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EPISODE TWENTY SIX (April 27th 2012)
Billy and Tom interview Sam and Daniel on the forthcoming albums from North Atlantic Oscillation and Mothlite
Hi, welcome back to Kscope the Post-progressive Podcast.
We focus on two sophomore albums herein: ahead of the Kscope night at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill west London which features these two acts live – that’s on Wednesday May 2nd. (Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief has been added to the bill too!).
In this podcast you’ll hear from Sam Healy from North Atlantic Oscillation on their new album FOG ELECTRIC..
..and Daniel O’Sullivan from Mothlite on the new album DARK AGE.
You’ll hear more of Daniel from Mothlite’s work in the next Podcast, as we catch up with ULVER – the Norwegian dark music legends have an album forthcoming of re-workings of classic psychedelic tracks.
See you at the Tabernacle.
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Tracks featured:
North Atlantic Oscillation – Soft Coda (from Fog Electric)
North Atlantic Oscillation – Savage with Barometer (from Fog Electric)
Mothlite – Something in the Sky (from Dark Age)
Mothlite – Zebras (from Dark Age)
North Atlantic Oscillation’s new album Fog Electric will be released on April 30th through Kscope. It produced by Tony Doogan (Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian). Fog Electric is the follow-up to Grappling Hooks, NAO‘s debut which received massive critical acclaim when it was released in 2010. For more info, visit the album mini-site at www.fogelectric.co.uk
Mothlite is the brainchild of Daniel O’Sullivan. A prolific composer and multi-instrumentalist, O’Sullivan is a member of Ulver and a regular collaborator with Sunn O))), Guapo, Æthenor, Miracle and Grumbling Fur. For more info, visit the album mini-site at www.kscopemusic.com/mothlite
EPISODE TWENTY FIVE (April 2nd 2012)
Vincent from Anathema discusses new album ‘Weather Systems’
ANATHEMA return! Vincent Cavanagh, fresh off the train from Paris, speaks of the macrocosmic new album ‘Weather Systems’, which takes the emotional rollercoaster of their previous work to even higher levels.
Billy Reeves and Vincent discuss Holgar Czukay from Can’s ‘bravery of repetition’, the ‘right brain’ intuitive songwriting skills of brother Daniel, and the benefits of making an album in a nuclear bunker whilst in pyjamas.
AND you’ll hear details of the forthcoming Kscope night in London – May 2nd at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill.
It’s all free, and all for you. Next month, MOTHLITE and NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION…
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Tracks featured:
Anathema – Untouchable Pt1 (from Weather Systems)
Anathema – The Gathering of Clouds (from Weather Systems)
Anathema – Lightning Song (from Weather Systems)
Anathema – The Beginning and the End (from Weather Systems)
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EPISODE TWENTY FOUR (March 1st 2012)
Gazpacho, Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri discuss their new albums
Steve Hogarth from Marillion has teamed up with Richard Barbieri – probably best known for being part of Japan and Porcupine Tree – for a new album (out now) entitled ‘Not the Weapon but the Hand’. We’ll hear from both Steve and Richard on the LP, on why we filter out the rubbish when we think of the ‘70s, and on working with Dave Gregory (from XTC) in his ‘steam powered’ studio.
PLUS our dear chums Gazpacho have a new album on the way, (‘March of Ghosts’) so we sent intrepid reporter Scott from the Kscope office to Krypton Sound Planet – which is in Oslo, to speak to the chaps. He found them in good spirits and looking forward to their next tour, as long as the drains are tight…
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Tracks featured:
Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri – Crack (from Not The Weapon But The Hand)
Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri - A Cat With Seven Souls (from Not The Weapon But The Hand)
Gazpacho – The Dumb (from March of Ghosts)
Gazpacho – Black Lily (from March of Ghosts)
Gazpacho - Hell Freezes Over IV (from March of Ghosts)
EPISODE TWENTY THREE (January 31st 2012)
Looking into the year ahead, 2012
Welcome to Kscope, the post progressive podcast. Billy Reeves here, in this edition – a glimpse of the first few weeks and months of what’s coming up on the label featuring music from Gavin Harrison & 05Ric, Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri, Mothlite, North Atlantic Oscillation and Gazpacho.
