Episode 100: A-Z Special
This is the 100th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. You can also listen via Mixcloud here. This is a special edition of the show celebrating six years and 100 episodes of the podcast. Daniel Staniforth, Rebsie Fairholm & myself have between us selected 26 tracks, with each track by an artist or band representing a letter of the alphabet and covering the usual wide range of styles and genres, with music from all over 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. Downloaded file is 110.1 MB.
1. Garden of Love (4:30) – Alchymical Muse (Taken from their forthcoming debut album ‘The Spark′; see www.alchymicalmuse.com/ & soundcloud.com/alchymical-muse)
2. Oh England my lionheart (3:12) – Kate Bush (Taken from the album ‘Lionheart’; see www.katebush.com/)
3. Miri It Is (2:37) – Circulus (Taken from the album ‘The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to be Sent’; see www.circulus.org/ & www.facebook.com/pages/CIRCULUS/157272170793)
4. Oil & The Water (4:00) – Death In Texas (Single available to buy from deathintexas.bandcamp.com/; see also www.deathintexasmusic.com/ & www.facebook.com/deathintexas)
5. Lady In The Lake (3:54) – Elysian Fields (Taken from the album ‘Bleed Your Cedar’; see www.elysianmusic.com/, elysianfields.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/elysianfieldsnyc)
6. The Slaughter of the Innocents (5:11) – Firefly Burning (Taken from the album ‘Lightships’; see www.fireflyburning.co.uk/, firefly1.bandcamp.com/ & en-gb.facebook.com/fireflyburning)
7. Morning song (3:15) – Charlotte Gainsbourg (Taken from the album ‘5:55’; see www.charlottegainsbourg.com/ & www.facebook.com/charlottegainsbourg)
8. Dufwa (3:55) – Hedningarna (Taken from the album ‘Hippjokk’; see www.hedningarna.net/ & www.silence.se/hedningarna/)
9. Winter Singing (4:44) – The Imagined Village (Taken from the album ‘Bending The Dark’; see www.theimaginedvillage.com/ & www.facebook.com/imaginedvillage)
10. Escape from DS-3 (5:42) – Jolly (Taken from the album ‘Forty-Six Minutes, Twelve Seconds of Music’; see www.jollyband.com/news.html & www.facebook.com/JOLLYBAND)
11. Circle My Demise (3:19) – King Creosote (Taken from the album ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’; see www.kingcreosote.com/ & www.fencerecords.com/artists/king-creosote/)
12. Your Personal Infinity (4:44) – Leaving Richmond (Taken from the ‘The Bird and the Submarine’ EP; see leavingrichmond.tumblr.com/, soundcloud.com/leavingrichmond & www.facebook.com/leavingrichmond)
13. Thograinn Thograinn (3:34) – MacMaster/Hay (Taken from the album ‘Love And Reason’; see www.facebook.com/pages/MacmasterHay/158111410893459 & www.myspace.com/macmasterhay)
14. He Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes (5:06) – North Sea Radio Orchestra (Taken from the album ‘North Sea Radio Orchestra’; see www.nsro.co.uk/ & en-gb.facebook.com/northsearadioorchestra)
15. Teutates (3:49) – Omnia (Taken from the album ‘PaganFolk’; see www.worldofomnia.com/, www.facebook.com/worldofomnia & www.youtube.com/WorldOfOmnia)
16. When London Shone (3:54) – Project Adorno (Taken from the album ‘Shine Bright On Thursdays’; see www.projectadorno.net/)
17. Levis (4:16) – Qntal (Taken from the album ‘Qntal V: Silver Swan’; see www.qntal.de/english/)
18. Sign of the Zodiac (3:47) – Rasputina (Taken from the album ‘How We Quit the Forest’; see www.rasputina.com/ & en-gb.facebook.com/OfficialRasputina)
19. Cognoscenti (3:57) – Sanguine Hum (Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of The World’; see www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric-exd.asp?id=4053, troopersforsound.com/catalogue/the-weight-of-the-world/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Sanguine-Hum/148914338483750)
