The Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show

Episode 73: Prelude to the Best of 2011

epilepticgibbon — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:55:45 +0000

This is the 73rd edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is my first of 2012 so happy new year! I’ve still got to bring you my ‘best of 2011′ shows and this sort of represents a lead in to those shows, as we look back to 2011, with a couple of things looking ahead to 2012 and a few older things thrown in for good measure. The feature album is 2008′s ‘Rare Weather’ by American band Jack O’ The Clock, plus there will be the usual diverse selection of tracks and artists from around the world (mainly from the US this time, though for no particular reason). Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks to where you can find more information about each artist.

Total running time: 1 hour and 53 minutes. Downloaded file is 103.3 MB.

1. Our Prayer (1:10) – The Beach Boys (Taken from the album ’20/20′; see www.brianwilson.com/ & www.beachboysband.net/)

2. Broka (4:43) – The Glass Canoe (Taken from the album ‘Chimera’; see theglasscanoe.bandcamp.com/album/chimera, theglasscanoe.com/ & www.facebook.com/theglasscanoe)

3. New American Gothic (6:09) – Jack O’ The Clock (Taken from the album, ‘Rare Weather’; see jackotheclock.com/Rare_Weather.html, jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/track/new-american-gothic & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JackOtheClock)

4. Washington Sniper (5:23) – Planeta Imaginario (Taken from the album, ‘Biomasa’; see www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/planeta.html)

5. CC & Dry (3:49) – Death In Texas (Taken from the ‘We Will Implode’ EP, which is available as a free download via deathintexas.bandcamp.com/; see also www.facebook.com/deathintexas)

6. Job (3:29) – Claudia Quintet +1 (Taken from the album, ‘What is the Beautiful?’; to download that track or to find out more details about the album go to www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/claudia.html)

7. The Garden of Zelovely (4:43) – Marvin B. Naylor (Taken from the album, ‘The Stargazer’s Symphonium’; see marvinbnaylormusic.bandcamp.com/, & folkwit.com/artists/marvin-b-naylor)

8. Indian Summer (2:38) – Farpoint (Taken from the album, ‘Kindred’; see 10trecords.com/farpoint-release-%E2%80%9Ckindred%E2%80%9D/)

9. Sea Change/Rare Weather/I Watch The Planes (11:08) – Jack O’ The Clock (Taken from the album, ‘Rare Weather’; see jackotheclock.com/Rare_Weather.html, jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/track/new-american-gothic & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JackOtheClock)

10. Blowing The Whole Bottle (3:46) – Metheglin (Taken from the album ‘Raining In Paradise’; see www.metheglin.org/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Metheglin/7908796609)

11. Snuff (10:54) – Mogon (Currently available via the compilation concept album ‘Decameron: Ten Days In 100 Novellas – Part One’ but it may also make an appearance on the forthcoming debut Mogon album; see www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=37827 & www.bloodfish.com/)

12. Coffin Song (3:55) – Candythief (Taken from the album ‘Partisan’; see candythief.bandcamp.com/, candythief.com/, & www.facebook.com/pages/candythief/10506269310)

13. Cathedral City (4:57) – Victoire (Taken from the album ‘Cathedral City’; see www.victoiremusic.com/ & www.newamsterdamrecords.com/)

14. In Your Place (3:45) – Common Swift (Taken from the ‘Passing Spirit’ EP; see commonswiftband.com/, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CommonSwift1 & www.facebook.com/pages/Common-Swift/75132137487)

15. Star Me Kitten (3:16) – R.E.M. (Taken from the album, ‘Automatic For The People’; see remhq.com/index.php)

16. Your Personal Infinity (4:44) – Leaving Richmond (Taken from the EP, ‘The Bird and the Submarine’, which I have learnt since recording the show should be out around February this year; see www.facebook.com/leavingrichmond?sk=info & soundcloud.com/leavingrichmond)

17. Aspen (8:45) – Jack O’ The Clock (Taken from the album, ‘Rare Weather’; see jackotheclock.com/Rare_Weather.html, jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/track/new-american-gothic & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JackOtheClock)

Thanks to all the musicians for producing such brilliant music and thanks to all you listeners too. Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). I will be back for the next episode, the first of three ‘best of 2011′ shows.

Episode 72: Where Does Santa Claus Go in the Summer?

epilepticgibbon — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:33:39 +0000

This is the 72nd edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is a festive edition, featuring music that has some connection to Christmas, the Winter Solstice, Yuletide, or just the cold wintry season in general. To reflect this the feature album is ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ by The Mediaeval Baebes, plus there will be the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, electronica, psych folk, chamber pop, jazz, steampunk and all sorts of other weird & wonderful music. 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 24 minutes. Downloaded file is 76.6 MB.

