Episode 156: A Long Track Special
This is the 156th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. The show is also available via Mixcloud here and the Progzilla Radio Network soon (the show is now appearing on Progzilla in alternate weeks). Your regular host, Eppy, is back for this show, which is a long track special, so there will be lots of epic tracks (plus a few shorter ones) for your listening pleasure. The feature album this time around is a charity compilation album from 1999, ‘The Sky Goes All The Way Home’, and there will be three tracks from that album from three different artists. Otherwise the show will contain the usual eclectic mixture of progressive rock, electronica, folk, jazz & more, plus there’s a tribute to the late, great Christopher Lee. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 2 hours & 14 minutes. Downloaded file is 122.6 MB.
1. Verse Of The Rings (1:20) – The Tolkien Ensemble & Christopher Lee (Taken from the album ‘The Lord Of The Rings – At Dawn In Rivendell‘; see www.tolkien-ensemble.net/)
2. Beautiful Soul (8:03) – Pendragon (Taken from the album ‘Men Who Climb Mountains’; see www.pendragon.mu/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Pendragon/129554387094423)
As part of the feature, ‘The 80s Weren’t All Rubbish You Know!’ …
3. 1984 Part 2 (15:27) – Anthony Phillips (Taken from the album ‘1984’; see www.anthonyphillips.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/AnthonyPhillipsOfficial)
4. A Little Piece Of Heaven (2:06) – Rick Wakeman (Taken from the album ‘The Sky Goes All The Way Home’; see www.rwcc.com/, www.facebook.com/RickWakemanMusic, & for more about ‘The Sky Goes All The Way Home’, see www.synthmusicdirect.com/skyall.cfm)
5. Revere Reach (5:50) – William D Drake (Taken from the album ‘Revere Reach’; see williamddrake.wordpress.com & williamddrake.bandcamp.com)
6. The Weight Of The World pts 1-3 (14:52) – Sanguine Hum (Taken from the album ‘The Weight Of The World’; see sanguinehum.bandcamp.com/album/the-weight-of-the-world, troopersforsound.com/catalogue/sanguine-hum/the-weight-of-the-world/, & www.facebook.com/SanguineHum)
7. Toccata (9:11) – Jaga Jazzist (Taken from the album ‘One-Armed Bandit’; see ninjatune.net/artist/jaga-jazzist, soundcloud.com/jagajazzist & www.facebook.com/jagajazzist)
8. Morning Jigsaw (8:01) – A Formal Horse (Taken from the EP ‘Morning Jigsaw’; see aformalhorse.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/aformalhorse?fref=ts)
9. Disciplining The Reserve Army (Acoustic) (7:52) – Trojan Horse (Taken from the ‘Fire’ EP; see www.trojanhorseuk.com/, trojanhorse.bandcamp.com/album/fire-ep & www.facebook.com/trojanhorseuk)
10. EppyFest 4 Promo (3:46) EppyFest 4 takes place on July 11th. You can find out more about the festival and buy tickets at eppyfest.co.uk/
11. Boy (9:20) – Unto Us (Taken from the album ‘The Human Landscape’; see untous.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Unto-Us/215280425160974?fref=ts)
12. The Sky Breaks (6:57) – Andy Pickford (Taken from the album ‘The Sky Goes All The Way Home’; see andypickfordmusic.webplus.net/, andypickford1.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/AndyPickfordMusic, & for more about ‘The Sky Goes All The Way Home’, see www.synthmusicdirect.com/skyall.cfm)
13. Some Of The Creatures Have Broken The Locks On The Door To Lab 558 (7:29) – Tom Slatter (Taken from the album ‘Fit The Fourth’; see tomslatter.bandcamp.com/album/fit-the-fourth, www.tomslatter.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/tomslattermusic & www.badelephant.co.uk/)
14. Crazy Raven (8:47) – The Poozies (Taken from the album ‘Chantoozies’; see www.poozies.co.uk/)
15. Tears Of The Sun (9:30) – The Enid (Taken from the album ‘The Sky Goes All The Way Home’; see www.theenid.co.uk/ & en-gb.facebook.com/TheEnid, & for more about ‘The Sky Goes All The Way Home’, see www.synthmusicdirect.com/skyall.cfm)
Thanks 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!). If you want to keep up to date with news about the show, 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, plus don’t forget that we’re now part of the Progzilla Radio Network. Rebsie & Daniel will be filling in for me again on the next show, with another of their own wonderful takes on Eppy Gibbon music, so I hope you’ll come back for that.
Episode 93: A long track special
This is the 93rd 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 very busy time of year for me so I thought this particular show would be easier to put together if I made it a long track special. Nice idea but it’s not been that easy! That said, it’s an excellent show with epic tracks from a broad range of genres. There is a feature album this time – Andrew Booker’s 1996 mini-album ‘Ahead’, plus there’s an Andrew Booker connection to several of the other tracks on the show, as you’ll hear. 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 19 minutes. Downloaded file is 126.93 MB.
