Episode 47: Listener’s Faves (for 3rd anniversary)

This is the forty-seventh edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This is a very special show celebrating the third anniversary of this podcast, with the focus on the favourite acts played on the show over the last three years as voted for by you, the listeners. There’s no feature album this time around because we’re focusing solely on counting down the 19 favourite artists, bands and acts according to the number of votes they received. You’ll hear music from genres such prog rock, psych folk, jazz, electronica, chamber pop, folktronica, ambient, electroacoustic gothic, and virtually everything else in between from the US, Canada, and the UK. 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 22 minutes. Downloaded file is 130 MB.

1. Almond Moon (3:51) – Alchymical Muse (Taken from the forthcoming debut album ‘The First Spark’; see www.alchymicalmuse.com/ & www.myspace.com/alchymicalmuse)

2. Scorpio (7:50) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘Constellations’; see www.kardaestra.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/kardaestra)

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

4. Resolution #6 (4:16) – Mystified (I’m not quite sure where this track is currently available from but see the following sites for more details about Mystified’s music: www.macjams.com/artist/Mystified, www.icompositions.com/artists/Mystified)

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

6. Before The Common Era (5:24) – Deluge Grander (Taken from the album ‘The Form of The Good’; see www.delugegrander.com/ & www.myspace.com/delugegrander)

7. Eternal Optimist (6:33) – Frogg Cafe (Taken from the album ‘Fortunate Observer Of Time’ ; see www.froggcafe.com/ & www.cdbaby.com/cd/froggcafe3)

8. Bateless Edge Promo (2:57) – Frogg Cafe (Promo sampler of their new forthcoming album ‘Bateless Edge’; see www.froggcafe.com/ & 10trecords.com/artists/genres/progressive-experimental/frogg-cafe/)

9. Foreign Aeroplanes Upset Sleeping Tirana (3:45) – Big Block 454 (Taken from their album ‘Bratislava’; see www.myspace.com/bigblock454uk & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/BigBlock454)

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

11. Mustard Men (7:12) – The Future Kings of England (Taken from the album ‘The Fate Of Old Mother Orvis’; see www.thefuturekingsofengland.com & www.backwaterrecords.com)

12. 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 & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FritzDoddy)

13. Journey (5:53) – Jade Warrior (Taken from the album ‘Now’; see www.jadewarrior.com/ & www.myspace.com/jadewarriormusic)

14. Enouvtement (4:32) – Miriodor (Taken from the album ‘Avanti!’; see www.miriodor.com, www.myspace.com/miriospace & www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/miriodor.html)

15. Tacenda For You (9:34) – Thieves’ Kitchen (Taken from the album ‘The Water Road’; see www.thieveskitchen.co.uk/, www.myspace.com/thieveskitchen & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/ThievesKitchen)

16. The End Is Beautiful (7:46) – Echolyn (Taken from the album ‘The End Is Beautiful’; see www.echolyn.com/, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/echolyn & www.myspace.com/echolyn)

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

18. Dance to the Hills (5:01) – Luna Trick (Likely to be on the next Luna Trick album; see www.flowforth.com/ & www.myspace.com/luna.trick)

19. Rainboy (6:16) – Phideaux (Taken from the album ‘The Great Leap’; see www.bloodfish.com, www.myspace.com/phideaux & www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Phideaux)

20. Salisbury Plain (3:40) – Rebsie Fairholm (Currently unavailable but likely to appear on the forthcoming limited edition English folk mini-album ‘Albion Mill’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/ & www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)

21. The Cursing Song (4:33) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Seven Star Green’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/, www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RebsieFairholm & www.sonicspongecake.com/)

Thanks to all the musicians who let me play their music and thanks to all you listeners too, particularly those of you who voted in this poll. Send me comments if you like what you hear (or even if you don’t… feedback is so important!). If you’re not happy with the way the poll worked out, well I’ll probably do another one in another three years! I’m not exactly sure what the next episode is going to involve but there’s lots going on at the moment so expect something interesting in the not too distant future – coming up soon are some interviews, guest presenters, artists and bands that didn’t make the top 19 in the poll, a kosmiche music special,  and a cello special (seriously!).

