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Ep 163: Head 2 Head: Ozric Tentacles & GONG We celebrate the Psychedelic Double Dip of new LPs from OZRIC TENTACLES and GONG with frank discussions with both guv’nors: ED WYNNE and KAVUS TORABI...   plus... the new TESSERACT single, a track from the forthcoming MARIUSZ DUDA album and a classic from the re-issue of ‘Murder Nature’ by HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM i.e. DANIEL CARDOSO OF ANATHEMA x KRISTOFFER RYGG of ULVER!     Tracklist; - OZRIC TENTACLES: Deep Blue Shade, Lotus Unfolding, Burundi Spaceport (from Lotus Unfolding) - OUT NOW - GONG: All Clocks Reset, My Guitar is a Spaceship, Tiny Galaxies - OUT NOW - TESSERACT: Echoes (edit) (from War of Being) - OUT NOW - MARIUSZ DUDA: Bots' Party (from AFR AI D) - 17th November 2023 - HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM: Baby Blue (from Murder Nature) - 17th November 2023     For more on the Kscope podcast visit www.kscopemusic.com/podcasts FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​ INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kscopemusic TWITTER www.twitter.com/kscopemusic​​ WEBSITE www.kscopemusic.com

Ep 162: Bumper edition. t 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 For more on the Kscope podcast visit www.kscopemusic.com/podcasts FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​ INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kscopemusic TWITTER www.twitter.com/kscopemusic​​ WEBSITE www.kscopemusic.com

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 feat. Michaela Naydenova (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 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)    For more on the Kscope podcast visit www.kscopemusic.com/podcasts FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​ INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kscopemusic TWITTER www.twitter.com/kscopemusic​​ WEBSITE www.kscopemusic.com

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)   For more on the Kscope podcast visit http://www.kscopemusic.com/podcasts FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​ INSTAGRAM http://www.instagram.com/kscopemusic TWITTER http://www.twitter.com/kscopemusic​​ WEBSITE http://www.kscopemusic.com

KSCOPE PODCAST 157; A RIGHT-ROYAL TABLE-CREAKER! Featuring some of the Kings and a Queen of the label: a trip around the Commonwealth, as we hear from ALEX LIFESON (of Rush) and ALF ANNIBALINI to find out what’s going on with ENVY OF NONE the second chapter and Canadian rock in general; … a trip to the principality as the Prince of Wales gets his Kingship because GODSTICKS have a new single out; …to Scotland to celebrate 10 years of ‘Fog Electric’ by NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; …to the seat of the original Kings, Somerset, for some 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... RAISE A GLASS!   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) www.kscopemusic.com

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 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 . 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)   For more on the Kscope podcast visit http://www.kscopemusic.com/podcasts  

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) For more on the Kscope podcast visit http://www.kscopemusic.com/podcasts

What is a “half-speed master”? Can artificial intelligence write a hit? How have Gazpacho stayed together for 25 years? Are Norwegian winters that bad? Why are we obsessed with authenticity in art? Is the first time Roland Barthes has been mentioned on the Kscope podcast? All these questions answered by Thomas Anderson of Gazpacho, as the band are well into their vinyl audiophile re-issue campaign. Tunes from same, and a new Anathema half-speed master, a new-to-vinyl O.R.k, and a new g…

A long chat on the Kscope sofa with COLIN EDWIN, who you may know best as the bassist of PORCUPINE TREE as there’s a new O.R.k. album out entitled SCREAMNASIUM out now. The band features award-winning vocalist/composer LEF, KING CRIMSON’s PAT MASTELOTTO and the unique guitar of CARMELO PIPITONE as well as Col’s bottom end.   We hear what happened re: Colin’s exclusion from PORCUPINE TREE and how he feels about it, why the new O.R.k. set turned out how it did, what happens to Pat at border control, and our genial host BILLY REEVES hears “Einstürzende Neubauten” spoken out loud for the first time ever. Plus new music from KLONE, EMPYRE, JOHNATHAN HULTÉN and a half-speed master from GAZPACHO…

Thanks for being there. Billy Reeves talks with Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) and Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, The Pineapple Thief) about the definition of collaboration in music, its pitfalls and advantages. Along the way we discuss the fall of Anathema, Steven Wilson’s teeth-brushing proclivities and a magic guitar… …and we get to hear many of Kscope’s collaborative tunes, serving as a history of the label and its family of musicians, including iamthemorning with Gav and Mariusz, Bruce with Jonas of Katatonia, Engineers and North Atlantic Oscillation.

