Episode 28: A Long Track Special
This is the twenty-eighth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. We were supposed to be having a special guest presenter this time around but sadly that’s had to be postponed. So instead you get me again and a long track special, so there will be only seven tracks, five of which clock in at over seven minutes. We have artists from the UK and the US, adding up to well over an hour of fascinating, varied and generally quite lengthy music. This month the feature album is ‘Chupacabras’, the third album from US band Phideaux, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, spacey psych rock and experimental jazz rock. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 1 hour and 22 minutes. Downloaded file is 75.7 MB.
1. Acadia Gulls (7:13) – Brett Kull (Taken from the album ‘Last of the Curlews’; see www.brettkull.com/ & www.myspace.com/brettkull)
2. Party (5:17) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Chupacabras’; see www.bloodfish.com/ & www.myspace.com/phideaux)
3. Wish (10:16) – Goat (Taken from the album ‘Special Agent’; see www.gregsinibaldi.com/goat.htm or www.myspace.com/goatisevil)
4. Visitation (exit) (10:17) – The Oscillation (Taken from the album ‘Out Of Phase’ ; see www.myspace.com/theoscillations)
5. Chupacabras (20:42) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Chupacabras’; see www.bloodfish.com/ & www.myspace.com/phideaux)
6. The Lake (13:23) – Ian Neal (Taken from the EP ‘The Lake’; see www.ianneal.com/ & www.myspace.com/ianneal)
7. Titan (5:14) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Chupacabras’; see www.bloodfish.com/ & www.myspace.com/phideaux)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and to you the listeners. Please do spread the word and send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). For the next episode we’ll sort of be ‘back to normal’: more quality music but generally of the shorter variety. And don’t forget the RSS feed and the MySpace and Facebook groups.
Episode 27: A-Z Special (for 2nd Anniversary)
This is the twenty-seventh edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. It’s the second anniversary of the show and to celebrate I thought I’d run through an A-Z of Eppy Gibbon artists, so there will be 26 tracks, with each letter represented by an artist who very much typifies one (or more) of the musical styles I play on the show. Not surprisingly, there’s material this time from all over the world, including artists from the UK, Italy and the US, adding up to around two hours of fascinating and varied music. This month there’s no feature album but there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, electronica, experimental, math rock, ambient, pronk rock, avant prog, folky stuff and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 2 hours and 21 minutes. Downloaded file is 129.2 MB.
1. Shatner’s Bassoon (5:19) – Antique Seeking Nuns (Taken from the EP ‘Double Egg with Chips and Beans (and a Tea)’; see www.myspace.com/antiqueseekingnuns & www.tfsrecords.co.uk/)
2. TV Paid Off (3:07) – Bubblemath (Taken from the album ‘Such Fine Particles of the Universe’; see www.myspace.com/bubblemath & http://cdbaby.com/cd/bubblemath)
3. Euromatic (3:31) – Canon (Taken from the album ‘Wide Awake’; see www.canontheband.com/Canon/prescreen.html & www.myspace.com/canon)
4. Sheep And Kings (3:13) – Divided Sky (Taken from the album ‘The Subtle Art Of Failure’ ; see www.dividedskymusic.com/ & www.myspace.com/dividedskymusic)
5. The Cheese Stands Alone (4:48) – Echolyn (Taken from the album ‘As The World’ ; see www.myspace.com/echolyn & www.echolyn.com)
6. Fortunate Observer Of Time (7:08) – Frogg Cafe (Taken from the album ‘Fortunate Observer Of Time’; see www.froggcafe.com & www.myspace.com/thefroggcafe
7. Fields Of Dub (5:54) – G.L.O.W. (Taken from the ‘Nearly Live’ EP; see www.myspace.com/glowuk & http://lycanmedia.co.uk/)
8. Chunky Navy Part 1 (3:49) – Headshear (Taken from their self-titled debut album; see www.myspace.com/headshear & www.headshear.com/)
