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Ep 162: Bumper edition. Joint headliner - TesseracT & Bruce Soord

JAMES MONTEITH and AMOS WILLIAMS of TESSERACT, talk about the future of live music, merch cuts and the brand new ways they found of working together in an old-fashioned studio on new LP WAR OF BEING.

BRUCE SOORD talks how to choose which composition goes to his solo material or THE PINEAPPLE THIEF, his experience of recording strings at RAK Studio, turning 50 and how he uses his Spidey Sense on new album LUMINESCENCE.

We also hear from ED WYNNE of OZRIC TENTACLES on entering the realm of music and hear the title track, LOTUS UNFOLDING, off the LP of the same name

…and we’ll hear the new single from MARIUSZ DUDA too!

 

Tracklist;

- TESSERACT
Legion & War of Being (from War of Being)
OUT NOW

- BRUCE SOORD
Instant Flash of Light,  Olomouc & Lie Flat (from Luminescence)
OUT NOW

- OZRIC TENTACLES
Lotus Unfolding (from Lotus Unfolding)
20th October 2023

- MARIUSZ DUDA
Embracing the Unknown (from AFR AI D)
17th November 2023

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Kscope Podcast 161 - NEW PROG ROCK!

Featuring ACLE and JAY of TESSERACT - with advice on band merch (particularly Xmas jumpers), the new challenges of post-Brexit cost-of-living touring, and playing metal to a new-born baby…

We’ll hear the new singles from TESSERACT, O.R.k. & BRUCE SOORD…
AND the new single from GONG who are touring with OZRIC TENTACLES soon; now there’s a double-dip rarified psychedelic experience, no wonder the Spring dates are called THE LAST BLAST… (there's some new Ozrics musicks coming soon, keep your ears peeled and pinned back.......)

Tracklist;
TESSERACT - The Grey (from War of Being) 15 SEPTEMBER
O.R.k. - Deadly Bite (from Screamnasium) OUT NOW
GONG - Tiny Galaxies (from Unending Ascending) 3 NOVEMBER
BRUCE SOORD - Nestle In (from Luminescence) 22 SEPTEMBER

 

BUSYBUSYBUSY!

Featuring chats with

TESSERACT’s DANIEL TOMPKINS and AMOS WILLIAMS and JAMES MONTEITH introducing their new single,

GLEB KOLYADIN (IAMTHEMORNING) on his new album which features two of KING CRIMSON, his move to England, how he’s making friends and sourcing the best Fish‘n’Chips,

BRUCE SOORD on his new single and turning 50,

PLUS details of how YOU can get played on the Podcast…

 

Tracklist;

TesseracT - War of Being (from War of Being)

Gleb Kolyadin - Ascension & Apparatus (from The Outland)

Bruce Soord - Dear Life (from Luminescence)

The Pineapple Thief - The World I Always Dreamed Of (from How Did We Find Our Way)

 

Kscope Podcast 159 - The Height of Summer

Starring

BRUCE SOORD on the unboxing and the re-creation from the original burnt source material of THE PINEAPPLE THIEF’s 1999-2006 work for the sumptuous book-set How Did We Find Our Way

DANIEL TOMPKINS of TESSERACT (the first of our wide-ranging TesseracT interviews throughout this year) with his advice for new stars

Brand new music from the Sun-Ra of modern piano, the incredible GLEB KOLYADIN of IAMTHEMORNING…

Brand new music from ENVY OF NONE (ALEX LIFESON from RUSH’s new outfit)

And a sweaty DARRAN CHARLES from GODSTICKS immediately after the London leg of the This Is What A Winner Looks Like tour.

 

Tracklist;

The Pineapple Thief - Private Paradise & Snowdrops (from How Did We Find Our Way)

Dan Tompkins - Ruins (from Ruins: Live Experience)

ENVY OF NONE - That Was Then (from That Was Then, This is Now)

Gleb Kolyadin - Mercurial (from The Outland)

 

Kscope Podcast 158 - Godsticks in the Flesh

..in which Billy Reeves is outnumbered by all four members of GODSTICKS: Darran, Gavin, Tom and new bassist Frankie Gee.

The new album is out now – This Is What A Winner Looks Like, their first since the start of the pandemic – so we discover Darran’s nostalgia for the solitude of 2020, learn about the spark that got them back on the horse, meet Frankie Gee for the first time, get top tips on not injuring yourself playing this kind of complex rock, and are shocked by Gavin’s confession….

ALSO to celebrate 15 years since Kscope dropped Together We’re Stranger by NO-MAN (Steven Wilson & Tim Bowness) we hear Tim explain how he and Steven work in a collaborative situation…

PLUS some classic THE PINEAPPLE THIEF (to celebrate the forthcoming limited edition deluxe eight disc book set How Did We Find Our Way) AND, as Summer is on the horizon, let's get ‘Lost In The Sky’ with OZRIC TENTACLES…

 

Tracklist;
Godsticks - If I Don't Take It All, Don't Say A Word To Me and Wake Up (from This is What a Winner Looks Like) OUT NOW
The Pineapple Thief - Perpetual Night Shift (from 137) (from How Did We Find Our Way book set) June 23rd
Ozric Tentacles - Lost in the Sky (from Paper Monkeys - Ed Wynne remaster) June 2nd
No-Man - The Break Up For Real (from Together We're Stranger) 

 

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THE Kscope Podcast 157 - The Promise of Springtime

NEW SHOOTS! We hear about the next chapter of ENVY OF NONE via ALEX LIFESON (of Rush) and ALF ANNIBALINI … a trip to the principality because GODSTICKS have a new single out;

… to Scotland to celebrate 10 years of ‘Fog Electric’ by NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

… huge THE PINEAPPLE THIEF news; ... EMPYRE have an album out and are adding to their tour dates, and we keep the high-octane cinematic rock going with a proper old singalong from O.R.k.

so... breathe deeply and SMELL THE AIR!

