The series of re-mastered reissues from The Pineapple Thief’s back catalogue continues in October with a new 2CD edition of Variations On A Dream.

Variations On A Dream was the band’s third studio album and was originally released in 2004 on the Cyclops label. Bruce has re-mixed and re-mastered the album for this Kscope edition. It is also presented in the same way as the originally limited double album release with the 8 Days album (limited to 1000 copies and never released separately) on CD2.

Variations On A Dream is now available to pre-order from the Kscope store. It follows the recent reissue of the band’s 2005 album, 10 Stories Down. A video of Bruce and Steve from TPT discussing 10 Stories Down is also now online.

Steve and Bruce were also filmed at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios while the band recorded a cover of Money by Pink Floyd for a recent Mojo covermount CD, watch the video below.

Bruce will be performing a solo set at A Night in the Union Chapel, a special Kscope evening that takes place on Friday September 30th full details here).

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North Atlantic Oscillation has been announced as the support act for ten of the dates of Blackfield’s upcoming European tour.

Following their performance at the IO pages festival in Zoetermeer, Holland on April 17th they will be playing at these dates:

18th April Pratteln, Z7, Switzerland
19th April Milan, Magazzini Generali, Italy
20th April Rome, Alpheus, Italy
21st April Treviso, New Age, Italy
23rd April Karlsruhe, New Substage, Germany
24th April Frankfurt, Batschkapp, Germany
25th April Bochum, Matrix, Germany
26th April Cologne, Stollwerck, Germany
28th April Antwerp, Trix Hall, Belgium
29th April Trianon, Paris, France

NAO are about to start work on their second album but a special edition of Grappling Hooks will be released in May. This 2CD set will collect a selection of remixes of tracks from the album along with tracks recorded for a BBC 6 Music session and the band’s beautiful cover of the doo-wop classic I Only Have Eyes For You.

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A new webpage for the Kscope edition of Circles, the second album from Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison and the multi-instrumentalist, singer and extended range bass player 05Ric, is now online at: www.kscopemusic.com/gavinharrison. The site features info about the album along with audio samples of some of the tracks.

For this Kscope edition the album has been extended to a 2CD set that includes the original album plus a 5.1 surround mix. It is available in stores now, as well the Kscope store. Click here to order your copy.

The project is the result of a chance meeting between the two which led to one of the most interesting and complex musical collaborations in recent years. 05Ric has developed a fresh, exciting, style of singing and virtuoso playing, which blended with the extraordinary drumming of Gavin Harrison has produced some unique results.

Circles picks up from where their debut Drop left off. The 10 songs feature Ric’s amazing extended range bass and haunting vocals – along with Gavin’s mind bending rhythmic designs and unusual expressions on the drums.

Tracklist
Disc 1 CD / Disc 2 DVD-A
1. Circles
2. Source
3. Last Call
4. Crisis
5. Faith
6. Scar
7. Break
8. Beyond The ‘A’
9. Eye
10. Goodbye

For more information and audio samples from Circles, visit the web page at: www.kscopemusic.com/gavinharrison

Nosound have announced that the long awaited reissue of their 2005 debut album Sol29 will be available on Kscope from August 2nd 2010. The album has been out of print for almost two years, during which time it has become a collectible (and much requested!) piece. The album will be expanded to a 2disc set (CD + DVD) and will be packaged in a super jewel case with slipcase and feature new and revised artwork as well as the original photographic booklet.

The audio CD will feature completely new digitally restored and analogue mastered audio from the original 2005 album, plus three extra re-mastered tracks (clocking in at 78 minutes of music!).

The DVD features a brand new 10 minute video for Sol29, plus the original three ambient/experimental audio video tracks included on The World Is Outside DVD-R. As an extra for fans that missed the first release, the Kscope edition will also include all the original mixes of Sol29 as they were released on 2005 album version. This will be the final and official Sol29 release, collecting all the Nosound early studio material in one single release.

Before this release the band will be returning to the stage starting with a special homecoming gig on May 29th. Following the success of their recent gig at the famous CrossRoads venue in Rome where they were joined on stage by a full wooden string quartet to play the whole of the A Sense of Loss album, the band return to Rome on May 29th for another gig which promises to be an equally special night.

For this gig, a headline slot for one of the Unprogged.com nights, Nosound will return to their original five piece rock band formation playing a 90 minute set featuring a selection of their favourite tracks from their three albums at the small and intimate Dissesto Musicale venue in a rural village near Rome. More information can be found at the band’s official website www.nosound.net

The band has already started work on their fourth studio album which will be released in 2011. Writing and recording sessions already started in UK, and will continue during the summer with the whole band recording in their brand new recording studio located on the hills around Rome.

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Last year The Pineapple Thief launched Kscope with the critically acclaimed album, Tightly Unwound.
 
While the album was many people’s introduction to the band they have actually spent the past ten years quietly building up a dedicated fan base across the globe, selling over 25,000 records and nurturing their ‘bittersweet’ progressive sound.
 
This release is the first in a series of re-mastered reissues from the band’s back catalogue.
 
Little Man is the band’s fifth album and was originally released in 2006 on the Cyclops label.
 
Bruce Soord had these recollections about the album:

‘Little Man was one of the last releases we had on our previous label.  In fact, it was this album that got us noticed by and ultimately signed to Kscope, thanks in no small part to Steven Wilson putting in a good word for us.  Unfortunately, this album has been out of print for some time.


Little Man remains one of my favourite TPT releases.  I am grateful that I have had the chance to remix and re-master this album as I was never entirely happy with the original mixes.  Back in 2006, life was very different, as was the quality of my studio.  This new version has sorted out all my gripes.  We’ve taken all the original multitracks and remixed the songs from the ground up, but always maintaining the spirit of the originals.  It was painful to live with what I always felt was an unfinished mix.  It now sounds as I wanted it to be heard.’

Little Man is now available to pre-order from the Kscope store now and will ship from January 18th
 

Joining Lightbulb Sun on Kscope is the Porcupine Tree DVD, Arriving Somewhere. Filmed on October 11th and 12th 2005 at Park West, Chicago, on the Deadwing Tour, the DVD captures the band in
glorious 5.1 & stereo.

Alongside the Park West performance, the double DVD set also features a host of extras including Lasse Hoile’s films for Halo, The Start of Something Beautiful, and Mother and Child Divided, Lazarus promo clip, Futile and Radioactive Toy from German Rockpalast TV broadcast, Gavin Harrison’s Cymbal Song in 5.1 surround sound and a photo gallery.

Captures the Brit quartet at the peak of their powers ★★★★★
Record Collector

The DVD will be released on April 21st.