1. Gentle King (3:51) – Ten point Ten (Taken from the album, ’12 25′; see www.mindawn.com/artists/TenPointTen for one site where you can buy the album as an electronic download)

2. midwinter (4:43) – museum (Taken from their forthcoming debut album; see www.binarymuseum.net/)

3. Winter Is King (5:25) – Mostly Autumn (Taken from the EP ‘Spirits Of Christmas Past’; see www.mostly-autumn.com/2/, & www.facebook.com/pages/Mostly-Autumn/153492314670721)

4. The Holly & The Ivy (3:08) – The Mediaeval Baebes (Taken from the album ‘Mistletoe & Wine’; see www.mediaevalbaebes.com/ & www.last.fm/music/Mediæval+Bæbes)

5. Tree stands tall in Times Square (3:45) – Wim Oudijk (Taken from the album ‘Tree’; see folkwitrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tree & folkwit.com/artists/wim-oudijk)

6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Comfort And Oi!) (0:37) – The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing (Taken from the ‘A Very Steampunk Christmas EP’; see www.facebook.com/blamedfornothing, www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Steampunk-Christmas-EP-Explicit/dp/B004A7W73C/ref=dm_ap_alb1 & www.last.fm/music/The+Men+That+Will+Not+Be+Blamed+For+Nothing)

7. Frost (5:22) – Telling The Bees (Taken from the album ‘Untie The Wind’; see www.tellingthebees.co.uk/ & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TellingtheBees)

8. Variations on ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ (6:11) – Keith Emerson (Taken from ‘The Christmas Album’; see www.keithemerson.com/)

9. The Coventry Carol (4:27) – The Mediaeval Baebes (Taken from the album ‘Mistletoe & Wine’; see www.mediaevalbaebes.com/ & www.last.fm/music/Mediæval+Bæbes)

10. The 12 Days of Progmas (4:56) – Somewhere (A Christmas single from the band; see somewhere.nu/ & soundcloud.com/somewherestrange)

11. Merry Christmas Joseph Suttle (3:14) – Thumpermonkey Lives! (Taken from the album ‘Yottametre’; see thumpermonkey.bandcamp.com/ & www.thumpermonkey.com/)

12. Antlers (3:20) – Apparatjik (Taken from the EP ’4 Can Keep A Secret If 3 Of Them Are Dead’; see apparatjik.com/ & www.facebook.com/apparatjik)

13. Ebenezer’s Carol (3:00) – The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing (Taken from the ‘A Very Steampunk Christmas EP’; see www.facebook.com/blamedfornothing, www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Steampunk-Christmas-EP-Explicit/dp/B004A7W73C/ref=dm_ap_alb1 & www.last.fm/music/The+Men+That+Will+Not+Be+Blamed+For+Nothing)

14. Jaunty Dogs of Christmas (2:22) – Pete McCabe (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Homeward’; see petemccabe.com & www.discofair.nl/discofair/New_Releases.html)

15. Boar’s Head Carol (2:13) – Alchymical Muse (Special seasonal song released ahead of the forthcoming Alchymical Muse debut album; see www.alchymicalmuse.com/ & www.reverbnation.com/alchymicalmuse)

16. O Christmas Tree (2:39) – John Stebbe (Available to download for free via www.macjams.com/song/37404; see also www.johnstebbe.com/ & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JohnStebbe)

17. Veni Veni Bella (3:06) – The Mediaeval Baebes (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Huntress’; see www.mediaevalbaebes.com/ & www.last.fm/music/Mediæval+Bæbes)

18. Silent Night (3:15) – Can (This track was (but is no longer) available as a free download; for more information about Can see the official Can/Spoon Records website at www.spoonrecords.com/#)

19. 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!). Hopefully I’ll be back in January with a prelude to some special editions of the show focusing on the Best of 2011. If you’ve got your own favourites from 2011 feel free to add a comment here or on the Facebook group for the podcast.

I also recently made an appearance on and chose the music for Steve Davis’ excellent Interesting Alternative radio show. Thanks to Steve for inviting me on. If you’d like to hear the show then you can do so by going to www.phoenixfm.com/2011/12/21/downloads-for-the-2011-best-of-and-ian-fairholm-special/

BTW, thanks to regular listener Tony Owen there is now an App for the Eppy Gibbon podcast show: to find it just type ‘Epileptic Gibbon App’ into Google… & don’t forget you can contribute to and comment on shows via the Eppy Gibbon Facebook group.

Episode 71: Toy Trap

epilepticgibbon — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:47:15 +0000

This is the 71st edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is fairly standard in nature – lots of great and eclectic music – though we’re also looking ahead to Roast Fest, on Saturday November 12th. Partly to reflect this, the feature album is ‘Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat’ by the band Knifeworld who are headlining the event, plus there will be tracks by other acts on the bill and the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, electronica, intelligent pop and all sorts of other weird & wonderful music. 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 12 minutes. Downloaded file is 121.6 MB.

1. Slyrex (7:22) – Fjokra (Currently available to listen to on their Facebook & ReverbNation pages; see www.reverbnation.com/fjokra & www.facebook.com/pages/Fjokra/320079785001)

2. Could This Be Home (4:43) – Susan Cowsill (Taken from the album, ‘Lighthouse’; see http://susancowsill.com/)

3. Severed of Horsehoof (6:20) – Knifeworld (Taken from the album ‘Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat’; see www.knifeworld.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/knifeworld, & www.thegenepool.co.uk/artists/KNIFEWORLD.htm)

4. Concubine Waltz (3:29) – Sunday Driver (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Mutiny’, plus you can buy this track now from sundaydriver.bandcamp.com/album/concubine-waltz; see also www.sundaydriver.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/sundaydrivermusic)

5. Sunburst (4:03) – Common Swift (Taken from the album ‘These Safe Homes’; see commonswiftband.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Common-Swift/75132137487)

6. Celebrate the Sun (4:30) – Tony Patterson (Taken from the EP, ‘All The World’; see www.tonypatterson.co.uk/, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TonyPatterson & www.myspace.com/tonyrpatterson)

