Episode 389: As easy as Albini, Bandcamp Friday, and Cardiacs

This is the 389th 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). There are three main themes on this latest show, as we reflect on the life and sad death of musician and audio engineer Steve Albini, the most recent Bandcamp Friday, and the recent and forthcoming gigs to celebrate the music of the late, great Tim Smith. There will be lots of music to reflect all three of those themes. Other than that, we’ll cover the usual diverse selection of styles and genres across the playlist. 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 17 minutes. Downloaded file is 125.2 MB.

1. Planket (3:00) – Sans Froid (Digital single available to buy from sansfroid.bandcamp.com/track/planket; see also www.facebook.com/sansfroid.band)

2. Totem And Taboo (4:27) – Hugh Cornwell (Taken from the album ‘Totem & Taboo’; see redriverentertainment.bandcamp.com/album/totem-taboo & www.hughcornwell.com/)

3. Medicine Magazines (4:34) – Low (Taken from the album ‘Things We Lost In The Fire’; see lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/things-we-lost-in-the-fire)

4. Day Is Gone (3:18) – Cardiacs (Taken from the album ‘Heaven Born And Ever Bright’; see alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-born-and-ever-bright & www.cardiacs.net/)

5. A Thousand Blazing Chariots (3:59) – Kavus Torabi (Taken from the album ‘The Banishing’; see kavustorabi.bandcamp.com/album/the-banishing & www.facebook.com/KavusTorabi)

6. Haven’t Lived Afro Pop (7:35) – Don Caballero (Taken from the album ‘American Don’; see doncaballero.bandcamp.com/album/american-don & www.facebook.com/DonCaballero)

7. Broken Arrow (live) (7:19) – Snarky Puppy (Taken from the album ‘Empire Central’; see snarkypuppy.com/ & www.facebook.com/snarkypuppy)

8. EppyFest 11 promo (2:50) (This year’s EppyFest is happening over the weekend of the 27th and 28th July and tickets are available to pre-order now via buytickets.at/eppyfest/1064621)

9. I Am The Rain (4:40) – The Scaramanga Six (Taken from the album ‘Phantom Head’; see thescaramangasix.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-head, www.thescaramangasix.co.uk/new/ & www.facebook.com/thescaramangasix)

10. The Bristol Butcher (4:56) – The Scaramanga Six (Taken from the album ‘Phantom Head’; see thescaramangasix.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-head, www.thescaramangasix.co.uk/new/ & www.facebook.com/thescaramangasix)

You can see The Scaramanga Six perform on the Saturday of this year’s EppyFest 11 (the 27th July) and tickets are available to pre-order now via buytickets.at/eppyfest/1064621

11. I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (5:49) – Rotary Connection (Taken from the album ‘Black Gold: The Best of Rotary Connection’; see www.allmusic.com/artist/rotary-connection-mn0000852405/biography)

12. Countess Bathory’s Finishing School for Girls (3:10) – The Crooked Fiddle Band (Taken from the album ‘Overgrown Tales’; see crookedfiddleband.bandcamp.com/album/overgrown-tales, www.crookedfiddleband.com, & www.facebook.com/crookedfiddleband)

13. Villagers (6:56) – Baber/Wileman (Taken from the album ‘Baber/Wileman Vol. 2’; see baberwileman.bandcamp.com/album/baber-wileman-2)

14. Fly She (5:32) – Redbus Noface (Taken from the album ‘#1 If It Fights The Hammer It Will Fight The Knife!’; see redbusnoface.bandcamp.com/album/1-if-it-fights-the-hammer-it-will-fight-the-knife)

15. Heart The Same (7:45) – Kavus Torabi (Taken from the album ‘The Banishing’; see kavustorabi.bandcamp.com/album/the-banishing & www.facebook.com/KavusTorabi)

16. Tarred & Feathered (3:01) – Tredici Bacci (Taken from the album ‘Brave New World’; see tredicibacci.bandcamp.com/album/brave-new-world & www.facebook.com/TrediciBacci)

17. July (5:36) – Low (Taken from the album ‘Things We Lost In The Fire’; see lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/things-we-lost-in-the-fire)

18. Is That You? (6:01) – Plantoid (Taken from the album ‘Terrapath’; see plantoidworld.bandcamp.com/album/terrapath & www.facebook.com/plantoidworld, and find out more about Plantoid in issue 150 of Prog Magazine – www.loudersound.com/prog)

19. Enter The Ring (3:53) – Steve Hackett (Taken from the album ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’; see insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-circus-and-the-nightwhale-24-bit-hd-audio, www.hackettsongs.com/ & www.facebook.com/stevehackettofficial)

20. Get Me Out (4:16) – Steve Hackett (Taken from the album ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’; see insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-circus-and-the-nightwhale-24-bit-hd-audio, www.hackettsongs.com/ & www.facebook.com/stevehackettofficial)

21. Strange Love (5:37) – Bill Laurance & The Untold Orchestra (Taken from the album ‘Bloom’; see billlaurance.bandcamp.com/album/bill-laurance-the-untold-orchestra-bloom, billlaurance.com/#/ & www.facebook.com/billlaurancemusic/)

22. No Pops (1:40) – The Bob Lazar Story (Taken from the EP ‘The Bob Lazarus Chronicles Pt 2: lo fi curly fries’; see theboblazarstory.bandcamp.com/album/the-bob-lazarus-chronicles-pt-2-lo-fi-curly-fries & www.facebook.com/theboblazarstory)

23. Let Them Row (4:52) – Dana Gavanski (Taken from the album ‘Late Slap’; see danagavanskifth.bandcamp.com/album/late-slap, www.danagavanski.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/danagavanski/)

24. 2005, Pt. 1 (3:52) – Baber/Wileman (Taken from the album ‘Baber/Wileman Vol. 2’; see baberwileman.bandcamp.com/album/baber-wileman-2)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, 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. Next time, in a couple of weeks, I should be back with an Australian music special, including lots of typically great and eclectic music from the land down under. I really hope you’ll join me then.

Episode 380: Best of 2023, Top 40 pt 1

This is the 380th 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). With this show I begin my slightly delayed countdown of my favourite albums of 2023. I did try to get it down to a top 30, I assure you, but I couldn’t manage it, so instead I went for a top 40. For this show it’s part 1 (of 4) of my 40 favourite albums of 2023. You can expect a great mixture of music in this show, and a typically eclectic playlist, with two tracks each from the albums I’ve placed between 40 and 31 in the countdown (you’ll hear the top 30 countdown over the course of the next three shows). And I’ll also start things with music from a new name to the show Guinevere, and a tribute to Del Palmer who sadly died recently. 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 27 minutes. Downloaded file is 133.9 MB.