Episode 22: Best of 2008 part 2

This is the twenty-second edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the blog entry to accompany it. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show is the second of two ‘Best of 2008′ specials, with well over an hour of some of the best tracks from 2008. There is no feature album this time because I’m focusing on my 13 favourite albums from 2008, but there’s the usual diverse selection of styles and genres, including prog rock, Canterbury, folk rock, electronica, chamber pop, ambient, jazz rock fusion 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 59 minutes. Downloaded file is 109.2 MB.

1. Love No Mew (1:58) – Arik Hayat (Taken from the album ‘Doing Life’; see http://www.archive.org/details/DoingLife_456 where you can download the entire album for free)

2. Vehicles (6:38) – Braintoy (Taken from the album ‘Vehicles’; see www.braintoy.net/ or www.myspace.com/braintoy)

3. Foreign Aeroplanes Upset Sleeping Tirana (3:45) – Big Block 454 (Taken from the album ‘Bratislava (An Investigation By Big Block 454)’; see www.myspace.com/bigblock454uk or cdbaby.com/cd/bigblock454)

4. Non Error Minor (3:55) – Luctone (Taken from the ‘Luctone EP’ ; see www.myspace.com/luctone)

5. The misplay (4:33) – Nosound (Taken from the album ‘Lightdark’ ; see www.nosound.net)

6. Clouds? Or Smoke? (6:31) – Ex Reverie (Taken from the album ‘The Door Into Summer’ ; see www.myspace.com/artist/exreverie)

7. Chakra Kahn (5:57) – Birds And Buildings (Taken from the album ‘Bantam to Behemoth’ ; see www.myspace.com/birdsandbuildings)

8. In Tongues (3:30) – Nunbient (Taken from the album ‘One’ ; see www.tfs.co.uk or www.myspace.com/nunbient)

9. Love Is Pure (6:55) – Mercury Rev (Taken from the album ‘Strange Attractor’ ; see www.mercuryrev.com)

10. Billy Evil (3:41) – Howl (Taken from the album ‘Party’; see www.myspace.com/badband69)

11. Lost Boys (7:05) – Jade Warrior (Taken from the album ‘Now’ ; see www.jadewarrior.com)

12. London to Shanghai via Chipping Norton (5:01) – Sundae Club (Taken from the album ‘British Summer Time‘; see www.s-club.co.uk/)

13. A Boy and A River (6:11) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)

14. I Scared (7:38) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)

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

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

Thanks as always to all the musicians who helped to make 2008 such a great year and to all the listeners who have helped this show go from strength to strength. 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 we’ll be ‘back to normal’ plus there will be an interview with Karda Estra.

Episode 18: The Prisoner’s Dilemma

Well, here we are at the eighteenth edition of the Epileptic Gibbon Podcast Music Show. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. This particular show contains about two hours of music by independent and small label artists from the UK, the US, Australia, Israel and Canada, covering genres such as prog rock, post rock, esoteric pop, ambient, IDM, chill-out, art rock, power pop, psychedelic rock, psych folk and virtually everything in between. This month’s feature CD is ‘Virtually Handsewn’ by Pia Silvi and there are three tracks from that, plus we also have new music from Mercury Rev and a competition where you can win a copy of Rebsie Fairholm’s ‘Mind The Gap’ album. 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 32 minutes. Downloaded file is 139.1 MB.

1. Got A Nerve (3:31) – Greg Jong (Taken from the EP ‘Ever Present Annoyance’; see www.myspace.com/gregjongmusic)

2. Run(t) (3:08) – Auragami (Taken from his self-titled EP; see www.myspace.com/auragami)

3. Tunguska (6:33) – Birds And Buildings (Taken from the album ‘Bantam to Behemoth’ ; see www.myspace.com/birdsandbuildings)

4. A Boy and A River (6:11) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)

5. A skunk stole the moon (3:18) – Jarvi (Can be heard on their MySpace page; see www.myspace.com/jarviband)

6. Lost Summer of Love (3:40) – The Trudy (Was available as a single and can also be found on the band’s latest single ‘3 Minutes 4U’ ; see www.thetrudy.co.uk or www.myspace.com/thetrudy)