7. Something I Don’t Know (2:53) – Sara Lowes (This track is available as a free download via Sara’s website and it’s also taken from the album ‘Back To Creation’; see www.saralowes.co.uk/backtocreation/page.html & www.facebook.com/SaraLowesMusic)

8. Morning Grid (2:23) – Auragami (Taken from the ‘Morning Grid’ EP; see auragami.tumblr.com/)

9. Pulsating to the Wrong Conclusion (4:10) – Soiled (Taken from the ‘Mind Creeps Body Sleeps’ album; see soundcloud.com/soiled/sets/mindcreeps & www.facebook.com/pages/Soiled-music-uk/126065577445815)

10. No More Dying (4:10) – Knifeworld (Taken from the album ‘Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat’; see www.knifeworld.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/knifeworld, & www.thegenepool.co.uk/artists/KNIFEWORLD.htm)

11. Thank You (2:32) – Daniel Staniforth & Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Ruins: Poems By Margaret Randall’; see www.skylightpress.co.uk/, www.flowforth.com/#Sales, www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/, & lunatrick.bandcamp.com/album/ruins-poems-of-margaret-randall)

12. Rhiannon (4:00) – Band of Rain (Taken from the album ‘Sun In VIII’; see www.bandofrain.com/home.html, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/BandofRain & www.facebook.com/pages/Band-of-Rain/102999469735644)

13. Woman With Child (5:39) – Jeff Green (Taken from the album ‘Jessica’; see web.mac.com/jeffrgreen/Jeff_Green/Jessica.html, www.facebook.com/pages/Jeff-Green-Official/181935641858756, & jeffgreen.bandcamp.com/)

14. Rusty (3:01) – Matt Stevens (Taken from the album ‘Relic’; see www.mattstevensguitar.com/, www.facebook.com/mattstevensloop & mattstevens.bandcamp.com/)

15. Truth Be Told (4:55) – Redbus Noface (Taken from the album ‘#1 If It Fights The Hammer It Will Fight The Knife’; see www.markcawthra.com/redbusnoface/default.html & www.thegenepool.co.uk/artists/REDBUS+NOFACE.htm)

You can see Knifeworld, Matt Stevens and Redbus Noface at Roast Fest (November, 12th, 2011, at the Unicorn on Camden Road, London, NW1 9AA – see www.thegenepool.co.uk/items/769.htm & www.facebook.com/theunicorncamden).

16. The Black Pampas (3:51) – To Arms Etc (Taken from the album ‘To Arms Etc’; see www.toarmsetc.com/ & www.facebook.com/toarmsetc)

17. Scared To Capsize (4:55) – She Makes War (Taken from the album ‘Disarm’; see www.shemakeswar.com/, shemakeswar.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/SheMakesWar)

18. Mobile Foes (4:36) – Ochre (Taken from the album ‘Early Learning’; see ochremusic.com/, ochre.bandcamp.com/album/early-learning, & www.facebook.com/ochremusic)

19. Voices (6:24) – Mars Hollow (Taken from the album ‘World In Front Of Me’; see www.marshollow.com/, 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/mars-hollow/mars-hollow-discography/ & www.facebook.com/MarsHollow)

20. Me to the Future of You (8:39) – Knifeworld (Taken from the album ‘Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat’; see www.knifeworld.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/knifeworld, & www.thegenepool.co.uk/artists/KNIFEWORLD.htm)

21. Distant Dreams (6:46) – Paradise 9 (Taken from the ‘State of the Nation’ EP; see www.paradise9.net/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Paradise-9/73323509813)

Thanks to all the musicians whose music I played on the show and thanks to all you listeners too. Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). I’ve no idea when the next show will be, but I’m hoping to fit two or three eppysodes in before the end of the year, including a special festive edition. But before then I hope to see lots of you at Roast Fest!

Episode 70: Summer’s End Festival ’11

epilepticgibbon — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:04:58 +0000

This is the 70th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. It’s that time of the year again – 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 seventh year of the festival and it takes place over the weekend of the 7th, 8th and 9th 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). 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 16 minutes. Downloaded file is 125.2 MB.

1. The Total Collapse Of It All (3:50) – Tomahawks For Targets (Taken from the ‘Total Collapse’ EP; see http://tomahawksfortargets.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/tomahawksfortargets?sk=wall)

2. Wholly Holey (2:41) – William D Drake (Taken from the album ‘The Rising of the Lights’; see williamddrake.wordpress.com/ & williamddrake.bandcamp.com/)

3. Broken Homes and Goldfish Bones (6:24) – arcs (Taken from the ‘amo amas amat amamus amatis amant’ EP; see arcs.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/arcstheband)

Interview with Stephen Lambe, one of the organizers of the Summer’s End Festival (for more details go to www.summersend.co.uk/ & www.citizensofhopeandglory.co.uk/)

4. Destroy All Monsters (7:03) – Dec Burke (Taken from the album ‘Destroy All Monsters’ ; see www.decburke.com/ & www.myspace.com/decburke)

5. Minion’s Song (5:52) – Amplifier (Taken from the album ‘The Octopus’; see www.amplifiertheband.com/ & amplifier.bandcamp.com/)

6. Le Miroir Aux Alouettes (6:05) – Lazuli (Taken from the album ‘4603 Battements’; see www.lazuli-music.com/ & www.last.fm/music/Lazuli)

