Paul Draper is the former front man and chief songwriter behind Mansun, one of the most criminally under-rated and misunderstood bands of the Britpop era.

An extraordinarily adventurous and eclectic band who were only active for 8 years, between 1995 - 2003, the sheer wealth and quality of material Mansun released in that time is monumental. 

Remfry Dedman sat down with Paul to discuss his new album 'Mansun Retold', where Paul takes some of his favourite songs from the Mansun back catalogue and rebuilds them with a full acoustic band featuring acoustic guitars, bass, lead and rhythm guitars, drums and a string quartet. 

Jeff Wayne in conversation with Remfry Dedman about The War Of The Worlds boxset from our friends at Madfish. 

After a decade without releasing a record Dutch Progressive Metal geniuses Textures are back.

The polyrhythmic polymath Stef Broks chats to Billy Reeves about how the scene has “blown up” in the last few years and why; how they made their new sound, who made it happen; who made the call, and what it’s like to be back in showbusiness now they’re all 10 years older and the audience is, in many cases, twenty years younger!

You’ll hear three tracks from the new album ‘Genotype’ as well as details of how Stef plans to get close to his fans on this and future tours: bring your drum sticks…

Tracklist:

At The Edge Of Winter

Vanishing Twin

Closer To The Unknown

Our host Billy Reeves takes a look back over a year of Kscope Podcast’s, you will hear highlights of interviews from Jonathan Hultén, Gleb Kolyadin, Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree explaining the chemistry of  O.R.k.

Meanwhile singer/songwriter/producer Maiah Wynne of U.S./Canadian supergroup Envy of None, Giancarlo Erra of Nosound who explains the logistics of a gig on the Moon, Spiral K. Octoflash of Gong broadcasts from atop a high building in Deptford, Ihlo explain why being in a group with people you haven’t met in real life is better than being in a group with your friends, Thomas Anderson (of Gazpacho) steps out of a steamy Norwegian shower, and Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief) is our first contestant on the inaugural gameshow ‘Prog Rock Band Or Poisonous Mushroom’ which your host Billy claims all rights to.

Wishing all our listeners a very happy Christmas and New Year!

Track list:

Jon Gomm – Carol Of The Bells

Jonathan Hultén - Riverflame

Gleb Kolyadin – Glimmer 

O.R.k – The Other Side

Envy Of None – Stygian Waves 

Bruce Soord – Field Day part 1

Gong – I See You

Nosound – To The Core

Ihlo – Replica

Gazpacho – 8 Ball 

Textures – Vanishing Twin 

Thomas Andersen of Norwegian Prog masters Gazpacho talks to Billy Reeves about fate, friendships and the concepts behind their new album ‘Magic 8-Ball’.

EXCLUSIVE: This is your chance to hear a couple of the album tracks ahead of it’s release tomorrow (31st Oct)

We are thrilled to have them back after a five year break. The album is structured as a series of short stories. Each song follows a different character at a breaking point. Moments where something changes permanently, whether they see it coming or not.

Track list

8-Ball

Starling

The Unrisen

IHLO chat to Billy Reeves about the release of their new album “Legacy”. They talk about the unconventional way in which the band was formed, given they are all based so far apart from each other.

They discuss the impact a recent placement on a Spotify playlist and how that will help to raise their profile and introduce them to a potential new audience.

Plus, hear about the coordination that is needed just to get them all in one place and all the factors that might explain why the album took 5 years to make!

In this episode you will also hear from Jonathan Hultén, explaining importance of being relaxed when collating material and how he does that.

Tracklist

Ihlo – Empire

Ihlo – Mute

Jonathan Hultén – Dawn

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Kavus Torabi and Dave Sturt of Gong

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Giancarlo Erra of Nosound

The Gongsters reminisce and riff on ‘I See You’ and its 10th anniversary new mix/remaster edition, on Kavus joining the group and losing Daevid Allen to the next dimension. Goodness me, a lot happened around the time that LP was recorded, and lot’s happening for Gong right now, Dave Sturt and Kavus Torabi speak to Billy Reeves atop their rehearsal space in Deptford just before leaving for the USA…

Giancarlo tells us about the intensity of emotion that inspired the brand new mini-album from Nosound entitled ‘To The Core’, the disciplines and energies needed to make things compact and modern for his group, and explains which celestial body he can forsee Nosound being the first band to play upon - and the science that would make it possible…

Tracklist

Gong – I See You

Gong – When God Shakes Hands With The Devil

Gong – Pixielation

Nosound – To The Core

Nosound – Worn Out Parts

Believe it or not, it has been 10 years since the release of Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief released his self-titled debut album, in honour of this Kscope are releasing a half speed remaster, of the original. It was worked on at Abbey Road Studios and will be on sale from today (30th May)

Our host Billy Reeves went to visit Bruce in his studio to hear about how he feels about the record a decade later and who he sites as supporting him along the way, plus there is a podcast exclusive acoustic performance from Bruce.

Tracks you will hear: 

1. Field Day (Part 2)
2. The Odds
3. Final Thing On My Mind (Live Kscope Podcast Exclusive on baritone guitar)
4. Field Day (Part 1)

To coincide with the release of the Envy Of None album “Stygian Wavs”, our host Billy Reeves hears from Singer and lyricist Maiah Wynne about her thought processes and influences when writing and recording new work, and some sage advice for fellow women in the music industry.

We also caught up with guitarist Alex Lifeson, this is where you will find out where the album title and indeed the band name came from and how his style has evolved.

Overall we learn how the band came to be and how it is growing from strength to strength as they learn how each other work.

The new album is out now

Track list:

Stygian Waves

The Story

Under The Stars

That Was Then

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In this episode we were lucky enough to catch up with two Kscope artists who both have new music to share with us. 

Firstly, we hear from Iamthemorning's virtuoso pianist Gleb Kolyadin who is celebrating the release of his solo album Mobula which takes listeners on a journey through cosmic landscapes, where imagination transforms the ordinary. 

Then our host Billy Reeves chats with Colin Edwin (ex Porcupine Tree) about the upcoming album from his band O.R.k, who have been teasing this release with singles for the last 6 months so it really is a long awaited release! 

The new album Firehose of Falsehoods marks another chapter in the band’s ever-evolving exploration of progressive, alternative, and art rock and captures O.R.k.’s signature mix of spontaneity, intricacy, and supreme musicianship.

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)

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