9. All In The Golden Afternoon… (8:49) – Ian Neal (Taken from the album ‘All In The Golden Afternoon…’; see www.ianneal.com/ & www.myspace.com/ianneal)
10. True Love (5:48) – Jade Warrior (Taken from the album ‘Now’ ; see www.jadewarrior.com/mainsml1.html & www.myspace.com/jadewarriormusic)
11. The White Rose (4:58) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘Weird Tales’; see www.kardaestra.50webs.com/ & www.myspace.com/kardaestra)
12. Your Hands (4:22) – Lily Green (Taken from her self-titled debut release; see www.lilygreen.org/ & www.myspace.com/lilygreenartist)
13. Incident On Abeel Street (2:15) – Mercury Rev (Taken from their album ‘Strange Attractor’; see www.mercuryrev.com (where it’s available as a free download) or www.myspace.com/mercuryrevmusic)
14. Wearing Lies On Your Lips (4:20) – Nosound (Taken from the album, ‘Sol29’; see www.burningshed.com/store/nosound/ & www.myspace.com/nosoundnet)
15. Turpin Hero (4:11) – The Owl Service (Taken from the album ‘A Garland of Song’; see www.midwich-cuckoos.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/theowlservice)
16. Sleepy Stars (4:42) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the ‘Chaos Sky’ EP; see www.piasilvi.com/ & www.myspace.com/piasilvi)
17. machine*love (2:39) – Quphonic (Taken from the album ‘a: supermassive’; see www.myspace.com/quphonic & www.soundclick.com/quphonic; provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network – http://music.podshow.com)
18. Love Is Pleasing (2:11) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Seven Star Green’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)
19. Don’t Drink the Flavour Aid (4:09) – Sundae Club (Currently unavailable though may appear on a vinyl double-album version of their second album ‘British Summer Time’ ; see www.s-club.co.uk & www.myspace.com/sundaeclub)
20. Returglas (4:13) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk & www.myspace.com/thieveskitchen)
21. Landscape With Gun And Chandelier (3:32) – Upsilon Acrux (Taken from the album ‘Radian Futura’; see www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/upsilon.html & www.myspace.com/upsilonacrux)
22. Pornographer’s Dream (3:26) – Suzanne Vega(Taken from the album ‘Beauty and Crime’ – see www.suzannevega.com/ – and provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network – http://music.podshow.com)
23.Call of Cabrakan (3:18) – Ben Heckler aka When Days Align (Can be heard on his MySpace page; see www.myspace.com/bozart101)
24. Strange Cloud (7:31) – Phideaux (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘7½’ ; see www.bloodfish.com/ & www.myspace.com/phideaux)
25.On The Spot Tina Turner Fine (3:02) – You Slut! (Taken from the album ‘Critical Meat’ ; see www.myspace.com/youslut1)
26.7-beat Thing (5:28) – Zag and the Coloured Beads (Taken from the album ‘Sawtooth Gripmaster’, originally only available on cassette but now available on CD; see www.zatcb.co.uk/ or www.myspace.com/zagandthecolouredbeads)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and to you the listeners. The two years of doing this show have flown by and here’s to the next two (and counting!). Please do spread the word and send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). For the next episode I won’t be here but the show will go on with a special guest presenter so do listen in for more quality music.
Episode 26: Shattered Visage
This is the twenty-sixth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. After the fun interview with Tim Burness on the last show it’s time for me to catch up with that backlog of exciting music that’s waiting for me. Therefore there’s music this time from all over the world, including artists from the UK, Canada, Germany and the US, adding up to well over an hour of fascinating and varied music. This month’s feature album is ‘The Feeling of Far’ by the mighty Fritz Doddy, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, electronica, experimental, pronk rock, avant prog, psychedelic ambient punk, post rock and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 1 hour and 49 minutes. Downloaded file is 99.8 MB.