7. Pieces of loss (6:07) – Casual Silence (Taken from the album ‘Lost in Life’; see www.casualsilence.nl/ & www.myspace.com/casualsilencemusic)

8. Follow Your Leaders (9:22) – The Tangent (Taken from the album ‘A Place In The Queue’; see www.thetangent.org/ & www.last.fm/music/The+Tangent)

9. Anger (5:13) – Magenta (Taken from the album ‘Seven’; see www.magenta-web.com/ & magenta.bandcamp.com/)

10. Surprise, Surprise (4:07) – Caravan (Taken from the album ‘For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night‘; see www.caravan-info.co.uk/#/ & www.last.fm/music/Caravan)

Thanks yet again to Stephen for coming in to do the interview, 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!). The next show will hopefully be looking forward to another festival, Roast Fest. But before then I hope to see some of you at the Summer’s End festival.

The competition to win a signed copy of Sanguine Hum’s ‘Diving Bell’ album has now closed and I’ll be announcing the winner on a future show.

BTW, thanks to regular listener Tony Owen there is now an App for the Eppy Gibbon podcast show: to find it just type ‘Epileptic Gibbon App’ into Google…

Episode 69: Double Danger

epilepticgibbon — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:17:55 +0000

This is the 69th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is fairly standard in nature – just lots of great and eclectic music. The feature album is ‘Saturn Day Trajectory’ by the US electronic artist Retic, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, folky stuff and all sorts of other weird & wonderful music. 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 2 minutes. Downloaded file is 112 MB.

1. Sputnik (3:48) – Tomahawks For Targets (Taken from the ‘Total Collapse’ EP; see http://tomahawksfortargets.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/tomahawksfortargets?sk=wall)

2. I Feel (4:31) – firefly (Taken from the album, ‘Lightships’; see firefly1.bandcamp.com/album/lightships & www.myspace.com/fireflyburning)

3. Saturn Day Trajectory (4:33) – Retic (Taken from the album ‘Saturn Day Trajectory’; see www.facebook.com/reticface, phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=261521171, & www.cdbaby.com/cd/retictunes)

4. I: Voices in Winter / II: The Realms of the Divine (6:33) – Pure Reason Revolution (Taken from the album ‘The Dark Third’; see purereasonrevolution.co.uk/ & www.last.fm/music/Pure+Reason+Revolution)

5. No Thankful Village (5:37) – Marvin B. Naylor (Taken from the digital single available via marvinbnaylormusic.bandcamp.com/; see also folkwit.com/artists/marvin-b-naylor)

6. Deepest Sea (8:34) – Pinnacle (Taken from the album ‘Meld’; see pinnacleband.com/ & www.cdbaby.com/group/pinnacleband)

7. Helix (5:54) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Snowtorch’; see www.bloodfish.com/, www.cdbaby.com/cd/phideaux12 & phideaux.bandcamp.com/)

8. The Mastodon (3:50) – William D Drake (Taken from the album ‘The Rising of the Lights’; see williamddrake.wordpress.com/ & williamddrake.bandcamp.com/)

9. Three (3:38) – Tom Slatter (Currently this track is available exclusively on this podcast show but if you’d like to find out more about Tom, including his latest album, ‘IronBark’ then go to tomslatter.bandcamp.com/, & www.tomslatter.co.uk/ & www.reverbnation.com/tomslatter)

10. An Introduction to Creatures of Love (3:54) – Creatures of Love (This single can be downloaded for free from www.musicglue.net/creaturesoflove/; see also www.facebook.com/creaturesoflove)

11. Actually Everything (3:41) – Retic (Taken from the album ‘Saturn Day Trajectory’; see www.facebook.com/reticface, phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=261521171, & www.cdbaby.com/cd/retictunes)

12. Curved Transmission (3:27) – Earth Size Diamonds (Taken from the album ‘In A Shrinking Forest’; see earthsizediamonds.bandcamp.com/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/earthsizediamonds)

13. Lyra (4:12) – Telling The Bees (Taken from the album ‘Untie The Wind’; see www.tellingthebees.co.uk/ & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TellingtheBees)

14. Unfocused (4:02) – Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy (Taken from the album ‘White Magic’; see www.kilbey-kennedy.com/, stevekilbeymartinkennedypresent.bandcamp.com/, & www.facebook.com/kilbeykennedy)

15. Escape (6:35) – Casual Silence (Taken from the album ‘Lost in Life’; see www.casualsilence.nl/ & www.myspace.com/casualsilencemusic)

You can see Casual Silence at this year’s Summer’s End Festival (October, 7-9, 2011 – see www.summersend.co.uk/)

16. Mountains (10:13) – Jack O’ The Clock (Taken from the album ‘Rare Weather’; see jackotheclock.com/home.html, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JackOtheClock & jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/; this track was provided by Mevio’s Music Alley – see music.mevio.com)

17. Transmissions (3:25) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘New Worlds’; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/ & kardaestra.bandcamp.com/album/new-worlds)

18. Rarefy (6:12) – Retic (Taken from the album ‘Saturn Day Trajectory’; see www.facebook.com/reticface, phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=261521171, & www.cdbaby.com/cd/retictunes)

19. Jigsawed (4:48) – Quadrilles (Taken from the single ‘Jigsaw Technique’; see quadrilles.bandcamp.com/album/jigsaw-technique-single, quadrillesmusic.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/quadrilles?sk=info)

Don’t forget, if you want to win a signed copy of Sanguine Hum’s ‘Diving Bell’ album you need to answer this question: Troopers For Sound is Sanguine Hum’s label but, TFS didn’t always stand for that and originally stood for three other words – what were they? You can send your guess either by leaving a comment on this show’s page or by going to the Eppy Gibbon Facebook group page: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9610769087

Episode 68: A Long Track Special

epilepticgibbon — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:35:05 +0000

This is the 68th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is another of my occasional long track specials, so 10 tracks, all of them clocking in at seven minutes or more. The feature album is ‘The Water Road’ by the UK band Thieves’ Kitchen, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, spacey/ambient/psych rock, electronica, folky/classical music and different types of jazzy 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 55 minutes. Downloaded file is 104.96 MB.

