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12/08/2018

O.R.k. Announce Details of New Album Ramagehead Set For Release Through Kscope on February 22, 2019

Highly accomplished band includes award-winning composer /vocalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari, King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto and Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin

Album features special guest vocalist System Of A Down's Serj Tankian

Confirmed live headline shows throughout Europe & UK for early 2019 + support to The Pineapple Thief

O.R.k., comprising some of contemporary music's most revered artists, have combined their creative forces once again for a new studio album; their first for the ground-breaking UK label Kscope; O.R.k's Ramagehead will be released on 22nd February 2019.

The band feature Italy's celebrated vocalist, producer and award-winning film score composer Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari a.k.a LEF (lead vocals), King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto (drums), Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin (bass), Marta Sui Tubi's Carmelo Pipitone (guitars); Ramagehead also features a superstar collaboration in the form of Grammy Award-winner Serj Tankian of System of a Down, who is undoubtedly one of metal's greatest and most renowned vocalists.

Penned following their headline European tour in support of their second album, 2017's Soul of an Octopus; Ramagehead was forged from the band's collective vision, unique influences and a multi-layered reflection of their powerful and engaging live experience. The result contains all the ingredients of a fiery O.R.k. performance with dark and heavy riffing, mesmeric atmospheres and lyrics that reveal the band's bewilderment brought about by our modern world: a world of information overload, of uncertainty and post-truth messages. Bass player Colin Edwin explains further, “Ramagehead is a not a concept album as such, but there is certainly an identifiable theme, in that we attempt to express the everyday bewilderment bought about by the uncertain times we are living in, and the constant confusing information overload that we are all subjected to in today's post-fact environment. We also wanted to harness the power, unpredictability and spontaneity of the O.R.k. live experience into a static recording whilst aiming for a high-resolution sonic space that can be revisited repeatedly by the avid listener to discover ever deeper layers.”

Recorded during 2018 at LefMusicStudio (Italy), The Wormhole (USA) and Nightspace (UK). The mixing for Ramagehead was handled by Adrian Benavides and three-time Grammy-winning engineer Marc Urselli (U2, Foo Fighters, Nick Cave), the mastering by Michael Fossenkemper, engineering by Benavides and Bill Munyon (King Crimson), cover art by Adam Jones (TOOL) and design by Denis Rodier (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman). The recordings, and involvement of SOAD's Serj Tankian on the forthcoming single, “Black Blooms”, solidifies the band's serious intent to use their musical chemistry in exploring the hard-edged possibilities within rock.

Ramagehead tracklisting
Kneel to Nothing
Signals Erased
Beyond Sight
Black Blooms (feat. Serj Tankian)
Time Corroded
Down the Road
Some Other Rainbow Part 1
Strangled Words
Some Other Rainbow

Ramagehead will be released on 22nd February on CD / 180g Black vinyl LP / Digital and is available to PRE-ORDER HERE: https://ork.lnk.to/RamageheadPR

O.R.k. have an extensive live campaign planned in support of Ramagehead which will begin in February 2019 with a European and UK head line run as well as being special guests on the continuing “Dissolution Tour” from new label mates The Pineapple Thief.

Colin Edwin comments “Ramagehead is our most intense, ambitious and accessible work to date and I am really looking forward to exploring the new material in a live environment and sharing our unique collective energy together. For me, O.R.k. is always a completely immersive and unforgettable experience in the live arena, so with new tracks to play and an opportunity to reach places and people we've yet to get to, this tour will be our best yet.”