1. Shadow Circus (7:28) – Shadow Circus (Taken from the album ‘Welcome To The Freakroom’; see www.shadowcircusmusic.com/ or www.myspace.com/shadowcircus)
2. Gambit (2:17) – Capillary Action (Taken from the album ‘So Embarrassing’; see www.myspace.com/capillaryaction)
3. Driver27 (3:29) – Magic Prime (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘From the asphalt to the outer limits’; see www.myspace.com/magicprimemusic)
4. Cynical Eye (Radio Mix) (3:47) – Fritz Doddy (Taken from the album ‘The Feeling Of Far’ ; see www.fritzdoddy.com, www.myspace.com/fritzdoddy & http://cdbaby.com/cd/fritzdoddy)
5. Venial (4:50) – Godsticks (Taken from the ‘Godsticks’ EP; see www.myspace.com/godsticksmusic & http://cdbaby.com/cd/godsticks)
6. Seashores (4:20) – This Morning Asia (Likely to be on the forthcoming debut This Morning Asia album; see www.myspace.com/thismorningasia)
7. Oh Mother (2:56) – Laura Moody (Taken from the ‘Laura Moody’ EP; see www.myspace.com/lauramoodymusic)
8. Clover (Featuring Chris Suttle) (3:54) – Auragami (Taken from the album ‘Esoteric’; see www.myspace.com/auragami)
9. Enouvtement (4:32) – Miriodor (Taken from the album ‘Avanti!’; see www.miriodor.com/mirio2008/ & www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/miriodor.html)
10. Nothing But Laughter (5:49) – Fritz Doddy (Taken from the album ‘The Feeling Of Far’ ; see www.fritzdoddy.com, www.myspace.com/fritzdoddy & http://cdbaby.com/cd/fritzdoddy)
11. Drive (4:51) – Singularity (Taken from the album ‘Between Sunlight and Shadow’; see www.singularity.net/ & www.myspace.com/singularityprogrock)
12. Glow (6:46) – Paradise 9 (Taken from the album ‘Showtime’; see www.paradise9.net/ & www.myspace.com/paradise9)
13. This cannot be d3c0d3d (4:31) – Satellite Tragedy (Not from their debut album ‘New Beautiful’, but may appear on their second album in some form plus currently available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/rsorensen; see also www.popuprecords.com/satellite.html or www.myspace.com/satellitetragedy)
14. Last Of The Curlews (3:28) – Brett Kull (Taken from the album, ‘Last Of The Curlews’; see www.brettkull.com/ & www.myspace.com/brettkull)
15. Bellerophon (6:18) – Fractal (Taken from the album ‘Sequitur’; see www.fractal-continuum.com/, http://cdbaby.com/cd/fractal3 & www.myspace.com/fractalcontinuum)
16. By Any Other Name (5:43) – Richard Bone (Taken from the album ‘Saiyuji’; see www.richardbone.com/ & www.myspace.com/richardbonemusic)
17. Emerald City (5:48) – Unlearn (Taken from the album ‘Places’; see www.myspace.com/theunlearn & www.noiseorder.com)
18. Placebo or Panacea (2:51) – Capillary Action (Taken from the album ‘So Embarrassing’; see www.myspace.com/capillaryaction)
19. It’s Only A Dream (Radio Mix) (4:21) – Fritz Doddy (Taken from the album ‘The Feeling Of Far’ ; see www.fritzdoddy.com, www.myspace.com/fritzdoddy & http://cdbaby.com/cd/fritzdoddy)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and to you the listeners. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next very special episode which will celebrate the show’s second anniversary, featuring an A-Z of Eppy Gibbon artists – ideal for first time listeners and long-term fans alike.
Episode 25: Tim Burness Interview
This is the twenty-fifth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This edition is a special extra Eppysode of the show focusing on the music of, and an interview with, UK singer-songwriter and guitarist Tim Burness. There’s music from Tim, obviously, including an assortment of material from throughout his career, plus a track from one of his major musical influences, adding up to nearly two hours of fascinating and varied music. There’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, ambient electronica, IDM, classical, comedy and even some punky-type rock. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about Tim and the other artists featured.
Total running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes. Downloaded file is 128.7 MB.
