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Episode 58 - The 2014 Round-up

Thanks for listening to the Kscope Podcast, another great year: hear interviews with Anathema, Katatonia,The Pineapple Thief, Se Delan, Gazpacho, music from Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri, Engineers, No-Man amongst others, and hear news of new releases from Steven Wilson, Nordic Giants and TesseracT – plus a special Gavin Harrison re-imagining of Porcupine Tree songs. A golden hour!

Episode 57 - iamthemorning & Nordic Giants OUT NOW!

Marjana from iamthemorning is Billy Reeves’s interviewee this time out, hear how Danny from Anathema saved her life when they first met… we’ll hear some tracks from the amazing ‘Belighted’ album.

Plus, two tracks from the first Kscope release from Nordic Giants, a track from the Lunatic Soul album, an acoustic version of ‘Magnolia’ by The Pineapple Thief, news of a very special Steven Wilson release and details of an Anathema spectacular in London in April...

Episode 56 - Mariusz of Lunatic Soul, Sam of N.A.O., Marjana of iatm.

Welcome back to the Kscope Podcast.

Mariusz Duda, the lynchpin of Riverside has released his third solo project for Kscope, the incredible ‘Walking On A Flashlight Beam’ by Lunatic Soul. You’ll hear Mariusz explain in which order the albums are to be heard and why..

..also Sam from North Atlantic Oscillation on what inspired them to meld their new album ('The Third Day') together into a whole and where the ideas for the mind-bending artwork came from…

And Marjana from iamthemorning on how Danny from Anathema saved her life!

PLUS you’ll hear Album tracks from Lunatic Soul, North Atlantic Oscillation and iamthemorning as well as details of two new signings and some important Steven Wilson news….

Episode 55 - Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief on 'Magnolia'

 The Pineapple Thief return to the fray. The follow up to ‘All The Wars’ is entitled ‘Magnolia’. In this Podcast Billy speaks to the band’s main man Bruce Soord about strings, singing, and why it’s so important to have a new drummer! Plus you'll hear three tracks from the new LP.

You’ll also hear from iamthemorning, the new signing from Russia, who were bought to Kscope’s attention by Daniel Cavanagh from Anathema…

 

Episode 54 - Engineers return with 'Always Returning'

Coming out on Monday August 11^th - the new album from Engineers, the mesmeric and groovy Always Returning. Your host Billy Reeves grabbed some cake with Mark, Matt & Ulrich to talk about some shared interests: notably Maurice Deebank and Popul Vuh. It’s a very danceable record, so we find out if Engineers can dance.

You’ll hear three tracks from the album…

PLUS an exclusive first play of 'Breathe'  - a track from the new album by The Pineapple Thief from their forthcoming album!

Episode 53 - Summer Special

New music from Engineers, album teasers from The Pineapple Thief and new signing (all the way from St Petersburg) iamthemorning (who feature Gavin Harrison from Porcupine Tree on drums) 

PLUS...deluxe re-issue of ‘Schoolyard Ghosts’ from No-Man, details of Henry Fool & Nosound playing in London for Macmillan Cancer Support, AND how to vote for Kscope artists in the Progressive Music Awards (go to awards.progmagazine.com to register)

It can only be - the Kscope Podcast Summer Special!

Episode 52 - Anathema Special

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS with Lee, Vincent & Daniel of Anathema, an EXCLUSIVE LIVE RECORDING of The Lost Song pt 2 from Anathema’s Distant Satellites album launch party, and an EXCLUSIVE Engineers album montage!

Plus three tracks from the new Anathema album, and Steven Wilson's take on a Prince classic...

Episode 51 - New Anathema 45! And Katatonia backstage!

Welcome to the Kscope Podcast, Billy Reeves here. Herein; a track from the new Anathema album (their new 45, in fact). We’ll hear briefly from Danny Cavanagh – full interview in June’s podcast.

 

You’ll hear exclusive interviews with the guitarists of Katatonia recorded immediately after their Union Chapel show in London, Bruce Soord (who’s recently playing guitar with Katatonia on tour) tells us about the new LP from his band The Pineapple Thief, and Anders Nyström from Katatonia tells us why the band stripped down their material and what’s happening next…

 

PLUS Exclusive news of a forthcoming Katatonia DVD, Tim Bowness/Henry Fool shows, and music from Hogarth & Barbieri, Se Delan, Anathema, Steven Wilson & Katatonia.

Go to www.KscopeMusic.com for all the gen!

Episode 50 - Justin Greaves of Se Delan

Hello! It’s Kscope Podcast NUMBER 50! Thanks for your support.

In this episode we concentrate on Se Delan, the duo comprising of Justin Greaves from Crippled Black Phoenix and Belinda Kordic of Killing Mood. Justin explains the origins of the band’s name, the musical similarities between rural Lincolnshire and urban Sweden, and tells us which 80s pop stars inspired him to take up the drums in the first place..

Se Delan’s album ‘The Fall’ is out NOW.

Look out for the Ian Anderson special shortly..

Episode 49 - Thomas from Gazpacho on 'Demon'

Gazpacho are BACK. Their new album Demon is out now: a four song cycle based on “the mad ramblings left behind by an unknown tenant in an apartment in Prague”. So, the first of many questions asked by your host Billy Reeves to Thomas Andersen was “..what?” and the second was “how did you turn that into an album?” Hear their conversation herein, as well as excerpts from the album.

AND you’ll hear a couple of classics from The Pineapple Thief & Anathema, a reminder of Katatonia’s Dethroned and Uncrowned tour PLUS details of a special concert in London featuring Gazpacho, new signings Se Delan (who we shall hear from in the next podcast in mid-April) and a special acoustic set from Bruce and Jon of The Pineapple Thief