20. Our Movie (3:03) – Toyah (Taken from the album ‘Sheep Farming In Barnet’; see www.toyahwillcox.com/ & www.facebook.com/toyahofficial)
21. Les Kobolds (4:17) – Univers Zero (Taken from the album ‘Clivages’; see www.univers-zero.com/ & www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/univers.html)
22. Inamorata (4:50) – Vas (Taken from the album ‘In The Garden Of Souls’; see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_%28band%29 & www.azamalimusic.com/)
23. Mehmeda Majka Bubağe (3:11) – Jah Wobble (Taken from the album ‘Umbra Sumus’; see www.30hertzrecords.com/)
24. Afraid (4:40) – X-TG feat. Sasha Grey (Taken from the album ‘Desertshore’; see x-tg.com/ & tg.greedbag.com/)
25. March (3:19) – Youngblood Brass Band (Taken from the album ‘Is That A Riot?’; see www.youngbloodbrassband.com & www.facebook.com/youngbloodbrassband; this track was provided by Mevio’s Music Alley – see www.musicalley.com/)
26. What’s New In Baltimore? (5:20) – Frank Zappa (Taken from the album ‘Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention’; see www.zappa.com/ & www.facebook.com/Zappa)
Many thanks as always to all the bands, musicians and listeners who make this podcast possible – one hundred shows isn’t a bad milestone and we thank everyone who has contributed to it. We very much hope you enjoyed this special celebratory episode and will come back for more. Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!) or if you want to have your say on anything else connected to this podcast. If you want to keep up to date with news about this podcast, EppyFest, or just chat with other listeners, don’t forget that there’s a Facebook group – just search for the Eppy Gibbon Podcast Show on Facebook and request to join. The next show will feature an interview with Matt Baber and Joff Winks of Sanguine Hum so I hope you’ll come back for that.
Episode 92: Set Sail for Adventure
This is the 92nd edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. Happy New Year! Welcome to the first show of 2013 featuring the usual broad range of genres and lots of great music. The feature album this time around is Peter Kearns’ 2007 album ‘No Such Thing As Time’, plus there’s a tribute to the late Gerry Anderson, a track from one of the acts who’ll be on at EppyFest 2 this year and another track in our regular feature focusing on great music from the 1980s. 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 16 minutes. Downloaded file is 69.2 MB.
1. Stingray (1:58) – The Barry Gray Orchestra with Gary Miller (Taken from the album ‘The No.1 Sci-Fi Album’; see www.barrygray.co.uk/BG/Home.html & www.fanderson.org.uk/fanderson.html)
2. May the Piper (2:28) – Netherland Dwarf (Taken from the EP ‘May the Piper’ which is available as a legal and free download via totokokolabel.com/releases_030 or netherlanddwarf.bandcamp.com/; see also itunes.apple.com/us/album/moi-moi/id443135278 & www.facebook.com/netherlanddwarf)
3. The Fate of the World Rests in the Hands of a Tiny Animal (6:23) – Itsnotyouitsme (Taken from the album ‘Everbody’s Pain Is Magnificent’; see itsnotyouitsme.bandcamp.com/ & www.newamsterdamrecords.com/?portfolio=itsnotyouitsme)
4. Don’t Shoot The Messenger (4:29) – Peter Kearns (Taken from the album ‘No Such Thing As Time‘; see www.peterkearns.net/ & peterkearnsmusic.bandcamp.com/)
5. Rise Of The Phoenix (4:30) – The Coalition (Taken from the album ‘In Search Of Forever’; see en-gb.facebook.com/CoalitionProg/info, www.cdbaby.com/cd/coalition5 & www.progressiverockbr.com/monthaprilcoalition2012.html)