1. Can You Hack It? (5:10) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Vision On’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
Interview with Tim Burness
2. Revolution of The Heart (3:16) – Howard Jones (Taken from the album ‘Revolution of The Heart’ and provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network – http://music.podshow.com; see also www.howardjones.com/)
3. Mumbling in the House of Commons (2:31) – Tim Burness (Taken from the mini-album ‘Infinite Ocean’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
4. Mr Hyashi (Japanese For Busy People) (1:22) – Tim Burness (Comedy track, with apologies to my Japanese listeners!)
5. Mesh (12:06) – Tuu (Taken from the album ‘Mesh’; see www.codetrip.net/)
6. Unstoppable Waves Of Joy (4:36) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Finding New Ways To Love’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
7. An Interlude With Monty (3:43) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Finding New Ways To Love’; see www.timburness.com, www.myspace.com/timburness & www.myspace.com/montyoxymoron)
8. Love Is For Giving (4:55) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Finding New Ways To Love’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
9. This Is Life (5:51) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Vision On’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
10. Here Comes The Great Collapse (7:15) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Vision On’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
11. Undercurrents II (4:25) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Vision On’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
12. Walk Through The Darkness (5:18) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Finding New Ways To Love’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
13. Thanks For The Mammary (3:28) – Asparagus Apocalypse (Available as a free download via www.macjams.com/artist/Epileptic+Gibbon)
Thanks to Tim for coming in to do the interview, to my engineer without whom the interviews would not happen, and to you the listeners. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next episode when I’ll have lots more new bands and new albums to play for you… 2009 is developing into quite a year for new music already.
Episode 24: Fall Out
This is the twenty-fourth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. Recent editions have focused on Halloween, Christmas, the best music of 2008 and an interview with Richard Wileman of Karda Estra but this month it’s back to normal, or as normal as we ever get anyway. There’s music from all over the world, including artists from the UK, France, Germany and the US, adding up to well over an hour of fascinating and varied music. This month’s feature album is ‘Cowboy Poems Free’ by the mighty Echolyn, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, electronica, folky prog, pronk rock and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 1 hour and 46 minutes. Downloaded file is 97.2 MB.
1. Bearded Man at Sleep (4:11) – Zag and the Coloured Beads (Taken from the album ‘Sawtooth Gripmaster’, originally only available on cassette but now available on CD; see www.zatcb.co.uk/ or www.myspace.com/zagandthecolouredbeads)
2. Paul (5:47) – PinkLogik (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Learning To Trust Higher Frequencies’ ; see www.pinklogik.makessense.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/pinklogik)
3. Poem #1 / Human Lottery (7:06) – Echolyn (Taken from the recently re-mastered album ‘Cowboy Poems Free’; see www.echolyn.com/ & www.myspace.com/echolyn)
4. Au Bal Des Larves (7:36) – Narr (Taken from the album ‘Oxymore Dans La Chrysalide Des Reves’ ; see www.myspace.com/odravyel & www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=36110)
5. In Vidrio (5:36) – Satine (Taken from the album ‘Satine’ (I think); see www.myspace.com/satinemusic)
6. Zephyr (5:06) – Bells & Whistles (Taken from the album ‘Bells & Whistles’ ; see www.myspace.com/bellspluswhistlesmusic and also check out Chris’ weekly radio show called ‘The Curve Ball’ on 101.8 WCR-FM www.wcrfm.com)
7. Broken Dreams of Richard (2:45) – Justin Routzohn (Taken from the album ‘Inner Dream Machine’; see www.myspace.com/justinr)
8. Ascension (3:59) – Justin Routzohn (Taken from the album ‘Inner Dream Machine’; see www.myspace.com/justinr)
9. Poem #2 / High as Pride (7:47) – Echolyn (Taken from the recently re-mastered album ‘Cowboy Poems Free’; see www.echolyn.com/ & www.myspace.com/echolyn)
10. Dead Winter Sleep (7:29) – Fauns (Taken from the album ‘LeafFall’ ; see www.fauns.de/ & www.myspace.com/faunsmusic)
11. She Collects Fairies (3:46) – Earthy (I’m not certain about the current status of the debut Earthy album but for more information see www.myspace.com/findearthy)
12. Norwegian Honey (4:03) – The Display Team (Taken from the album ‘Drones’; see www.thedisplayteam.com/ & www.myspace.com/thedisplayteam)
13. Elongated Thing (3:31) – Zag and the Coloured Beads (Taken from the album ‘Sawtooth Gripmaster’, originally only available on cassette but now available on CD; see www.zatcb.co.uk/ or www.myspace.com/zagandthecolouredbeads)
14. Wonderland (3:37) – The Orbiting (Due to appear on the debut album by the duo, ‘Raygun Dreamdate’, but currently available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/The+Orbiting; see also www.myspace.com/theorbiting)
15. Brittany / Poem #4 / Too Late for Everything (12:40) Echolyn (Taken from the recently re-mastered album ‘Cowboy Poems Free’; see www.echolyn.com/ & www.myspace.com/echolyn)
16. Thanks For The Mammary (3:28) – Asparagus Apocalypse (Available as a free download via www.macjams.com/artist/Epileptic+Gibbon)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and to you the listeners. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next episode when I’ll have lots more new bands and new albums to play for you… 2009 is developing into quite a year for new music already.