1. Setting Of The Sun (7:23) – Guinevere (Taken from the album ‘Running in Circles’; see guinevere.bandcamp.com/album/running-in-circles & www.facebook.com/thisisguinevere)

As part of the feature, ‘The 80s Weren’t All Rubbish You Know!’ …

2. All The Love (4:30) – Kate Bush (Taken from the album ‘The Dreaming’; see www.katebush.com/ & www.katebush.com/news_article/del/)

The top 40 albums of 2023 countdown begins here, with the albums placed between 40 and 31…

3. Areca (5:16) – Mong Tong 夢東 (Taken from the album ‘Tao Fire 道火’; see mongtongggb.bandcamp.com/album/tao-fire, linktr.ee/mongtongband & www.facebook.com/MongTongBand, and Mong Tong 夢東 were featured in Prog Magazine back in 2023 – www.loudersound.com/prog)

4. Thung Beat (4:11) – Mong Tong 夢東 (Taken from the album ‘Tao Fire 道火’; see mongtongggb.bandcamp.com/album/tao-fire, linktr.ee/mongtongband & www.facebook.com/MongTongBand, and Mong Tong 夢東 were featured in Prog Magazine back in 2023 – www.loudersound.com/prog)

5. In Re Budd (4:23) – Penguin Cafe (Taken from the album ‘Rain Before Seven…’; see penguincafe.bandcamp.com/album/rain-before-seven & www.penguincafe.com)

6. Might Be Something (6:30) – Penguin Cafe (Taken from the album ‘Rain Before Seven…’; see penguincafe.bandcamp.com/album/rain-before-seven & www.penguincafe.com)

7. Corvidae (4:58) – Grazing Doe (Taken from the album ‘Bounds Beaten’; see grazingdoe.bandcamp.com/album/bounds-beaten)

8. Robigus (4:14) – Grazing Doe (Taken from the album ‘Bounds Beaten’; see grazingdoe.bandcamp.com/album/bounds-beaten)

9. Waltz of the Weekend (6:15) – Soft Hearted Scientists (Taken from the album ‘Waltz of the Weekend’; see softheartedscientists4.bandcamp.com/album/waltz-of-the-weekend & www.facebook.com/SoftHeartedScientists)

10. Sea Anemone Song (7:36) – Soft Hearted Scientists (Taken from the album ‘Waltz of the Weekend’; see softheartedscientists4.bandcamp.com/album/waltz-of-the-weekend & www.facebook.com/SoftHeartedScientists)

11. Kin (6:44) – Bill Laurance & Michael League (Taken from the album ‘Where You Wish You Were’; see actrecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-you-wish-you-were)

12. Tricks (4:47) – Bill Laurance & Michael League (Taken from the album ‘Where You Wish You Were’; see actrecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-you-wish-you-were)

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. Choose Your Goddess (6:49) – Gong (Taken from the album ‘Unending Ascending’; see gongband.bandcamp.com/album/unending-ascending, www.gongband.com & www.facebook.com/officialgong)

16. My Guitar is a Spaceship (Single edit) (4:27) – Gong (Taken from the album ‘Unending Ascending’; see gongband.bandcamp.com/album/unending-ascending, www.gongband.com & www.facebook.com/officialgong)

17. Panopticom (Bright Side Mix) (5:16) – Peter Gabriel (Taken from the album ‘i/o’; see petergabriel.bandcamp.com/album/i-o & petergabriel.com)

18. The Court (Dark-Side Mix) (4:21) – Peter Gabriel (Taken from the album ‘i/o’; see petergabriel.bandcamp.com/album/i-o & petergabriel.com)

19. Five of Cups (5:16) – Holy Wave (Taken from the album ‘Five of Cups’; see holywave.bandcamp.com/album/five-of-cups & www.facebook.com/hlywave)

20. Bog Song (4:53) – Holy Wave (Taken from the album ‘Five of Cups’; see holywave.bandcamp.com/album/five-of-cups & www.facebook.com/hlywave)

21. Ironing Days (5:19) – Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth (Taken from the album ‘Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth’; see billiebottle.bandcamp.com/album/billie-bottles-temple-of-shibboleth-2, www.billiebottle.co.uk, & www.facebook.com/BillieBottle)

22. The Mending (9:44) – Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth (Taken from the album ‘Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth’; see billiebottle.bandcamp.com/album/billie-bottles-temple-of-shibboleth-2, www.billiebottle.co.uk, & www.facebook.com/BillieBottle)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, 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, I should be back with part two of my countdown of my favourite albums of 2023, covering the albums I picked from numbers 30 to 21. I really hope you’ll join me for that.

Episode 378: Have Yourself a Stinky Little Christmas

This is the 378th 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). This time around, it’s this year’s festive edition, so you can expect the usual eclectic mixture of music, only this time all the tracks will have some form of wintry/Christmas/solstice theme. There’s no feature album this time, so just kick back and enjoy the usual eclectic musical mix, including some new music from 2023, some older tracks of various vintages, a return to a feature that I first introduced during last year’s festive special, and a final reminder about this year’s Chrimbo Limbo live music event on the 28th of December in Cheltenham. All-in-all, expect a unique festive-themed extravaganza with lots of great music (some jolly, some definitely not!) and some pleasant surprises. 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 9 minutes. Downloaded file is 117.8 MB.

1. Love in the Universe (5:11) – William D. Drake (Single available to buy digitally via williamddrake.bandcamp.com/track/love-in-the-universe; see also williamddrake.wordpress.com)

2. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (2:27) – Chilly Gonzales (Taken from the album ‘A Very Chilly Christmas’; see www.chillygonzales.com)

3. Blood On The Rooftops (5:28) – Genesis (Taken from the album ‘Wind & Wuthering’; see www.genesis-music.com/ & www.facebook.com/genesis)

4. It Hasn’t Happened Yet (3:50) – William Shatner (Taken from the album ‘Has Been’; see williamshatner.com)

5. Be Mine (5:33) – R.E.M. (Taken from the album ‘New Adventures In Hi-Fi’; see remhq.com)

6. Coventry Carol (4:15) – Vamoosery (Single available to buy digitally via vamoosery.bandcamp.com/track/coventry-carol; see also www.facebook.com/Vamoosery)

7. The Slaughter of the Innocents (5:11) – Firefly Burning (Taken from the album ‘Lightships’; see fireflyburning.bandcamp.com/album/lightships & en-gb.facebook.com/fireflyburning)