1. The Successful Begin Sleepwalking (7:00) – Retic (Taken from the album ‘Saturn Day Trajectory’; see www.facebook.com/reticface, phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=261521171, & www.cdbaby.com/cd/retictunes)

2. Om Tare (7:44) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & http://cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)

3. Autumnal (16:23) – Mooch (Taken from the album ‘The Pagan Year’; see soundcloud.com/moochpalmer, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Mooch & www.ambientlive.com/ – you’ll need to scroll down the page to find the Mooch releases on the latter page)

4. New Breath (8:15) – A Troop Of Echoes (Taken from the album ‘Days In Automation’; see atroopofechoes.bandcamp.com/, www.last.fm/music/A+Troop+of+Echoes & www.myspace.com/atroopofechoes)

5. Chameleon (9:01) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & http://cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)

6. Chimes (12:32) – North Sea Radio Orchestra (Taken from the album ‘North Sea Radio Orchestra’; see www.nsro.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/northsearadioorchestra)

7. O Thou (7:12) – firefly (Taken from the album, ‘Lightships’; see firefly1.bandcamp.com/album/lightships & www.myspace.com/fireflyburning)

8. Half Life (8:58) – Jack O’ The Clock (Taken from the album ‘Rare Weather’; see jackotheclock.com/home.html, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/JackOtheClock & jackotheclock.bandcamp.com/; this track was provided by Mevio’s Music Alley – see music.mevio.com)

9. Letting Go (8:18) – Asaf Sirkis Trio (Taken from the album ‘Letting Go’; see www.asafsirkis.co.uk/, www.cdbaby.com/cd/asafsirkis5 & www.myspace.com/asafsirkis)

10. The Water Road (11:13) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/ & http://cdbaby.com/cd/thieveskitchen4)

And you’ll be able to see Sanguine Hum, along with Knifeworld, William D Drake, Stars In Battledress, Redbus Noface, Arch Garrison, Thumpermonkey Lives!, Matt Stevens and Admirals Hard at Roast Fest: A day of beautiful, far out and unusual music. See www.thegenepool.co.uk/items/769.htm for more details.

Episode 67: Best of 2010 part 3

epilepticgibbon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:46:49 +0000

This is the 67th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is part three of my extremely delayed ‘best of 2010′ shows, featuring the final countdown of my 18 favourite albums of last year. There is no feature album this time because of the nature of the show, but there will be the usual diverse selection of tracks and artists from around the world, including the UK, the US, Russia, Sweden, Germany and Canada. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks to where you can find more information about each artist.

Total running time: 2 hours and 28 minutes. Downloaded file is 135 MB.

1. Somewhere’s near to Nowhere (5:18) – Flutatious (Taken from the album ‘Flutatious 2’; see www.flutatious.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/pages/FLUTATIOUS/83351719886?v=info)

2. Holocaust (3:26) – EP’s Trailer Park (Taken from the album ‘Scissors and Knives’; see epstrailerpark.com/ & folkwit.com/artists/eps-trailer-park)

3. Bye Again (5:17) – THEreminGIRL (Taken from the album, ‘re: mine’; see http://theremingirl.com/, http://theremingirl.bandcamp.com/ & www.last.fm/music/THEreminGIRL)

4. The Big Red Spark (4:51) – Tinyfish (Taken from the album ‘The Big Red Spark’; see www.tinyfish.org/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Tinyfish/24814790871)

5. The Loose Ends Pt II (2:43) – Tinyfish (Taken from the album ‘The Big Red Spark’; see www.tinyfish.org/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Tinyfish/24814790871)

6. Drawing Maps From Memory (3:46) – North Atlantic Oscillation (Taken from the album ‘Grappling Hooks’; see www.kscopemusic.com/northatlanticoscillation/grapplinghooks/, www.facebook.com/northatlanticoscillation?ref=ts & www.last.fm/music/North+Atlantic+Oscillation)

7. Suscipe Flos Florem (3:43) – The Mediaeval Baebes (Taken from the album ‘Temptation’; see www.mediaevalbaebes.com/ & www.facebook.com/mediaevalbaebes)

8. Musa Venit Carmine (3:09) – The Mediaeval Baebes (Taken from the album ‘Temptation’; see www.mediaevalbaebes.com/ & www.facebook.com/mediaevalbaebes)

9. Momentum (3:24) – Squonk Opera (Taken from the album ‘Mayhem And Majesty’; see www.squonkopera.org/, & www.facebook.com/pages/Squonk-Opera/126808865416?ref=search&sid=1051963246.3600200736..1)

10. Wonder Full (3:39) – Kori Pop (Taken from the album ‘From The Outskirts’; see www.koripop.com/, koripop.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Kori-Pop/49538131023)