O.R.k. Tour Dates
** show with The Pineapple Thief
15.2 Ravenna (IT) - Bronson
16.2 Lugagnano di Sona/Verona (IT) - Il Giardino
17.2 Pisa (IT) - Lumiere
21.2 Bari (IT) - Garage Sound
22.2 Roma (IT) - Largo Venue**
23.2 Milano (IT) - Santeria Social Club **
24.2 Pratteln (CH) - Z7 **
26.2 Stuttgart (DE) - LKA Longhorn **
27.2 Frankfurt (DE) - Batschkapp **
28.2 Strasburg (FR) - La Laiterie **
1.3 Zoetermeer (NL) - Borderij **
2.3 Hamburg (DE) - Grosse Freiheit 36 **
3.3 Copenhagen (DK) - Store Vega **
5.3 Stockholm (SE) - Nalen **
6.3 Oslo (NO) - Rockefeller **
8.3 Iserhagen/Hannover (DE) - Blues Garage
10.3 Cologne (DE) - Yard Club
12.3 Munich (DE) - Backstage
13.3 Budapest (HU) - Durer
14.3 Nove Mesto nad Vahom (SK) - Blue Note
15.3 Berlin (DE) - Music & Frieden
17.3 Paris (FR) - Petit Bain
19.3 London (UK) - Borderline
20.3 Newcastle (UK) - o2 Academy **
21.3 Glasgow (UK) - St. Luke’s **
22.3 Manchester (UK) - o2 The Ritz **
23.3 Birmingham (UK) - o2 The Institute 2 **
24.3 Bristol (UK) - SWX **

O.R.k. are:
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari a.k.a LEF - lead vocals
Pat Mastelotto - drums
Colin Edwin - bass
Carmelo Pipitone - guitars

Follow O.R.k.
http://www.orkband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/O.R.k.band/
https://www.instagram.com/orkband/
https://twitter.com/ORKBAND

Hi-res images available to download: www.kscopemusic.com/media/ork

Kscope: 1st floor, 52 Lisson Street, London, UK NW1 5DF

North America Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

O.R.k. Announce Details of New Album Ramagehead Set For Release Through Kscope on February 22, 2019

Highly accomplished band includes award-winning composer /vocalist Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari, King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto and Porcupine Tree's Colin Edwin

Album features special guest vocalist System Of A Down's Serj Tankian

Confirmed live headline shows throughout Europe & UK for early 2019 + support to The Pineapple Thief

Kscope: 1st floor, 52 Lisson Street, London, UK NW1 5DF

North America Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (USA), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

3/29/2018

Tangerine Dream to Release Quantum Gate / Quantum Key 2CD Set on April 20th Through Kscope

The celebrated studio album celebrating 50 years of Tangerine Dream now complete with Quantum Key EP

Following the release of Tangerine Dream’s latest studio album, Quantum Gate, Kscope are set to release the album as a 2CD set with the inclusion of the EP Quantum Key.

Quantum Gate released on September 29th 2017, to coincide and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the band, was the first studio album since the passing of Edgar Froese Tangerine Dream's visionary founder, by the remaining band members Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane.

The Quantum Key EP preceded Quantum Gate, and both delivered an updated, contemporary development of their trademark sound: sequencer-driven electronica covering a wide range of moods and atmospheres from ambient soundscapes to energetic, upbeat moments. The Quantum Years material began as a concept and series of musical sketches by Froese before he passed away in 2015. Remaining band members Thorsten Quaeschning, Ulrich Schnauss and Hoshiko Yamane worked together to realize Edgar's visions and expectations of a conceptual body of work that attempts to translate quantum physics and philosophy into music. New member Ulrich Schnauss comments: “At the moment hardly any other area of science questions our concept of reality (linearity of time etc.) as profoundly as research in Quantum physics - it's no surprise therefore that Edgar was drawn to these ideas since he had always aimed at reminding listeners of the existence of 'unopened doors'.”

This version of Quantum Gate with the inclusion of Quantum Key EP, brings together Edgar's vision as a 2disc set for the first time.

(photo credit Jim Rakete)

Watch Tangerine Dream’s studio performance of “Identity Proven Matrix”:

Tangerine Dream have been a fundamental influence on electronic and progressive music since their formation in West Berlin, 1967. Inspiring genres, musicians and other art forms, from The Future Sound of London to Porcupine Tree, the widely popular TV show Stranger Things (for which their music also featured in) to seminal video game Grand Theft Auto V (for which they helped to write the soundtrack). The group have also received seven Grammy nominations, written over 100 studio albums and were led by Edgar Froese, who developed an instantly recognisable synth-based instrumental music based on a meditative musical experience that came to prominence in the 70s and 80s.

The current line-up are currently supporting their latest material with a string of headline events in Europe, including a two-night booking at London's Union Chapel plus the opening event for Amsterdam's cutting edge electronic music summer festival, Dekmantel.