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Tracks featured:
Mothlite – ‘Something in the Sky’ (from Dark Age)
Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri - ‘Naked’ (from Not The Weapon But The Hand)
North Atlantic Oscillation – ‘Soft Coda’ (from Fog Electric)
Gazpacho – ‘What Did I Do?’ (from March of Ghosts)
Gavin Harrison and O5Ric - ‘The Man Who Sold Himself’ (from The Man Who Sold Himself)
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EPISODE TWENTY TWO (December 16th 2011)
The 2011 Festive Special presented by Anathema
Festive greetings, and welcome to a retrospective of a (if we do say so ourselves) brilliant year at Kscope the Post-Progressive Podcast.
There’s been a a Grammy™ nomination, several successful tours, rejuvenated groups, new groups, old friends, the wonderful celebration of the label at the Union Chapel in London – and lots of love from you.
Thanks to crowd-sourcing on social media we have an unscientific straw poll of your favourite releases from this year’s Kscope family, here are they.. presented by the chaps from Anathema no less, Daniel and Vincent Cavanagh…..
Tracks featured:
Steven Wilson – Deform to Form a Star (from ‘Grace for Drowning’)
Lunatic Soul – Impressions IV (from ‘Impressions’)
Ulver – February MMX (from ‘Wars of the Roses’)
Gazpacho – Snail (from ‘Missa Atropos’)
Anathema – Kingdom (from ‘Falling Deeper’)
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EPISODE TWENTY ONE (November 25th 2011)
The ‘Night at the Union Chapel’ special
Recently, Kscope hosted a very special concert at 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.
What a night! A packed house from all over the world (you’ll hear from some of the audience too). If you were there, re-live it here. If you weren’t let’s take you there…
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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EPISODE TWENTY (October 3rd 2011)
The Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning special
Welcome to Kscope The Post Progressive Podcast Billy Reeves here – a Steven Wilson special – the brand new double album ‘Grace For Drowning’ is out now- an exclusive interview with Steven coming up. There’s a mini-site for the album, which includes more info, videos, a free download, tour details and the usual downloads, which can be found at: www.gracefordrowning.com
Pleasure having your company as always do please stay in touch on twitter @Kscope and of course via the website www.kscopemusic.com
Podcast content:
Interview with Steven Wilson
Tracks featured:
Like Dust I Have Cleared from my Eye
Index
Belle De Jour
Remainder the Black Dog
Postcard
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EPISODE NINETEEN (August 30th 2011)
Daniel Cavanagh from Anathema (at the Kscope Piano) discussing Falling Deeper
In this edition, Daniel Cavanagh from Anathema sits and plays the Kscope piano. He’s here to talk about about Falling Deeper, their stunning new album; and to reminisce about how the tunes were formed in their infancy.
The album is out now (order now from www.burningshed.com for your LP or CD). Falling Deeper continues where the acclaimed 2008 album Hindsight left off. The album features brand new arrangements of songs with a 26 piece string ensemble; which we reckon successfully brings to life the very essence from the melodies – the beautiful melancholia from Anathema’s earliest days as pioneers of heavy music.
Podcast content:
Interview with Danny Cavanagh
Tracks featured from Falling Deeper:
Crestfallen
Sleep in Sanity
Kingdom
They Die
Everwake
J’ai Fait une Promesse
Alone
We The Gods
Sunset of Age
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EPISODE EIGHTEEN (July 29th 2011)
The Fan’s Summer Selection
Welcome to Kscope, the Post-Progressive Podcast. Billy Reeves here.
