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Kscope Podcast 152 A.I., Artistry and Authenticity with Thomas Anderson of Gazpacho and Billy Reeves

What is a “half-speed master”? Can artificial intelligence write a hit? How have Gazpacho stayed together for 25 years? Are Norwegian winters that bad? Why are we obsessed with authenticity in art? Is the first time Roland Barthes has been mentioned on the Kscope podcast? All these questions answered by Thomas Anderson of Gazpacho, as the band are well into their vinyl audiophile re-issue campaign. Tunes from same, and a new Anathema half-speed master, a new-to-vinyl O.R.k, and a new signing…

Kscope Podcast #148 - Ed Wynne of Ozric Tentacles dives deep into the chart-topping Tumbling Through The Floativerse

It’s Kscope Podcast 148 with your chum Billy Reeves.

…featuring a proper old chinwag with one of the most interesting heroes of the British underground of the last 30 years, the influential and inspirational ED WYNNE, the legendary mainstay of OZRIC TENTACLES. Billy and Ed talk about his new album, his views on the modern festival, what Michael Eavis the Glastonbury founder is like, and what inspired him to get his hands on his own studio – plus a little insight into what’s coming next from said musichub…

PLUS tunes from the new Ed Wynne album, a storming remix of a track from the ENVY OF NONE album (the new project from Alex Lifeson of RUSH), a solo single (and new album taster) from DANIEL TOMPKINS of TESSERACT...

AND some clips from the latest KSCOPE SAMPLER - Vol 10;  which is now streaming on your platform of choice.

ALSO listen out for how to get 20% off PORCUPINE TREE recordings…

 

Music:

Daniel Tomkins: The Abyss (single)

Ed Wynne: Infinity Curtains & Oilyvoice  (from ‘Tumbling Through The Floativerse’)

Envy Of None: Dumb - Dumbkopf remix  (original version on their self-titled album)

clips of

Envy of None: You’ll Be Sorry (b-side of UNHCR Ukraine response fundraising 45rpm 7” available from visionmerch.com)

Paul Draper: The Chad Who Loved Me (from ‘Attack of the Grey Lantern live at Ritz’)

Tangerine Dream: Macchu Piccu (from the album of the same name)

Jonathan Hulten: The Mountain (from Kscope Vol 10 sampler)

Lunatic Soul: The Fountain (also from Kscope Vol 10 sampler)

Kscope Podcast #147 - Kscope Live, plus interview with Colin Edwin of O.R.k. ​

KSCOPE IN CONCERT (and afterparty!) A.K.A. Kscope Podcast 147: midsummer bumper Golden Hour. ..being a trip around the world (with a small carbon footprint) to hear, in the flesh, your Kscope favourites live on stage. we're off to The U.S.A., Mexico, Norway, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and - Shepherd’s Bush...

...with Steven Wilson, Anathema, The Pineapple Thief, Blackfield, Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, Paul Draper of Mansun, Ulver, and No Man. PLUS, a bit of grooving and chat (with Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree & O.R.k.) at the afterparty; a “playback” of the new Kscope singles...

STARRING, LIVE ON STAGE:

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF with ‘Nothing at Best’ from Where We Stood (London)

ANATHEMA WITH THE PLOVDIV PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA with ‘Closer’ from Universal (Plovdiv)

BLACKFIELD with ‘Blackfield’ from NYC (New York)

KATATONIA (feat. Bruce Soord) with ‘Day’ from Sanctitude (London)

PAUL DRAPER OF MANSUN with ‘Feeling My Heart Run Slow' from Live at Scala (London)

PORCUPINE TREE with ‘Fear of a Blank Planet’ from Anesthetize (Tilburg)

ULVER with ‘In The Red’ from The Norwegian National Opera (Oslo)

NO-MAN with ‘All the Blue Changes’ from Mixtaped (from Bush Hall, London)

AND CLOSING THE SHOW…

STEVEN WILSON with ‘Harmony Korine’ from Get All You Deserve (Mexico City)

(plus, at the after party, a chat with Colin Edwin, the new single from his band O.R.k. entitled ‘As I Leave’ and Ed Wynne of Ozric Tentacles new single ‘Seen The Sun’ from his forthcoming album Tumbling Through The Floativerse)

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Kscope Podcast 146 - Mariusz Duda (Lunatic Soul, Riverside)

In Kscope 146 Mariusz Duda (Riverside, Lunatic Soul) and Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) find themselves in contemplative, nostalgic mood due to the pandemic, looking back at their younger selves. Mariusz through his Lockdown Trilogy project, recorded in isolation, inspired by the Euro-electronica of his youth (Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Tangerine Dream) and Bruce/The Pineapple Thief’s re-wired/re-worked LP Give It Back, featuring re-recorded, re-wired material with Gavin Harrison (featuring lyrical updates; bringing the stories told therein up-to-date too). We’ll hear from both Mariusz and Bruce herein. PLUS brand new music from the forthcoming Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles) album, a gorgeous track from the Jon Gomm album The Faintest Idea and, talking of abstract electronica, the guvnors, Tangerine Dream – a teaser from the spectacular book-set of La Divina Commedia.

The past is part of our future.

 

PLAYLIST:

MARIUSZ DUDA: ‘Racing Thoughts’, ‘Knock Lock’, 'Isolated’ (from The Lockdown Trilogy)

TANGERINE DREAM: La Divina Commedia teaser

ED WYNNE (with Gre Vanderloo): ‘Seen The Sun’ (from Tumbling Through The Floativerse)

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF: ‘Dead In The Water’, ‘Shoot First’ (from Give It Back)

JON GOMM: ‘Song For A Rainy Day’ (from The Faintest Idea)

 

Kscope stands with the victims of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, and fully condemns the senseless war.

 

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Kscope Podcast 143 - Tangerine Dream

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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Kscope Podcast 142 - The old hands bring in the new year

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’)

Kscope podcast 136 FOMO/ICYMI

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 – ‘169^th Tape’ (from Departure Tapes)
https://kscopemusic.com/artists/giancarloerra/

Kscope podcast 135 - Giancarlo Erra ‘Departure Tapes‘

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’ / ‘169^th 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)
kscopemusic.com/artists/mansun/

Marillion - ‘The Invisible Man’ (from Marbles)
kscopemusic.com/artists/marillion/

The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost - ‘I Will Never Hurt’ (from Afters)
kscopemusic.com/artists/thehothg/

Porcupine Tree - ‘Anesthetize' (from Fear Of A Blank Planet)
kscopemusic.com/artists/porcupinetree/

Kscope Podcast 134 - White Moth Black Butterfly

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/

 

 

Kscope Podcast 133 - The Pineapple Thief - 'The Soord Sessions'

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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