13/04 - DE, Halle/Saale - Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle
14/04 - DE, Dresden - Philharmonie Im Kulturpalast
23/04 - UK, London, Union Chapel - SOLD OUT
24/04 - UK, London, Union Chapel
12/05 - DE , Duisberg - Theater am Marientor;
01/08 - NL, Amsterdam - Dekmantel Festival (http://www.dekmantelfestival.com )
04+05/08 - HU - Dádpuszta, O.Z.O.R.A. Festival ( https://ozorafestival.eu )
12.08.18- FI, Helsinki - Flow Festival (https://www.flowfestival.com ) - first TD concert in Helsinki/Finland:

DISC 1 – Quantum Gate
1 Sensing Elements [13:33]
2 Roll The Seven Twice [06:25]
3 Granular Blankets [05:03]
4 It Is Time To Leave When Everyone Is Dancing [06:36]
5 Identity Proven Matrix [05:18]
6 Non-Locality Destination [09:59]
7 Proton Bonfire [08:25]
8 Tear Down The Grey Skies [06:17]
9 Genesis Of Precious Thoughts [09:10]

DISC 2 – Quantum Key
1 Genesis Of Precious Thoughts [09:10]
2 Electron Bonfire [05:03]
3 Drowning In Universes [11:04]
4 Mirage Of Reality [07:24]

Pre-order Tangerine Dream's Quantum Gate / Quantum Key 2CD: https://burningshed.com/tangerine-dream_quantum-gate-quantum-key_2cd?filter_name=quantum%20key&filter_sub_category=true

Tangerine Dream online:
http://www.tangerinedream-music.com/newtd/
https://www.facebook.com/TANGERINEDREAM.OFFICIAL ;
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BGN1IdyiSR0ZYrkoKNchl ;
https://soundcloud.com/tangerinedreamofficial2015
https://www.songkick.com/artists/16746-tangerine-dream
https://twitter.com/QTangerineDream

For hi-res images: www.kscopemusic.com/media/tangerine-dream

Kscope: 1st floor, 52 Lisson Street, London, UK NW1 5DF

Press inquiries (North America): Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158 (US), glassonyonpr@gmail.com

Tangerine Dream to Release Quantum Gate / Quantum Key 2CD Set on April 20th Through Kscope

The celebrated studio album celebrating 50 years of Tangerine Dream now complete with Quantum Key EP

(photo credit Jim Rakete)

Watch Tangerine Dream’s studio performance of “Identity Proven Matrix”:

Tangerine Dream to Release Quantum Gate / Quantum Key 2CD Set on April 20th Through Kscope

The celebrated studio album celebrating 50 years of Tangerine Dream now complete with Quantum Key EP

(photo credit Jim Rakete)

Watch Tangerine Dream’s studio performance of “Identity Proven Matrix”:

12/16/2016

Japan and Porcupine Tree Keyboardist Richard Barbieri Set To Release New Studio Album Planets + Persona via Kscope on March 3, 2017

Album teaser clip launched!

London - Legendary Japan and Porcupine Tree keyboardist Richard Barbieri releases his most sonically expansive work to date, with a brand new album entitled Planets + Persona. It is the third Barbieri solo album, but the first to feature such a wide pallet of instrumentation. Vintage analogue synthesizers combine with acoustic performances and jazz elements. Twisted voices are always present, though not in a language we can recognize. Barbieri skilfully utilizes the talents of a pan-European core of musicians to produce an album that marries synthesized sounds with organic instrumentation to conjure up vivid, colourful and allusive soundscapes. It's a skillful commingling of texture and tone, mood and musicality.

Fans can have a taste of Planets + Persona here with a teaser of all 7 album tracks:

Recorded in London, Italy and Sweden, this is Barbieri's most ambitious solo work to date with a central theme of duality that runs through the album. The title alone – “Planets and Persona” alludes to this, and the dialectic theme is a constant throughout the contrasting and shape-shifting sounds of the album. Take, for example, Night of the Hunter – inspired by Charles Laughton's only directorial movie, the piece moves through subtle shifts of atmosphere and emphasis, through melodic, dream-like sequences through to harsher tones; it's a piece that builds to a profound cumulative effect. Elsewhere, Solar Storm shifts gears artfully, with Percy Jones' sometimes percussive bass work contrasting to the smoother synthesizer textures incisively. Barbieri's purely solo Interstellar Medium shows that his ability to develop and realize a theme under his own auspices that underscores his innate creativity. It's but one aspect of a thoroughly engrossing and immersive album.

