Episode 375: Creative Endeavours with Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate

This is the 375th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. You can CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD but note that the shows are large files. The show is also available to stream via Mixcloud and the Progzilla Radio Network (the show appears on Progzilla in alternate weeks). Hopefully you got through the recent Halloween special relatively unscathed. This new show couldn’t be much more different, as we have a twin focus on themes connected to science fiction and the cycle of violence, albeit through music, and this is reflected in the fact that we have an interview and no less than two feature albums. Our interview is with Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland, the duo behind Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, and one of our feature albums is their latest, ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’, so you’ll hear three tracks from that during the interview, as well as music chosen by Malcolm and Mark, and a look ahead to their one day progressive music event, Prog the Forest ’23. And our second feature album is the soundtrack to the 2023 film, ‘The Creator’, and you’ll hear four tracks from or inspired by that soundtrack throughout the show. Other than that, you can expect the usual eclectic mixture of music, including a look ahead to this year’s Chrimbo Limbo live music event in late December. 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 18 minutes. Downloaded file is 126.4 MB.

1. Everything In Its Right Place (4:11) – Radiohead (Taken from the album ‘Kid A’; see radiohead.bandcamp.com/album/kid-a, www.radiohead.co.uk, & www.facebook.com/radiohead/)

2. Clair de Lune (5:01) – Claude Debussy (composer), Brooklyn Classical feat. Marnie Laird (performers) (Taken from the album ‘Classical Piano Favorites’; see brooklynclassical.bandcamp.com/album/classical-piano-favorites-feat-marnie-laird)

Interview with Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland from the duo Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate

3. The Light Of Ancient Mistakes (6:41) – Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (Taken from the album ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’; see hatsoffgentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-of-ancient-mistakes, hatsoffgentlemen.com & www.facebook.com/itsadequate)

4. Frame By Frame (5:10) – King Crimson (Taken from the album ‘Discipline’; see www.dgmlive.com & www.facebook.com/kingcrimsonofficial/?fref=ts)

5. Trouble With The Green (3:48) Stornoway (Taken from the album ‘Dig The Mountain!’; see stornoway.bandcamp.com/album/dig-the-mountain, linktr.ee/stornoway & www.facebook.com/stornoway)

6. Are You Lonely (4:47) All About Eve (Taken from the album ‘Touched By Jesus’; see www.goony.nl/aae/aae.htm)

7. Pattern Jugglers (7:40) Malcolm Galloway (Taken from the album ‘Patterns’; see malcolmgalloway.bandcamp.com/album/patterns)

8. The Requisitioner And The Wonder (6:36) – Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (Taken from the album ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’; see hatsoffgentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-of-ancient-mistakes, hatsoffgentlemen.com & www.facebook.com/itsadequate)

9. Krystal at the Red Light (5:01) – EBB (Taken from the album ‘Mad & Killing Time’; see ebbband.bandcamp.com/album/mad-killing-time-2 & www.ebbband.com)

10. Django (5:22) – Guranfoe (Taken from the album ‘Gumbo Gumbo’; see guranfoe.bandcamp.com/album/gumbo-gumbo & www.facebook.com/guranfoe)

You can see Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, EBB & Guranfoe performing at Prog the Forest ’23 on Sunday, 3rd of December, at The Fiddler’s Elbow in Camden. For more details and tickets, see www.wegottickets.com/event/585058/?fbclid=IwAR0AAwANYfc6sLjoncuAUx5wnatR_oh27ylOsAqLCBvl-r-lX2IZaR5cghU

11. Walking To Aldebaran (8:56) – Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (Taken from the album ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’; see hatsoffgentlemen.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-of-ancient-mistakes, hatsoffgentlemen.com & www.facebook.com/itsadequate)

12. Child In Time (10:16) Deep Purple (Taken from the album ‘Deep Purple In Rock′; see deeppurple.com & www.facebook.com/officialdeeppurple)

13. Flora (8:08) – Garden of Live Flowers (Single available to buy digitally from gardenofliveflowers.bandcamp.com/track/flora; see also www.facebook.com/gardenofliveflowers & you can see Garden of Live Flowers play live at this year’s Chrimbo Limbo live music event at Smokey Joe’s in Cheltenham on Thursday 28th December – tickets are available to pre-order from www.tickettailor.com/events/eppyfest/1050739)

14. No Thankful Village (5:37) – Marvin B. Naylor (Taken from the album ‘The Stargazer’s Symphonium’; see marvinbnaylormusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-stargazers-symphonium, marvinbnaylor.com & www.facebook.com/thespiralsky)

15. Clair de Lune, L. 75 (6:53) – Anna Lapwood (Taken from the album ‘Luna’; see annalapwood.co.uk/project/luna & www.facebook.com/annalapwoodmusic)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, and particularly to Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland, and of course to all of you listeners. Send us 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. For the next show, in a couple of weeks’ time, you will hear the usual eclectic mixture, including some new music, a more thorough preview of this year’s Chrimbo Limbo live music event, and a bit of Doctor Who-related music to celebrate that show’s 60th anniversary. I hope to see you back for all of that.

Episode 323: Michelle Lecnik Interview

This is the 323rd edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. You can CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD but note that the shows are large files. The show is also available to stream via Mixcloud and the Progzilla Radio Network (the show appears on Progzilla in alternate weeks). I hope you have recovered from the horrors of our recent Halloween special. On this show, our main feature is an interview with the fabulous Michelle Lecnik, lead singer and main composer with the Canadian band Trampoline. You’ll hear three tracks from Trampoline, including two from their brand new album ‘All the People In This House’, plus you’ll hear some tracks that Michelle has selected that are personal favourites for her by other artists. Other than that, you can expect the usual eclectic mixture of music, including lots of tracks from great 2021 releases, plus we celebrate the recent 80th birthdays of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, and mourn the loss of British composer Alan Hawkshaw. 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 37 minutes. Downloaded file is 143.9 MB.

