The Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show

Episode 35: Square Root of Evil

epilepticgibbon — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:17:24 +0000

This is the thirty-fifth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. It’s a relatively short show this time around as I’m busy with other less interesting things, but there will be more than enough quality even if there’s less quantity. There’s material this time from all over the world, including artists from the UK, Israel, France, and the US, adding up to just over an hour of fascinating and varied music. This month the feature album is ‘A Part, And Yet Apart’, the 1999 acoustic jazz album from Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, epic pop, spacey folk rock, electronica, math rock, folktronica 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 32 minutes. Downloaded file is 84 MB.

1. No Truce with the Furies (4:59) – Bill Bruford’s Earthworks (Taken from the album ‘A Part, And Yet Apart’ ; www.billbruford.com/)

2. War With Love (3:32) – Louise Le May (Taken from the mini-album ‘Tell Me One Thing That Is New’; see louiselemay.com/ & www.myspace.com/louiselemay)

3. ZummZumm (5:17) – Django Django (I think this track is available as a legal & free download via www.pinglewood.com/2009/January/321_Django_Django.html; see also www.myspace.com/djangotime)

4. Good Ol’ Burnt Eyes (6:11) – Wild Dogs In Winter (Taken from their self-titled debut EP; see www.myspace.com/wilddogsinwinter)

5. Red Sky Locomotive (4:47) – Jolly (Taken from the album ‘Forty-Six Minutes, Twelve Seconds of Music’; see www.jollyband.com/, www.myspace.com/jollyband, & www.progrockrecords.com/artists/view.php?id=117)

6. Footloose and Fancy Free (6:41) – Bill Bruford’s Earthworks (Taken from the album ‘A Part, And Yet Apart’; www.billbruford.com/)

7. Tomorrow (1:58) – Mike Keneally (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Scambot 1’; see www.keneally.com/, www.radiokeneally.com/ & www.myspace.com/mikekeneally)

8. maru 0×01 (1:40) – ic42 (Available as a free download from www.macjams.com/artist/ic42 ; see www.myspace.com/ic42ic42 & www.schwansongs.com/ plus check out schwansongs.blogspot.com/2009/10/21-end-of-experiment.html for more details about ic42)

9. Bad Teeth (3:58) – Alright the Captain (I’m not sure where you can currently find this track but if you’re interested then do contact the band via www.myspace.com/alrightthecaptain)

10. Bridge (short) (4:27) – Avner Kenner (You can hear the full version of this wonderful track via www.myspace.com/avnerkenner)

11. Space Chick (4:39) – Flutatious (Taken from their self-titled debut album; see www.flutatious.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/flutaciousUK)

12. Iron Gum (3:09) – Satine (Taken from the album ‘Satine’ (I think); see www.myspace.com/satinemusic)

13. Collecting Skies (demo) (5:46) – The Big I Am (Taken from a forthcoming EP; see rashrecords.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/bigiamrash)

14. Dewey-eyed, Then Dancing (5:36) – Bill Bruford’s Earthworks (Taken from the album ‘A Part, And Yet Apart’; www.billbruford.com/)

15. Ha! Moose and Pidida (6:24) – Forofo (Taken from the forthcoming Forofo EP; see www.myspace.com/forofomusic)

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!). The next show should be a slightly belated Halloween special with Count Eppy Gibbon, assuming we can dig him out of his coffin in time. In the meantime, don’t forget that you can vote for your three favourite artists as played on the Eppy Gibbon Podcast Show for a future poll/anniversary show. Votes can be sent to me via a number routes, including sending me a personal message on MySpace, or via the MySpace or Facebook groups for this music podcast, or by leaving a comment on this blog. See you soon!

Episode 34: Brought to Book

epilepticgibbon — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:53:54 +0000

This is the thirty-fourth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. It’s kind of back to normal this time around after the ‘month of interviews’, so the aim is to cram in as much music as possible; in fact there will be 20 tracks. Not surprisingly, there’s material this time from all over the world, including artists from the UK, Finland, Australia, France, Sweden and the US, adding up to nearly two hours of fascinating and varied music. This month the feature album is ‘Cases’, the 2006 debut album from UK band French For Cartridge, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, chamber pop, electronica, chill-out, pronk rock, folk 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 1 minute. Downloaded file is 110.7 MB.