8. 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)

9. Silent Night (2:46) – John Stebbe (Taken from the EP ‘A Jazz Piano Christmas’; see itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-jazz-piano-christmas-ep/id582799239)

10. Winter Crawls (4:32) – Ashley Reaks (Taken from ‘Winter Crawls‘; see ashleyreaks.bandcamp.com/album/winter-crawls, www.ashleyreaks.com/, & www.facebook.com/ashleyreaksart)

11. Sant Esteve (3:31) – Bill Laurance & Michael League (Taken from the album ‘Where You Wish You Were’; see actrecords.bandcamp.com/album/where-you-wish-you-were)

12. Everything Will Change This Christmas: The Ballad of Hans Gruber (4:26) – Four Eyes (Single available to buy via foureyesathens.bandcamp.com/album/everything-will-change-this-christmas-the-ballad-of-hans-gruber; see also www.facebook.com/FourEyesAthens)

13. Under The Surface (6:35) – Under The Surface (Taken from the album ‘Under The Surface’; see underthesurfacetrio.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-surface, triounderthesurface.com & www.facebook.com/triounderthesurface, and find out more about Under The Surface in the latest issue of Prog Magazine – www.loudersound.com/prog)

14. Long Way Around The Sea (4:39) – Low (Taken from the ‘Christmas’ EP; see lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/christmas)

15. Spare A Thought For Santa (3:04) – a.P.A.t.T. (Taken from the album ‘The Essential Now That’s What I Call an a.P.A.t.T. Christmas Vol 1’; see apatt.bandcamp.com/album/the-essential-now-thats-what-i-call-an-a-p-a-t-t-christmas-vol-1, www.apatt.com/, & www.facebook.com/aPAtTpage)

16. December Song (5:28) – Sarah Elizabeth Charles & Jarrett Cherner (Taken from the compilation ‘Together: Musical Warmth For The Winter Holidays’; see trrstore.bandcamp.com/album/together-musical-warmth-for-the-winter-holidays)

17. Cherry Tree Carol (3:52) – Arborea (Taken from the album ‘Fortress of the Sun’; see arborea.bandcamp.com/album/fortress-of-the-sun, arboreamusic.blogspot.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/Arborea)

18. An Elf Lost in the Woods (6:29) – Stringmodulator (Taken from the EP ‘Silent Night’; see submarinebroadcastingco.bandcamp.com/album/silent-night)

19. Christmas Unicorn (12:28) – Sufjan Stevens (Taken from the album ‘Silver & Gold’; see music.sufjan.com/track/christmas-unicorn & sufjan.com/)

20. Old Bones (2:50) – Richard Wileman (feat. Chantelle Smith) (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Forked Road’; see richardwileman.bandcamp.com & kardaestra.wordpress.com)

For advance tickets and more information about the live music Chrimbo Limbo 2 event on the 28th of December at Smokey Joe’s in Cheltenham, feat. headliners Chantelle Smith & Richard Wileman, Garden of Live Flowers, and Elif Yalvac, see https://www.tickettailor.com/events/eppyfest/1050739

21. Little Girl Blue (4:19) – Nina Simone (Taken from the album ‘Little Girl Blue’; see primitivrecords.bandcamp.com/album/little-girl-blue & www.ninasimone.com)

22. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (4:37) – Ryuichi Sakamoto (Taken from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’; see www.sitesakamoto.com)

23. Snowman on a Ledge (3:31) – Jack O’ The Clock (Taken from the album ‘The Warm, Dark Circus′; see jackotheclock.bandcamp.com & www.facebook.com/JackOTheClock)

24. A Christmas Credit Card (Christmas in My Dreams) (2:21) – Asparagus Apocalypse & David Kaminsky (Not currently available to download)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, and of course to all of you listeners. All the best for the winter solstice and for Christmas, whatever you get up to! 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, I should be back to herald in the New Year with lots of great music, as we build up to my countdown of my favourite albums of 2023. I hope you will join me for that.

Episode 376: Doctor Who, London Jazz Festival and Chrimbo Limbo preview

This is the 376th 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). This latest show is a little all over the place, albeit in a good way, I think. There’s no feature album this time but as this November sees the 60th anniversary of TV show ‘Doctor Who’, it seems apt to have a feature theme instead, so you’ll hear four different versions of the ‘Doctor Who’ theme scattered throughout the playlist. In addition we have a preview of this year’s Chrimbo Limbo live music event, happening on 28th December, 2023, at Smokey Joe’s in Cheltenham, with tracks from all three of the acts performing, and we’ll also have an interview with Chantelle Smith and Richard Wileman, who will be headlining this year’s Chrimbo Limbo, so you’ll hear what you can expect from them on the 28th of December. Also, recently it’s been the EFG London Jazz festival, which had a great line-up, so we’ll look back at some of the wonderful acts who were performing this year. Other than that, you can expect the usual eclectic mixture of music, spanning a period of 60 years. 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 21 minutes. Downloaded file is 128.8 MB.

1. Doctor Who (2:21) – Delia Derbyshire (Taken from the album ‘The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – A Retrospective‘; see www.delia-derbyshire.org/, www.facebook.com/DeliaDerbyshire & en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop_%E2%80%93_A_Retrospective)

2. Endangered Species (6:38) – Esperanza Spalding Feat. Lalah Hathaway (Taken from the album ‘Radio Music Society’; see esperanzaspalding.bandcamp.com/album/radio-music-society, songwrightsapothecarylab.com & www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding/)

3. Just One More (4:16) – Garden of Live Flowers (Taken from the EP ‘Pussycat Things’; see gardenofliveflowers.bandcamp.com/album/pussycat-things & 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)

4. 5/9 (4:59) – Queen Colobus (Taken from the EP ‘Think Fast’; see queencolobus.bandcamp.com/album/think-fast-2 & www.facebook.com/queencolobus)

5. Sun Girl (5:53) – Julia Holter (Single available to buy digitally from juliaholter.bandcamp.com/album/sun-girl; see also juliaholter.com & www.facebook.com/juliashammasholter)

6. Old Bones (2:50) – Richard Wileman (feat. Chantelle Smith) (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Forked Road’; see richardwileman.bandcamp.com & kardaestra.wordpress.com)

Interview with Chantelle Smith and Richard Wileman…

7. Spectres Of The Ridgeway (6:46) – Richard Wileman (feat. Chantelle Smith) (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Forked Road’; see richardwileman.bandcamp.com & kardaestra.wordpress.com, & you can see Chantelle Smith & Richard Wileman 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)