Episode 23: Once Upon a Time
This is the twenty-third edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show largely revolves around an interview with Richard Wileman, the main man and composer behind Karda Estra. There will be assorted Karda Estra tracks, plus a few tracks from other artists too, adding up to around two hours of fascinating and varied music. There is no feature album this time because I’m focusing on the Karda Estra back catalogue, but there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, classical, electronica, soundtrack music, ambient, acid rock and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 2 hours and 26 minutes. Downloaded file is 134.4 MB.
1. Frost Fayre (3:58) – Sonny (Taken from the album ‘The Spirit Of Elergy’ and recently released as a single, available from iTunes and elsewhere; see www.minimal-escentmusic.com or www.myspace.com/sonnyminimal)
2. We Belongs To The Stars (5:00) – Skean (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/Skean)
Interview with Richard Wileman of Karda Estra
3. Dorothea’s Nightmusic (3:29) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘Thirteen From The Twenty First’; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
4. Covert (4:06) – Karda Estra (Taken from the mini-album ‘A Winter In Summertime’ ; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
5. River (6:49) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘Thirteen From The Twenty First’ ; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
6. The Southern Cross (5:09) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘Constellations’ ; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
7. Lucy — Festina Lente (6:39) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘Voivode Dracula’ ; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
8. Carmilla (4:31) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘The Age Of Science And Enlightenment’ ; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
9. Atom Of Warmth (5:26) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘The Last Of The Libertine’ ; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
10. There Is No Finished World (8:11) – Karda Estra (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Weird Tales’ ; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
11. Terra Nova (5:20) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘The Last Of The Libertine‘; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/)
12. Acoustic Jungle (4:40) – Bill Furner (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/thetiler; see also http://cdbaby.com/cd/furnerbill2)
13. Trepidation in Jewelry (7:12) – Fran Dagostino Band (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/ziti)
14. Toad Hall (the return) (8:40) – Jim Bouchard (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/Jim+Bouchard; see also www.jimborambles.com)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and a particularly big thank you to Richard Wileman for a fascinating interview. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next episode when I’ll have lots of new bands and new albums to play for you.
Episode 22: Best of 2008 part 2
This is the twenty-second edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show is the second of two ‘Best of 2008′ specials, with well over an hour of some of the best tracks from 2008. There is no feature album this time because I’m focusing on my 13 favourite albums from 2008, but there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, Canterbury, folk rock, electronica, chamber pop, ambient, jazz rock fusion and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist. Total running time: 1 hour and 59 minutes. Downloaded file is 109.2 MB.
