At the end of September Kscope hosted a special night at the Union Chapel in London. Nosound, Engineers, Bruce from The Pineapple Thief and Anathema all performed stripped back sets in this breath-taking venue.

Live recordings of the artists involved along with interviews, recorded at sound-check, backstage and aftershow, are featured in the latest Kscope podcast which is now online.

The Union Chapel in north London; arguably London’s nicest venue. It’s a working church, built in the Victorian gothic revival style in the 1870s, it’s also a centre for the arts. It’s unspoiled inside, the audience sit in pews, it’s gorgeous. We invited four of the Kscope family to perform unique versions of some of their repertoire: you’ll hear tunes from Nosound, Engineers, Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief (with Alx Leeks) and Anathema. PLUS pre-show, backstage and aftershow interviews with all the artistes as we were (very kindly) allowed to go running around with a microphone.

A gallery of photographs from the night by Anne-Marie Arpin is now online at www.kscopemusic.com/union-chapel and Classic Rock Prog’s review of the evening can be read here.

Podcast content:
Interviews with Giancarlo Erra (Nosound), Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief), Mark Peters (Engineers), Vinny and Danny Cavanagh (Anathema)
Tracks featured:
Nosound – Lightdark (original from ‘Lightdark’)
Engineers – What it’s Worth (original from ‘In Praise of More’)
Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) – My Debt to You (original from ‘Tightly Unwound’)
Anathema – A Natural Disaster (original from ‘A Natural Disaster’)

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Kscope presents… ‘A Night At The Union Chapel’ featuring Anathema , The Pineapple Thief, Engineers and Nosound – 7.30pm, Friday 30th September 2011

On Friday 30th September Kscope will be hosting a one-off night at the Union Chapel in London, with a number of acts from the roster performing special stripped back sets in this breathtaking venue.

Anathema will headline the show, performing a special acoustic show comprising of members Vincent, Danny and Lee. They will be joined by Engineers, Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief and Nosound (solo set).

Click here for tickets, for what promises to be a very special night, are available from the Union Chapel costing £18 (plus booking fee). Get in quick.

Union Chapel

Anathema
Engineers
The Pineapple Thief
Nosound

Anathema are to release a new single, Dreaming Light, on Kscope on July 4th. The single will be available digitally along with Engineers’ new remix of the track Universal and the video for Dreaming Light by the award winning director, Christopher Kenworthy.

Watch the video here:

Dreaming Light is the second single to be lifted from last year’s album, We’re Here Because We’re Here. Awarded Classic Rock’s Prog Album of the Year as well as a host of other accolades, the album was the band’s first collection of new material band since the 2003 album, A Natural Disaster. A multi-coloured, multi-layered work of unbridled emotion, passion, and intensity, the new album was embraced by their legions of fans and the worldwide press. We’re Here Because We’re Here was mixed by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), who described it as “definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.”

Danny and Vincent from the band have just completed a tour of the USA & Canada with Steven Wilson’s Blackfield performing special acoustic Anathema sets and the full band will be performing at a host of festivals this summer. For full live dates, visit Anathema’s site

www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

To An Evergreen, the new EP from Engineers is now available to download from all key download stores (links below).

The lead track is an edit of one of the highlights of the band’s third album In Praise of More, which was released to great acclaim late last year. The EP also features a number of album tracks reworked by the likes of Portland electronica boffin Helios, German techno legend Beroshima and Engineers’ Kscope labelmates North Atlantic Oscillation. The seven tracks are completed by a cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Hey You’.

The full tracklisting is:
To An Evergreen (Edit)
What It’s Worth (Helios Remix)
Twenty Paces (Beroshima Remix)
In Praise Of More (Elika Remix)
Subtober (North Atlantic Oscillation remix)
Twenty Paces (A Shoreline Dream Remix)
Hey You

Download from these stores: iTunes Spotify Amazon 7Digital HMV Tesco Play.com Napster Nokia Ovi Store

Fan and filmmaker Robbie Stevens has also been inspired to create a new video to accompany the lead track which is now streaming here and on the Engineers mini-site.