Exciting news within: a fantasmagorical piece from the brand new Steven Wilson album, a haunting, skeletal melody from the brand new Anathema album, and a Kscope-hosted event at the gorgeous Union Chapel in north London on September 30th. I’m going!
Plus, thanks for getting in touch on the social networks; some Kscope classics suggested by you from Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief and Lunatic Soul are spun along the way.
Podcast content:
Steven Wilson – Remainder the Black Dog (taken from Grace for Drowning)
Lunatic Soul – Summerland (taken from Lunatic Soul) suggested by Edwin Faroe
Porcupine Tree – How is Your Life Today? (taken from Lightbulb Sun) suggested by Mark Derricutt
Anathema – Kingdom (taken from Falling Deeper)
The Pineapple Thief – So We Row (taken from Someone Here is Missing) suggested by Mark Hayward
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.
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Steven Wilson
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Anathema
Nosound
Engineers
Porcupine Tree
Lunatic Soul
EPISODE SEVENTEEN (July 1st 2011)
The Bruce Soord interview in Poland
Good morning, good afternoon or good evening; wherever you may be. Billy Reeves here; ergo, time for the latest instalment of Kscope, The Post-Progressive Podcast.
The Pineapple Thief have had a great couple of years: the most recent Kscope LP Someone Here is Missing (and plenty of key shows) have placed their bittersweet progressive-metal and awesome choruses into many more folks’ auditory cortexes. It’s been a decade of good work from the Yeovil boys; time therefore we thought to revisit the classic 10 Stories Down album, which is now out, remastered (and presented as a double CD with the 8 Days Later album as it was back in ’05).
Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief therefore is our special guest, some musings from the tour bus on the long drive west back from playing with Blackfield and Riverside in Europe. It’s festival season as I write, so as Bruce grew up only a few miles from the site of the UK’s biggest festival, Glastonbury, we get a few memories of how ‘Glasto’ has changed.
PLUS there’s some exciting news of new Steven Wilson and Anathema releases contained herein…
Podcast content:
Steven Wilson – Only Child (taken from Insurgentes)
The Pineapple Thief – Wretched Soul (taken from 10 Stories Down)
Interview with Bruce Soord
The Pineapple Thief – Sunday: King Street (taken from 8 Days Later)
Anathema – Flying (taken from Hindsight)
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EPISODE SIXTEEN (May 31st 2011)
Giancarlo Erra discusses the new Nosound project, ‘A Northern Religion of Things’
Good morning, good afternoon or good evening; wherever you may be. Billy Reeves here; ergo, time for the latest instalment of Kscope, The Post Progressive Podcast.
Giancarlo Erra from Nosound is our very special guest. The new release is entitled A Northern Religion of Things – an album recorded during the rehearsal process for the special solo gig Giancarlo performed last year. Giancarlo tells us how and why. BEAUTIFUL.
Engineers release a new 7-track EP on Kscope on June 13th, lead by To An Evergreen, one of the highlights from their greatly acclaimed In Praise of More LP which came out late last year. So here’s Portland studio boffins Helios with their folktronic take on What It’s Worth. HAUNTING.
And as our chums The Pineapple Thief have been touring with Riverside: an excuse to revisit some of Mariusz Duda from Riverside’s solo work, a cracker from Lunatic Soul (from Lunatic Soul II). There’s going to be some new LS material soon, we’re told, watch this space!
Podcast content:
Engineers – What It’s Worth (Helios Remix) (taken from the To An Evergreen ep)
Nosound – Kites (taken from A Northern Religion of Things)
Interview with Giancarlo Erra
Nosound – Tender Claim (taken from A Northern Religion of Things)
Lunatic Soul Suspended in Whiteness (taken from Lunatic Soul II)
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www.kscopemusic.com/lunaticsoul
www.kscopemusic.com/thepineapplethief
EPISODE FIFTEEN (May 3rd 2011)
Ulver – a conversation with the Wolves.