1. Love No Mew (1:58) – Arik Hayat (Taken from the album ‘Doing Life’; see http://www.archive.org/details/DoingLife_456 where you can download the entire album for free)
2. Vehicles (6:38) – Braintoy (Taken from the album ‘Vehicles’; see www.braintoy.net/ or www.myspace.com/braintoy)
3. Foreign Aeroplanes Upset Sleeping Tirana (3:45) – Big Block 454 (Taken from the album ‘Bratislava (An Investigation By Big Block 454)’; see www.myspace.com/bigblock454uk or cdbaby.com/cd/bigblock454)
4. Non Error Minor (3:55) – Luctone (Taken from the ‘Luctone EP’ ; see www.myspace.com/luctone)
5. The misplay (4:33) – Nosound (Taken from the album ‘Lightdark’ ; see www.nosound.net)
6. Clouds? Or Smoke? (6:31) – Ex Reverie (Taken from the album ‘The Door Into Summer’ ; see www.myspace.com/artist/exreverie)
7. Chakra Kahn (5:57) – Birds And Buildings (Taken from the album ‘Bantam to Behemoth’ ; see www.myspace.com/birdsandbuildings)
8. In Tongues (3:30) – Nunbient (Taken from the album ‘One’ ; see www.tfs.co.uk or www.myspace.com/nunbient)
9. Love Is Pure (6:55) – Mercury Rev (Taken from the album ‘Strange Attractor’ ; see www.mercuryrev.com)
10. Lost Boys (7:05) – Jade Warrior (Taken from the album ‘Now’ ; see www.jadewarrior.com)
11. London to Shanghai via Chipping Norton (5:01) – Sundae Club (Taken from the album ‘British Summer Time‘; see www.s-club.co.uk/)
12. A Boy and A River (6:11) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)
13. I Scared (7:38) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)
14. Chameleon (9:01) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ or http://cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)
15. The Water Road (11:13) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ or http://cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who helped to make 2008 such a great year and to all the listeners who have helped this show go from strength to strength. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next episode when we’ll be ‘back to normal’ plus there will be an interview with Karda Estra.
Episode 21: Best of 2008 Part 1
This is the twenty-first edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show is the first of two ‘Best of 2008′ specials, with well over an hour of some of the best tracks from 2008. There is no feature album this time because I’m focusing on as many albums from 2008 as I can, but there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, math rock, electronica, post rock, ambient, jazz rock and general strangeness. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 2 hours and 9 minutes. Downloaded file is 118.97 MB.
1. Bulldozer (5:55) – Jo Gabriel (Taken from the album ‘Fools and Orphans’ ; see www.myspace.com/jogabriel or www.jogabriel.com)
2. Nobot (3:35) – Persona Grata (Taken from the album ‘Frienemies’; see www.myspace.com/personagrata)
3. Part 1 – The Dream: Revolution’s Son (6:43) – Audiocracy (Taken from the album ‘Revolution’s Son’; see www.tobinmueller.com/music/audiocracy & www.myspace.com/audiocracy)
4. Colours (4:21) – PinkLogik (Taken from the album ‘Learning To Trust Higher Frequencies’ ; see www.pinklogik.makessense.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/pinklogik)
5. Moving Bones (5:38) – Carrigan (Taken from the album ‘Young Men Never Die’ ; see www.carriganclub.com or www.myspace.com/carriganclub)
6. Spaceport (3:26) – Alpha Seven (Taken from the album ‘Space’ ; see www.sofacom.co.uk or www.myspace.com/alphaseven)
7. On The Count Of 13 (2:22) – You Slut! (Taken from the album ‘Critical Meat’; www.myspace.com/youslut1)
8. Back Porch Floating (3:22) – Experimental Dental School (Taken from the album ‘Jane Doe Loves Me’; www.experimentaldental.com/ or www.myspace.com/experid)
9. vii (4:41) – The Cancer Conspiracy (Taken from the album ‘Ω‘ ; see www.myspace.com/thecancerconspiracy)
10. Solitario (4:20) – Peter Greenstone (Taken from the album ‘Broken Symmetries’; see http://petergreenstone.com/ or www.myspace.com/pgreenstone)
11. Big K (5:39) – Goat (Taken from the album ‘Special Agent‘; see www.gregsinibaldi.com/goat.htm or www.myspace.com/goatisevil)
12. Let Me Remain (3:46) – All India Radio (Taken from the album ‘Fall’ ; see www.myspace.com/allindiaradio or cdbaby.com/cd/allindiaradio9)
13. Transmutation (7:02) – Make A Rising (Taken from the album ‘Infinite Ellipse And Head With Open Fontanel’; see www.tonewplanet.com/MAR.html or www.myspace.com/makearising)
14. In The Crash, We Die (5:29) – Every Other Fate (Taken from the album ‘Phantoms Fill The Skies’; see www.everyotherfate.com or www.myspace.com/everyotherfate)
15. Biodiversity (4:55) – Stig (Taken from the album ‘Biodiversity’ ; see www.stigmusic.com/biodiversity.htm)
16. Summer Lover (5:20) – From The Side (Taken from the album ‘Starting Point’; see www.myspace.com/fromtheside)
17. Grace (6:27) – +1 (Taken from the EP ‘1000 Satellites’ ; see www.precognitiverecords.com or www.myspace.com/precognitivemusic)
18. Vultures And Sheep (5:31) – Damon Shulman (Taken from the album ‘Vultures and Sheep’ ; see www.damonshulman.co.uk or www.gentlegiantmusic.com)
19. Deceive. Explode. (3:51) – (Taken from the album ‘Linear Lullabies’ ; see www.myspace.com/projectserendipity)