6. Truth is Like a Platypus (4:21) – Reinier Loopik a.k.a. Circle Versus Square (I’m not exactly sure where you can get this track but see the following links for more details about Reinier’s music: soundcloud.com/circleversussquare & www.facebook.com/circleversussquaremusic)
7. Noises (7:15) – Becky Rose (I think I got this track via Becky’s facebook page – en-gb.facebook.com/BeckyRoseMusic; see also www.last.fm/music/Becky+Rose & www.myspace.com/thisisbeckyrose)
8. No Such Thing As Time (5:35) – Peter Kearns (Taken from the album ‘No Such Thing As Time‘; see www.peterkearns.net/ & peterkearnsmusic.bandcamp.com/)
9. Deep Inside (5:30) – Andy Pickford (This track is currently exclusively available on this podcast; for more details about Andy’s music see andypickfordmusic.webplus.net/ & soundcloud.com/andy-pickford)
As part of the feature, ‘The 80s Weren’t All Rubbish You Know!’ …
10. Ironbound/Fancy Poultry (6:19) – Suzanne Vega (Taken from the album ‘Solitude Standing’; see www.suzannevega.com/, www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/cf119120-7df5-47d7-9dec-49f8837a4e40 & www.facebook.com/pages/Suzanne-Vega/7594249100)
11. Speechless (4:00) – Peter Kearns (Taken from the album ‘No Such Thing As Time‘; see www.peterkearns.net/ & peterkearnsmusic.bandcamp.com/)
12. Fire (DTR Remix) (6:42) – Trojan Horse (Taken from the ‘Fire’ EP; see trojanhorse.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/trojanhorseuk)
Many thanks as always to the musicians and to all listeners.Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!) or if you want to have your say on anything else connected to this podcast. If you want to keep up to date with news about this podcast or chat with other listeners don’t forget that there’s a Facebook group – just search for the Eppy Gibbon Podcast Show on Facebook and request to join. For the next show, episode 93, we’ll be having another of our long track specials (delayed from before Christmas) so I hope you’ll come back for that.
Episode 91: Christmas Crackers
This is the 91st 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 ‘The Christmas Album’ by Keith Emerson, plus there will be the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, electronica, 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: 2 hours and 6 minutes. Downloaded file is 115.7 MB.
1. Jingle Bells (One Horse Open Sleigh) (1:15) – 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer (Taken from the album, ‘It’s a Chiptune Holiday!’; see 8bitweapon.bandcamp.com/album/its-a-chiptune-holiday, 8bitweapon.bandcamp.com/ & www.8bitweapon.com/)
2. Northern Lights (3:33) – Renaissance (Taken from the album ‘A Song For All Seasons’; see renaissancetouring.com/)
3. Troika (4:18) – Keith Emerson (Taken from ‘The Christmas Album’; see www.keithemerson.com/)
4. Winter Falls (8:30) – Ian Neal (Taken from the album ‘Out of the Woods’; see ianneal.bandcamp.com/album/out-of-the-woods & www.facebook.com/pages/Ian-Neal/130308120365154)
5. We Three Kings (3:19) – The Willows (This track can be downloaded for free from www.thewillowsband.co.uk/news plus it’s been included on the 15 track ‘For Folk’s Sake Charity’ CD, which you can download for £7 or buy the CD for £9 via forfolkssake.bandcamp.com/releases - all proceeds will go to the Evelina children’s hospital; see also www.thewillowsband.co.uk/ & itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-willows/id405298481)
6. Silent Night (4:29) – Matt Stevens (This track is available to buy for just £1 from mattstevens.bandcamp.com/album/silent-night; see also www.mattstevensguitar.com/ & mattstevens.bandcamp.com/)
7. In The Bleak Midwinter (4:35) – Also Eden (This track is available to download for free via www.alsoeden.com/download_christmas.php – you just need to enter your name & email address; see also www.alsoeden.com/index_main.php & en-gb.facebook.com/alsoeden)