1. Grange Hill (1:23) – Alan Hawkshaw (Taken from the compilation album ‘Classic Television and Radio Themes’; see www.alanhawkshaw.com)

2. Bet and lose it all (part 1) (3:02) – Paul Mallyon (Taken from the album ‘Break Through The Wall’; see paulmallyon.bandcamp.com/album/break-through-the-wall)

3. Bet and lose it all (part 2) (3:08) – Paul Mallyon (Taken from the album ‘Break Through The Wall’; see paulmallyon.bandcamp.com/album/break-through-the-wall)

4. Crumbs In The Deathbed (7:56) – Redbus Noface (Taken from ‘EP #1 Crumbs In The Deathbed’; see redbusnoface.bandcamp.com/album/ep-1-crumbs-in-the-deathbed)

5. Shadow Man (5:40) – Fractal Mirror (Taken from the album ‘Beyond Borders; see fractalmirror.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-borders & www.facebook.com/Fractalmirrormusic/)

6. Part I (8:19) – Charlotte Greve, Wood River, Cantus Domus (Taken from the album ‘Sediments We Move’; see woodrivermusic.bandcamp.com/album/sediments-we-move & charlottegreve.de/)

7. Haydar Haydar (4:25) – Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek (Taken from the album ‘DOST 1’; see deryayildirimandgrupsimsek.bandcamp.com/album/dost-1)

8. Raven’s War (6:49) – Kuunatic (Taken from the album ‘Gate of Klüna’; see kuunatic.bandcamp.com/album/gate-of-kl-na www.facebook.com/kuunatic/)

9. Astral Master (6:51) – Trampoline (Taken from the album Happy Crimes’; see trampolinesounds.bandcamp.com/album/happy-crimes, www.trampolinetheband.com, & www.facebook.com/Trampolinetheband/)

Interview with Michelle Lecnik

10. Porch Song (3:03) – Twintwa (Taken from the album ‘North Americana’; see twintwa.bandcamp.com/album/north-americana & www.twintwa.com)

11. Infra 5 (5:16) – Max Richter (Taken from the album Infra’; see www.maxrichtermusic.com)

12. Miserere mei, Deus (Gregorio Allegri) (8:41) Ari Mason (Taken from the album ‘Musica Lunae′; see arimason.bandcamp.com/album/musica-lunae)

13. Escher (4:44) – Trampoline (Taken from the album ‘All the People In This House’; see trampolinesounds.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-people-in-this-house-2, www.trampolinetheband.com, & www.facebook.com/Trampolinetheband/)

14. Judas (3:54) – Trampoline (Taken from the album ‘All the People In This House’; see trampolinesounds.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-people-in-this-house-2, www.trampolinetheband.com, & www.facebook.com/Trampolinetheband/)

15. Watching Cartoons (3:29) – La Luz & Adrian Younge (Taken from the album ‘La Luz’; see laluz.bandcamp.com/album/la-luz, www.hardlyart.com/artists/la_luz/shop?r=1, & www.facebook.com/laluzusa/)  

16. Heavenly Dancer (5:19) – Colouratura (Taken from the album ‘Black Steeple Church’; see colouratura.bandcamp.com/album/black-steeple-church & www.facebook.com/colouratura.album/)

17. Sorry We’re Closed (4:30) – Drive In Movie Band (Taken from the album ‘Lines and Circles’; see driveinmovieband.bandcamp.com/album/lines-and-circles)

18. Space Drift (4:10) Venus Loon (Taken from the album ‘Cult of Nothing‘; see aumegaproject.bandcamp.com/album/cult-of-nothing & www.facebook.com/VENUSLOONpeterdlawsonmusic)

19. Ruins (8:04) Gilmore Trail (Taken from the forthcoming album release ‘Impermanence’, which you can pre-order now via gilmoretrail.bandcamp.com/album/impermanence; see also www.gilmoretrail.co.uk & www.facebook.com/gilmoretrail)    

20. Scarborough Fair/Canticle (3:10) – Simon & Garfunkel (Taken from the album ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme′; see www.paulsimon.com & www.artgarfunkel.com)

21. Malacoda (4:22) – Jo Quail (Single available via joquail.bandcamp.com/track/malacoda; see also www.joquail.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/JoQuailCello/)

22. Prog The Forest trailer (1:06) For more information about Prog The Forest, happening on December 5th, at The Fiddler’s Elbow in London, see www.thefiddlerselbow.co.uk/whos-playing/prog-the-forest-charity-prog-festival1072021

23. Avril Hydrangeas (4:02) – Andrew Wasylyk (Taken from the album ‘Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia’; see andrewwasylyk.bandcamp.com/album/balgay-hill-morning-in-magnolia, wasylyk.co.uk & www.facebook.com/a.wasylyk)

24. Tidal Range (4:10) Wyndow (Taken from the album ‘Wyndow’; see wyndow.bandcamp.com/album/wyndow & www.facebook.com/Wyndowmusic)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, particularly to Michelle Lecnik for the interview and her musical choices, and of course to all of you listeners. Send us 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. I’m going to be experiencing a very busy period of work over the next month, so for the next two shows, your host will be the wonderful Rebsie Fairholm who will be offering the usual eclectic mixture of music, only slightly different. We hope to see you back for that.