorsten Quaeschning and Paul Frick of Tangerine Dream, the new LP Raum is out now; once again featuring contributions from their late founder Edgar Froese, so – how does that work? As the new boy, what does Paul bring to the tisch? Paul & Thorsten explain. PLUS an EXCLUSIVE play of a track from Envy of None (a new band featuring Alex Lifeson from Rush on guitar) off of their forthcoming debut LP... AND The Pineapple Thief news, live tracks from Gazpacho and Gong; Giancarlo Erra & Tim Bowness breathe new life into the classic Memories of Machines project… ALSO an emotional re-working of a track from one of Sir Elton John’s fave LPs, courtesy of said album’s composer/producer/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Catherine Anne Davies, AKA The Anchoress…
PLAYLIST:
- Tangerine Dream - ‘Portico’ and ‘Continuum’ (from Raum)
- Giancarlo Erra & Tim Bowness - ‘Change Me Once Again’ (from Memories of Machines)
- Gong - ‘Forever Recurring (live)’ (from Pulsing Signals)
- Envy of None - 'Look Inside' (from Envy of None)
- Gazpacho - ‘Winter is Never (live)’ (from Fireworking at St.Croix)
- The Anchoress - ‘All Farewells Should Be Sudden’ (acoustic version) (from The Art of Losing (expanded edition))
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Kscope Podcast 142 - The old hands bring in the new year
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Featuring Paul Draper (ex-Mansun) speaking about his new LP ‘Cult Leader Tactics’, with the latest on the rumours of a Mansun reunion and the vocal stylings of Steven Wilson PLUS Envy of None, who feature Alex Lifeson of Rush among their number PLUS brand new music from Tangerine Dream PLUS Tim Bowness (no-man) and Giancarlo Erra (Nosound) with the enhanced ‘Memories of Machines’ project, PLUS Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree & King Crimson with Richard Barbieri and the late, great Mick Karn of Japan AND ALSO Gong ripping it up live in concert…
Music:
Paul Draper (from ‘Cult Leader Tactics’)
'You Got No Life Skills, Baby'
'Omega Man' feat. Steven Wilson 'Cult Leader Tactics'
'Everybody Becomes a Problem Eventually'
Envy of None - 'Liar' (from ‘Envy of None’)
Gavin Harrison - 'Aim' (from ‘Sanity and Gravity’)
Tangerine Dream - 'You’re Always On Time' (from ‘Raum’)
Tim Bowness & Giancarlo Erra - 'Beautiful Songs You Should Know' (from ‘Memories of Machines’)
Gong - 'My Sawtooth Wake' (from the live album ‘Pulsing Signals’)

Friday Dec 31, 2021
Kscope Podcast 141 - 2021 Kscope end-of-term report
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
2021 Kscope end-of-term report
A year of pandemic and tumult, much discussion herein about the future of touring, the creative process in isolation, how to make a streaming concert in the age of Covid: and Nick Beggs explaining how to annoy your road crew.
Featuring the voices of RICHARD BARBIERI, CATHERINE ANNE DAVIES AKA THE ANCHORESS, DANIEL TOMPKINS & AMOS WILLIAMS OF TESSERACT, BRUCE SOORD, GIANCARLO ERRA, PAUL FRICK OF TANGERINE DREAM and the Ukulele of NICK BEGGS.
PLUS brand new tracks from GAZPACHO and PAUL DRAPER feat. STEVEN WILSON.
Playlist:
Gazpacho ‘Fireworker’ (from Fireworking at St.Croix)
Richard Barbieri ‘Under a Spell’ (from Under a Spell)
The Anchoress ‘The Art of Losing’ (from The Art of Losing)
The Pineapple Thief ‘Versions of the Truth’ (from The Soord Sessions)
White Moth Black Butterfly ‘Spirits’ (from The Cost of Dreaming)
Giancarlo Erra ‘PreviousTape’ (from Departure Tapes)
Trifecta ‘Proto Molecule’ (from Fragments)
TesseracT ‘King’ (from p o r t a l s)
The Pineapple Thief ‘Demons’ (from Nothing But the Truth)
Tangerine Dream ‘Raum’ (Grand River mix) (from Probe 6-8)
Paul Draper feat. Steven Wilson ‘Omega Man’ (from Cult Leader Tactics)
with thanks to my producer Scott Robinson
Thanks for supporting the label this year, we'll see you next year and do it all again, hopefully with some more live dates too!
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Kscope podcast 136 FOMO/ICYMI
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
FOMO/ICYMI edition AKA Kscope Podcast 136
an assessment of where we at Kscope are at - halfway through 2021.
Tracklisting
TesseracT – ‘Nocturne’ (from P O R T A L S)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/tesseract/
The Anchoress – the Cross Bone T remix of ‘Unravel’ (from The Art of Losing 3CD set)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/the-anchoress/
The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost - ‘Tony Got A Car’ (radio edit) (from Afters)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/thehothg/
Trifecta – ‘Nightmare In Shining Armour’ (from Fragments)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/trifecta/
Richard Barbieri – ‘Under a Spell’ from the album of the same name
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/richard-barbieri/
White Moth Black Butterfly – ‘Bloom’ (from The Cost of Dreaming)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/whitemothblackbutterfly/
Klone – ‘Army of Me’ (from Alive)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/klone/
Giancarlo Erra – ‘169th Tape’ (from Departure Tapes)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/giancarloerra/

Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Kscope podcast 135 - Giancarlo Erra ‘Departure Tapes‘
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
The longest day, extra width, 2021 Summer Solstice special - 75 minutes of quality, wholesome goodness, full of Vitamin D*, featuring brand spanking new shiny stuff and proper classics getting a new lease of life (* doesn’t contain Vitamin D).
Giancarlo Erra, a multi-disciplined artist (who you may know best as frontperson of Nosound) returns to instrumental composition under the auspices of a new solo LP ‘Departure Tapes’. Giancarlo chats with your host Billy Reeves at length about the conceptualising of abstract music and why he’s not in the mood for compromise.
Plus a GRAMMY™ NOMINATED epic, a 'Record Store Day' collectable rarity, the hippest new group in Britain today, a track from one of the first ever ‘Crowdfunded’ albums, AND some moody French Prog played live in concert.
75 minutes, all FREE! SPREAD THE WORD!!
Tracklisting
Klone - ‘Yonder’ (from Alive)
kscopemusic.com/artists/klone/
Giancarlo Erra - ‘Departure Tape’ / ‘169th Tape’ / A Blues for my Father’ from (Departure Tapes)
kscopemusic.com/artists/giancarloerra/
Mansun - ‘Closed For Business’ (from the RSD 2021 Closed for Business 12” EP)
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Marillion - ‘The Invisible Man’ (from Marbles)
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The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost - ‘I Will Never Hurt’ (from Afters)
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Porcupine Tree - ‘Anesthetize' (from Fear Of A Blank Planet)
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
Kscope Podcast 133 - The Pineapple Thief - 'The Soord Sessions'
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
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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