8. Christmas Turkey (3:07) – David Minnick (This track is available to download for free via soundcloud.com/david-minnick)
9. Merry Christmas (I Still Love You) (2:35) – a.P.A.t.T. (This track is available to buy for just £1 from apatt.bandcamp.com/track/merry-christmas-i-still-love-you; see also www.apatt.com/, apatt.bandcamp.com/ & soundcloud.com/apatt)
10. I Saw Three Ships (4:56) – Keith Emerson (Taken from ‘The Christmas Album’; see www.keithemerson.com/)
11. Seafrost (8:59) – Cave In (Taken from the album ‘Antenna’; see www.caveinblog.blogspot.co.uk/ & en-gb.facebook.com/CaveIn.Official)
12. Blizzard Of Lies (6:10) – +1 (Taken from the double-EP ‘Soul Revolution/Teenage Battle Hymns’; see www.precognitiverecords.com/)
13. Reindeer (5:41) – John Butler, Andrea Petitta & Wim Oudijk (Taken from the EP ‘Windows & Doors: The Songs of Tin Pan John’; see discofair.nl/discofair/New_Releases.html & www.facebook.com/pages/Windows-Doors/132710440211020)
14. Solstice Round (3:38) – B.Sue Johnson (Limited release; see www.precognitiverecords.com/)
15. Silent Night (2:46) – John Stebbe (Taken from the album ‘Beethoven Jazz, and More!’; see johnstebbe.webs.com/, www.cdbaby.com/cd/stebbe3 & www.cdbaby.com/cd/johnstebbe2)
16. The Coventry Carol (5:37) – Hobson’s Choice (Taken from the compilation ‘BARNYARD DRAMA Christmas Singalong Vol. 8′; see www.hobsonschoicemusic.com/index.html & www.barnyardrecords.com/cd%20barnyard%20drama%20xmas.html)
17. Drumless (3:51) – Fredo Viola (Not currently commercially available to my knowledge; see www.fredoviola.com/ & fredoviola.bandcamp.com/)
18. Wynter Wakeneth (3:38) – The Mediaeval Baebes (Taken from the album ‘The Huntress’; see www.mediaevalbaebes.com/, en-gb.facebook.com/mediaevalbaebes & www.last.fm/music/Mediæval+Bæbes)
19. Lullay Lulla (2:37) – Rebsie Fairholm (Not currently commercially available but will be on the forthcoming ‘Albion Mill’ EP; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RebsieFairholm, & www.alchymicalmuse.com/)
20. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (6:50) – Keith Emerson (Taken from ‘The Christmas Album’; see www.keithemerson.com/)
21. The Christmas Goose (3:24) – Sunday Driver (This track is available to buy now from Bandcamp and you can pay whatever you wish, but please be generous – see sundaydriver.bandcamp.com/releases and also www.sundaydriver.co.uk/ & sundaydriver.bandcamp.com/)
22. Winter Walks the Wood (3:49) – Mark Elliott (This track is available to download for free via soundcloud.com/emp-studio/emp-studio-mark-elliott-winter?in=emp-studio%2Fsets%2Felectric-music-productions#play; see details of Mark’s main musical project, Those Men here – thosemen.co.uk/)
23. A Winter’s Tale (3:42) – All About Eve (Taken from the album ‘Iceland’; see www.julianneregan.net/Julianne_Regan/Welcome.html & www.goony.nl/aae/aae.htm)
24. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (4:03) – R.E.M. (Taken from the album ‘Document’; see remhq.com/index.php)
25. 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 too. 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 2012 and a preview of EppyFest 2. If you’ve got your own favourites from 2012 feel free to add a comment here or on the Facebook group for the podcast.
Episode 80: Best of 2011 Part 2
This is the 80th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show represents part 2 of my ‘best of 2011′ shows, focusing on some great tracks, albums, singles, EPs & festivals from last year. There is no feature album this time, but there is a feature festival as I play tracks by bands who appeared at last year’s Sweet Beans festival. 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 14 minutes. Downloaded file is 122.5 MB.