For information, audio samples, downloads and more, go to www.kscopemusic.com/engineers

Anathema are to release a new single, Dreaming Light, on Kscope on June 20th. The single will be available digitally along with Engineers new remix of the track Universal and the video by award winning director, Christopher Kenworthy.

Dreaming Light is the second single to be lifted from last year’s album, We’re Here Because We’re Here. Awarded Classic Rock’s ‘Prog Album of the Year’ in 2010 as well as a host of other accolades, the album was the band’s first collection of new material band since the 2003 album, A Natural Disaster.

A multi-coloured, multi-layered work of unbridled emotion, passion, and intensity, the new album was embraced by their legions of fans and the worldwide press. We’re Here Because We’re Here was mixed by Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), who described it as “definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.”

Danny and Vincent from the band have just returned from the USA & Canada with Steven Wilson’s Blackfield where they were performing special acoustic Anathema sets and receiving rave reviews. This summer the full band is also playing some club shows and appearing as Special Guests to Dream Theater in Europe and headlining with Anneke Van Giersbergen in Latin America:
4th July at Ippodromo Capanelle, Rome, Italy (Special Guests to Dream Theater)
5th July at Villafranca Castle, Verona, Italy (Special Guests to Dream Theater)
6th July at Komplex 457, Zurich, Switzerland (Special Guests to Dream Theater)
7th July at Colossal, Aschaffenburg, Germany (headline Anathema show)
8th July at Atak, Enschede, The Netherlands (headline Anathema show)
10th July at P60, Amstelveen, The Netherlands (headline Anathema show)
26th July at Circo Volador, DF, Mexico (with Anneke Van Giersbergen)
28th July at Teatro Colegiales, Buenos Aires, Argentina (with Anneke Van Giersbergen)
31st July at Teatro Caupolican, Santiago, Chile (with Anneke Van Giersbergen)

Anathema will also be performing at a host of festivals this summer including Wave Gotik (Germany) June 10th, Hellfest (France) June 19th, Night of the Prog Festival (Germany) July 9th, High Voltage Festival (London) July 23rd, Vagos Open Air (Portugal) August 5th and Brutal Assault (Czech Rep) August 13th.

To buy tickets for all shows please visit anathema.ws/​tour

For more info, downloads and audio samples from We’re Here Because We’re Here, visit the mini-site at: kscopemusic.com/​anathema
For more info, downloads and audio samples from Engineers, visit the mini-site at: kscopemusic.com/​engineers

Buy Anathema and Engineers albums from: the Kscope store​

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Engineers’ gig at ULU which was set to take place on Friday, May 13 has been postponed. The band are hoping to rearrange the date for later in the year. Full refunds for tickets are available at point of purchase.

Engineers’ new ‘To An Evergreen’ EP will now be released on June 13.

The full tracklisting of the EP is:
1. To An Evergreen (Edit)
2. What It’s Worth (Helios Remix)
3. Twenty Paces (Beroshima Remix)
4. In Praise Of More (Elika Remix)
5. Subtober (North Atlantic Oscillation remix)
6. Twenty Paces (A Shoreline Dream Remix)
7. Hey You (Pink Floyd cover)

www.kscopemusic.com/engineers

North Atlantic Oscillation have announced that they will shortly be going into the studio to start work on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut Grappling Hooks, which was released earlier this year on Kscope.

Before they return to the studio they are playing some more live dates with label-mates Anathema, having just completed a tour with Engineers.

In addition to this they will be playing at the London Calling festival at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on November 12th. They hope to return to Europe for some more dates as well as embarking on their first tour of the US.