8. Doctor Who, Series 11 Opening Titles (0:40) – Segun Akinola (Taken from the album ‘Doctor Who: Series 11’; see www.segunakinola.com, www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/0b242939-4cc6-471d-8924-a9ed43d4457a & www.facebook.com/segunakinolacomposer/)

9. Alive (9:06) – Hiromi Feat. Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips (Taken from the album ‘Alive’; see www.hiromimusic.com/ & www.facebook.com/HiromiFan/)

10. Bricks (4:29) – Bill Laurance & Michael League (Taken from the album ‘Where You Wish You Were’; see www.actmusic.com/en/Artists/Bill-Laurance-Michael-League)

11. Choose Your Goddess (6:49) – Gong (Taken from the album ‘Unending Ascending’; see gongband.bandcamp.com/album/unending-ascending, www.gongband.com & www.facebook.com/officialgong)

12. Stone (3:43) – Dilettante (Single available to buy digitally from dilettantesongs.bandcamp.com/track/stone-2; see also www.facebook.com/dilettantesongs)

13. Dr. Who Theme (2:44) – Ron Grainer/Peter Howell (Taken from ‘The No.1 Sci-Fi Album’; see also www.rongrainer.org.uk/ & www.peter-howell.blogspot.co.uk/)

14. Baloney (8:45) – Thought Bubble (Taken from the album ‘Beguiled’; see bubble.bandcamp.com/album/beguiled & www.facebook.com/cloudduo)

15.  Breaking My Rose Tinted Glasses (5:25) – Elif Yalvac (Taken from the album ‘Mountains Become Stepping Stones’; see hazalelif.bandcamp.com/album/mountains-become-stepping-stones & www.facebook.com/elifyalvacmusic/)

16. No Arms, No Legs, No Body At All (3:12) – Ben Reed (Taken from the album ‘Bandaged’; see benreedmusic.com & www.facebook.com/samuelruncornmusic, and find out more about Ben Reed in the latest issue of Prog Magazine – www.loudersound.com/prog)

17. Sarmouni (6:42) – Law Of Three (Taken from the EP ‘Live at Load Street’; see lawof3.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-load-street & www.facebook.com/andy.edwards.drummer/)

18. Doctor Who – Latin Version (6:39) – Keff McCulloch (Taken from the EP ‘Doctor Who: Variations On A Theme’; see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keff_McCulloch & tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who:_Variations_on_a_Theme)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, and particularly to Chantelle Smith and Richard Wileman, 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, I think I’ll be doing another of my occasional long track specials. I hope to see you back for that.

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 374: Legacy of Death

This is the 374th 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). It’s that time of the year again, so for this show we have the return of the diabolical Count Eppy Gibbon, who will hopefully be your ghoulish host for this year’s Halloween special. We have a feature album on this show, ‘What Magic Is This?’, the 2023 and brand new album by The Witching Tale, the duo of Katharine Blake and Michael J York, and you’ll hear three tracks from that album throughout the playlist. Other than that, you can expect the usual eclectic mixture of music, only with a bit more of a spooky theme this time around. 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 9 minutes. Downloaded file is 117.8 MB.

1. They Will Come (4:32) – The Witching Tale (Taken from the album ‘What Magic Is This?’; see thewitchingtale.bandcamp.com/album/what-magic-is-this & www.facebook.com/TheWitchingTale)

2. Devil’s Nine Questions (4:20) – Mishra and Deepa Shakthi (Single available to buy from mishramusic.bandcamp.com/track/devils-nine-questions; see also www.mishramusic.co.uk & www.facebook.com/mishraband)

3. Fear (2:23) – The Ventures (Taken from the album ‘The Ventures in Space’; see www.theventures.com/)

4. The Darkest Timeline (4:29) – Holy Wave feat. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete (Taken from the album ‘Five of Cups’; see holywave.bandcamp.com/album/five-of-cups & www.facebook.com/hlywave)

5. Kujô Shakujô – Part 2 (3:38) – PoiL Ueda (Taken from the album ‘PoiL Ueda’; see poil.bandcamp.com/album/poil-ueda & www.facebook.com/POILband)

6. Kujô Shakujô – Part 3 (7:23) – PoiL Ueda (Taken from the album ‘PoiL Ueda’; see poil.bandcamp.com/album/poil-ueda & www.facebook.com/POILband)

7. Live And Let Die (3:12) – Paul McCartney And Wings (Taken from the album ‘Live And Let Die (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’; see www.paulmccartney.com & www.facebook.com/PaulMcCartney/)

8. Witchy Grid (3:30) – Craig Fortnam (Taken from the album ‘Lunar One A Sides’; see craigfortnam.bandcamp.com/album/lunar-one-a-sides & www.facebook.com/craig.fortnam)

9. Crow (3:23) – Ben & Dom (Taken from the album ‘His Head Lies Heavy’; see benanddom.bandcamp.com/album/his-head-lies-heavy, www.benanddom.com & www.facebook.com/BenAndDom/)

10. The Crow (7:50) – DJ Food (Taken from the album ‘Kaleidoscope’; see djfood.bandcamp.com/album/kaleidoscope, www.djfood.org, ninjatune.net/artist/dj-food & ninjatune.net/release/dj-food/kaleidoscope)

11. Dracula, You Broke My Heart (2:28) – bis (Taken from the album ‘Slight Disconnects’; see bistheband.bandcamp.com/album/slight-disconnects, bisnation.com & www.facebook.com/welovebis)

12. Tigermoth (2022 Remaster) (7:42) – Karda Estra (Taken from the album ‘Alternate History 2′; see kardaestra.bandcamp.com/album/alternate-history-vol-2, www.richardwileman.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/kardaestra)

13. It’s fear in the Amygdala (3:37) – Soiled /Marcus H (Taken from the album ‘Splices and Phases’; see marcushmusic.bandcamp.com/album/splices-and-phases, marcushmusic.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1 & soundcloud.com/soiled)

14. 95haunts (3:52) – Polinski (Taken from the album ‘Telex From MIDI City (DATA111)’; see paulwolinski.bandcamp.com/album/telex-from-midi-city-data111, www.polin.ski, & www.facebook.com/polinski.lies, and find out more about this project in issue 140 of Prog Magazine – www.loudersound.com/prog)

15. Everlasting (4:56) – The Witching Tale (Taken from the album ‘What Magic Is This?’; see thewitchingtale.bandcamp.com/album/what-magic-is-this & www.facebook.com/TheWitchingTale)

