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IndieMag about Versuchsanordnung:

"VERSUCHSANORDNUNG (GERMANY)
Haunting. Cinematic. Evocative. Versuchsanordnung is more of a collective rather than a band. Forming in 2006, the group has evaded categorization with their particular brand of atmospheric improvisations. Their name itself means experimental arrangement in German and they definitely live up to their name. They have a list of goals that read like a mission statement, including ‘to create sound impressions full of atmosphere aiming to paint pictures in your head.’ Goal archieved. Whether it is a film score or a freeform song, this group lives in a land where no soundscape is ever played the same way twice. Well worth hunting down."

"Die Band um den Kölner Grafiker & Musiker Christian Barthold geht nicht den geraden Weg. Hier hört man jazziges, Progressiv-Elemente, Post-Rock-Tristesse und immer wieder ganz unerwartete Sounds, die dann, wie in PONYHOF, zu einem Moll-Surf-Instrumental führen, das sehr an die wunderbaren Atomic Swing erinnert. Gemeinsam mit Jörg Düpjohann (dr.), Markus Blatzheim (bs) und dem Pianisten Christoph Uhlhaas ist ein sehr eigenwilliges Album gelungen, das neben der Musik auch für sein Verpackungsdesign die absolute Höchstwertung bekommt."
- Gitarre&Bass / Lothar Trampert, CD-Review / Versuchsanordnung: "Urlaub am Saundstrand" (Oct 21, 2011) 

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Dunkles Holz (CD-Version)

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Stunning concert from the dark music legends – Now available on double vinyl, a CD & DVD set, and a Blu-Ray.

Ulver returned in 2012 with their latest album Childhood's End. Early pioneers of Norwegian black metal, the band have continually evolved throughout their career and now stand as living legends of the dark music industry, blending rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions along with noise and experimental music to create ground-breaking material.

Until recently however the band had remained exclusively within the studio. This changed in May 2009 when the band accepted an invitation to appear at the Norwegian Festival Of Literature. The success of this gig lead to them embarking on a string of other gigs in 2009 and 2010, selling out prestigious venues such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Volksbühne in Berlin and La Cigale in Paris before they returned to their homeland for this 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.

 
Ulver
Tracklist:
The Moon Piece
Eos
Let the Children Go
Little Blue Bird
Rock Massif
For the Love of God
In the Red
Operator
Funebre
Excerpts of Silence
A Memorable Fancy
Hallways of Always
England
A Cold Kiss
Like Music
Not Saved
The Leg Cutting Piece

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Ulver - Eos (live) (from The Norwegian National Opera)

Steven Wilson - Twilight Coda

Anathema - Fragile Dreams

Kscope - Volume 4

Untouchable Part 1

Anathema - Untouchable (Part 1)

Steven Wilson - The Watchmaker

Written by Clockwork - Mixed by Tom Turner

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We have maxed out our downloads on soundcloud! you can download the tracks on our bandcamp: http://clockworkuk.bandcamp.com/releases

Clockwork - Shaping Infinity (Instrumental Demo)

Israel's leading counter-culture rock musician Aviv Geffen returns with Blackfield IV, featuring Steven Wilson and other special guests. 

The new album includes guest vocal performances from Brett Anderson (Suede), Jonathan Donahue (Mercury Rev) and Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema).

Available on Kscope - 26/08/13.

http://www.kscopemusic.com/blackfield/iv/

Pills

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Blackfield - Pills

Order your Blu-ray + CD copy of Drive Home from the Kscope store: http://bit.ly/15y0h18
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New 2 disc set from Steven Wilson featuring unreleased tracks, videos, live recordings and high-resolution audio -- available on Blu-ray & CD and CD & DVD
Available from October 21st (22nd in US/CA)

In February 2013 Steven Wilson 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.

Prior to these dates, Drive Home, a new audio-visual package will be released as a Blu-ray & CD set and as a CD & DVD set.

The Blu-ray and DVD feature the new video for lead track 'Drive Home' along with the video for 'The Raven That Refused To Sing', both directed by Jess Cope. They also include four tracks recorded live in Frankfurt during the recent tour.

In addition, the Blu-ray and DVD feature audio recordings of two previously unreleased tracks, 'The Birthday Party' and an orchestral version of 'The Raven That Refused To Sing'. 'The Birthday Party' was recorded in LA at the same sessions as the tracks that made up the album while the version of 'The Raven That Refused To Sing' is a new mix that strips the track back to just the orchestra and vocals.

