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Hello. It’s a spring thing. It’s the Kscope Podcast Episode 62. Featuring:

NEW from Nordic Giants – two massive tracks from a the awe-inspiring new album A Séance of Dark Delusions & an exclusive message-poem, a catch-up with Thomas from Gazpacho about their live concert DVD and its potential audience, a quick chat with new signings the Mercury Music Prize-nominated Sweet Billy Pilgrim (and an album teaser ahead of a full interview & tracks next time out) and a stone-cold Klassic from Crippled Black Phoenix.

Sniff the blossoms...

Hello! Welcome to the Kscope Podcast.

Gavin Harrison, Porcupine Tree’s drummer, has taken time out from working with King Crimson to record a contemporary jazz album, based on his love of brass arranging; using as its source material his favourite Porcupine Tree songs, melodies and leitmotifs.

The result is astonishing; a kind of heavy rock Lalo Schifrin, and Gavin explains the influences behind the project in an exclusive interview here.

Plus you'll hear some of the pieces on ‘Cheating the Polygraph’.

Continuing the Steven Wilson theme you’ll hear a track from the new North Atlantic Oscillation ‘Glare’ EP, a Wilson remix of ‘Wires’ (released to  coincide with the band’s mini-tour, and talking of concerts… two tracks from Kscope concert –movie albums from Katatonia & Nosound.

Enjoy!! Billy Reeves (Twitter: @TheBillyReeves @KscopeMusic)

Hand. Cannot. Erase.’ Is the much-anticipated 4^th solo album from one of rock music’s most interesting characters, Steven Wilson.

You’ll hear four tracks from the LP and an in-depth interview with the man himself, on his style, why it would be “melodramatic” to split up his much-loved band Porcupine Tree, and how this is his most “conceptual” album to date.

This is a man who sells out the Royal Albert Hall; this is an album that the UK national newspaper the Guardian gave 5 stars. This record demands your attention. It's out now.

Also, we’ll hear from Anders Nystrom of Swedish rock giants Katatonia, recorded at the London Union Chapel aftershow, a gorgeous concert which is now coming out as a concert film on Blu-Ray, Vinyl and CD/DVD-d.

It’s the first 2015 Kscope Podcast, welcome back!

Interviews with Gavin Harrison, The Receiver & TesseracT…

Music from Steven Wilson, The Receiver, TesseracT, Nordic Giants, Gavin Harrison, The Pineapple Thief, No-Man; details of new releases from Gazpacho, Katatonia & NoSound…

It’s ALL GO!

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!

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...

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….

 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…

 

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!

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!