Kscope

As this is the first podcast of the year, we are celebrating all things new! We will hear from Jonathan Hultén about his new album which is out this week and hear about his experience of touring with The Cult recently. There is a new album from Envy Of None on the way, so we hear the latest single from them. You will also hear the new track from O.R.k which has arrived in the lead up to their new album in March, plus Gleb Kolyadin has a new album coming out, he is the piano genius from iamthemorning and this is the first music he has recorded in the UK. Finally, if that’s not enough we also have a new live recording from TesseracT, recorded at their performance last year at Radar festival. Track list: Envy of None – Stygian Waves Jonathan Hultén – Afterlife Jonathan Hultén - Riverflame Gleb Kolyadin – Dawnlight O.R.k – The Other Side TesseracT – Tender (Live at Radar 2024) You can keep up with Kscope on our socials: https://kscopemusic.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kscopemusic/ www.facebook.com/Kscopemusic https://open.spotify.com/user/kscopemusic https://www.youtube.com/@kscopemusic

This month we catch up with Mike Vennart of Oceansize, a timely chat ahead of our reissue of the momentous and cinematic “Frames”, but not just a standard reissue, we have of course given it the Kscope treatment, it is presented on gatefold 3LP and includes extra tracks and rarities plus unseen photos. Nowadays Mike enjoys success with his latest project Empire State Bastard as well as touring with Biffy Clyro, But host Billy Reeves asks him to go back in time and reflect about his time with the hugely influential Oceansize and even wonders what it would take to get them back on the road. PLUS the latest single from O.R.k and a reminder that The Pineapple Thief are hard touring in the USA so we thought their topically named single Election Day deserved a spin!

In this bumper episode we hear from Colin Edwin of O.R.k about their latest run of releases and since we also spoke to Richard Barbieri we took the opportunity to talk to them both about their time in Porcupine Tree and what it was like during the making of Fear Of A Blank Planet, a timely chat ahead of the release of and a 116 page hardback book 5 disc edition packed with rarities. Plus, Andy, Phil and Clark from the newest band to the label, Ihlo, talk to Billy Reeves about their excitement of having their debut album “Union” get the Kscope treatment with a beautiful CD and double LP out this week which is remastered by Acle Kahney of TesseracT. Ihlo are on tour this Autumn and getting along to see that will be a decision you will not regret!

Kscope are releasing the debut EP by The Radicant who you may know as Vincent Cavanagh, the former frontman of Anathema. The Radicant is a solo project of sorts which includes collaborators from many disciplines, informed in part by Vincent’s composition work for recent multi-media installations by fine artists; so this is pop music presented as aural sculpture. The EP is out now, so it was time for Billy Reeves to catch up with the man himself, in a Grade II listed north London church, recommissioned as London’s newest art gallery. Where else?!

As we head into festival season, we thought we would devise our dream line up from the Kscope archive of live albums. No need to pack your wellies, sun cream and loo roll as you are invited to the festival the rain can’t spoil from the comfort of your own home! Featuring tracks from: Steven Wilson Porcupine Tree Blackfield Anathema The Pineapple Thief Ulver Katatonia Gazpacho Klone Paul Draper