16. Nought But Saviour’s Skull (6:48) – Emmett Elvin (Taken from the album ‘Being Of Sound Mind’; see emmettelvin.bandcamp.com/album/being-of-sound-mind)

17. It Scares Me (4:31) – SheLoom (Taken from the album ‘Listen To Thieves’; see sheloom.bandcamp.com/album/listen-to-thieves, www.sheloom.com & www.facebook.com/sheloom)

18. Monsters In Your Head (3:03) – MoeTar (Taken from the EP ‘Final Four’; see moetar.bandcamp.com & www.facebook.com/MoeTar)

19. Mummies (2:56) – Toyah (Taken from the album, ‘The Blue Meaning’; see www.toyahwillcox.com/ & www.facebook.com/toyahofficial)

20. Haunted (6:49) – Garden of Live Flowers (Taken from the EP ‘Pussycat Things’; see gardenofliveflowers.bandcamp.com/album/pussycat-things & www.facebook.com/gardenofliveflowers)

21. Gaelic Psalm (3:23) – Silver Moth (Taken from the album ‘Black Bay’; silvermoth.bandcamp.com/album/black-bay & www.facebook.com/silvermothmusic)

22. Hello Doom (15:09) – Silver Moth (Taken from the album ‘Black Bay’; silvermoth.bandcamp.com/album/black-bay & www.facebook.com/silvermothmusic)

23. What Magic Is This (8:21) – The Witching Tale (Taken from the album ‘What Magic Is This?’; see thewitchingtale.bandcamp.com/album/what-magic-is-this & www.facebook.com/TheWitchingTale)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, to Count Eppy Gibbon, 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, we should be focusing on the new album by Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, with tracks from that album, ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’, plus hopefully an interview with Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland, and of course the usual eclectic mixture of music. I hope to see you back for that.

Episode 372: Trey Gunn, Andy Edwards and more…

This is the 372nd edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. You can CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD but note 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). Following the last show, when I previewed this year’s Summer’s End Progressive Rock Festival with Stephen Lambe & Huw Lloyd-Jones, this time we have a much more typical show (if there is such a thing). We have a feature album, ‘The Third Star’, the 1996 album by guitarist and King Crimson alumnus Trey Gunn, and we’ll have three tracks from that throughout the show. We also return to our new Prog Magazine feature and to our 80s feature, and drummer Andy Edwards will be talking about his new album, amongst other things, so lots to enjoy as part of a typically eclectic playlist. 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 111.8 MB.

1. Symbiotic (3:50) – Trey Gunn (Taken from the album ‘The Third Star’; see treygunn.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-star-re-master, www.treygunn.com/ & www.facebook.com/treygunnmusic)

As part of the feature, ‘The 80s Weren’t All Rubbish You Know!’ …

2. Ieya (8:19) – Toyah (Taken from the album, ‘The Blue Meaning’; see www.toyahwillcox.com/ & www.facebook.com/toyahofficial)

3. Doppelganger (4:05) – TEKE::TEKE (Taken from the album ‘Hagata’; see teketekeband.bandcamp.com/album/hagata & www.facebook.com/teketekeband)

4. Watching the Counting (5:51) – Darkroom (Taken from the ‘Cloisters’ EP; see darkroomtheband.bandcamp.com/album/cloisters-ep, darkroomtheband.net/ & www.facebook.com/darkroomtheband) 

5. Uppmärksamhet (3:14) – Zopp (Taken from the album ‘Dominion’; see zopp.bandcamp.com/album/dominion, flatcirclerecords.bigcartel.com & www.facebook.com/zoppmusic, and find out more about Zopp in the latest issue of Prog Magazine – www.loudersound.com/prog)

6. The Ballad (3:38) – Blur (Taken from the album ‘The Ballad Of Darren′; see www.blur.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/blur)

7. Sleepwalking (5:57) – The Waeve (Taken from the album ‘The Waeve’; see thewaeve.bandcamp.com/album/the-waeve, www.thewaeveofficial.com & www.facebook.com/thewaeveofficial)

8. Apple Turtle (8:11) – Tu-Ner (Taken from the album ‘T1 – Contact Information’; see tu-ner7d.bandcamp.com/album/t1-contact-information-two-disc-set, tu-ner.com & www.treygunn.com/)

9. Stuck In A Room (2:11) – This Is The Kit (Taken from the album ‘Careful Of Your Keepers’; see thisisthekit.bandcamp.com/album/careful-of-your-keepers, titk.cargo.site & www.facebook.com/thisisthekit)

10. La Alhambra (5:17) – Marina Herlop (Single available to buy from marinaherlop.bandcamp.com/track/la-alhambra & set to appear on her forthcoming album ‘Nekkuja’)

11. On That Side (2:55) – Moses Yoofee Trio (Single available to buy from mosesyoofeetrio.bandcamp.com/track/on-that-side; see also www.mosesyoofeetrio.com)

12. The Third Star (3:45) – Trey Gunn (Taken from the album ‘The Third Star’; see treygunn.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-star-re-master, www.treygunn.com/ & www.facebook.com/treygunnmusic)

Andy Edwards steps in for the next section of the show…

13. The Eppy Gibbon Song (1:49) – Andy Edwards (Unreleased, recorded especially for this show)

14. High Phi (for Phi Yaan Zek) (10:20) – Andy Edwards (Taken from the album ‘Forbella’; see andyedwards.bandcamp.com/album/forbella & www.facebook.com/andy.edwards.drummer/)

15. Walkaway (extract) (0:53) – Rain (A completely new remixed version of the middle section of the track ‘Walkaway’ from the Rain album ‘Singularity’; see rainprogband.bandcamp.com/album/singularity for the original track)

16. Flying High in the Purple Sky (extract) (2:55) – Andy Edwards (A completely new remixed version of the track ‘Flying High in the Purple Sky’ from Andy’s ‘Three Songs’ EP; see andyedwards.bandcamp.com/album/three-songs for the original track)

17. Rehearsal recording (3:09) – Law of Three (Unreleased; see www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN58m9vCFyg & www.facebook.com/andy.edwards.drummer/)  

18. Morning Dew (4:19) – Robert Plant and The Priory of Brion (Taken from the compilation album ‘MAS 3, Mas Attack’; see www.discogs.com/release/14809512-Various-MAS-3-MAS-Attack)

19. Fashion (4:49) – David Bowie (Taken from the album ‘Scary Monsters’; see www.davidbowie.com/ & www.facebook.com/davidbowie)

20. Burned (3:46) – Tribes of Europe & Barbara Stretch (Single available digitally from tribesofeurope.bandcamp.com/track/burned & also available as a very limited edition 7″ vinyl via tribesofeurope.bandcamp.com/merch/burned-7-single-vinyl-dubplate-edition-collectors-only; see also www.facebook.com/TribesOfEurope)

21. One minute, a stone (6:21) – Trey Gunn (Taken from the album ‘The Third Star’; see treygunn.bandcamp.com/album/the-third-star-re-master, www.treygunn.com/ & www.facebook.com/treygunnmusic)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed, to all listeners, and particularly to Andy Edwards for his very creative contributions to this show. 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 part of the Progzilla Radio Network. I’ll be back for the next show, with a typically eclectic playlist, so I hope to see you then.