Planets + Persona tracklisting:
Solar Sea (07:30)
New Found Land (07:17)
Night Of The Hunter (10:44)
Interstellar Medium (05:38)
Unholy (08:58)
Shafts Of Light (06:39)
Solar Storm (06:22])

As an ex-founder of the new-wave pioneers Japan, Barbieri was a leader in creating the ground-breaking synthesizer sound that defined the band and influenced the likes of The Human League, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Talk Talk and a whole raft of artists to follow. Together, the band recorded five studio albums culminating in the groundbreaking Tin Drum, which stayed in the UK Albums Chart for a year.

Following Japan, and a decade of collaborations on his own Medium label, Barbieri joined Steven Wilson's Porcupine Tree, playing keyboards on all the band's albums since 1993 as well as releasing two striking solo albums: Things Buried and Stranger Inside.

His ear for composing unique soundscapes and synth textures has led to collaboration albums with other talented composers, such as Steve Hogarth (Marillion) Steve Jansen & Mick Karn (Japan) and Tim Bowness (No-Man)

Planets+ Persona will be released on the following formats – all available to pre-order now here: http://found.ee/RB_PLANETS_PERSONA

CD - The album is complimented with photographic scenes of dramatic Icelandic landscapes combined with studio shots in the 16-page booklet.
2LP - The gatefold sleeve features the stunning Icelandic ice cave scene on the cover and has been mastered by “Tubular Bells” producer Simon Heyworth. The double LP runs at 45 rpm for stunning quality and is pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl
Digital (pre-orders include an instant download of the track New Found Land)

Richard Barbieri online:
http://www.richardbarbieri.net
https://www.facebook.com/RichardBarbieriOfficial/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/74aT58mmwQWq4qUxTE0SDr
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2PGdtnsImzX4HHafVwxgAQ
https://itun.es/gb/N7psi

For hi-res image downloads (media use only): http://www.kscopemusic.com/media/richard-barbieri

Press inquiries (North America): Glass Onyon PR, PH: 828-350-8158, glassonyonpr@gmail.com

Photo credit: Ben Meadows

Japan and Porcupine Tree Keyboardist Richard Barbieri Set To Release New Studio Album Planets + Persona via Kscope on March 3, 2017

Album teaser clip launched!

Photo credit: Ben Meadows

1/06/2014

12 Days of Khristmas With Kscope Music

In 2013 Kscope celebrated its Fifth anniversary. During our first five years we have released some great albums and worked with many fantastic artists, yet 2013 was without doubt the busiest and most successful of the label's history.

Some of the great releases of the past 12 months are highlighted below and more info can be found at the new Kscope website. To launch the new site, celebrate the festive season and thank you for all your support over the past year, we have been offering a series of special Kscope giveaways as part of a special '12 days of Khristmas' celebration.
These giveaways varied from day-to-day, and included free MP3s, rare or signed products, album artwork, previously unseen videos or even test pressings of vinyl releases... go to the Kscope site for more details on the giveaways for each act, and for special offers on selected albums - now extended until next Monday, 13th January 2014.

12 Days

In June, Wisdom of Crowds, the debut album from the partnership of Bruce Soord with Jonas Renkse was released. Bruce is best known as the frontman of The Pineapple Thief, while Jonas is lead vocalist with Katatonia.
The album was named as one of The Guardian's albums of the year who described it as 'a mesmerising and melancholy exercise in wonderfully subtle song craft’. Rocksound stated it was, 'steeped in pedigree, immersive and gracefully executed’, Metal Hammer said it was 'the sound of two supremely talented artists snatching magic from the ether’ (9/10) while Kerrang! declared it ‘a bit of a corker'.