1. Slyrex (7:22) – Fjokra (This track is available for download on iTunes as part of the Emerging Icons unsigned compilation – see itunes.apple.com/gb/album/emerging-icons/id519654135; see also www.facebook.com/fjokraofficial & www.reverbnation.com/fjokra)
2. Something I Don’t Know (2:53) – Sara Lowes (Taken from the album ‘Back To Creation’; see www.saralowes.co.uk/backtocreation/page.html & www.facebook.com/SaraLowesMusic)
3. The University Is A Factory (7:28) – Rumour Cubes (Taken from the EP ‘We Have Sound Houses Also’ & the new album ‘The Narrow State’; see rumourcubes.bandcamp.com/, soundcloud.com/rumourcubes & www.facebook.com/rumourcubes)
4. Concubine Waltz (3:29) – Sunday Driver (Taken from the album ‘The Mutiny’ or you can buy a new special bonus edition version of the single via sundaydriver.bandcamp.com/album/concubine-waltz-special-mutiny-bonus-edition; see also www.sundaydriver.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/sundaydrivermusic)
5. Dancers (5:34) – Death In Texas (Taken from the ‘We Will Implode’ EP; see deathintexas.bandcamp.com/, www.facebook.com/deathintexas & soundcloud.com/deathintexas)
6. Ars Poetica (2:09) – Daniel Staniforth & Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album, ‘Ruins: Poems By Margaret Randall’; see www.angelfire.com/az/garethknight/skylight/audio.html & lunatrick.bandcamp.com/album/ruins-poems-of-margaret-randall)
7. The Flying Dutchman (6:56) – Band of Rain (Taken from the album ‘Sun In VIII’; see www.bandofrain.com/?section=home & www.facebook.com/pages/Band-of-Rain/102999469735644)
8. Matador (4:56) – Brontide (Taken from the album, ‘Sans Souchi’; see www.brontidetheband.com/, brontide.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/Brontidetheband)
9. Desk to Dust (3:50) – Common Swift (Taken from the ‘Passing Spirit’ EP; see commonswiftband.com/, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CommonSwift1 & www.facebook.com/pages/Common-Swift/75132137487)
10. Singsongy (5:18) – Retic (Taken from the album ‘Chameleon Template’; see pleasureboatrecords.bandcamp.com/album/chameleon-template, retic.bandcamp.com/, www.facebook.com/reticface & soundcloud.com/retic/tracks)
11. 10×10 (4:19) – 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/ & www.facebook.com/fierceandthedead)
12. Happy Where You Are (4:14) – +1 (Taken from the double EP ‘Soul Revolution/Teenage Battle Hymns’; see www.precognitiverecords.com/)
13. Woman With Child (5:39) – Jeff Green (Taken from the album ‘Jessica’; see web.mac.com/jeffrgreen/Jeff_Green/Jessica.html, soundcloud.com/jeff-green/sets/jessica, & www.facebook.com/pages/Jeff-Green-Official/181935641858756)
14. Ambiance for the Active Mind (6:37) – TCP (Taken from the album, ‘Fantastic Dreamer’; see 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/tcp/, www.temporalchaos.com/ & 10trecords.com/store/tcp-fantastic-dreamer/)
15. Familiarization Results (7:45) – From.Uz (Taken from the album ‘Quartus Artifactus’; see 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/fromuz/, www.fromuzband.com/ & www.facebook.com/FromuzBand?ref=ts)
16. Mind Over Matter (2:28) – Mars Hollow (Taken from the album ‘World In Front Of Me’; see 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/mars-hollow/, www.marshollow.com/ & www.facebook.com/MarsHollow)
17. Weapon (6:52) – Mars Hollow (Taken from the album ‘World In Front Of Me’; see 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/mars-hollow/, www.marshollow.com/ & www.facebook.com/MarsHollow)
Mars Hollow were going to be playing at the Celebr8 Prog Rock Festival (www.celebr8prog.com/Welcome.html). Although the band have pulled out the festival is still going ahead at The Hippodrome in Kingston Upon Thames over the weekend of 7th/8th July, 2012. Ex-band member Kerry Chicoine will be doing a set at the festival, along with bands such as IQ, It Bites, Pallas and Magenta.
