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 d…

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 n…

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 reissue…

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 …

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 t…

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 EN…

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 righ…

Ep 163: Head 2 Head: Ozric Tentacles & GONGWe 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 SYSTE…

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 P…

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 TENT…

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 detai…

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 f…

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 sp…

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; ... EM…

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. convers…

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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:…