1. Angel Gets Caught In The Beauty Trap (9:58) – No-Man (Taken from the album ‘Flowermouth’; see www.no-man.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/nomanofficial)
2. No Need (7:44) – Andy Pickford (Taken from the album ‘Jera’ and also available on ‘EP#03′; see andypickfordmusic.webplus.net/ & www.facebook.com/AndyPickfordMusic)
3. He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot (8:53) – Grandaddy (Taken from the album ‘The Sophtware Slump’; see grandaddymusic.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/Grandaddy/18140673438)
4. No Fit State (4:11) – Andrew Booker (Taken from the mini-album ‘Ahead’; it’s very difficult to find a copy of the mini-album to buy but for information about Andrew’s more recent musical activities see improvizone.com/)
5. Some Memorial (11:54) – echolyn (Taken from the 2012 album ‘Echolyn’; see www.echolyn.com/, echolyn.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/echolynband)
As part of the feature, ‘The 80s Weren’t All Rubbish You Know!’ …
6. Nostalgia/Falling Apart At The Seams (10:10) – IQ (Taken from the album ‘Are You Sitting Comfortably?’; see www.iq-hq.co.uk/ & www.paulmenel.com/)
7. Beggars & Thieves (9:36) – The Red Masque (Taken from the album ‘Feathers for Flesh’; see www.theredmasque.com/ & www.facebook.com/The.Red.Masque)
8. Stuff (8:17) – Improvizone (Taken from the sampler CD, ‘Mainly Noisier Or Busier Stuff’, including gig recordings focusing on the more aggressive side of the Improvizone collective’s live experiments. ‘; see improvizone.com/, improvizone.org/ & www.burningshed.com/store/improvizone/)
9. Wireless (8:17) – David Minnick/The 180Gs (This is a cover of the song from the Cardiacs album, ‘Sing to God’ & can be downloaded via soundcloud.com/david-minnick; see also www.cardiacs.com/)
10. There was this shadow, the double (12:13) – TILT Creative Brass Band (Taken from the album ‘To TILT: Volume One – Original Music for TILT Brass’; see www.tiltbrass.org/, tiltbrass.bandcamp.com/ & www.facebook.com/pages/TILT-Brass/25863375669)
11. Airports/Walk/Run (13:14) – Andrew Booker (Taken from the mini-album ‘Ahead’; it’s very difficult to find a copy of the mini-album to buy but for information about Andrew’s more recent musical activities see improvizone.com/)
12. Flying (9:45) – +1 (Taken from the double EP ‘Soul Revolution/Teenage Battle Hymns’; see www.precognitiverecords.com/)
13. Earth Song (With One Sugar) (7:03) – Antique Seeking Nuns (Taken from the EP ‘Mild Profundities (an initial bursting)’ plus a live version can be found on the album ‘Live In America’; see troopersforsound.com/catalogue/sanguine-hum-live-in-america/, antiqueseekingnuns.bandcamp.com/album/mild-profundities-an-initial-bursting, & www.facebook.com/pages/Sanguine-Hum/148914338483750)
Many thanks to everyone involved with the podcast – musicians, listeners and contributors.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. There will be one or two new shows in February so I hope you’ll come back for those.
Episode 68: A Long Track Special
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)
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
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.
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!). Not sure about the next episode yet… might be a normal show, or perhaps a Daniel & Rebsie stand-in 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… & 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 28: A Long Track Special
This is the twenty-eighth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. We were supposed to be having a special guest presenter this time around but sadly that’s had to be postponed. So instead you get me again and a long track special, so there will be only seven tracks, five of which clock in at over seven minutes. We have artists from the UK and the US, adding up to well over an hour of fascinating, varied and generally quite lengthy music. This month the feature album is ‘Chupacabras’, the third album from US band Phideaux, plus there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, spacey psych rock and experimental jazz rock. Below you’ll find the track list, plus weblinks from where you can find more information about each artist.
Total running time: 1 hour and 22 minutes. Downloaded file is 75.7 MB.
1. Acadia Gulls (7:13) – Brett Kull (Taken from the album ‘Last of the Curlews’; see www.brettkull.com/ & www.myspace.com/brettkull)
2. Party (5:17) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Chupacabras’; see www.bloodfish.com/ & www.myspace.com/phideaux)
3. Wish (10:16) – Goat (Taken from the album ‘Special Agent’; see www.gregsinibaldi.com/goat.htm or www.myspace.com/goatisevil)
4. Visitation (exit) (10:17) – The Oscillation (Taken from the album ‘Out Of Phase’ ; see www.myspace.com/theoscillations)
5. Chupacabras (20:42) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Chupacabras’; see www.bloodfish.com/ & www.myspace.com/phideaux)
6. The Lake (13:23) – Ian Neal (Taken from the EP ‘The Lake’; see www.ianneal.com/ & www.myspace.com/ianneal)
7. Titan (5:14) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘Chupacabras’; see www.bloodfish.com/ & www.myspace.com/phideaux)
Thanks as always to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and to you the listeners. Please do spread the word and send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). For the next episode we’ll sort of be ‘back to normal’: more quality music but generally of the shorter variety. And don’t forget the RSS feed and the MySpace and Facebook groups.