11. Queen (5:09) – Kori Pop (Taken from the album ‘From The Outskirts’; see www.koripop.com/, koripop.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Kori-Pop/49538131023)

12. Midnight (5:07) – Mars Hollow (Taken from the album ‘Mars Hollow’; see www.marshollow.com/, www.facebook.com/MarsHollow & 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/mars-hollow/)

13. Late Man (6:17) – Matt Stevens (Taken from the album ‘Ghost’; see www.mattstevensguitar.com/, www.facebook.com/mattstevensloop & mattstevens.bandcamp.com/)

14. Where Does It Go (4:13) – Xilehom (Taken from the album ‘Light Years’; see www.cdbaby.com/cd/Xilehom1, www.reverbnation.com/xilehom & www.facebook.com/pages/Xilehom/51396550591)

15. Custody Of The Knave (6:05) – Argos (Taken from the album ‘Circles’; see www.musearecords.com/ext_re_new_releaseselect.php?np=36914, www.facebook.com/pages/ARGOS/7061742082, www.myspace.com/returntowhatever)

16. Under Wuhu Son: III. Brace Against The Fall (6:16) – Frogg Café (Taken from the album ‘Bateless Edge’; see www.froggcafe.com/ & 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/frogg-cafe/)

17. Sun (7:19) – Haken (Taken from the album ‘Aquarius’; see www.haken.fr/ & http://www.facebook.com/pages/HAKEN/102787549743)

18. Sitting and Reading (3:05) – French For Cartridge (Taken from the album ‘Liquorice’; see www.sprudelkasten.com/dinnerwithdaisy/frenchforcartridge/, www.facebook.com/FrenchForCartridge, & www.myspace.com/frenchforcartridge)

19. 419 (6:30) – Thumpermonkey Lives! (Taken from the album ‘We Bake Our Bread Beneath Her Holy Fire’; see www.thumpermonkey.com/, thumpermonkey.bandcamp.com/, & www.facebook.com/pages/Thumpermonkey/18593072451)

20. Blackout (3:03) – Miss Emily Brown (Taken from the album ‘In Technicolor’; see www.emilybrownmusic.com/, missemilybrown.bandcamp.com/, & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MissEmilyBrown)

21. World Traveller (5:26) – Miss Emily Brown (Taken from the album ‘In Technicolor’; see www.emilybrownmusic.com/, missemilybrown.bandcamp.com/, & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MissEmilyBrown)

22. Nothing Between Us (6:10) – Sanguine Hum (Taken from the album ‘Diving Bell’; see sanguinehum.bandcamp.com/, troopersforsound.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Sanguine-Hum/148914338483750)

23. Diving Bell (5:46) – Sanguine Hum (Taken from the album ‘Diving Bell’; see sanguinehum.bandcamp.com/, troopersforsound.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Sanguine-Hum/148914338483750)

24. The Ladder (3:46) – Sanguine Hum (Taken from the album ‘Diving Bell’; see sanguinehum.bandcamp.com/, troopersforsound.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Sanguine-Hum/148914338483750)

If you want to win a signed copy of Sanguine Hum’s ‘Diving Bell’ album you need to answer this question: Troopers For Sound is Sanguine Hum’s label but, TFS didn’t always stand for that and originally stood for three other words – what were they? You can send your guess either by leaving a comment on this show’s page or by going to the Eppy Gibbon Facebook group page: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9610769087

If you want to donate to the fund in support of the independent record labels affected by the burning down of the Sony distribution centre in Enfield you can do so by going to this link: http://cognitivedissonancerecords.com/labellove/

Episode 66: Best of 2010 Part 2

epilepticgibbon — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:11:11 +0000

This is the 66th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is part two of my extremely delayed ‘best of 2010′ shows, featuring some of the best tracks of last year. There is no feature album this time because of the nature of the show, but there will be the usual diverse selection of tracks and artists from around the world. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks to where you can find more information about each artist.

Total running time: 1 hour and 40 minutes. Downloaded file is 92 MB.

1. The Ladder (Radio Edit) (5:14) – Extra Life (The full length version of this track can be found on the album ‘Made Flesh’; see extralifetheband.blogspot.com/ or www.myspace.com/extralifetheband)

2. Two (3:01) – Tom Slatter (Taken from the album ‘Spinning the Compass’; see http://tomslatter.bandcamp.com/album/spinning-the-compass, www.tomslatter.co.uk/ & www.reverbnation.com/tomslatter)

3. The Hanging Head Man (4:14) – Those Men (Taken from the double album ‘Theman Simpulse’; see thosemen.co.uk/, http://theman-simpulse-by-those-men.soundawesome.com/, http://soundcloud.com/theman-simpulse & www.zingg.co.uk/)

4. Colouring Pigeons (11:01) – The Knife in collaboration with Mt. Sims & Planningtorock (Taken from the album ‘Tomorrow In a Year’; see theknife.net/, www.rabidrecords.com/tomorrowinayear/, & www.myspace.com/theknife)

5. Symphony #5: Allegro con brio (2:10) – John Stebbe (Taken from the album ‘Beethoven Jazz, and More!’; see www.johnstebbe.com/ & http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stebbe3)

6. Chennai Dream (6:51) – Asaf Sirkis Trio (Taken from the album ‘Letting Go’; see www.asafsirkis.co.uk/, www.cdbaby.com/cd/asafsirkis5 & www.myspace.com/asafsirkis)

