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In this episode we talk to Nick Beggs - Pop star, bass player, chapman stick aficionado, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Steven Wilson alumnus, illustrator…  a dream interviewee! Most recently, along with fellow Wilson band boys Adam Holzman and Craig Blundell he has formed TRIFECTA, whose second album ‘The New Normal’ is out now. Billy Reeves digs deep into the Beggs brain recesses to find out about the dynamic of the band, how certain songs came to be and how the Alex Lifeson (Rush/Envy of None) connection happened on their single “Once around the sun with you” , a song Nick wrote for his wife and incidentally, you can find out what she really thinks about his music ! Track list:  Stupid Pop Song - Trifecta  Once Around The Sun With You - Trifecta  Chinese Fire Drill - Trifecta  Sibling Rivalry - Trifecta  Echoes - TessseracT    you can keep up to date with all the latest news from Kscope on our socials: https://www.instagram.com/kscopemusic/ www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic  https://open.spotify.com/user/kscopemusic https://www.youtube.com/@kscopemusic  https://kscopemusic.com/  

In this episode, Billy Reeves takes a trip to the Kscope offices and spends some time talking to Kscope's Johnny Wilks.  We hear a few pieces of exciting exclusive news from Johnny about upcoming Kscope releases and artists being added to the roster as well as a brief history of the label itself. We are also offering you a couple of tracks you may not have heard yet as well as the details of our Record store day releases. There really is a lot coming up from Kscope so this is an insider episode fans of the label won’t want to miss! Music/rare tracks from Oceansize, Bruce Soord, Mansun, Trifecta and The Pineapple Thief   keep up to date with all things Kscope:  FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​ INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kscopemusic TWITTER www.twitter.com/kscopemusic​​ WEBSITE www.kscopemusic.com  

THIS EPISODE COMES WITH A RUDE WORD WARNING! Welcome to Episode 167 of the Kscope podcast, the mornings are getting brighter, the daffs are out and Spring is round the corner so our thoughts have turned to regeneration and replenishment. Record Store Day special editions have been announced, and we will also be celebrating some of the other reissues that Kscope have either released recently or have on the horizon; we’re re-stocking the shelves and the cupboards for you…  so…. ..in a bumper edition Billy Reeves chats to Mike Vennart who is trusting us with his Oceansize re-issues whilst he enjoys his day job(s) with Biffy Clyro and Empire State Bastard; Steven Wilson talks about the reaction to ‘The Raven That Refused To Sing’; Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) reflects on 25 years in showbiz; Kristoffer Rygg of Ulver on putting himself out there and Aviv Geffen (Blackfield) explains his ‘odd-couple’ relationship with the aforementioned Mr Wilson.   And the music from the brand new unblemished vinyl editions comes from OCEANSIZE THE PINEAPPLE THIEF STEVEN WILSON BLACKFIELD LID (Daniel Cavanagh of Anathema & Eric Wagner of Trouble) OZRIC TENTACLES MANSUN   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 166 - The Pineapple Thief - 'It Leads to This' An in-depth Billy Reeves interview with Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief: all about the brand new TPT LP which is out now. How does the hardest working man in showbiz keep so disciplined? Is this, dare I say it, a “political” album? Who is the John Taylor to Bruce’s Simon Le Bon? PLUS we’ll hear four choice tracks in full and hear the stories behind them. It’s emotional…   Playlist: It Leads to This Put it Right Every Trace of Us The Frost   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​ INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kscopemusic TWITTER www.twitter.com/kscopemusic​​ WEBSITE www.kscopemusic.com

TesserchaT - A Kscope Podcast TesseracT half-hour special, featuring chat from all five of the band. Who is the party animal on tour, and conversely, who does yoga? What advice can TesseracT give to bands starting out? What was it like getting together in the studio after all this time, and why on earth was there absolutely no arguments? Where in the world do they get treated as pop stars? You can find the Kscope Podcast at the beginning of every month on your favourite Podcast platform. You’ll find 165 back issues featuring interviews and music from the acts, including Steven Wilson, Gavin Harrison, The Anchoress, Richard Barbieri, Daniel Tompkins, Marjana Semkina, Ulver, Bruce Soord and many, many, many others. Presented by your chum, Billy Reeves. Tune in and turn on!   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 165 - EQUILIBRIUM In an ugly world, we must equalise with beauty.  Kscope artistes have succeeded in doing this in 2023 . Lots of chat this year about the challenges facing musicians, advice for those starting out, touring and merch. Moving to a new country. Using the web as a portal. Hear from our chums... ALEX LIFESON of RUSH and ENVY OF NONE, BRUCE SOORD, DANIEL, AMOS and JAMES of TESSERACT, JONATHAN HULTÉN, HENRIK of EMPIRE, ED OZRICS, KAVUS TORABI of GONG and we reveal the Billy pick for non-Kscope track of the year. Thanks for listening, it means a lot....   Playlist: Mariusz Duda - I Love To Chat With You (from AFR AI D Jonathan Hultén - The Mountain (from The Forest Sessions) Empyre - Parasites (from Relentless) Envy of None - Dumb (Der Dummkopf Remix) (from That Was Then) Godsticks - Don't Say a Word To Me (from This is What a Winner Looks Like) Daniel Tompkins - Ruins (from Ruins Live) Gleb Kolyadin - Apparatus (from The Outland) TesseracT - Echoes (from War of Being) Ozric Tentacles - Burundi Spaceport (from Lotus Unfolding) GONG - All Clocks Reset (from Unending Ascending) Bruce Soord - Dear Life (from Luminescence) Klone - Bystander (from Meanwhile)   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 164 - Questions Answered: Bruce Soord, Mariusz Duda, Daniel Cardoso & Anathema YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Is there a new The Pineapple Thief album on the way? What does it sound like? How about the new Mariusz Duda album? Is it as beautiful as they say? How are the Anathema boys getting on? Are they OK? These questions are answered right here, simply tune in and use your ears as radar. Tracklist; - THE PINEAPPLE THIEF The Frost (from It Leads to This) 9th February 2024 - MARIUSZ DUDA I Love To Chat With You, Good Morning Fear Mongering, Embracing the Unknown (from AFR AI D) OUT NOW - HEAD CONTROL SYSTEM Skin Flick (from Murder Nature) OUT NOW - ANATHEMA Anathema (from Distant Satellites) OUT NOW 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 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. Joint 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 (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 members 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

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 support 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 France. 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 signing…

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…