18. In A Sense (5:24) – Man On Fire (Taken from the album ‘Chrysalis’; see 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/man-on-fire/, www.manonfireband.com/ & www.facebook.com/manonfireband)
19. Hey! I Know A Guy Called George White! (9:14) – Delta Sleep (Taken from the ‘Delta Sleep’ EP; see deltasleep.bandcamp.com/, thedeltasleep.tumblr.com/ & www.facebook.com/deltasleepband)
Thanks to all the musicians for producing such brilliant music and thanks to all you listeners too, and for everyone who played at, attended or in any way contributed to EppyFest. Please leave a comment if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!) or if you want to have your say on the festival, or anything else connected to this podcast. I will be back soon with some more shows, including the third and fourth of my ‘best of 2011′ shows.
Episode 73: Prelude to the Best of 2011
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 65: The Sweet Beans Festival
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 63: Best of 2010 Part 1
This is the 63rd edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This show is part one of my rather 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 44 minutes. Downloaded file is 95.2 MB.
1. The Innocents (3:18) – Daniel Carlson (Taken from the album ‘Aviary Jackson‘; see www.danielcarlson.com/, folkwit.com/artists/daniel-carlson & www.groundlift.org/Daniel_Carlson)
2. Lap of Love (6:32) – Hamadryad (Taken from their new album ‘Intrusion’; see www.hamadryadmusic.com & www.unicornrecords.com/)
3. Settling Of Bones (5:11) – The Rebel Wheel (Taken from the album ‘We are in the Time of Evil Clocks’; see www.therebelwheel.com/ & 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/the-rebel-wheel/)
4. Secret So Heavily Clothed (3:03) – Run At The Dog (Taken from the album, ‘Scutigera, Yeah!’; see runatthedog.com/fr_scutigerayeah.cfm & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RunAtTheDog)
5. Dreamers (5:55) – The Hipstones (Taken from the album ‘Dreamers’; see www.thehipstones.com.au/ & www.myspace.com/thehipstones)
6. Hugh Person (3:13) Rhode Island (Taken from the album ‘The Third Person’; see www.rhodeisland.org.uk/ & soundcloud.com/rhodeislandband/)
7. Beltane (15:08) – 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)
8. The Shroud (5:41) – All Over Everywhere (Taken from the album ‘Inner Firmaments Decay’; see www.cdbaby.com/cd/allovereverywhere & www.last.fm/music/All+Over+Everywhere)
9. Hydraulic Legs (4:45) – Perhaps Contraption (Taken from the album, ‘Sludge & Tripe’; see www.perhapscontraption.co.uk/ & listen.perhapscontraption.co.uk/album/sludge-tripe)
10. Sungazing (5:07) – A Troop Of Echoes (Taken from the album ‘Days In Automation’; see www.last.fm/music/A+Troop+of+Echoes & www.myspace.com/atroopofechoes)
11. Meriasek (3:04) – Tinkerscuss (Taken from the album ‘Nine Trees’; see faefolkmusic.bigcartel.com/product/tinkerscuss-nine-trees, www.last.fm/music/Tinkerscuss & www.cdbaby.com/cd/Tinkerscuss)
12. Market Wrist Watch (3:47) – Andy Whittle (Taken from the album ‘Reflections of an Illusion’; see www.andywhittle.com/ & folkwit.com/artists/andy-whittle)
13. Eleven (2:35) – Matt Stevens (Taken from the album ‘Ghost’; see mattstevensguitar.com/ & www.facebook.com/mattstevensloop)
14. Banks of Green Willow (4:25) – Tinkerscuss (Taken from the album ‘Nine Trees’; see faefolkmusic.bigcartel.com/product/tinkerscuss-nine-trees, www.last.fm/music/Tinkerscuss & www.cdbaby.com/cd/Tinkerscuss)
15. Journey (7:39) – Agents Of Mercy (Taken from the album, ‘Dramarama’; see www.agentsofmercy.com/, www.flowerkings.se/?s=discography&p=dramarama & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AGENTSOFMERCY)
For details of the festivals I mentioned in the show go to:
www.electricgardenfestival.com/ (Electric Garden Festival)
www.sweetbeans.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=3&Itemid=5 (Sweet Beans Festival)
www.summersend.co.uk/ (Summer’s End Festival)
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!). I will be back for the next episode with some new bands and some 2011 releases, 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…