20. I Can See Where You’re Coming From (4:40) – Antiqcool (Taken from the album ‘Songs of Hope and Despair’ ; see www.antiqcool.co.uk)
21. Crashmind (10:52) – Fromuz (Taken from the album ‘Overlook’; see www.fromuzband.com or www.myspace.com/thefromuz)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who helped to make 2008 such a great year and to all the listeners who have helped this show go from strength to strength. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). See you for the next episode when I’ll present my top 13 albums of 2008.
Episode 20: Living In Harmony
This is the twentieth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show is a festive special, with well over an hour of music with a Christmas, Winter Solstice or wintry theme. There is no feature album this time but there is a featured track (more about this below and on the show itself), plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles, genres and artists, but all fitted around the seasonal theme. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 1 hour and 55 minutes. Downloaded file is 105.6 MB.
1. Nutcracker March (2:34) – Tincolindo (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/elfdaughter)
2. Speed Skating (8:09) – The Noun (Taken from the album ‘Speed Skating’; see www.thenoun.co.uk & www.myspace.com/thenoun)
3. A Bell In The Valley (Rock version) (3:37) – Bill Grundmann (a.k.a. Smokey VW) (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/SmokeyVW)
4. Winterthru (3:46) – Echolyn (Taken from the album ‘Suffocating The Bloom’ ; see www.echolyn.com)
5. The Holly and The Ivy (2:06) – DavaJonah (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/davajonah)
6. We Three Kings (SISCOM Mix) (3:42) – Mystified & Bryn (Based around Bryn’s instrumental ‘SISCOM Guru’ which is available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/particledots)
7. Winter (3:53) – Justin Routzohn (Taken from the album ‘Like A Falling Piano’; see www.myspace.com/justinr)
8. A Bell In The Valley (RiX ReMiX) (2:21) – Arachnidzone (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/arachnidzone)
9. Well That’s Christmas (4:23) – Len Gold (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/lengold)
10. Notes of Christmas Past (4:29) – ic42 (Currently exclusively available on this show but soon to be available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/ic42; see also www.myspace.com/ic42ic42)
11. Christmas Bells (2:38) – Richard Schletty & Harold Luper (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/Rocha+Malhada)
12. Winter Suite (6:41) – Feter McBlues (Currently exclusively available on this show but likely to be available from www.macjams.com/artist/Feter; see also http://mysite.verizon.net/res8ydyw/theraintroubadoures/index.html)
13. Yeah – Bells! (1:50) – Bud (a.k.a Kevin Jones) (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/bud)
14. O Christmas Tree (2:39) – John Stebbe (Free download available from www.macjams.com/artist/John+Stebbe; see also www.johnstebbe.com)
15. Gabriel’s Message (1:52) – Kristine Johanek (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/kristyjo)
16. Silent Night (3:21) – Mystified & Bryn (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/Mystified)
17. Frost Fayre (3:58) – Sonny (Taken from the album ‘The Spirit Of Elergy’; see www.minimal-escentmusic.com or www.myspace.com/sonnyminimal)
18. A Bell In The Valley (2:20) – Sonny Jim (Currently exclusively available on this show but may become available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/sonnyjim)
19. Ding Dong Merrily (1:38) – DavaJonah (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/davajonah)
20. The Bitter Withy (5:23) – Rebsie Fairholm & Dick Langford (Will be available on the second Rebsie Fairholm album; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/ or www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)
21. Oh Come Emanuel (5:14) – Scott Carmichael (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/Scott+Carmichael)
22. The Appledore Processional (5:48) – Martyn Kember (a.k.a. Komrade K) (Currently exclusively available on this show but may become available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/Komrade+K; see also www.myspace.com/catonthefiddle)
23. A Bell In The Valley (Three-Style Mix) (4:07) – Abstractreality (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/abstractreality)
24. The Bitter Cold (7:09) – Headshear (Taken from the album ‘Headshear’; see www.myspace.com/headshear & http://cdbaby.com/cd/headshear)
25. Warm Hearths and Sleeping Cats (3:43) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)
26. A Christmas Credit Card (Christmas in My Dreams) (2:21) – Asparagus Apocalypse & David Kaminsky (Free download available from www.macjams.com/artist/Epileptic+Gibbon; see also www.macjams.com/artist/dwwave)
A merry Christmas and compliments of the season to all the musicians who contributed and to all listeners. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!) See you for the next two episodes in January, both special editions focusing on the Best of 2008.
