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 

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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!

 

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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)

 

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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

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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

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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)