Episode 33: Luna Trick & Rebsie Fairholm Interviews
This is the thirty-third edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This edition is the fourth in this special ‘month of interviews’, and this time we’re focusing on the music of, and interviews with Daniel Staniforth (a.k.a. Luna Trick) and Rebsie Fairholm, both of whom have new albums out and who are also collaborating on a new project together – Alchymical Muse. There’s music from Luna Trick, Rebsie and Alchymical Muse, touching on genres such as alternative rock, darkwave, psych folk, classical and gothic experimental World music in the process, adding up to nearly two hours of fascinating and varied music. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about Daniel, Rebsie and Alchymical Muse.
Total running time: 2 hours and 9 minutes. Downloaded file is 118.6 MB.
1. Unholy (2:54) – Luna Trick (Taken from the album ‘Prophetic Guesses’; see www.flowforth.com/lunatrick.html, www.cdbaby.com/cd/lunatrick1 & www.myspace.com/lunartrick)
Interview with Daniel Staniforth
2. The Tale Of Three Ribbons (4:23) – Luna Trick (Taken from the album ‘Total Submersion’; see www.flowforth.com/lunatrick.html & www.cdbaby.com/cd/lunatrick)
3. Ice Flower (4:27) – Luna Trick (Taken from the album ‘Hoar Frost Sheen’; see www.flowforth.com/lunatrick.html & www.cdbaby.com/cd/lunatrick2)
4. On the Plea Shore (3:09) – Luna Trick (Taken from the album ‘Prophetic Guesses’; see www.flowforth.com/lunatrick.html, www.cdbaby.com/cd/lunatrick1 & www.myspace.com/lunartrick)
5. Decades into Days (5:52) – Luna Trick (Taken from the album ‘Prophetic Guesses’; see www.flowforth.com/lunatrick.html, www.cdbaby.com/cd/lunatrick1 & www.myspace.com/lunartrick)
6. Lost Circus (3:29) – Luna Trick (Taken from the album ‘Prophetic Guesses’; see www.flowforth.com/lunatrick.html, www.cdbaby.com/cd/lunatrick1 & www.myspace.com/lunartrick)
7. Perigee Organdie (4:46) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Seven Star Green’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/, www.sonicspongecake.com/ & www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)
8. Garden of Love (4:28) – Alchymical Muse (Currently not available to buy but will be on the debut Alchymical Muse album; see www.alchymicalmuse.com/ & www.myspace.com/alchymicalmuse)
Interview with Rebsie Fairholm
9. Pavane (5:12) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Seven Star Green’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/, www.sonicspongecake.com/ & www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)
10. Minstrel Boy (6:12) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Seven Star Green’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/, www.sonicspongecake.com/ & www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)
11. Molotov Spongecake (5:02) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Seven Star Green’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/, www.sonicspongecake.com/ & www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)
12. My Blazing Silhouette (4:48) – Alchymical Muse (Currently not available to buy but will be on the debut Alchymical Muse album; see www.alchymicalmuse.com/ & www.myspace.com/alchymicalmuse)
13. Thanks For The Mammary (3:28) – Asparagus Apocalypse (Available as a free download via www.macjams.com/artist/Epileptic+Gibbon)
Thanks to Daniel and Rebsie for doing their respective interviews, 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, after a month of interviews, I’ll be returning to normality (such as it is!) and I’ll have lots more great music to play for you, including new tracks from Phideaux, Antique Seeking Nuns, and Pia Silvi.
Episode 32: Summer’s End Festival 09
This is the thirty-second edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This edition focuses primarily on this year’s Summer’s End festival, perhaps the UK’s biggest and best progressive rock festival. This is the fifth year of the festival and it takes place over the weekend of the 9th, 10th and 11th of October. We look ahead to the festival via an interview with Stephen Lambe, one of the co-organizers, and there’s music from many of the bands who will be performing (along with a few who aren’t), adding up to well over an hour of fascinating and varied music. Not surprisingly the focus will mainly be on various aspects of progressive rock, but as usual we’re pushing at the edges of musical boundaries so just open your ears and listen. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about the artists/bands played and the festival.
Total running time: 2 hours and 22 minutes. Downloaded file is 130.7 MB.