1. The Innocents (3:18) – Daniel Carlson (Taken from the album ‘Aviary Jackson’; see www.myspace.com/dcarlsonmusic & www.danielcarlson.com/)

2. Näcken (3:59) – Thoby Loth (Taken from the album ‘Lägereldarnas Tid’; see www.thobyloth.com/ & www.myspace.com/thobyloth)

3. Fooling Around (2:36) – French For Cartridge (Taken from the album ‘Cases’; see frenchforcartridge.com/ & www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge)

4. Singled Out for Battery (4:50) – Knifeworld (Taken from the album ‘Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat’; see www.knifeworld.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/knifeworlduk)

5. Obviously (2:34) – Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse (Taken from the album ‘Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsmen Of The Apocalypse’; see www.jesushchristrocks.com, www.myspace.com/jesushchristrocks, & www.cdbaby.com/cd/jesushchrist)

6. Ointment For Flies (6:25) – Antique Seeking Nuns (Taken from the EP ‘Careful It’s Tepid’; see http://troopersforsound.com/ & www.myspace.com/antiqueseekingnuns)

7. Mesmerized (4:09) – French For Cartridge (Taken from the album ‘Cases’; see frenchforcartridge.com/ & www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge)

8. Overlook (6:23) – Drift (Taken from the album ‘Driftsongs’ ; see www.myspace.com/driftsongs & www.cdbaby.com/cd/driftsongs)

9. Drifting (4:17) – Wysiwyg (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Pixelated Dream’; see www.myspace.com/wysiwygband & www.wysiwygband.com/)

10. The Butchers Wife (4:02) – Wild Dogs In Winter (Taken from the EP ‘Homba’ ; see www.myspace.com/wilddogsinwinter & www.myspace.com/fragilefamilerecords)

11. The Cellar (4:18) – Liovaine (Taken from the album ‘Accidents’; see www.myspace.com/liovaine)

12. Histories (4:31) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Ombra’; see www.piasilvi.com/, www.cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi2 & www.myspace.com/piasilvi)

13. Soon (4:15) – French For Cartridge (Taken from the album ‘Cases’; see frenchforcartridge.com/ & www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge)

14. Solstice (3:23) – All India Radio (Taken from the album ‘A Low High’; see www.allindiaradio.com.au/ & www.myspace.com/allindiaradio)

15. Uh I Dunno (4:47) – Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy (Taken from the album ‘Unseen Music Unheard Words’; see www.myspace.com/kilbeykennedy & www.cdbaby.com/cd/kilbeykennedy)

16. Hive Mind (4:00) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Number Seven’; see www.myspace.com/phideaux & www.bloodfish.com/main.html)

17. The Claws Of A Crayfish (5:41) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Number Seven’; see www.myspace.com/phideaux & www.bloodfish.com/main.html)

18. Gångsång (3:57) – Paganus (Taken from the album ‘Skogsrock’; see www.myspace.com/skogsrock & www.paganus.se/ (the latter is not in English))

19. Ending (3:30) – French For Cartridge (Taken from the album ‘Cases’; see frenchforcartridge.com/ & www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge)

20. Joy (12:35) – The Monroe Transfer (Available as a free download via their website; see www.themonroetransfer.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/electricoldwirenoise)

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!). Next month there will be lots more music and hopefully news of how you can vote for your favourite artists played on the Eppy Gibbon Podcast Show. See you then!

Episode 33: Luna Trick & Rebsie Fairholm Interviews

epilepticgibbon — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:08:33 +0000

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

epilepticgibbon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:33:13 +0000

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

epilepticgibbon — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:56:49 +0000

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

epilepticgibbon — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:23:34 +0000

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.

Episode 29: Hot Snow

epilepticgibbon — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:55:49 +0000

This is the twenty-ninth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. It’s kind of back to normal this time around after the last two special shows, so the aim is to cram in as much music as possible; in fact there will be 23 tracks. Not surprisingly, there’s material this time from all over the world, including artists from the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Sweden and the US, adding up to nearly two hours of fascinating and varied music. This month the feature album is ‘Such Fine Particles of The Universe’, the debut album from US band Bubblemath, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, experimental, post rock, gothic polka, pronk rock, sophisticated pop, folk rock, general strangeness, and lots & lots of electronica. 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 5 minutes. Downloaded file is 115.2 MB.