Episode 369: Goodbye EppyFest 10 and Hello Supersonic 2023

This is the 369th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. You can CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD but note 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). Now that some of the post-EppyFest 10 chaos and jubilation has died down, I’m going to be spending some time on this show reflecting on that amazing musical weekend, not only the bands and acts that played on the bill, but also some of the other music and events that arose from it. And although EppyFest is over for another year, there is still lots of great live music out there to be enjoyed in the days and weeks to come, so we’re going to focus on some of that on this show, including a preview for this year’s Supersonic Festival in Birmingham over the weekend of September 1st-3rd. There’s no feature album or band this time, but you can expect the usual eclectic mixture of music, from all the usual styles and genres, including some great 2023 music, plus we return to our new Prog Magazine feature. 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 31 minutes. Downloaded file is 138.3 MB.

1. Theme From Enter The Dragon (2:23) – Lalo Schifrin (Taken from ‘Enter The Dragon (Original Sound Track From The Motion Picture‘; see www.schifrin.com/main.htm)

2. Small town boy [live] (6:42) – Jerboah (Recorded live on 29th April, 2022; see jerboah.my.canva.site/#home, jerboah.bandcamp.com & www.facebook.com/jerboah)

3. Have You Got PPI? (4:44) – Schnauser (Taken from the album ‘Irritant’; see www.schnauser.co.uk/, schnauser.bandcamp.com/album/irritant & www.facebook.com/SchnauserMusic)

4. Swimmer (4:12) – The Utopia Strong (Taken from the album ‘The Utopia Strong’; see theutopiastrong.bandcamp.com/album/the-utopia-strong & www.facebook.com/theutopiastrong/)

5. Chase (3:20) – Spindle Ensemble (Taken from the album ‘Inkling’; see spindleensemble.bandcamp.com/album/inkling, www.spindleensemble.com & www.facebook.com/spindleensemble)

6. Fading [Live] (7:36) – Georgie Ward (Single available to buy from georgieward.bandcamp.com/track/fading-live; see also www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YlIJHeLDc0)

7. How I Ended It All (3:56) – Richard Wileman (Taken from the album ‘Arcana′; see richardwileman.bandcamp.com/album/arcana, www.richardwileman.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/kardaestra)

8. Maru (4:53) – Mitsune (Taken from the album ‘Hazama’; see mitsune.bandcamp.com/album/hazama & www.mitsune.de)

9. Kabuki part three – live 25 (10:29) – Longstone (Taken from the ‘25th Anniversary Live Rehearsal EP’; see longstone.bandcamp.com/album/25th-anniversary-live-rehearsal-ep & www.facebook.com/Longstone-35010211805/)

10. Glow (4:40) – Garden of Live Flowers (Taken from the EP ‘Pussycat Things’; see gardenofliveflowers.bandcamp.com/album/pussycat-things & www.facebook.com/gardenofliveflowers)

11. Boston Tea Party (4:37) – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Taken from the album ‘SAHB Stories’; see medium.com/@EddyBamyasi/the-sensational-alex-harvey-band-albums-ranked-worst-to-best-312ec8f11c45) 

12. The Mystery of the Catholicon (6:14) – Lyrian (Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Seven Puzzles’; see lyrian.bandcamp.com, www.medievalrecords.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/Lyrian-28942418424/)

13. March of Leaves (3:12) – Hibiki Ichikawa feat. Simon Leong & Koichi Shoji (Taken from the album ‘Shami-Sensational’; see hibikishamisen.com)

14. Areca (5:16) – Mong Tong 夢東 (Taken from the album ‘Tao Fire 道火’; see mongtongggb.bandcamp.com/album/tao-fire, linktr.ee/mongtongband & www.facebook.com/MongTongBand)

15. Fall And Flatten (7:40) – un.procedure (Taken from the EP ‘un.procedure’; see unprocedure.bandcamp.com/album/un-procedure)  

16. Miracle-Level (3:14) – Deerhoof (Taken from the album ‘Miracle-Level’; see deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/miracle-level & deerhoof.website)

17. The Father (4:56) – Godflesh (Taken from the album ‘Purge’; see godflesh1.bandcamp.com/album/purge & www.facebook.com/godflesh.official)

18. Plain Hunt on Four (8:19) – Horse Lords (Taken from the album ‘Comradely Objects’; see horselords.bandcamp.com/album/comradely-objects-2, www.horselords.org/ & www.facebook.com/HorseLords)

19. The New York Trader (7:41) – Lankum (Taken from the album ‘False Lankum’; see lankum.bandcamp.com/album/false-lankum, lankumdublin.com & www.facebook.com/dublinfolkmiscreants)

20. I Unveil a Peppercorn to See It Vanish (3:41) – Širom (Taken from the album ‘The Liquified Throne of Simplicity’; see sirom.bandcamp.com/album/the-liquified-throne-of-simplicity & www.facebook.com/siromband)

21. Sedna (6:59) – Silver Moth (Taken from the album ‘Black Bay’; silvermoth.bandcamp.com/album/black-bay & www.facebook.com/silvermothmusic)

You can see un.procedure, Deerhoof, Godflesh, Horse Lords, Lankum, Širom, Silver Moth, and many more acts and bands at this year’s Supersonic Festival in Birmingham (over the weekend of September 1st-3rd) and tickets are available now via supersonicfestival.com/product-category/tickets/

22. England 2 Columbia 0 (3:46) – Kirsty MacColl (Taken from the album ‘Tropical Brainstorm′; see www.kirstymaccoll.com)

23. What Your Soul Sings (6:39) – Massive Attack (Taken from the album ‘100th Window’; see www.massiveattack.co.uk/ & www.facebook.com/massiveattack)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and to all 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 part of the Progzilla Radio Network. Do join me for the next show, when I’ll be playing the usual eclectic mix of great music, both the weird, the wonderful and everything in between. Amongst other things, I’ll be trying to catch up on some new releases that I haven’t had chance to focus on during recent shows, so I hope to see you then.