1. Big Smoke (9:48) – The Noun (Taken from the album ‘Speed Skating’; see www.thenoun.co.uk & www.myspace.com/thenoun)
2. Contest of the Oracle (5:06) – Artizan Quarter (Taken from the album ‘B(l)eak’; see www.artizanquarter.com/ & www.myspace.com/artizanquarter)
3. Time on the scale of one to four (2:03) – Those Men (Taken from the album ‘SobGod’; see www.myspace.com/thosemen & www.zingg.co.uk)
Interview with Stephen Lambe, one of the organizers of the Summer’s End Festival (for more details go to www.summersend.co.uk/)
4. Can You Hack It? (5:10) – Tim Burness (Taken from the album ‘Vision On’; see www.timburness.com & www.myspace.com/timburness)
5. Not The Face (4:21) – Godsticks (Taken from the ‘Godsticks’ EP; see www.myspace.com/godsticksmusic & http://cdbaby.com/cd/godsticks)
6. Backup (5:30) – Parallel Or 90 Degrees (Demo version of a track that’s likely to appear on the forthcoming album ‘Jitters’ ; not currently commercially available; see www.po90.com/ & www.myspace.com/po90degrees)
7. Heal (3:25) – Sylvan (Taken from the album ‘Presets’; see www.sylvan.de/ & www.myspace.com/sylvanhome)
8. Smoky Wood (4:47) – I/O Earth (Taken from the self-titled debut album; see www.ioearth.com/ & www.myspace.com/islasho)
9. Home (6:37) – I/O Earth (Taken from the self-titled debut album; see www.ioearth.com/ & www.myspace.com/islasho)
10. Falling (6:36) – Mr So and So (Taken from the album ‘Sugarstealer’; see www.mrsoandso.com/home.htm & www.myspace.com/mrsoandso)
11. Skimming Stones (6:59) – Also Eden (Taken from the album ‘It’s Kind Of You To Ask’; see www.alsoeden.com/ & www.myspace.com/alsoeden)
12. Indigo (13:44) – Pendragon (Taken from the album ‘Pure’; see www.pendragon.mu/ & www.myspace.com/toffrecords)
13. Photographic (3:58) – Louise Le May (This is a demo version of a track that will appear on Louise’s forthcoming album ‘Tell Me One Thing That Is New’, available to pre-order now; see http://louiselemay.com/ & www.myspace.com/louiselemay)
Thanks yet again to Stephen for coming in to do the interview, to my engineer without whom the interviews would not happen, to the bands/artists who contributed music, 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 you’ll hear interviews with Daniel Staniforth (a.k.a. Luna Trick) and Rebsie Fairholm, talking about their new albums and their new collaborative project. And I hope to see some of you at the Summer’s End festival in October too.
Episode 31: Thieves’ Kitchen Interview Part 2
This is the thirty-first edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This edition is the second of two shows focusing on the music of, and an interview with, members of the UK creative rock band Thieves’ Kitchen. There’s music from the third and fourth albums by Thieves’ Kitchen, adding up to over an hour of fascinating and varied music. This show focuses on music from the symphonic prog & Canterbury subgenres, but as usual we’re pushing at the edges of musical boundaries so just open your ears and listen. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about Thieves’ Kitchen.
Total running time: 1 hour and 25 minutes. Downloaded file is 78.5 MB.
1. Cardinal Red (6:35) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘Shibboleth’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/, www.myspace.com/thieveskitchen & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen3)
Interview with Phil Mercy and Amy Darby of Thieves’ Kitchen
2. Spiral Bound (4:58) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘Shibboleth’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/, www.myspace.com/thieveskitchen & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen3)
3. Tacenda For You (9:34) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)
4. Plath Inspired Demo (2:26) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Demo track for ‘The Water Road’ album; not commercially available)
5. The Water Road (11:13) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)
Thanks yet again to Phil and Amy 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 you’ll hear an interview with Stephen Lambe, co-organiser of the Summer’s End festival, as we look towards to the fifth year of this excellent UK music festival.
Episode 30: Thieves’ Kitchen Interview Part 1
This is the thirtieth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This edition is the first of two shows focusing on the music of, and an interview with, members of the UK creative rock band Thieves’ Kitchen. There’s music from the first three albums by Thieves’ Kitchen, adding up to over an hour of fascinating and varied music. This show focuses on music from the symphonic prog & Canterbury subgenres, but as usual we’re pushing at the edges of musical boundaries so just open your ears and listen. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about Thieves’ Kitchen and the other artists featured. The second part of the interview will be available later this month.
Total running time: 1 hour and 19 minutes. Downloaded file is 72.58 MB.
1. Dead Cheese (3:24) – Antique Seeking Nuns (Taken from the third Nuns EP ‘Careful It’s Tepid’ which has just recently been released; see www.tfsrecords.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/antiqueseekingnuns)
2. The Picture Slave (5:01) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘Shibboleth’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/, www.myspace.com/thieveskitchen & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen3)
Interview with Phil Mercy and Amy Darby of Thieves’ Kitchen
3. Time (7:18) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘Head’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen1)
4. Escape (13:36) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘Argot’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen2)
5. Cardinal Red (6:35) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘Shibboleth’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen3)
6. Thanks For The Mammary (3:28) – Asparagus Apocalypse (Available as a free download via www.macjams.com/artist/Epileptic+Gibbon)
Thanks to Phil and Amy 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 you’ll hear the second part of this interview.