Here is a new instrumental version of 'Your God' from Wisdom of Crowds

Go to the Kscope site for a Wisdom of Crowds '12 Days of Khristmas' giveaway
The album was so well received that the duo went on tour around Europe. Videos, info, reviews and more can all be found on the Wisdom of Crowds mini-site or head over to the Kscope store for special 12 days of Khristmas, extended into january.
www.kscopemusic.com/wisdomofcrowds

Aviv Geffen returned earlier this year with IV, the latest Blackfield album featuring Steven Wilson and other special guests.
Blackfield was started by Aviv and Steven in 2001 and had previously released the critically acclaimed albums Blackfield (2004), Blackfield II (2007) and 2011’s Welcome To My DNA.
Aviv contributed the writing and vocals on Blackfield IV, with Steven - who also mixed the album - adding guitar and vocal parts. The new album also includes guest vocal performances from Brett Anderson (Suede), Jonathan Donahue (Mercury Rev) and Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema).

More info on the album can be found on the album mini-site at www.kscopemusic.com/blackfield
Go to the Kscope site for a Blackfield '12 Days of Khristmas' giveaway
Head over to the Kscope store for special ’12 Days of Khristmas’ deals including reduced prices on the Jewel Case versions of Welcome to My DNA and IV, now available in the Kscope Store, as well as the the vinyl editions of Blackfield I and IV.
www.kscopemusic.com/blackfield

2013 has been an incredible year for Steven Wilson. In February he released The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories), his third solo album. The album was a huge critical and commercial success, earning numerous 5 star reviews and charting well across the world, debuting at #3 in the German national chart, #28 in the UK top 40, #57 in the US Billboard top 200, #16 in Holland and #17 in Finland. The album has since been named album of the year at the Progressive awards and #1 in the Prog magazine critic's choice poll.

Steven assembled a virtuoso band to record the album and subsequently embarked on a successful world tour. The band, currently made-up of Guthrie Govan (guitar), Adam Holzman (keyboards), Theo Travis (flute / sax), Nick Beggs (bass / stick), and Chad Wackerman (drums). Chad, who was Frank Zappa's longest serving drummer, has replaced Marco Minnemann, who played on the album and on the previous tour.

Check out this video from behind the scenes at the Royal Albert Hall, 'Gig of the Year' according to PROG Magazine's Critic's Choice Poll 2013

Go to the Kscope site for a Steven WIlson '12 Days of Khristmas' giveaway
Go to the mini-site for more info on The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) and Drive Home, a multi-media set (CD+ DVD/Blu-ray) which was released in October.
Head over to the Kscope store for special '12 days of Khristmas' deals including discounts on the Deluxe 4 Disc Set of Get All You Deserve, the standalone Blu-Ray version, the regular version of Grace for Drowning, the Insurgentes film 2DVD set, theNSRGNTS RMXS CD, and Insurgentes posters.
www.kscopemusic.com/stevenwilson/

Early pioneers of Norwegian black metal, Ulver have continually evolved throughout their career and now inhabit a place entirely their own, blending rock, pop, electronica, symphonic and classical traditions along with progressive and/or avant-garde forms to create ground-breaking material.
The diversity of the band and the projects that they undertake was evident in their two releases on Kscope during 2013.
In April a CD +DVD set was released which captured the band's landmark gig at The Norwegian Opera House. The 2 hour concert married tracks from throughout the band's catalogue to stunning visuals to create a spectacle fitting for such a grand venue. The evening was captured on 6 HD cameras and the audio has been mixed for this release in the band's own Crystal Canyon Studios.

Check out this NEW video on our YouTube channel, of 'Not Saved'

This was followed later in the year with Messe I.X–VI.X, a new studio album. Messe I.X–VI.X was commissioned last year by the Tromsø Kulturhus (House of Culture) in Norway, in a cooperation with the Arctic Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra cultural institution. It was composed and first performed live by Ulver, alongside the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra on September 21 2012. The band then took the recordings back to Oslo and spent winter and spring in post-production, honing the material for its studio-equivalent.

