PUTTING COLOUR INTO YOUR MUSIC
With Classic Rock Through The Ages

Special Guest Programmers: Nobby & Locky!

Nobby & Locky...back in the studio! 

Long-time presenter Nobby (left), and Kaleidoscope Ears founder Locky came back on air to guest program our 30/12/12 show.

It was a pleasure to have the boys back on talking about the specific genres they love, with all three (including Dwayne) throwing tracks into the mix.

Nobby got the "Q" word in (Quintessential for the uninitiated) with just 12 minutes to spare and Locky dived headlong into the musical area he is most passionate about, American Garage.

But most surprising of all, we got through a 2-hour show, playing some of our all-time favourites, and we didn't play a single Porcupine Tree or Steven Wilson-related song! Strange but true!

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PLAYLIST
Artist Name Track Name
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Lucky Man
Emerson, Lake & Palmer Bitches Crystal
The Rolling Stones Come On
The Rolling Stones She's A Rainbow
The Beatles I Wanna Be Your Man
The Beatles Love Me Do
Pink Floyd Come In No. 51, Your Time Is Up
King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King
The Pretty Things Defecting Grey
The Pretty Things Balloon Burning (A Phase In The Life Of SF Sorrow)
The Sonics The Witch
The Swamp Rats Psycho
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Psychedelic Pill
Rodriguez Sugar Man
Nektar Good Day
The Stooges 1969
The Stooges I Wanna Be Your Dog
Big Country Lost Patrol (Demo)
Sweet Sweet Jane
Led Zeppelin In The Light

Kraut-Influenced Mix




We continued last weeks Krautrock influenced theme with a mix of direct and indirect sounds from that era for our 23/12/12 show.

We then progressed to an eclectic mix to include a couple of tracks from a recently discovered art rock band called Traffic Experiment. Needless to say their dreamy Floydian cover of the Doctor Who theme got our rapt attention.




Artist Name Track Name
David Bowie Station To Station
Kraftwerk Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk Metal On Metal
Kraftwerk  Abzug
Throbbing Gristle Hot On The Heels Of Love
Simple Minds Neon Lights
NEU! Hallogallo
Traffic Experiment Vashta Nerada
Porcupine Tree Fadeaway
Traffic Experiment Heavy Braking
District 97 The Perfect Young Man
Neil Young With Crazy Horse Walk Like A Giant
Lindisfarne Lady Eleanor
Van Der Graaf Generator Afterwards
The Electric Prunes I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
The Magic Mushrooms It's-A-Happening





CAN - The Lost Tapes




For our 16/12/12 show, we featured the recently released collection of rare recordings by seminal Krautrock band CAN.

We then followed that with some artists who have been associated with or influenced by the fascinating genre that is Krautrock.





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PLAYLIST

Artist Name Track Name
Can Private Nocturnal
Can One More Saturday Nigh
Can On The Way To Mother Sky
Can Dead Pigeon Suite
Can Spoon LIVE
Can Barnacles
Can Millionenspiel
Can Midnight Sky
Can Oscura Primavera
Robert Wyatt Pigs... (In There)
Hunters & Collectors Talking To A Stranger
The Native Cats 1000AD
Joy Division Passover
I.E.M. Arcadia Son

Interviews: Eraldo Bernocchi & Colin Edwin



We aired a double feature on our 9/12/12 show. We spoke with Eraldo Bernocchi on Metallic Taste Of Blood and some of his other projects, as well as his record label, RareNoise Records.
You can download an mp3 of our interview with Eraldo here.






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Colin Edwin spoke with us about his time with Porcupine Tree and their latest live release, Octane Twisted.  You can download an mp3 of our interview with Colin here.