7. Sterile World (4:13) – Kontakte (Taken from their forthcoming debut album ‘Soundtracks To Lost Road Movies’; see www.kontaktemusic.com or www.myspace.com/kontakteuk)

8. See For Miles (4:37) – +1 (Taken from the EP ‘1000 Satellites’ ; see www.precognitiverecords.com or www.myspace.com/precognitivemusic)

9. This Quiet Earth (4:02) – Stig (Taken from the album ‘Biodiversity’ ; see www.stigmusic.com/biodiversity.htm)

10. Poison in the Well (5:16) – Jo Gabriel (Taken from the album ‘Fools and Orphans’ ; see www.myspace.com/jogabriel or www.jogabriel.com)

11. A Night In Crakow (5:47) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)

12. Violations (3:45) – The Oscillation (Taken from the album ‘Out of Phase’ ; see www.myspace.com/theoscillations)

13. Walk (5:22) – Damon Shulman (Taken from the album ‘Vultures and Sheep’ ; see www.damonshulman.co.uk or www.gentlegiantmusic.com)

14. Just Another Groove On A Forty-Five (6:23) – Antiqcool (Taken from the album ‘Songs of Hope and Despair’ ; see www.antiqcool.co.uk)

Don’t forget to check out poligraf.wordpress.com/the-plan for more details about funding the debut Poligraf album.

15. Rural War Room (TSF Supersonic Remix) (3:01) – Rural War Room (Taken from their self-titled EP; see www.myspace.com/ruralwarroomrecords)

16. Do’u (2:38) – Retro Electro (Can be heard on his MySpace page; see www.myspace.com/shalvas)

17. 30% (2:24) – Project Serendipity (Taken from the album ‘Linear Lullabies’ ; see www.myspace.com/projectserendipity or buy the album via www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=299247 though at the time of writing it appears to be unavailable or out of stock)

18. The End Or Near (5:19) – All India Radio (Taken from the album ‘Fall’ ; see www.myspace.com/allindiaradio or cdbaby.com/cd/allindiaradio9)

19. Friday’s Child (2:57) – The Rollo Treadway (Taken from the band’s self-titled album; see www.therollotreadway.com or cdbaby.com/cd/rollotreadway)

20. Jodrell Bank (3:48) – Alpha Seven (Taken from the album ‘Space’ ; see www.sofacom.co.uk or www.myspace.com/alphaseven)

21. They Are Only Avatars (5:00) – Pia Silvi (Taken from the album ‘Virtually Handsewn’; see www.piasilvi.com or http://cdbaby.com/cd/piasilvi)

22. Bradford’s Big Boatride [Beyond (The Dawn)] (4:21) – Make A Rising (Taken from the album ‘Infinite Ellipse And Head With Open Fontanel’; see www.tonewplanet.com/MAR.html or www.myspace.com/makearising)

23. The Projectionist (3:43) – Braintoy (Taken from the album ‘Vehicles’; see www.braintoy.net/ or www.myspace.com/braintoy)

24. Angkezarke (3:41) – Big Block 454 (Taken from the album ‘Bratislava’; see www.myspace.com/bigblock454uk or cdbaby.com/cd/bigblock454)

25. Mr Ladybird (demo) (3:28) – Lily Green (Likely to appear on Lily’s forthcoming second CD; see www.lilygreen.org/ or www.myspace.com/lilygreenartist)

26. In My Heart, A Strange Attractor (5:27) – Mercury Rev (Taken from the album ‘Strange Attractor’ ; see www.mercuryrev.com)

27. Spirits Of The Dead (2:19) – Rebsie Fairholm (Taken from the album ‘Mind The Gap’; see www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk or www.myspace.com/rebsiefairholm)

Don’t forget to take part in the competition to win a copy of ‘Mind The Gap’.

Big thanks to all the artists and listeners who make this show possible. And do drop me a comment and let me know what you think! Feedback is always welcome. And do pop back at the end of October for a spooky Halloween special.