Billy Reeves here, I hope you’re well. Ulver, legends of Norway, have signed to Kscope, I’m proud to say. Their LP, loosely based around the theme of nationhood entitled Wars of the Roses is out now. We’ll hear two tracks, and an ultra-mega-rare interview with the band. www.kscopemusic.com/ulver
Our dear friend Steven Wilson is as busy as ever. Touring with Blackfield in support of their beautiful new LP Welcome To My DNA www.kscopemusic.com/blackfield/welcometomydna – and this month popping up on a 7” to help publicise International Record Store day: a version of The Cardiacs’ ‘Stoneage Dinosaurs’.
And Engineers will be releasing a single from their superb album In Praise of More soon, as a digital EP with various exciting remixes, ahead of a visit to my favourite London venue, the University of London Union on Friday 13th May.
www.kscopemusic.com/engineers/inpraiseofmore (Our chums North Atlantic Oscillation will be there as the support band, and I’ll be there too so do come and say hello)
Podcast content:
Steven Wilson – Stoneage Dinosaur (taken from the Record Store Day Exclusive 7″)
Ulver – England (taken from Wars of the Roses)
Interview with Ulver
Ulver – September IV (taken from Wars of the Roses)
Engineers – To an Evergreen (taken from In Praise of More)
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EPISODE FOURTEEN (February 28th 2011)
Aviv Geffen drops in for a chat
We’ll start with something new to the Kscope family if we may: welcome Ulver: one of the most astonishing live bands you’ll see. “..an immersive experience, fuelled by haunting, progressive art. After such a night, you don’t want to see another band for a few days. Because anything else would pale when put alongside Ulver” say Classic Rock, and I’m inclined to agree.
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Our main course this episode is arguably the most interesting person currently working in the field of rock music, Aviv Geffen. An exclusive and frank interview with Aviv is bookended herein by two beautiful tracks from the new Blackfield LP (his collaboration with Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree of course).
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The Pineapple Thief are supporting Blackfield on the first few dates of the latter’s big tour: to celebrate – a track from The Pineapple Thief’s free two-hour digital gift to their fans Someone Here is Live – free to download here
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Podcast content:
Ulver – February MMX (taken from Wars of the Roses)
Blackfield – Waving (taken from Welcome to My DNA)
Interview with Aviv Geffen
Blackfield – Oxygen (taken from Welcome to My DNA)
The Pineapple Thief – Wake up the Dead (taken from Someone Here is Live)
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EPISODE THIRTEEN (February 28th 2011)
Kscope welcome Gazpacho
Wherever you may be, a very warm hello and welcome back to Kscope, The Post-Progressive Podcast.
Billy Reeves here, I trust you’re well. Let’s begin with the eagerly anticipated Blackfield album! A really pretty track from Welcome To My DNA, soaring strings courtesy of Aviv Geffen & a lovely vocal from Steven Wilson; is this Blackfield’s best LP to date? You can decide on March 28th. Meanwhile sign up to the mailing list and get this piece (Glass House) for free: www.Kscopemusic.com/Blackfield
PLUS new sounds from the giants of Norwegian Artrock – Gazpacho. Their LP Missa Atropos is a grand affair; so your genial host met up with the band backstage at a packed-out show in north west London to hear more about the album’s narrative (and Gazpacho’s connections with Marillion). Pop along to www.kscopemusic.com/gazpacho for more.
AND details of Nosound’s latest iPhone app ..which gives us the perfect excuse to play a track from Nosound’s award-winning Kscope LP A Sense Of Loss.
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Podcast content:
Blackfield – Glass House (taken from Welcome to My DNA)
Gazpacho – Vera (taken from Missa Atropos)
Interview with Gazpacho
Gazpacho – Defense Mechanism (taken from Missa Atropos)
Nosound – Fading Silently (taken from A Sense of Loss)
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EPISODE TWELVE (January 31st 2011)
The 1st Anniversary Podcast
Hello. It’s the first anniversary of Kscope; The Post-Progressive Podcast. Happy anniversary to us!!