Playlist
Artist name Track name
Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie White Ceramic
Somma Bhavacakra
Metallic Taste Of Blood Crystals And Wounds
Metallic Taste Of Blood King Cockroach
Porcupine Tree The Blind House
Porcupine Tree Dislocated Day
Porcupine Tree Even Less
Porcupine Tree Arriving Somewhere But Not Here 

Interview: STEVE HACKETT Speaks To Us About GENESIS REVISITED II


Photo © Lee Millward
On 2/12/12 we aired our extensive interview with ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett on the release of his incredible new album Genesis Revisited II. The record boasts 35 guest musicians including Steven Wilson, Mikael Ã…kerfeldt, Nad Sylvan, Roine Stolt and a host of others.

Stream the show below as originally broadcasted or download an mp3 version of the EXTENDED interview to hear Steve's insights into the recording of this new piece, as well as anecdotes on some of the original recording sessions.




PLAYLIST
Artist Name Track Name
Steve Hackett ...In That Quiet Earth
Steve Hackett Shadow Of The Hierophant
Steve Hackett A Tower Struck Down
Steve Hackett The Chamber Of 32 Doors
Steve Hackett Return Of The Giant Hogweed
Steve Hackett Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
Steve Hackett Can-Utility And The Coastliners
Steve Hackett Fly On A Windshield
Steve Hackett Broadway Melody
Steve Hackett Ripples

Artwork © Angela & Maurizio Vicedomini

Interview: Bruce Soord - The Pineapple Thief

Photo by Rob Monk
On our 25/11/12 show we spoke with Bruce Soord from Somerset-based UK band The Pineapple Thief on their history, their latest album "All The Wars" and the ever-changing modern progressive rock scene.

Click on the player below to stream the full interview with Bruce or click here to download an mp3 version for your listening pleasure.

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  PLAYLIST
Artist name Track name
The Pineapple Thief Nothing At Best
The Pineapple Thief Shoot First 
The Pineapple Thief Someone Here Is Missing
The Pineapple Thief Too Much To Lose
The Pineapple Thief My Debt To You
The Pineapple Thief Show A Little Love
The Pineapple Thief 3000 Days
The Pineapple Thief Burning Pieces
The Pineapple Thief All The Wars
The Pineapple Thief Give It Back
The Pineapple Thief One More Step Away
The Pineapple Thief Last Man Standing

Special Guests: The Witching Tree


For our 18/11/12 episode we were joined by Chris Pullen and James Johnston from Hobart Prog band The Witching Tree.

They spoke about the changes in their roles within the band over the last year, their influences and their planned new material for 2013.

Chris and James stayed on for hour 2 of the show to act as guest programmers and discuss some of the music that has influenced them on their path to make a "statement for the undrground prog scene in Hobart". The full playlist is below.

Click on the Kaleidocast link below to hear the interview in full, including their live acoustic performances of original song "Common Fool" and a cover of "In My Time Of Need", a song from the album "Damnation" by Opeth. An mp3 version of the Kaleidocast can be downloaded here. See below the playlist for videos of Chris and James performing their songs in the studio.

Kaleidocast

 

Playlist
Artist name Track name
The Witching Tree Wonderland
The Witching Tree What If?
The Witching Tree Silent Partner
The Witching Tree Common Fool (LIVE)
The Witching Tree In My Time Of Need (LIVE Opeth Cover)
The Witching Tree I Feel So Cold
The Witching Tree Time Will Silence All Things
Sam Locke Crossing The Barrier II
Karnivool Themata
Tool Lateralus
Dream Theatre On The Backs Of Angels
Dead Letter Circus Reaction
Cog What If? (LIVE)
Porcupine Tree Fear Of A Blank Planet (LIVE)
The Butterfly Effect Everybody Run   
 

Interview: Colin Edwin - Metallic Taste Of Blood


On our 11th November show, bass player extraordinaire Colin Edwin (pictured 2nd from right), best known for being the bass player in Porcupine Tree, joined us to chat about his involvement with band project Metallic Taste Of Blood. Check the Kaleidocast below to hear the interview in full or download an mp3 version here.