1. Dreg City (4:21) – Retic (Taken from the album ‘Somnolent Massive’; see www.myspace.com/r3tic & www.cdbaby.com/cd/retictunes)

2. Oooh! (2:12) – French For Cartridge (Taken from the double-A side single ‘Oooh!/Picture Negative’; see www.cartridgetheband.com/ & www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge)

3. Doll Hammer (4:37) – Bubblemath (Taken from the album ‘Such Fine Particles of the Universe’; see www.myspace.com/bubblemath & http://cdbaby.com/cd/bubblemath)

4. Horizon (3:56) – Sonny Jim (Available as a free download via www.macjams.com/artist/sonnyjim & find the original track which was being covered via www.macjams.com/artist/SmokeyVW)

5. 1 = 2 (2:56) – Luctone (Taken from ‘The Luctone EP’ ; see www.myspace.com/luctone & purchase from www.amazon.com or iTunes)

6. IDM is Rubbish (3:55) – M. in D. (Taken from the album ‘IDM is Rubbish’; see www.myspace.com/onmindzero & www.miraloop.com)

7. The Brightest Beyond (6:12) – All Smiles (Taken from the album ‘Oh For The Getting And Not Letting Go’; see www.allsmilesmusic.com/ & www.myspace.com/allsmilesmusic)

8. Comatone (part one) (4:31) – The Oscillation (Taken from the album ‘Out Of Phase’ ; see www.myspace.com/theoscillations)

9. Hopper (4:07) – Planivaar (Taken from the album ‘The Yellow Square’; see www.myspace.com/planivaar & www.splitfemurrecordings.com/)

10. Hot Kathy (4:39) – Apes & Androids (Taken from the album ‘Blood Moon’ ; see www.apesandandroids.com/ & www.myspace.com/apesandandroids)

11. Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home (5:57) – Mogwai (Taken from the album ‘Mogwai Young Team’; see www.mogwai.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/mogwai; provided by the Mevio’s Music Alley – www.musicalley.com/)

12. Gonzales (3:53) – Vladimir Bozar ‘n’ Ze Sheraf Orkestar (Taken from their debut album ‘Universal Sprache’; see www.vladimirbozar.com/Vladimir_Bozar_N_Ze_Sheraf_Orkhestar/Vladimir_Bozar_n_Ze_Sheraf_Orkestar.html & www.myspace.com/vladimirbozar)

13. She’s No Vegetarian (2:46) – Bubblemath (Taken from the album ‘Such Fine Particles of the Universe’; see www.myspace.com/bubblemath & http://cdbaby.com/cd/bubblemath)

14. Blank Face Goblins (3:49) – Veronique Chevalier (Taken from the album ‘Polkahauntus’; see weirdval.com/ & www.myspace.com/veronique)

15. Tha I Ban (6:43) – Flutatious (Taken from their self-titled debut album; see www.myspace.com/flutatiousUK)

16. Standstill (3:44) – Coloma (Taken from the album ‘Love’s Recurring Dream’; see www.myspace.com/colomamusic & www.italic.de/)

17. Paralleled World of Common Sense (4:12) – Soiled (Taken from the album ‘Slothmotion’; see www.soiled.org.uk/ & www.myspace.com/soileddirtybeats)

18. Heavy Billy (4:19) – TCP (Taken from the album ‘The Way’ ; see http://10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/tcp/ & www.myspace.com/blaketobias)

19. Dry Land (3:20) – Candythief (Taken from the album ‘Technicolour Wilderness’; see http://candythief.com/ & www.myspace.com/candythief)

20. Potential People (6:27) – Bubblemath (Taken from the album ‘Such Fine Particles of the Universe’; see www.myspace.com/bubblemath & http://cdbaby.com/cd/bubblemath)

21. The Form Of The Good (8:41) – Deluge Grander (Taken from the album ‘The Form Of The Good’; see www.delugegrander.com/, www.myspace.com/delugegrander & www.cdbaby.com/cd/delugegrander2)

22. At the Ending (2:34) – Band in Box (Likely to be on the forthcoming second Band in Box album; see http://bandinbox.net/ & www.myspace.com/bandinbox)

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!). Next month there will be four editions of the show made available – the first should be out early in August, which will be part 1 of an interview with band members from the excellent Thieves’ Kitchen, then we’ll have the second part later in the month, and even later still, two more interviews. It should be an entertaining month!

Episode 28: A Long Track Special

epilepticgibbon — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:10:13 +0000

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)

epilepticgibbon — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:16:07 +0000

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

epilepticgibbon — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:33:19 +0000

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.