Dates are as follows:

Touring with Anathema in the UK and Ireland
17th December An Cruscian Lan // Cork
18th December The Village // Dublin
19th December Spring and Airbrake // Belfast

The band have also recently made some live recordings that they made for a recent BBC session, as well as new remix available. The remix (By Brazilian act Worldengine) is available for free in exchange for re-tweeting the link through the tweet for a track site while the BBC tracks can be downloaded from the band’s site in exchange for a small donation to a charity of your choice. Go to www.naoband.com/charity for more details.

For more info on the album, downloads, a free MP3 from Grappling Hooks, go to the mini-site at: www.kscopemusic.com/northatlanticoscillation

The new album – 2CD special edition
 
Three Fact Fader, Engineers’ second album was released last year on Kscope to widespread critical acclaim. The band now return with In Praise of More, their new album and their first with their new line-up.Mark Peters has moved to guitar and has been replaced by Daniel Land on bass and Matthew Linley has joined on drums. In addition to this respected solo artist Ulrich Schnauss, who had previously played keyboards live with the band has joined as full time member.
 
Although the majority of the songs on In Praise of More were recorded by Mark, with the assistance of Dave Potter, Ulrich was on hand to offer advice and point out ways to make what were essentially home recordings sound as stately and elegant as they do. Taking in everything from the synth-heavy krautpop of To An Evergreen to the autumnal acoustic folk of There Will Be Time and the wintery piano instrumental Nach Hause, the album strips back the layers of sound that characterised the band’s previous releases, but remains just as powerful. One of the highlights, the beautifully understated Twenty Paces, which blends The Blue Nile with almost jazz-like rhythms, is the first track that Mark and Ulrich co-produced.
 
The 2CD set also features an instrumental version of the album and is available from the Kscope store now.
 
Here is the promo for ‘In Praise of More’, the first single taken from the new album, filmed and edited by Peter Breen in 2 days!
www.peterbreen.tumblr.com/

The In Praise of More mini-site is now online at www.kscopemusic.com/engineers.
The mini-site features album info, downloads and more along with the chance to download a free MP3 of the title track.

Critical acclaim for In Praise of More:

This is an album damp with tears, slightly shaken by angst and should be given to most UK bands around at the moment to use as an example in making an album that is a joy to behold.

8/10

Words by Chris Todd

for the full review, read this web page

Engineers have announced a couple of line-up changes to the band. Mark Peters has moved from bass to guitar and has been replaced by Daniel Land on bass and Matthew Linley has joined on drums. In addition to this Ulrich Schnauss, who had previously played keyboards live with the band has joined as full time member.

Ulrich is a respected solo artist while Daniel also fronts Daniel Land and The Modern Painters and Matthew Linley has recorded under the name of Gilbert.

The new line-up will play their first gigs on Monday 8th March, with Sereena Maneesh at The Lexington, London, and on Thursday 18th March supporting Chapterhouse at Scala, London.

Tickets for the Lexington gig are available from Sonic Cathedral HERE.

A new 2CD edition of Engineers self titled debut album will also be released on Kscope in May 2010.

Click here to visit the Engineers website

A new video for the track International Dirge has just been completed, and can be seen below:

TOUR CANCELLATION

It is with much disappointment that we have to announce the cancellation of all of our forthcoming gigs.

Due to some unavoidable personal circumstances we cannot perform the gigs with our full line up and we feel that this would not do justice to our recorded work.

Many apologies to those who have bought tickets and arranged transport and accommodation, and also to everyone involved in the organization of them.

We really appreciate your support and hope that you can obtain adequate refunds.

There are no plans to reschedule the gigs at the present time.

Sorry for any inconvenience,

Engineers.

The Three Fact Fader mini-site is now online at www.kscopemusic.com/engineers, which features info on the album, audio samples, a free mp3 from the album, downloads plus the video for the single Clean Coloured Wire and the chance to order from the Kscope store.