Episode 368: Best of the rest of 2022 pt 2

This is the 368th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. You can CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD but note 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). After the previous show when I offered a final preview of EppyFest 10, it’s now back to business as usual and specifically that involves me playing some more of the best music from 2022 that didn’t get featured in my top 31 albums of last year. We have a feature album from 2022, ‘Escape Velocity’, by Head Spin, the instrumental psychedelic project of UK musician Andy Scoffin, and you’ll hear three fabulous tracks from it throughout the course of the show. In addition, you can expect the usual eclectic musical mixture, with a focus on music from EPs, albums and singles released in 2022. 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 33 minutes. Downloaded file is 140.2 MB.

1. Ideas of Space (3:40) – Tess Roby (Taken from the album ‘Ideas of Space’; see tessroby.bandcamp.com/album/ideas-of-space & www.facebook.com/tessroby)

2. Cracks (2:28) – District Five (Taken from the album ‘Burnt Sugar’; see districtfive.bandcamp.com/album/burnt-sugar, www.districtfive.band/ & www.facebook.com/districtfive.band)

3. Blinded by a Blaze (7:39) – Cave In (Taken from the album ‘Heavy Pendulum’; see cavein.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-pendulum & www.facebook.com/CaveIn.Official)

4. Limpet (8:16) – Head Spin (Taken from the album ‘Escape Velocity’; see headspin.bandcamp.com/album/escape-velocity & www.facebook.com/HeadSpinMusicUK)

5. Cry Me Old Trouble (5:04) – Cate Le Bon (Taken from the album ‘Pompeii’; see catelebon.bandcamp.com/album/pompeii & www.catelebon.com/)

6. Why We Speak (6:19) – Robert Glasper feat. Q-Tip & Esperanza Spalding (Taken from the album ‘Black Radio III’; see robertglasper.bandcamp.com/album/black-radio-iii)

7. Space Ark (4:01) – Kate Havnevik (Taken from the album ‘Lightship’; see katehavnevik.bandcamp.com/album/lightship & www.katehavnevik.com)

8. Prologue/atoms enter (2:52) – Perhaps Contraption (Taken from the album ‘Nearly Human’; see perhapscontraption.bandcamp.com/album/nearly-human-2, perhapscontraption.co.uk & www.facebook.com/perhapscontraption)

9. 72.8% Water (5:09) – Perhaps Contraption (Taken from the album ‘Nearly Human’; see perhapscontraption.bandcamp.com/album/nearly-human-2, perhapscontraption.co.uk & www.facebook.com/perhapscontraption)

10. Live And Learn (6:06) – Head Spin (Taken from the album ‘Escape Velocity’; see headspin.bandcamp.com/album/escape-velocity & www.facebook.com/HeadSpinMusicUK)

11. Billions (4:57) – Caroline Polachek & Oneohtrix Point Never (Track available to buy via carolinepolachek.bandcamp.com/album/billions; see also www.carolinepolachek.com & pointnever.com)

12. New Love (4:24) – June Magnolia (Taken from the album ‘Memory Palace’; see junemagnolia.bandcamp.com/album/memory-palace & junemagnolia.com)

13. Bats In The Belfry (6:53) – Big Big Train (Taken from the album ‘Welcome To The Planet’; see bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-planet, www.bigbigtrain.com & www.facebook.com/bigbigtrain)

14. Oak and Stone (7:13) – Big Big Train (Taken from the album ‘Welcome To The Planet’; see bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-planet, www.bigbigtrain.com & www.facebook.com/bigbigtrain)

15. Where It Came From (5:50) – Brian Woodbury (Taken from the album ‘Rhapsody & Filigree’; see brianwoodbury.bandcamp.com/album/rhapsody-filigree & brianwoodbury.com)

16. Ruins (8:04) – Gilmore Trail (Taken from the album ‘Impermanence’; see gilmoretrail.bandcamp.com/album/impermanence, www.gilmoretrail.co.uk & www.facebook.com/gilmoretrail)

17. Breaking Broken (3:53) – Raze The Maze (Taken from the album ‘7am Dream’; see razethemaze.bandcamp.com/album/7am-dream-2, www.razethemazemusic.com & www.facebook.com/RazeTheMazeMusic/)

18. Stumble (5:10) – Ventifacts (Taken from the EP ‘Chronic Town’; see ventifacts.bandcamp.com/album/chronic-town & www.facebook.com/ventifacts)

19. The Call (7:18) – iNFiNiEN (Taken from the album ‘Beyond the Veil’; see infinien.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-veil & www.facebook.com/infinien)

20. Money (6:33) – The Sursiks (Taken from the album ‘Suave Side of the Moon’; see davidminnick1.bandcamp.com/album/suave-side-of-the-moon-2)

21. Us and Them (7:26) – The Sursiks (Taken from the album ‘Suave Side of the Moon’; see davidminnick1.bandcamp.com/album/suave-side-of-the-moon-2)

22. Chaparral (4:35) – Holy Wave (Single available to buy via holywave.bandcamp.com/album/chaparral; see also www.facebook.com/hlywave)

23. Mutation (2:32) – Holy Western Parallels (Taken from the album ‘Holy Western Parallels’; see holywesternparallels.bandcamp.com/album/holy-western-parallels)

24. Galactic Sheep (8:12) – Head Spin (Taken from the album ‘Escape Velocity’; see headspin.bandcamp.com/album/escape-velocity & www.facebook.com/HeadSpinMusicUK)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed to this show and to all 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 part of the Progzilla Radio Network. Do join me for the next show when I’ll be playing the usual eclectic mix of great music, both the weird, the wonderful and everything in between. On that show I think I’ll mainly be dividing the time between reflecting on EppyFest 10 and looking ahead to this year’s Supersonic festival in Birmingham (1st to 3rd September). I hope to see you then.

Episode 367: EppyFest 10, Recorders and Everything

This is the 367th edition of the Epileptic Gibbon podcast music show and the playlist to accompany it. You can CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD but note 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). This is the last show before EppyFest 10 so I’m going to be spending some of this show reminding you what an amazing set of bands and acts we have on the bill, to hopefully encourage you to buy tickets and spread the word. And we don’t have a feature album or band this time, but we will be playing a couple of tracks by one of the EppyFest 10 bands, Jerboah, and because that band are quite dominated by recorders, I will be playing other examples of recorders being used by rock bands. Otherwise you can expect the usual eclectic mixture of music, from all the usual styles and genres, including lots of great 2023 music, plus we return to our new Prog Magazine feature. 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 27 minutes. Downloaded file is 134.6 MB.

