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Podcast #152 - A.I., Artistry and Authenticity with Thomas Anderson of Gazpacho and Billy Reeves

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 signing…

Podcast #151 - O.R.k. 'Screamnasium' feat. Colin Edwin

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… Tracklist: O.R.k. - Don’t Call Me a Joke, As I Leave, Someone Waits (from Screamnasium) GAZPACHO - Hell Freezes Over I (from March of Ghosts) EMPYRE - Relentless (from Relentless) KLONE - Within Reach (new single) Jonathan Hultén - ...And the Pillars Tremble (Forest Version)

Podcast #150 - The Spirit of Collaboration (Co-hosted by Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord)

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. Playlist: The Pineapple Thief - Nothing at Best (from 2010’s Someone Here is Missing) Anathema - Thin Air (from 2010’s We’re Here Because We’re Here) Steven Wilson - Harmony Korine ft. Gavin Harrison (from 2008’s Insurgentes) Engineers - Subtober (North Atlantic Oscillation remix) (from 2011’s To An Evergreen EP) iamthemorning - Lighthouse ft. Mariusz Duda AND Gavin Harrison (from 2016’s Lighthouse) Richard Barbieri - New Found Land (from 2017’s Planets and Persona) Wisdom of Crowds (Jonas Renkse (KATATONIA) & Bruce Soord) - The Light (from 2013’s Wisdom of Crowds) The Pineapple Thief - Warm Seas ft. Gavin Harrison (from Uncovering The Tracks) Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (version from 2012’s Octane Twisted, original from 2005 Deadwing)

Podcast #148 - Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles) dives into Tumbling Through The Floativerse

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)

Podcast #147 - Kscope Live, plus O.R.k.

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