7. Fur Elise (1:47) – John Stebbe (Taken from the album ‘Beethoven Jazz, and More!’; see www.johnstebbe.com/ & http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stebbe3)

8. Skimming Stones (3:40) – Andy Whittle (Taken from the album ‘Reflections of an Illusion’; see www.andywhittle.com/ & folkwit.com/artists/andy-whittle)

9. One Cloud (3:35) – Rob Martino (Taken from the album ‘One Cloud’; see robmartino.com/, www.myspace.com/robmartino & www.facebook.com/pages/Rob-Martino/21417329891)

10. Unnerving Allure (6:00) – Godsticks (Taken from the album ‘Spiral Vendetta’; see godsticks.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/pages/GODSTICKS/67381648840 & www.myspace.com/godsticksmusic)

11. Lovesick Teenagers (3:16) – Bear In Heaven (Taken from the album ‘Beast Rest Forth Mouth’; see www.bearinheaven.com/, www.facebook.com/BearInHeaven & www.myspace.com/bearinheaven)

12. Date Movie Fever (4:05) – Johnny Unicorn (Taken from the album ‘Sweet Edith Manton’; see www.johnnyunicorn.com/ & www.myspace.com/johnnyunicorn)

13. Alien Television (6:00) – The Gak Omek (Taken from the album, ‘Nonrenormalizability’; see www.thegakomek.com/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/gakomek3)

14. The Roses (3:36) – Esther Dee & The Carousel (Taken from the EP ‘Esther Dee & The Carousel’; see www.cdbaby.com/Artist/EstherDeeTheCarousel & www.facebook.com/pages/Esther-Dee/196082276618)

15. The Man Behind The Curtain (7:44) – Spock’s Beard (Taken from the album ‘X’; see www.spocksbeard.com/, www.facebook.com/spocksbeard & www.myspace.com/spocksbeard)

16. Bell Of The Earth (3:17) –From.uz (Taken from the album ‘Seventh Story’; see www.fromuzband.com/, www.myspace.com/thefromuz, & 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/fromuz/)

17. Howl The Stars Down (3:50) – Nick Magnus (Taken from the album ‘Children Of Another God’; see www.magnus-music.com/home.htm)

Thanks to all the musicians who let their music be played on the show and thanks to all you listeners too. Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). The next episode should see Daniel & Rebsie standing in for me with their own take on Eppy Gibbon-style music, and the show after that will be the third of the three ‘best of 2010′ shows, featuring a countdown of my favourite 18 albums from last year. BTW, thanks to regular listener Tony Owen there is now an App for the Eppy Gibbon podcast show: to find it just type ‘Epileptic Gibbon App’ into Google… & don’t forget you can contribute to and comment on shows by joining the Eppy Gibbon Facebook group: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9610769087

Episode 65: The Sweet Beans Festival

epilepticgibbon — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:28:53 +0000

This is the 65th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show represents another break from my delayed ‘best of 2010′ shows, instead featuring some of the music that has emerged in the first half of 2011, plus there’s also a feature on this year’s Sweet Beans Festival. There will be tracks from several of the artists playing at this exciting festival on Sunday, July 10th, in London. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks to where you can find more information about each artist and the festival.

Total running time: 52 minutes. Downloaded file is 48 MB.

1. Flint (5:29) – The Fierce & the Dead (Taken from the album ‘If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe’; see www.fierceandthedead.com/ & thefierceandthedead.bandcamp.com/)

2. Releasing (5:18) – TCP (Taken from the album ‘Fantastic Dreamer’; see 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/tcp/ & www.temporalchaos.com/)

3. Me Fish Bring (6:38) – William D Drake (Taken from the album ‘The Rising of the Lights’; see williamddrake.wordpress.com/ & williamddrake.bandcamp.com/)

4. Lightships (1:46) – firefly (Taken from the album, ‘Lightships’; see firefly1.bandcamp.com/album/lightships & www.myspace.com/fireflyburning)

Feature on the Sweet Beans Festival – Sunday, 10th July, Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London. For more details go to: www.sweetbeans.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=3&Itemid=5

5. Trevelyan (4:58) – Talons (Single that you can download entirely for free via https://fan.musicglue.com/sale/promoproducts.aspx?productid=42d35534-8771-4fd6-9780-08782daa3f09; see also gotalons.com/ & www.facebook.com/gotalons)

6. On The Count Of 13 (2:22) – You Slut! (Taken from the album ‘Critical Meat’; see youslut.bandcamp.com/ & www.myspace.com/youslut1)

7. Colours of the night (4:54) – Evi Vine (Taken from the album ‘…and so the morning comes’; see www.evivine.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Evi-Vine-Music/205460922800126)

8. Blueprints (8:46) – The Feral Text (Taken from the EP ‘Architectures’; see theferaltext.bandcamp.com/ & www.last.fm/music/The+Feral+Text)

Thanks to all the musicians who let their music be played on the show and thanks to all you listeners too. Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!) and I hope to see some of you at the Sweet Beans Festival. The next episode will be another of Daniel & Rebsie’s excellent guest slots, so lots of terrific music to come from them as always, and the show after that will be the second of the three ‘best of 2010′ shows. BTW, thanks to regular listener Tony Owen there is now an App for the Eppy Gibbon podcast show: to find it just type ‘Epileptic Gibbon App’ into Google… Also, please join the Eppy Gibbon Facebook group: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9610769087

Episode 64: Death on the slipway

epilepticgibbon — Sat, 28 May 2011 17:01:09 +0000

This is the 64th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show represents a break from my delayed ‘best of 2010′ shows, instead featuring some of the music that has emerged in the first half of 2011 or will soon be emerging, plus a few other choice titbits. The feature album this time is ‘Chantoozies’, the wonderful debut album from all-female folky band The Poozies. There will be the usual diverse selection of tracks and artists from around the world. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks to where you can find more information about each artist.