1. Daughter (8:01) – Will Lawton and the Alchemists (Taken from the ‘Alchemy’ EP; see willlawtonandthealchemists.bandcamp.com/album/alchemy-ep, www.willlawtonmusic.co.uk & www.facebook.com/WillLawtonAlchemists)

2. Pinball is for Truckers (4:47) – The Filibuster Saloon (Taken from the album ‘Going Off Topic’; see filibustersaloon.bandcamp.com/album/going-off-topic)

3. I Don’t Wanna (4:14) – Jerboah (Taken from the EP ‘Gnaw’; see jerboah.bandcamp.com/album/gnaw, jerboah.my.canva.site/#home & www.facebook.com/jerboah)

4. Scaring All The Bees (3:59) – SheLoom (Taken from the album ‘Listen To Thieves’; see sheloom.bandcamp.com/album/listen-to-thieves, www.sheloom.com & www.facebook.com/sheloom)

5. Newsreel Past (2:57) – Keff McCulloch (Taken from ‘The Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Album’; see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keff_McCulloch)

6. Venus As A Boy (4:43) – Björk (Taken from the album ‘Debut’; see bjork.com & www.facebook.com/bjork)

7. Gone Gone Is The Gold The Gold Of The Age (5:13) – Lost Crowns (Single not currently available to buy but should be on a forthcoming album by the band; for more information, see lostcrowns.bandcamp.com/album/every-night-something-happens & www.facebook.com/lostcrowns/)

8. Onagawa – live 25 (6:20) – Longstone (Taken from the ‘25th Anniversary Live Rehearsal EP’; see longstone.bandcamp.com/album/25th-anniversary-live-rehearsal-ep & www.facebook.com/Longstone-35010211805/)

9. EppyFest 10 promo (2:59) (This year’s EppyFest is happening over the weekend of the 29th and 30th July and tickets are available to pre-order now via www.tickettailor.com/events/eppyfest/800969)

10. Gymnopedie No. 1 (2:53) – Mitsune (Taken from the album ‘Mitsune’; see mitsune.bandcamp.com/album/mitsune & www.mitsune.de)

11. Schmetterling (4:34) – Grazing Doe (Taken from the ‘Schmetterling’ EP; see grazingdoe.bandcamp.com/album/schmetterling-ep)

12. Waves (6:31) – Julian Loida (Taken from the album ‘Giverny’; see julianloida.bandcamp.com/album/giverny, www.julianloida.com/ & www.facebook.com/julianloidamusic/)

13. With Me (4:17) – Gadadu (Single available to buy from gadadu.bandcamp.com/track/with-me; see also www.gadadu.com/)

14. Uncle Jack (3:49) – Big Big Train (Taken from the album ‘English Electric Part 1’; see www.bigbigtrain.com/, bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com/album/english-electric-part-one-hi-resolution-audio & www.facebook.com/bigbigtrain)

15. The Fool On The Hill (3:00) – The Beatles (Taken from the album ‘Magical Mystery Tour’; see www.thebeatles.com/)

16. Harvest Festival (4:15) – XTC (Taken from the album ‘Apple Venus Volume 1’; see chalkhills.org/ & www.last.fm/music/XTC)

17. Mafioso [live] (5:54) – Jerboah (Recorded live on 7th May, 2022; see jerboah.my.canva.site/#home, jerboah.bandcamp.com, www.facebook.com/jerboah & also see www.patreon.com/teamrecorder for more about lead singer Sarah Jeffery’s Team Recorder project)

18. After The Flash (5:34) – Squid (Taken from the album ‘O Monolith’; see squiduk.bandcamp.com/album/o-monolith, www.squidband.uk & www.facebook.com/squiduk)

19. And her name was ‘Jo-Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy’, part 2 (3:55) – Sproingg (Taken from the album ‘Hirnkäse’; see sproingg.bandcamp.com/album/hirnk-se & www.facebook.com/sproingg/)

20. We All Hurt One Another! (4:40) – Unsafe Space Garden (Taken from the album ‘Where’s The Ground?’; see unsafespacegarden.bandcamp.com/album/wheres-the-ground & www.facebook.com/usgambuzinos)

21. Cowprint (5:09) – Holy Wave (Single available to buy via holywave.bandcamp.com/album/cowprint; see also www.facebook.com/hlywave)

22. The God of Stuck Time (3:44) – Me Lost Me (Taken from the album ‘RPG’; see melostme.bandcamp.com/album/rpg, www.melostme.com & www.facebook.com/MEL0STME)

23. Goldfinch Yodel (4:50) – Penguin Cafe (Taken from the album ‘Rain Before Seven…’; see penguincafe.bandcamp.com/album/rain-before-seven & www.penguincafe.com)

24. Last Grains (3:49) – Richard Wileman (Taken from the album ‘Veil’; see richardwileman.bandcamp.com/album/veil & kardaestra.wordpress.com)

25. As long as he lies perfectly still (4:58) – Schnauser (Taken from the double A-side single ‘Astral Traveller /As long as he lies perfectly still’; see schnauser.bandcamp.com/album/as-long-as-he-lies-perfectly-still-astral-traveller-7, www.fruitsdemerrecords.com/ & www.facebook.com/SchnauserMusic)

26. Transition To The Afterlife (5:39) – The Utopia Strong (Taken from the album ‘The Utopia Strong’; see theutopiastrong.bandcamp.com/album/the-utopia-strong & www.facebook.com/theutopiastrong/)

You can see Richard Wileman & Amy Fry, Schnauser & The Utopia Strong at this year’s EppyFest 10 (over the weekend of 29th/30th July) and tickets are available to pre-order now (though are close to selling out) via www.tickettailor.com/events/eppyfest/800969

27. We End Here – We Start Here (4:20) – JeGong (Taken from the album ‘The Complex Inbetween’; see jegong.bandcamp.com/album/the-complex-inbetween & www.facebook.com/jegongband, and find out more about JeGong in the latest issue of Prog Magazine – www.loudersound.com/prog)

Thanks to all the musicians who contributed to this show, and to all 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 part of the Progzilla Radio Network. Do join me for the next show, post-EppyFest 10, when I’ll be playing the usual eclectic mix of great music, both the weird, the wonderful and everything in between. I’ll be doing another of my best of the rest specials, looking back on some great music from 2022 that didn’t get into my top 31 albums countdown for that year, so I hope to see you then.