All the songs on the Blu-Ray and DVD are mixed in both stereo and 5.1 sound, including the two audio only titles. The audio on the Blu-Ray is full lossless 96/24 throughout. These tracks are also included on the CD, along with the audio from the live tracks and an edit of 'Drive Home'.

Steven Wilson's The Raven that Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) named 'ALBUM OF THE YEAR' at Progressive Music Awards

Steven Wilson was awarded the prestigious album of the year award for his recent masterpiece The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) at the second annual Progressive Music Awards. The awards, organised by Prog magazine, were presented at a ceremony in London's Kew Gardens. Other winners on the night included Marillion (much of who's catalogue is available on Madfish, Kscope's sister label) who were named 'Band of the Year' and Family who won the inaugural 'Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award' for the 14 CD career spanning boxset.


Tour Dates for 2013
15th - Bristol - Colston Hall - United Kingdom
17th - Wolverhampton - Civic Hall - United Kingdom
18th - Newcastle - City Hall - United Kingdom
20th - London - Royal Albert Hall - United Kingdom
23rd - Nijmegen - Concertgebouw De Vereeniging - Netherlands
24th - Leuven - Het Depot - Belgium
26th - Bremen - Pier 2 - Germany
27th - Bielefeld - Ringlokschuppen - Germany
28th - Hannover - Theatre am Aegi - Germany
30th - Dresden - Alter Schlachthof - Germany

November
1st - Leipzig - Theatrefabrik - Germany
2nd - Vienna - Gasometer - Austria
3rd - Erlangen - Heinrich Lades Halle - Germany
5th - Lyon - Le Transbordeur - France
6th - Bordeaux - Rock School Barbey - France
8th - Madrid - Auditorium Principe Felipe - Spain
10th - Marseille - Espace Julien - France
12th - Lausanne - Les Docks - Switzerland
13th - Bologna - Duse Theatre - Italy
14th - Padova - Geox Theatre - Italy
22nd - Luebeck - Rolling Stone Weekender - Germany
23rd - Aarhus - Train - Denmark
24th - Gothenburg - Tradgarn - Sweden
26th - Helsinki - The Circus - Finland
29th - Poznan - MTP2 Hall - Poland
30th - Zabrze - House Of Music And Dance -- Poland 

To buy tickets, visit: www.stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/tour-dates/

Steven Wilson - The Birthday Party (from Drive Home)

Ulver - Not Saved (live) (from The Norwegian National Opera)

Mastodon's new album Once More 'Round The Sun is available now at http://smarturl.it/omrts

High Road

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Oblivion - from Mastodon's album "Crack The Skye"

Oblivion EP

Oblivion

Written in 2001 for a planned metal style collaboration with Mikael Åkerfeldt, this song has been revisited several times since, but I could never really make it fit the style of whatever I was doing at the time.  In the meantime the album with Mike finally happened, but in a completely different style to the album we planned 10 years ago (it's coming out in April).  So finally here is the orphan song Cut Ribbon - this is the latest version from the 2010/2011 Grace For Drowning sessions.  Gavin Harrison on drums (recorded in 2008), all other instruments SW.  

Cut Ribbon

The new single from Mastodon's 'Dry Bone Valley'.

The Hunter

Dry Bone Valley

Early pioneers of Norwegian black metal, ULVER have continually evolved throughout their career and now stand as living legends of the dark music industry, blending rock, electronica, symphonic and chamber traditions along with noise and experimental music to create groundbreaking material.

Last year they released the critically acclaimed War Of The Roses album which was described by Zero Tolerance as ‘a quite beautiful record of startlingly powerful depth’. They return in April with Childhood’s End, a collection of classic psychedelic tracks recorded by the band in late 2011.

The album includes Ulver’s unique versions of tracks from The 13th Floor Elevators, Electric Prunes, Jefferson Airplane, The Pretty Things and more.