Here is 'Son of Man' from Messe I.X–VI.X

Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on the Norwegian National Opera DVD/ Blu-ray set, Messe I.X-VI.X Sleevepac CD, Wars of the Roses CD Digibook and the Childhood’s End (CD).
www.kscopemusic.com/ulver

North Atlantic Oscillation are currently working on their third album which will be released on Kscope in 2014. Before they started this process Sam Healy, NAO's frontman and songwriter, released Sand, the self titled debut album from his new solo project.
Sand allowed Healy to experiment with ideas and themes which he didn't feel would work on a NAO album and it was described by The Big Issue as 'a bright, bold kaleidoscopic album that makes the Super Furry Animals sound as pedestrian as The Libertines' (FOUR STARS)

Here is ‘Liferaft’, a previously unreleased track from the album sessions.

Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals.
www.kscopemusic.com/sand

2013 was probably Kscope's busiest year with new releases almost every month. The last of these was just this week when Máthair, a new EP from Mothlite was released on 10" vinyl and download. Máthair features four new tracks plus a remix of 'Seeing In The Dark', a track from last year's Dark Age album.

Here is an unreleased track from Mothlite, called 'Belles'

Dark Age, the follow-up to 2008’s The Flax of Reverie, was rated as one of the top 50 albums of 2012 by The Quietus, who described it as, 'a startling, frank examination of the human (and perhaps especially male) condition delivered via synth bombast and towering choruses'. The NME stated; 'listening to 'Dark Age' can feel like sensory immersion... the album transcends genre, yet takes elements from the dark shadows of industrial rock and the glitch of electronica...it's a beguiling affair', while Wire noted that 'O'Sullivan is steadily carving a niche for himself as a highly accomplished avant-pop polymath.'

Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on Mathair and Dark Age.
www.kscopemusic.com/mothlite

The Pineapple Thief are currently in the studio recording their new album set for release in spring 2014. Despite the lack of a new album this year it has still been a pretty hectic year for Bruce Soord and co.
The band have been on numerous tours, released a new EP as well as continuing the process of remixing and re-mastering various albums from their catalogue. New editions of What We Have Sown and One Three Seven were released early this year and these were followed by a deluxe edition of Tightly Unwound, the first album to be released on Kscope.

Here is the 2013 remastered version of 'My Debt to You'

Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on selected The Pineapple Thief albums.
www.kscopemusic.com/thepineapplethief

2013 proved to be another triumphant year for Anathema. The band toured the US for the first time in many years and also released Universal, a multi-media release which documented the band's triumphant one-off show at the ancient Roman theatre of Philippopolis with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2012.

This incredible night was captured by acclaimed filmmaker Lasse Hoile (Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Dream Theater) and Universal is available on a variety of formats allowing fans to enjoy the show on Blu-ray, DVD and CD. The gig is also available on vinyl with Untouchable, a companion piece.

Check out this new video of 'Thin Air' from Universal.

The set has been described as 'a mesmerising feast' by Metal Hammer and a 'sumptuous live recording of a band at their zenith' by Prog, whose critics also voted the release #1 in multi-media category their end of year poll.
Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on selected Anathema albums.
www.kscopemusic.com/anathema

Men Singing, the second album by Henry Fool was released in April this year. The album is an ambitious four track instrumental album featuring members of No-Man, I Monster and Roxy Music.
Mastered by award-winning Pink Floyd sound engineer, Andy Jackson, Men Singing was produced and arranged by band founders keyboardist Stephen Bennett and guitarist Tim Bowness (Steven Wilson's creative partner in No-Man). It also features Jarrod Gosling (I Monster/Regal Worm), Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), Peter Chilvers, Michael Bearpark, Andrew Booker, Myke Clifford and Steve Bingham.

Here is an unreleased, work in progress, track called 'Dark Cloud Simon'

A vibrant and instinctive contemporary take on Progressive, Psychedelic and Jazz Rock styles, Men Singing is available on CD and vinyl.
Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on selected Henry Fool albums.
www.kscopemusic.com/henryfool

In addition to the vinyl edition of PT's Stupid Dream which was released on Kscope in August, there were also releases on the label from Steven Wilson and Gavin Harrison (along with 05Ric). Richard Barbieri continued his collaboration with Marillion's Steve Hogarth while Colin Edwin has been working on a number of projects and played live with Henry Fool at the Kscope 5th anniversary gigs in London.