Billy Reeves here, I trust you’re well. Herein some exciting news concerning Steven Wilson & Aviv Geffen’s Blackfield project, North Atlantic Oscillation remix a track from a Grammy® nominated LP, Danny Cavanagh from Anathema gives us a status update on the current tour and the plans for the new album: and we hear new sounds from the giants of Norwegian Artrock – Gazpacho.
Plus a couple of oldies getting the heavyweight-vinyl treatment (from Anathema and Blackfield) – and details of the London Kscope shows that I, your genial host will be down the front at! Kscope, The Post-Progressive Podcast is also available on Podbean – subscribe for free, ideal for listen to on your music player or through your computer, and via iTunes too…
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Podcast content:
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Snowden’s Jig (remixed by North Atlantic Oscillation)
Blackfield – Blackfield (taken from the album Blackfield)
Interview with Danny Cavanagh
Anathema – A Natural Disaster (taken from the album A Natural Disaster)
Gazpacho – River (taken from Missa Atropos)
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EPISODE ELEVEN (December 31st 2010)
The 2010 Round Up Podcast
It’s been quite a year at Kscope: climaxing with the Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine Critics’ poll: ALBUM OF THE YEAR – ANATHEMA – WE’RE HERE BECAUSE WE’RE HERE, with The Pineapple Thief and North Atlantic Oscillation in the top 5 too, and three Kscope films in the Best DVD top 5 too: PORCUPINE TREE’S ANESTHETIZE at #1.
So a round up of the Podcast year is in order wethinks: you’ll hear genial host Billy Reeves chatting with Steven Wilson, Engineers, Anathema, Bruce from The Pineapple Thief and some of our favourite tunes of the year from those chaps – and of course no half-measures: you’ll also hear something new to Kscope (coming out in February), the giants of Norwegian Artrock – Gazpacho.
Many thanks for being at the other end.
HAPPY (and Progressive) NEW YEAR!
Podcast content:
Gazpacho – Snail (taken from Missa Atropos)
Interview with Steven Wilson
North Atlantic Oscillation – Ceiling Poem (taken from Grappling Hooks)
Interview with Engineers
Engineers – To An Evergreen (taken from In Praise of More)
Interview with Anathema
Anathema – Thin Air (taken from We’re Here Because We’re Here)
Interview with Bruce Soord from The Pineapple Thief
The Pineapple Thief – Nothing at Best (taken from Someone Here is Missing)
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EPISODE TEN (November 26th 2010)
The Lasse Hoile interview podcast
This time your genial host Billy Reeves meets up with Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson long-term visual collaborator Lasse Hoile. Porcupine Tree played a sold-out show at The Royal Albert Hall where Lasse also exhibited some of his artwork. Wilson and Hoile have made a manifesto-movie which is now out as a double DVD on Kscope, entitled Insurgentes, and Wilson has started work on his next solo LP – so much to talk about with Lasse!
Plus you’ll hear from the members of the Kscope family who are currently treading the boards on tour: Engineers, North Atlantic Oscillation and Anathema – PLUS the chat with Lasse gives us the perfect excuse to spin two tracks from the Insurgentes album: the awesome Harmony Korine, and a rarity from the audio extras on the DVD, Western Home.
AND listen for news of a very special Anathema concert in their home town…
Podcast content:
Engineers – Subtober (taken from In Praise of More)
Steven Wilson – Harmony Korine (taken from Insurgentes)
Interview with Lasse Hoile
North Atlantic Oscillation – 77 Hours (taken from Grappling Hooks)
Steven Wilson – A Western Home (audio track taken from the Insurgentes DVD)
Anathema – Everything (taken from We’re Here Because We’re Here)
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EPISODE NINE (October 29th 2010)
The Lunatic Soul interview podcast
Kscope are proud to be releasing Lunatic Soul II this week: the second half of a narrative inspired by folk-tales of the Slavic people of what is now Poland and Germany. Mariusz explains a little more herein; and of course you get to hear tracks from this amazing & bright new set. Mariusz is the creative force of Polish Progressive giants Riverside, so your genial host Billy Reeves also finds out what 2011 holds for Mariusz’s host band.