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Dwayne then spent an hour of self indulgence playing some of the tunes he'd been listening to over the last couple of weeks, ranging from the electronic soundscapes of Oribital to the hard rocking Black Country Communion to bluesy guitar men, Bread!

In hour 3 for our fill in slot for the guys from "Featuring", Ash shared a double feature with the first part being a selection of fantastic progressive folk tracks, followed by some obscure soundtracks from the mists of time.

PLAYLIST
ARTIST                              SONG TITLE
Porcupine Tree Hatesong
Colin Edwin Arms Of Sunlight
Metallic Taste Of Blood Sectile
Metallic Taste Of Blood Schizopolis
Metallic Taste Of Blood Fist Full Of Flies
Metallic Taste Of Blood Bipolar
Metallic Taste Of Blood Transverse
The Pineapple Thief Nothing At Best
Orbital Illuminate
Kate Bush Flower Of The Mountain
Billy Bragg & Wilco My Thirty Thousand
Sting Little Wing
James Reyne Drifting Away (Confusion Of Slow Novas)
George Bastard Son
U2 Do You Feel Loved
Black Country Communion Crawl
Bread Tecolote
Crash Test Dummies MMM MMM MMM MMM
Breaking Orbit The Time Traveller
Davy Graham She Moved Thru' / The Bizarre Blue Raga
Buffy Saint-Marie Little Wheel Spin And Spin
Kaki King ...Until We Felt Red
Fairport Convention Autopsy
Terry Callier You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman
Sandy Denny Farewell, Farewell
The Sven Libaek Orchestra Open Sea Theme
Roy Budd Carter Takes a Train
Scott Walker The Seventh Seal
Ennio Morricone Trafelato
Georges Garvarentz Riff hi-fi
Stanley Myers Kaleidoscope

4th November 2012

We interviewed Martin Leamon from Bristol band CRIMSON SKY about their new line-up and EP entitled "Dawn". Click on the Kaleidocast below to hear the interview in full. Crimson Sky Website


We then featured the 40th Anniversary stereo edition of King Crimson's Larks' Tongues In Aspic.

In our third hour, filling in for the guys from "Featuring", we featured some of the most memorable James Bond themes from the last 50 years.

To hear the entire show including the music, click the re-stream tab above. (Available for 3 weeks from transmission.)




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PLAYLIST
Crimson Sky - A Sleep That Burns
Crimson Sky - Crimson Sky
Crimson Sky - The Sea (2012 Version)
Crimson Sky - The Park
Crimson Sky - After The Rain (2012 Version)

King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic Pt 1 (2012 Alternate Mix)
King Crimson - Book Of Saturday (2012 Alternate Mix)
King Crimson - Exiles
King Crimson - Easy Money
King Crimson - The Talking Drum (2012 Alternate Mix)
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic Pt 2
Fripp & Eno - Evening Star

Adele - Skyfall
Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
Tom Jones - Thunderball
Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
Lulu - The Man With The Golden Gun
Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
A-ha - The Living Daylights
Tina Turner - Goldeneye
Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies
Madonna - Die Another Day
Garbage - The World Is Not Enough
John Barry And Monty Norman - James Bond Theme
John Arnold - James Bond Theme
Chris Cornell - You Know My Name

28th October 2012

Ash has been on board with the Ears now for a couple of months but his first guest was local musician Warren Glover. Warren joined us in the studio to guest program some tracks for our first hour. He was in the Melbourne-based band My Coloured Brain as lead vocalist in the mid-90's. He had some very interesting insights into the music scene at that time. Kaleidocast below.

Warren selected tracks by Weezer, Wings, Smashing Pumpkins, Muse and his own band, My Colour Brain.  Check out the re-stream which includes all the music, before it expires! The Kaleidocast contains only the talk with entertaining anecdotes and opinion.

Dwayne then experimented with his selection of classic guitar solo tracks from Lynyrd Skynard, Blue Oyster Cult, Big Country, Metallica, Pendragon and Pink Floyd.

FULL PLAYLIST

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