Release Date 28th May 2012

Chapters:
Bracelets Of Fingers (The Pretty Things)
Lament Of The Astral Cowboy (Curt Boettcher)
Can You Travel In The Dark Alone? (Gandalf)
Soon There Will Be Thunder (Common People)
Today (Jefferson Airplane)
Street Song (13th Floor Elevators)
66-5-4-3-2-1 (Troggs)
I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (Electric Prunes)
I Can See The Light (Les Fleur De Lys)
The Trap (Bonniwell’s Music Machine)
Everybody’s Been Burned (Byrds)
Dark Is The Bark (Left Banke)
Living In The Past (Chocolate Watchband)
Velvet Sunsets (Music Emporium)
Magic Hollow (Beau Brummels)
Where Is Yesterday (United States Of America)

For more info, go to: www.kscopemusic.com/ulver

Kscope - Volume 3

Magic Hollow

Ulver - Magic Hollow (from Childhood's End)

I found this on an old computer - it's a demo for either the In Absentia or Deadwing albums, something that never got used - I can't be totally sure because while it shares lyrical themes with the songs on In Absentia, one of the melodies seems to relate to another piece from Deadwing era.  I don't remember too much about it, other than I guess it wasn't good enough to get any further than this.  Rescued from the abyss, so I only have a compressed audio file of this one, sorry about that.

Godfearing (demo 2001-03?)

NEW 2 DISC SET FROM PORCUPINE TREE FEATURING ‘THE INCIDENT’ LIVE FROM CHICAGO

The past year has been a busy period for the various members of Porcupine Tree. Steven Wilson is currently gathering rave reviews for his solo records and accompanying tours and also embarked on a rare tour with No-Man, Richard Barbieri has released an acclaimed album with Steve Hogarth from Marillion, Gavin Harrison has continued is successful partnership with 05Ric and Colin Edwin has being working on a solo record along with a new album from his Metallic Taste of Blood project.

Despite all this activity, fans of the band have still been clamouring for a new Porcupine Tree release. This wait ends on November 19th with the release of Octane Twisted¸ a double disc live set recorded during the tour that supported The Incident, the band's most recent album.

The Incident went top 30 in both the UK and USA, and the world tour climaxed with sold out shows at Royal Albert Hall in London and Radio City Music Hall in New York.

The album marked another step forward in the incredible journey of the band from a solo studio project created by Steven Wilson in the late eighties to a grammy nominated act and one of the world’s most revered live band.

Octane Twisted features the album in its entirety recorded in Chicago. The second CD contains 5 tracks classic PT tracks also recorded in Chicago along with 3 highlights from the band's landmark show at Royal Albert Hall.

A special edition of Octane Twisted will also be available which will include a DVD of the Chicago show.

Tracklist

CD1 
The Incident
Chicago
Occam’s Razor 
The Blind House 
Great Expectations 
Kneel and Disconnect 
Drawing the Line 
The Incident 
Your Unpleasant Family 
The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train 
Time Flies 
Degree Zero of Liberty 
Octane Twisted 
The Séance 
Circle of Manias 
I Drive the Hearse

CD2
Hatesong
Russia On Ice / The Pills I’m Taking
Stars Die
Bonnie The Cat
Even Less
Dislocated Day
Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

All tracks were recorded at The Riviera, Chicago, 30th April 2010, except CD2 tracks 5-7 recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 14th October 2010.

DVD (a video of The Riviera, Chicago concert): 
The Incident: 
1.	Occam's Razor 
2.	The Blind House 
3.	Great Expectations 
4.	Kneel And Disconnect 
5.	Drawing The Line 
6.	The Incident 
7.	Your Unpleasant Family 
8.	The Yellow Windows Of The Evening Train 
9.	Time Flies 
10.	Degree Zero Of Liberty 
11.	Octane Twisted 
12.	The Seance 
13.	Circle Of Manias 
14.	I Drive The Hearse

For more information on Octane Twisted, check out the mini-site at www.kscopemusic.com/porcupinetree

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Porcupine Tree - I Drive The Hearse (from Octane Twisted)

Anathema - Transacoustic

Open car (Porcupine Tree Cover)

A cautionary tale...

Download: miracleofsound.bandcamp.com
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvYi1MRvX_o

Lyrics: (Copyright Gavin Dunne 2013)

The day the world died 
We disappeared 
Past rusted turnstiles 
We persevere 
The wheels of conflict 
Still move and turn 
The day the world died 
Nothing was learned 

And the future's a tunnel stretching endlessly 
Into nothing stumble in the black 
And the light at the end is but a treachery 
It will blind you and force you back 

The day the world died 
We kindled doom 
We burned the outside 
Took to the gloom 
But history's lessons 
Are snubbed and spurned 
The day the world died 
Nothing was learned 

День, когда умер мир 

And the future's a tunnel stretching endlessly 
Into nothing stumble in the black 
And the light at the end is but a treachery 
It will blind you and force you back 

Once more we divide 
From peace we turn 
The day the world died 
Nothing was learned

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Raul Teixeira