A long overdue long-form catch-up with Jon Gomm and some sustenance for your stylus - a Kscope vinyl re-stock. Jon talks at length about Transylvania, the Gommunity, getting back in the saddle after the worst days of the Pando, traveling with his guitar in the next seat, and the amazing Swan Song charity – plus an exclusive on his next project plans… Plus, an update on the latest vinyl from Kscope, including Gomm, TesseracT, Lunatic Soul, Tangerine Dream, Mariusz Duda solo, and details of the next Kscope Podcast which is number 150! I know, right?   Playlist Blackfield - How Was Your Life? (from V) Mariusz Duda - Claustrophobic Universe (from Claustrophobic Universe) TesseracT - Dystopia (from Polaris) Jon Gomm - The Ghost Inside You & Until The Sun Destroys The Earth (from The Faintest Idea) Tangerine Dream - Fire On The Mountain (from Views From A Red Train) Lunatic Soul - Gutter (from Walking On A Flashlight Beam)   Thanks for listening! Please like, share, subscribe… love and light, Billy Reeves     

It’s Kscope Podcast 148 with your chum Billy Reeves. …featuring a proper old chinwag with one of the most interesting heroes of the British underground of the last 30 years, the influential and inspirational ED WYNNE, the legendary mainstay of OZRIC TENTACLES. Billy and Ed talk about his new album, his views on the modern festival, what Michael Eavis the Glastonbury founder is like, and what inspired him to get his hands on his own studio – plus a little insight into what’s coming next from said musichub… PLUS tunes from the new Ed Wynne album, a storming remix of a track from the ENVY OF NONE album (the new project from Alex Lifeson of RUSH), a solo single (and new album taster) from DANIEL TOMPKINS of TESSERACT... AND some clips from the latest KSCOPE SAMPLER - Vol 10;  which is now streaming on your platform of choice. ALSO listen out for how to get 20% off PORCUPINE TREE recordings…   Music: Daniel Tomkins: The Abyss (single) Ed Wynne: Infinity Curtains & Oilyvoice  (from ‘Tumbling Through The Floativerse’) Envy Of None: Dumb - Dumbkopf remix  (original version on their self-titled album) clips of Envy of None: You’ll Be Sorry (b-side of UNHCR Ukraine response fundraising 45rpm 7” available from visionmerch.com) Paul Draper: The Chad Who Loved Me (from ‘Attack of the Grey Lantern live at Ritz’) Tangerine Dream: Macchu Piccu (from the album of the same name) Jonathan Hulten: The Mountain (from Kscope Vol 10 sampler) Lunatic Soul: The Fountain (also from Kscope Vol 10 sampler)