PLUS – A brand new track from The Pineapple Thief’s new ep, Show a Little Love
…AND an unashamed link to the next Kscope; The Post-Progressive Podcast where your guest will be Lasse Hoile (Steven Wilson & Porcupine Tree’s photographer, documenter and visual artist). Lasse was exhibiting his art at Porcupine Tree’s triumphant show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, so therefore a great excuse to spin a P.T. classic from ’93..
Podcast content:
The Pineapple Thief – A Million Miles Off Course (taken from Show a Little Love)
Lunatic Soul – Asoulum (taken from Lunatic Soul 2)
Interview with Mariusz Duda
Lunatic Soul – Escape From Paradise (taken from Lunatic Soul)
Porcupine Tree – Up The Downstair (taken from Up The Downstair)
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EPISODE EIGHT (September 24th 2010)
Gavin Harrison and a lot of tom-toms!
In this edition of Kscope The Post-Progressive Podcast we sit Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison behind a massive drum kit and chat about (and have a listen to) his latest INCREDIBLE collaboration with 05Ric – Circles.
Gavin’s much in demand when not with PT, indeed most recently he’s been with King Crimson, and he’s also famous for writing books and instructional DVDs on the drummer’s art: therefore we get a quick lesson (well, two actually: one for the absolute beginner, and one for the VERY advanced).
PLUS – the brand new single from Engineers (about to go off on their first UK tour for five years), a Pineapple Thief modern-day classic (and details of a new EP to coincide with their European dates) and a taster of the forthcoming Lunatic Soul LP (the 2nd solo release from Mariusz Duda of Riverside)
Podcast content:
Engineers – In Praise of More (taken from In Praise of More)
Gavin Harrison & 05Ric – Faith (taken from Circles)
Interview with Gavin Harrison
Gavin Harrison & 05Ric – Last Call (taken from Circles)
Lunatic Soul – Wanderings (taken from Lunatic Soul 2)
The Pineapple Thief – Show a Little Love (taken from Show a Little Love ep)
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EPISODE SEVEN (August 27th 2010)
Steven Wilson on Insurgentes & the new Engineers
Steven Wilson returns to Kscope The Post Progressive Podcast this month as there’s a couple of relevant releases: Insurgentes – his hugely entertaining road movie and part artist-manifesto comes out on Kscope as an extra-packed double DVD soon: PLUS the very early work of Porcupine Tree, Recordings, also gets a release on Kscope shortly. Thus you’ll hear the thoughts of Steven on the inception of the movie and the smashing of his iPods in conversation with your host, Billy Reeves.
PLUS Engineers have a new LP coming out hot on the heels of Three Fact Fader – an album that picked up reviews rammed with superlatives from both the music press and the quality press – and it seems they’ve really enjoyed themselves making this new one, In Praise of More. Billy speaks to Mark and Ulrich from the band on a rainy afternoon in east London, and you’ll hear a couple of barnstormers from the LP and how to download the single for free….
AND as a little taster of next month’s Podcast: a spin of Circles: the title track from the LP from Porcupine Tree’s Gavin Harrison which is getting a proper release via Kscope in the near future. It’s amazing!
Podcast content:
Porcupine Tree – Buying New Soul (taken from Recordings)
Engineers – Subtober (taken from In Praise of More)
Interview with Mark Peters and Ulrich Schnauss
Steven Wilson – Insurgentes (taken from the Insurgentes DVD and album)
Interview with Steven Wilson
Gavin Harrison & 05Ric – Circles (taken from Circles)
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EPISODE SIX (July 30th 2010)
Ciao bella – It’s a happening scene, it’s Kscope - the Post-progressive Podcast with Giancarlo Erra from NoSound.