Episode 19: The Girl Who Was Death
This is the nineteenth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show is another Halloween special, with well over an hour of spooky, creepy or supernaturally-themed music, hosted by Count Eppy Gibbon. The feature album this time could only be ‘Ghost Story’ from Phideaux, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of tracks and artists, but be warned that this edition of the show is not for the fainthearted. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 1 hour and 25 minutes. Downloaded file is 77.9 MB.
1. The Lucifer Project (6:35) – Goat (Taken from the album ‘Special Agent‘; see www.gregsinibaldi.com/goat.htm or www.myspace.com/goatisevil)
2. Everynight (5:14) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Ghost Story’; see www.bloodfish.com/main.html or www.myspace.com/phideaux)
3. Black Dracula (2:25) – Howl (Taken from the album ‘Party’; see www.myspace.com/thebandhowl)
4. When The Skeleton’s Dance (4:15) – Tricks Upon Travellers (Taken from the album ‘Where the Skeletons Dance’ ; see http://cdbaby.com/cd/tricksut1)
5. I See Dead People (3:59) – Peter Kearns (Taken from the album ‘No Such Thing As Time’; see www.myspace.com/peterkearns)
6. What Ghosts See (3:11) – Experimental Dental School (Taken from the album ‘Jane Doe Loves Me’; www.experimentaldental.com/ or www.myspace.com/experid)
7. From A Coffin (6:55) – Slumbering (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/slumbering)
8. If Only (1:28) – Luna Trick (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/LunaTrick; see also www.flowforth.com/lunatrick.html)
9. Dreameater (4:39) – Baku Llama (Taken from the album ‘Eris’; see www.myspace.com/bakullama & http://cdbaby.com/cd/bakullama2)
10. Wily Creilly (5:25) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Ghost Story’; see www.bloodfish.com/main.html or www.myspace.com/phideaux)
11. Birds (2:16) – The Puppets (Available as a free download from their MySpace page; see www.myspace.com/webethepuppets)
12. The Unquiet Grave (7:00) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Mind The Gap’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/ or www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)
13. Wendigo (1:22) – Howl (Taken from the album ‘Party’; see www.myspace.com/thebandhowl)
14. Screaming Dreams (4:55) – Jade Warrior (Taken from the album ‘Now’ ; see www.jadewarrior.com)
15. Beyond the Shadow of Doubt (7:46) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Ghost Story’; see www.bloodfish.com/main.html or www.myspace.com/phideaux)
16. Bartholomew’s Merman (5:05) – The Future Kings of England (Taken from the album ‘The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis’; see www.thefuturekingsofengland.com & www.backwaterrecords.com)
17. Morning Wraiths (5:58) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘The Last Of The Libertine’; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/ or www.myspace.com/kardaestra)
Please, don’t have nightmares! Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!) See you for the next episode, another special festive edition on the run up to Christmas. You’ll never have heard a Christmas show like it… unless of course you heard last year’s edition, in which case it’s more of the same but different.
