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/kscopemusicTWITTER 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 GONGand 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 DJonathan 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/kscopemusicTWITTER 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 MEDIAFACEBOOK www.facebook.com/KscopemusicINSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kscopemusicTWITTER 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; - TESSERACTLegion & War of Being (from War of Being)OUT NOW - BRUCE SOORDInstant Flash of Light,  Olomouc & Lie Flat (from Luminescence)OUT NOW - OZRIC TENTACLESLotus Unfolding (from Lotus Unfolding)20th October 2023 - MARIUSZ DUDAEmbracing the Unknown (from AFR AI D)17th November 2023 For more on the Kscope podcast visit www.kscopemusic.com/podcastsFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic​​INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kscopemusicTWITTER 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 SEPTEMBERO.R.k. - Deadly Bite (from Screamnasium) OUT NOWGONG - Tiny Galaxies (from Unending Ascending) 3 NOVEMBERBRUCE 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 NOWThe 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 2ndNo-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