All orders placed through the Kscope store come with an exclusive 2 track CD featuring the radio edit of the single Clean Coloured Wire and the Steven Wilson remix of Sometimes I Realise. This will be the only physical release of these tracks and will only be available through the Kscope store.

To mark the release, the band  played their first live gig in over 2 years on July 10th 2009 at the Bush Hall in London. They were also joined onstage by special guest Ulrich Schnauss

In addition, Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree / ex-Japan) performed a rare live set on what promises to be a special evening.

Engineers are back. Four years after the release of their landmark debut, the band return with their epic second album, Three Fact Fader.

The 13-track album was produced by the band along with Ken Thomas (Sigur Rós, M83, Maps) over a period of two years, with the final tracks being completed earlier this year. It comes packaged in stunning artwork by legendary music photographer Tom Sheehan.

Engineers are not like any other band. Onstage Simon Phipps is the singer, Dan Macbean is the guitarist, Mark Peters is the bassist and Sweeney is the drummer, but the real clue is in their name: they approach their music like engineers, carefully constructing wonderful walls of sound.

Following the rapturous reception that greeted their mini-album Folly in 2004 and debut Engineers the following year, it’s taken them a long time to build their epic second album, Three Fact Fader. After initial recording sessions, Engineers became unwitting victims of record company restructuring and the album was left in limbo, unfinished until the band reconvened earlier this year, largely motivated by public support.

The band have now found a home on Kscope and Three Fact Fader will be released on July 6th.

More information on Engineers and Three Fact Fader can be found at the new website at www.kscopemusic.com/engineers. The site also features a free mp3, remixes, videos, downloads, gallery and more.

You can also pre-order the album from the site. All orders placed through the Kscope store will come with an exclusive 2 track CD featuring the radio edit of the single Clean Coloured Wire and the Steven Wilson remix of Sometimes I Realise. This will be the only physical release of these tracks and will only be available from this site.

The band will be playing their first gig for over two years on July 10th at Bush Hall, London. For the gig they will be joined by Ulrich Schnauss and keyboard legend Richard Barbieri (Japan /Porcupine Tree) will also be performing a rare live set. Tickets are available from ticket web and we got tickets.

Engineers’ long awaited second album, Three Fact Fader, is due to released on Kscope on July 6th.

To mark the release, the band will be playing their first live gig in over 2 years on July 10th at the Bush Hall in London. They will also be joined onstage by special guest Ulrich Schnauss

In addition, Richard Barbieri (Porcupine Tree / ex-Japan) will also be performing a rare live set on what promises to be a special evening.

Tickets are available now for £13.50 (plus booking fee) from and

The Three Fact Fader mini-site will go live on May 19th at www.kscopemusic.com/engineers, which currently has a short video of Dan and Mark mixing the album in the studio to the album title track. You can also join the mailing list to download a free track from the album, Brighter As We Fall.

Lots of bands claim to be different, but few actually are. Engineers, though, are definitely one of the few.

They’re a group who ardently believe in the restless, symphonic power of music. They’re driven forward by the same impulse that compelled Dennis Wilson to write Pacific Ocean Blue or Talk Talk to forge Spirit Of Eden. When so much around them is prosaic and mundane, Engineers want to create music of immense depth and scope that combines the experimental with the emotional. Inspired by everything from Brian Eno and The Cocteau Twins through to Todd Rundgren and Spiritualized, they’re interested in the music they make and little else.

Three Fact Fader, the follow up to their critically acclaimed self-titled debut, will be released on Kscope on 6th July 2009.

The debut was described as ‘The most out-and-out gorgeous collection of songs you’ve heard in a long time’ by The Times (★★★★) and a

‘stunning debut from leading lights of nu-gaze… Engineers are never anything less than beautiful’ by the NME (9/10)

and Three Fact Fader follows this by creating an another album of panoramic beauty.

For more details sign up to the mailing list at www.kscopemusic.com/engineers
and check out their MySpace too!