We’re excited to be releasing the NoSound debut LP Sol29 (originally released in 2005) as a CD/DVD double. A rare interview with Giancarlo is in order therefore, to discover what’s different for him and the band 5 years on, to explore his relationship with NoSound’s most recent album (the painfully personal and melancholy A Sense of Loss) and how he writes lyrics in his second language.
PLUS! Talking of rare early outings – Porcupine Tree are making Recordings (their curio cabinet of precious memories) available as a sumptuous re-release shortly so you’ll hear a track from that: also genial host Billy Reeves allows Giancarlo to pick a tune from the Kscope family – and ahead of an announcement of the eagerly awaited Engineers LP you’re reminded of their skill with an arpeggio.
Podcast content:
Porcupine Tree – Cure for Optimism (taken from Recordings)
Interview with Giancarlo
Nosound – In The White Air (taken from Sol29)
Interview with Giancarlo (continued)
Nosound – Constant Contrast (taken from A Sense of Loss)
Interview with Giancarlo (continued)
Anathema – Thin Air (taken from We’re Here Because We’re Here)
Engineers – What Pushed us Together (taken from Three Fact Fader)
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EPISODE FIVE (June 25th 2010)
Here at Kscope as you may have noticed we’re very keen on the visuals as well as the music. One of our top chums helping us present our art to you is the wonderful Carl Glover, and it is he Billy Reeves speaks with in this edition of Kscope – The Post Progressive Podcast. The themes and collaboration behind the recent Porcupine Tree, Steven Wilson & No-Man LPs and DVDs is discussed, as well as Carl’s all-time favourite album sleeve. We’re not looking back to a golden age of album art here at Kscope, we’re looking forward.
And, to accompany the visuals, some Kscope tunes; including Twilight Coda from Insurgentes (Steven Wilson’s documentary/road movie/LP/mini-manifesto which is out on DVD via Kscope real soon). PLUS some Porcupine Tree, some No-Man, some Anekdoten and Nosound – including news of the next Nosound release. It’s all sounding good: and looking good too, baby.
Podcast content:
Nosound – Some Warmth Into This Chill (taken from A Sense of Loss)
Porcupine Tree – Normal (taken from Anesthetize)
Interview with Carl Glover
No-Man – Together We Are Stranger (taken from Together We’re Stranger)
Interview with Carl Glover
Steven Wilson – Twilight Coda (taken from Insurgentes)
Anekdoten – Gravity (taken from Chapters)
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EPISODE FOUR (May 28th 2010)
Welcome back to Kscope – The Post-Progressive Podcast: in which the venerable rock critic Jerry Ewing (Editor of Classic Rock presents Prog) claims Prog is not a four-letter word, and your genial host Billy Reeves speaks to the lovely Bruce Soord from the wonderful The Pineapple Thief (a man who knows his arpeggios from his elbow) about (a) the terrific Pineapple Thief LP Someone Here is Missing, and (b) how the man who designed all your favourite Floyd and Led Zep sleeves got Bruce smothered in post-it notes…
AND you get to hear two tracks from The Pineapple Thief, an awesome one from the new Anathema LP, an oldie from Lunatic Soul: and if that wasn’t enough, details of a forthcoming Kscope re-issue of a classic from Porcupine Tree. Incidentally we’ve just released the live Porcupine Tree DVD Anesthetize…
Crivens!
Podcast content:
Porcupine Tree – Normal
Anathema – Summer Night Horizon
Interview with Jerry Ewing
The Pineapple Thief – Someone Here is Missing
Interview with Bruce Soord
The Pineapple Thief – Nothing at Best
Lunatic Soul – Lunatic Soul
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EPISODE THREE (April 30th 2010)
Welcome back to you AND welcome back to Anathema: with their first LP proper for 5 years. It’s a masterpiece.