Total running time: 2 hours and 17 minutes. Downloaded file is 125.56 MB.

1. Dheanainn Sugradh (6:40) – The Poozies (Taken from the album ‘Chantoozies’; see web.mac.com/sallybarker/poozies/Home.html)

2. midwinter (4:43) – museum (Taken from their forthcoming debut album; see www.binarymuseum.net/)

3. My Debt To Scientology (2:57) – Thumpermonkey Lives! (Taken from the album ‘Chap With The Wings, Five Rounds Rapid’; see www.thumpermonkey.com/, www.cdbaby.com/cd/ThumpermonkeyLives & www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2475886516)

4. On the Empire State (4:54) – Sunol (Taken from the album, ‘Lay in the light’; see sunolmusic.com/ & www.facebook.com/sunolmusic)

5. She would like to be (3:31) – Gertrude (Taken from the album ‘She Bang, She Boom’; see www.gertruderock.com/ & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/gertrude1)

6. Pilot Her (2:46) – Knifeworld (Taken from the forthcoming EP ‘Dear Lord, No Deal’; see www.knifeworld.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/knifeworld & www.thegenepool.co.uk/artists/KNIFEWORLD.htm)

7. Samurai (3:29) – Glasgow (Taken from the album ‘On Earth’; see glasgowband.net/ & www.facebook.com/glasgowband)

8. Saucer (3:05) – All India Radio (Taken from the album ‘The Silent Surf’; see www.allindiaradio.com.au/ & www.facebook.com/allindiaradiomusic)

9. Blind Jack of Knaresborough (4:22) – Big Block 454 (Taken from the album, ‘Bells & Proclamations’; see bigblock454.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/BigBlock454.music)

10. Willie’s Old Trousers (3:28) – The Poozies (Taken from the album ‘Chantoozies’; see web.mac.com/sallybarker/poozies/Home.html)

11. Honesty (6:17) – The Poozies (Taken from the album ‘Chantoozies’; see web.mac.com/sallybarker/poozies/Home.html)

12. The Wolves (4:04) – Esther Dee & The Carousel (Taken from the EP ‘Esther Dee & The Carousel’; see www.cdbaby.com/Artist/EstherDeeTheCarousel & www.facebook.com/pages/Esther-Dee/196082276618)

13. Carvajal (4:43) – Bev Lee Harling (Taken from the EP ‘Impossible Human’; see www.bevleeharlingmusic.com/fr_home.cfm & www.pledgemusic.com/projects/bevleeharling – despite my comments on the show you can still contribute to the funding of this album via the latter link)

14. Progressions (4:54) – Factor Burzaco (Taken from the album ‘II’; see www.myspace.com/factorburzaco & production.altrock.it/start.asp)

15. Pipe Dreams (4:34) – Letters (Taken from the double A-side single, ‘Grand National/Pipe Dreams’ which can be downloaded for free via the band’s website; see www.wewriteletters.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/pages/We-Write-Letters/137294089660482?v=info)

16. Continental (5:14) – Orwell (Taken from the album, ‘Continental’; see folkwit.com/artists/orwell, www.orwellmusic.com/ & www.myspace.com/orwellfrenchband)

17. Hole (3:30) – The Big I Am (Taken from the album, ‘Collecting Skies’; see folkwit.com/artists/the-big-i-am & thebigiam1.bandcamp.com/album/collecting-skies)

18. Whitewashed Everything (6:11) – Ethers Edge (Taken from the album, ‘Return To Type’; see www.ethersedge.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/pages/Ethers-Edge/115482674305 & www.last.fm/music/Ethers+Edge)

19. All the World (4:23) – Tony Patterson (Taken from the EP, ‘All The World’; see www.tonypatterson.co.uk/, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TonyPatterson & www.myspace.com/tonyrpatterson)

20. Mr. Sands (5:22) – Van Der Graaf Generator (Taken from the album, ‘A Grounding In Numbers’; see www.sofasound.com/index.htm & www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/)

21. Crazy Raven (8:47) – The Poozies (Taken from the album ‘Chantoozies’; see web.mac.com/sallybarker/poozies/Home.html)

22. Barrikad (3:09) – Testbild! (Taken from the album, ‘Barrikad’ & the double A-side single, ‘Barrikad/En kartbild utan sand’; see testbild.org/, www.kalligrammofon.com/ (from here you can place your order for the album & download the double A-side single for free) & www.facebook.com/pages/Testbild/94350211151)

Thanks to all the musicians who let their music be played on the show and thanks to all you listeners too. Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). The next episode will be another of Daniel & Rebsie’s excellent guest slots, so lots of terrific music to come from them as always, and the show after that will be the second of the three ‘best of 2010′ shows. BTW, thanks to regular listener Tony Owen there is now an App for the Eppy Gibbon podcast show: to find it just type ‘Epileptic Gibbon App’ into Google…