Here is a new video of 'Time Flies' from Octane Twisted

Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on selected Porcupine Tree albums.
www.kscopemusic.com/porcupinetree

Regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the most interesting up and coming alt/art rock bands in Europe, Nosound inventively combine '70s psychedelia, '80s/'90s ambient and contemporary alternative, progressive and post rock. The project started as a one-man studio project in 2002 by Giancarlo Erra, but has since grown into a five-piece band. The music is evocative and intense, with influences ranging from Pink Floyd to Brian Eno, through to Porcupine Tree and Sigur Ros.

In 2013, the band released Afterthoughts, their fourth studio album, For the album, Giancarlo and the band have been joined by the former Porcupine Tree and Blackfield drummer, Chris Maitland.

Here is a free download of 'I Miss the Ground', recorded live at The Garage in July

Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on selected Nosound albums.
www.kscopemusic.com/nosound

In September 2013 Katatonia returned with Dethroned & Uncrowned released through Pledge Music and in partnership with Kscope.
Dethroned & Uncrowned, a reworking of 2012’s Dead End Kings, allowed the band to explore a more progressive sound, creating new moods and textures while still staying truthful to the core of the songs.
In May 2014 Katatonia will take their ‘Unplugged & Reworked’ set-up on the road for the first time, presenting an intimate evening with the band each night performing tracks from Dethroned & Uncrowned alongside atmospheric classics from their entire career, stripped and reworked. For the full tour dates go to www.kscopemusic.com/katatonia.
For the final of our ’12 Days of Khristmas’ giveways we have created a new video for the track ‘Lethean’. The video marries the audio from the Dethroned & Uncrowned version with the visuals that Lasse Hoile created for the original Dead End Kings track.

Here is the new 'Dethroned & Uncrowned' video for 'Lethean'

Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals including reductions on selected Katatonia albums.
www.kscopemusic.com/katatonia

In March Amplifier returned with Echo Street, their first album on Kscope. The album which was the follow-up to 2011's The Octopus was the band's first release with its new four-piece line-up featuring frontman Sel Balamir (vocals and guitars), Matt Brobin (drums), former Oceansize man Steve Durose (second guitar) and Alex "Magnum" Redhead (bass).
The album was described as 'something uniquely powerful, authentic and warm' by Prog, whose critics voted it #8 in their Album of the Year poll, while Metal Hammer stated, 'Echo Street is a superb work that will propel Amplifier right into the spotlight as among the brightest and most inventive of all current British bands.'
Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals.
www.kscopemusic.com/amplifier

In May Leafblade released their new album, The Kiss of Spirit and Flesh, on Kscope.
For the album Daniel Cavanagh from Anathema and Sean Jude are joined by Anathema’s Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Daniel Cardoso who plays drums, supported by Kevin Murphy. The album was recorded by Mark Ellis who worked on Anathema’s 2010 masterpiece, We’re Here Because We’re Here.
The album was described by Prog as 'an intoxicating, spellbinding and romantic album' and the band followed this with a triumphant liver performance at the Kscope 5th anniversary gigs in London during July.
Go to the Kscope site for special '12 Days of Khristmas' deals.
www.kscopemusic.com/leafblade

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In 2013 Kscope celebrated its Fifth anniversary. During our first five years we have released some great albums and worked with many fantastic artists, yet 2013 was without doubt the busiest and most successful of the label's history.

Here is a new instrumental version of 'Your God' from Wisdom of Crowds

Check out this video from behind the scenes at the Royal Albert Hall, 'Gig of the Year' according to PROG Magazine's Critic's Choice Poll 2013

Check out this NEW video on our YouTube channel, of 'Not Saved'

Here is 'Son of Man' from Messe I.X–VI.X

Here is ‘Liferaft’, a previously unreleased track from the album sessions.

Here is an unreleased track from Mothlite, called 'Belles'

Here is the 2013 remastered version of 'My Debt to You'

Check out this new video of 'Thin Air' from Universal.

Here is an unreleased, work in progress, track called 'Dark Cloud Simon'

Here is a new video of 'Time Flies' from Octane Twisted

Here is a free download of 'I Miss the Ground', recorded live at The Garage in July

Here is the new 'Dethroned & Uncrowned' video for 'Lethean'