Mixed by Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree (from whom we hear in a candid reflection of his time working on the project) the LP is entitled ‘We’re Here Because We’re Here’. So, in this episode your host Billy Reeves hops into the Kscope jalopy and travels to the city of Liverpool to interrupt an Anathema rehearsal. Danny and Vincent Cavanagh speak of their pride in the record, it’s creative gestation and list the countries where they’re popular! A trip to the USA is planned too, it seems…
AND there’s a new LP imminent on Kscope from The Pineapple Thief: which rocks harder than, well, a big rock. You’ll hear a track from that too which will burn itself onto your auditary cortex. And if that wasn’t enough Kscope – the Post-Progressive Podcast – spins a Porcupine Tree live tune from the Dutch leg of the last world tour (part of the new DVD film ‘Anesthetize’) and you’ll be slack-jawed at the new single from band du jour North Atlantic Oscillation.
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Podcast content:
North Atlantic Oscillation – Ceiling Poem (from Grappling Hooks)
Porcupine Tree – Way Out Of Here (from Anesthetize)
Interview with Steven Wilson
Anathema – Thin Air (from We’re Here Because We’re Here)
Interview with Anathema
Anathema – Dreaming Light (from We’re Here Because We’re Here)
The Pineapple Thief – Show a Little Love (from Someone Here Is Missing)
EPISODE TWO (March 26th 2010)
In this edition of Kscope, the Post-Progressive Podcast, we meet up with Tim Bowness from No-Man to talk about the recent double DVD Mixtaped, the forthcoming reissue of Wild Opera, to find out why a No-Man concert is a rare and precious thing, and to find out what he has planned…AND we go backstage with nu-gaze pioneers Engineers to find them in good spirits after a line-up change, and to discover whether ‘Shoegaze’ is a blessing or a curse!
And, of course, your genial host Billy Reeves plays you tracks from Richard Barbieri, No-Man, Engineers, a brand new one from the eagerly awaited forthcoming The Pineapple Thief album, and North Atlantic Oscillation: who since their appearence on the previous Kscope, The Post Progressive Podcast, have become the hippest rock band in the UK (a Radio 1 album of the week, 8/10 in the NME, raves from the London Sunday Times and Uncut amongst others). Told you so!
PLUS, listen out for news of the forthcoming Anathema album…
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Podcast content:
Richard Barbieri - Light On Glass ( from Things Buried which is being reissued on Kscope)
No-Man – Things Change (from the DVD Mixtaped)
Interview with Tim Bowness
No-Man - Dry Cleaning Ray (from forthcoming Wild Opera reissue)
Nothing At Best (taken from new album Someone Here is Missing)
Engineers - Clean Coloured Wire (from Three Fact Fader)
Interview with Simon, Mark and Ulrich from Engineers
Engineers - International Dirge (from Three Fact Fader)
North Atlantic Oscillation - Alexanderplatz (from Grappling Hooks)
EPISODE ONE (February 26th 2010)
Welcome to the post progressive Podcast from Kscope, London England. In this inaugural episode you’ll hear from STEVEN WILSON from PORCUPINE TREE on the label’s family (as well his latest Insurgentes solo project/movie news) plus your host, Billy Reeves, spends an evening in London’s east End with new signing North Atlantic Oscillation. Plenty of beautiful music too, from Steven Wilson, Anathema, The Pineapple Thief and the afore mentioned NAO.
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In your next edition, Steven keeps you up to date with the progress of the new Anathema LP, their first for 5 years…
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Podcast content:
Steven Wilson - Harmony Korine David A Sitek Mix (from Insurgentes RMXS)
Interview with Steven Wilson
North Atlantic Oscillation - Drawing Maps From Memory (from Grappling Hooks)
Interview with North Atlantic Oscillation
North Atlantic Oscillation – Cell Count (from Callsigns ep and Grappling Hooks)
The Pineapple Thief – The World I Always Dreamed of (from 3000 days)
Interview with Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson – Abandoner (from Insurgentes)
Anathema – Are You There (from Hindsight)