 

Tracklist;
Godsticks - Mayhem (from This is What a Winner Looks Like) May 26th
Envy of None - Dumb (Der Dummkopf Remix) (from That Was Then EP) June 9th
The Pineapple Thief - Judge the Girl (from How Did We Find Our Way book set) June 23rd
O.R.k. - Consequence (feat. Elisa) Orchestral Mix (from Screamnasium) OUT NOW
Empyre - Quiet Commotion (from Relentless) OUT NOW
North Atlantic Oscillation - Soft Coda (from Fog Electric)

 

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THE TIME IS NOW for… The all new BIG SOUND

Empyre and Klone have been scheming and plotting during lockdown (and the worst of the pandemic) and are now fit and ready to go! We hear from Henrik from the former on how they approach gigs both small and large as one has to at this point, i.e. festival crowds and support slots in big rooms, and. conversely. entertaining the packed sweaty club gigs.

We sent Kscope’s roving reporter Tris to catch up with Klone backstage (at the De La Warr Pavilion, one of the most quintessentially English venues), for some important advice on the advantages of the singer doubling up as the merch guy.

PLUS music from the progenitors of THE BIG SOUND ™ - Anathema

AND ALSO Steven Wilson & Aviv Geffen, collectively Blackfield from the astounding new 7-disc one-off book set… which is BIG.

 

Tracklist:

Empyre - Waking Light, Parasites & Relentless (from Relentless)

Blackfield - Pain (from An Accident of Stars: 2004 - 2017)

Klone - Bystander (from Meanwhile)

Anathema - Untouchable Part 1 (from Weather Systems)

 

Kscope Podcast 155 - HEAVYOSITY (with Guillaume from Klone)

 

Le GRAND sound of KLONE from the forests of France. Touring with Devin Townsend! Guillaume from the band talks us through why they did livestream shows, how the notoriously bureaucracy-loving French dealt with lockdown and talks about vibrations a lot.

 

PLUS the MIGHTY sound of EMPYRE from the hotbed of heavy  - the English industrial Midlands; and the DENSENESS of the guv’nors TESSERACT rocking their way through the P O R T A L S.

…and a bit of shade to go with the light as JONATHAN HULTEN goes far out into the Swedish countryside.

 

TRACKLIST:

Klone - Apnea, Within Reach & Night & Day (from Meanwhile)

Empyre - Forget Me (from Relentless - 31.3.23)

Jonathan Hultén - Leaving (from The Forest Sessions)

TesseracT - Eden (from P O R T A L S)

Episode #154 - Into the Woods with Jonathan Hultén

The pandemic accelerated the internet as a portal for musicians, but you need visuals too. No one does that better than guitarist, performer, songwriter, and animator JONATHAN HULTÉN. During lockdown as many retreated inward, he got outside and performed to the trees.

The music from those sessions is out now as an audio + visual album, on vinyl, CD & DVD.

Jonathan talks to Billy Reeves about Swedish roaming law, ‘The Forest Sessions’ and what he plans next…

Plus new singles from EMPYRE and KLONE, news of some excellent releases next door and, in keeping with the forest theme, some classic PORCUPINE TREE…

Playlist:
Jonathan Hultén - Wasteland, The Mountain and The Call to Adventure (Roadburn Version) (from The Forest Sessions)

Klone - Bystander (new single+video) (from Meanwhile - 10.2.23)

Empyre - Hit & Run (new single+video) (from Relentless - 31.3.23)

Porcupine Tree - Lazarus (from Deadwing reissue on sister label Transmission - 3.3.23)

 

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As creative, independent, forward-thinking musicians emerge from the worst of the lockdown, and try and tour, record and write again – we hear their thoughts on the future of music, featuring… PAUL FRICK of TANGERINE DREAM, BRUCE SOORD and GAVIN HARRISON of THE PINEAPPLE THIEF, MAIAH WYNNE of ENVY OF NONE, MARIUSZ DUDA of LUNATIC SOUL & RIVERSIDE, JON GOMM of JON GOMM and THOMAS ANDERSON of GAZPACHO

Tracklist: Tangerine Dream - Along the Canal (from Raum)
Gazpacho - Hourglass (from Fireworking at St.Croix)
Envy of None - Old Strings (from Envy of None)
TesseracT - Hollow (from Regrowth AA side available on Bandcamp)
Mariusz Duda - Lemon Flavoured Stars (from Claustrophobic Universe)
The Pineapple Thief - Boxing Day (Rewired) (from Give it Back (Rewired))
O.R.k. - Hope for the Ordinary (from Screamnasium)
Ozric Tentacles / Ed Wynne - Starseeds (from Tumbling through the Multiverse)
Jon Gomm - Swallow you Whole (from The Faintest Idea)
Gazpacho - Gold Star (from March of Ghosts)

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