KSCOPE IN CONCERT (and afterparty!) A.K.A. Kscope Podcast 147: midsummer bumper Golden Hour. ..being a trip around the world (with a small carbon footprint) to hear, in the flesh, your Kscope favourites live on stage. we're off to The U.S.A., Mexico, Norway, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and - Shepherd’s Bush... ...with Steven Wilson, Anathema, The Pineapple Thief, Blackfield, Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, Paul Draper of Mansun, Ulver, and No Man. PLUS, a bit of grooving and chat (with Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree & O.R.k.) at the afterparty; a “playback” of the new Kscope singles... STARRING, LIVE ON STAGE: THE PINEAPPLE THIEF with ‘Nothing at Best’ from Where We Stood (London) ANATHEMA WITH THE PLOVDIV PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA with ‘Closer’ from Universal (Plovdiv) BLACKFIELD with ‘Blackfield’ from NYC (New York) KATATONIA (feat. Bruce Soord) with ‘Day’ from Sanctitude (London) PAUL DRAPER OF MANSUN with ‘Feeling My Heart Run Slow' from Live at Scala (London) PORCUPINE TREE with ‘Fear of a Blank Planet’ from Anesthetize (Tilburg) ULVER with ‘In The Red’ from The Norwegian National Opera (Oslo) NO-MAN with ‘All the Blue Changes’ from Mixtaped (from Bush Hall, London) AND CLOSING THE SHOW… STEVEN WILSON with ‘Harmony Korine’ from Get All You Deserve (Mexico City) (plus, at the after party, a chat with Colin Edwin, the new single from his band O.R.k. entitled ‘As I Leave’ and Ed Wynne of Ozric Tentacles new single ‘Seen The Sun’ from his forthcoming album Tumbling Through The Floativerse) For more on the Kscope podcast visit http://www.kscopemusic.com/podcasts FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​ INSTAGRAM http://www.instagram.com/kscopemusic TWITTER http://www.twitter.com/kscopemusic​​ WEBSITE http://www.kscopemusic.com #podcast #newmusic #porcupinetree #Blackfield #thepineapplethief #anathema #ozrictentacles #katatonia #pauldraper #mansun #ulver #noman #stevenwilson #colinedwin

In Kscope 146 Mariusz Duda (Riverside, Lunatic Soul) and Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) find themselves in contemplative, nostalgic mood due to the pandemic, looking back at their younger selves. Mariusz through his Lockdown Trilogy project, recorded in isolation, inspired by the Euro-electronica of his youth (Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Tangerine Dream) and Bruce/The Pineapple Thief’s re-wired/re-worked LP Give It Back, featuring re-recorded, re-wired material with Gavin Harrison (featuring lyrical updates; bringing the stories told therein up-to-date too). We’ll hear from both Mariusz and Bruce herein. PLUS brand new music from the forthcoming Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles) album, a gorgeous track from the Jon Gomm album The Faintest Idea and, talking of abstract electronica, the guvnors, Tangerine Dream – a teaser from the spectacular book-set of La Divina Commedia. The past is part of our future.   PLAYLIST: MARIUSZ DUDA: ‘Racing Thoughts’, ‘Knock Lock’, 'Isolated’ (from The Lockdown Trilogy) TANGERINE DREAM: La Divina Commedia teaser ED WYNNE (with Gre Vanderloo): ‘Seen The Sun’ (from Tumbling Through The Floativerse) THE PINEAPPLE THIEF: ‘Dead In The Water’, ‘Shoot First’ (from Give It Back) JON GOMM: ‘Song For A Rainy Day’ (from The Faintest Idea)   Kscope stands with the victims of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, and fully condemns the senseless war.   #podcast #newmusic #mariuszduda #lockdowntrilogy #thepineapplethief #giveitback #tangerinedream #jongomm #ozrictentacles

Envy of None are Alex Lifeson of Rush, Andy Curran of Coney Hatch, studio avatar Alfio Annibalini and vocalist Maiah Wynne. Their amazing, chart-busting new album is out now. So, who does what? How did John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers lead them to getting involved with Kscope? And will there be an Envy of None 2? Alex, Andy, Alf and Maiah answer all, in their own words, herein.   PLUS new music from @thepineapplethief, Mariusz Duda, some @tesseractband and a reminder of our recent @recordstoreday specials… you can get them by shopping online as of TODAY.   PLAYLIST: ENVY OF NONE - Never Said I Love You, Look Inside, Liar (from Envy of None) THE PINEAPPLE THIEF - Dead in the Water (from Give it Back) TESSERACT - Dystopia (from P O R T A L S) MARIUSZ DUDA - News From the World (from Lockdown Trilogy)   #podcast #newmusic #envyofnone #rush #AlexLifeson #AndyCurran #AlfioAnnibalini #MaiahWynne #riverside