Episodes
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Opening Drum Ceremony 2025
4 days ago
4 days ago
With the start of the new year, we wanted to harness some shamanic energy for the voyage forward. That's why we open the year with a 3 hour long drum ceremony. Drummers are the powerful backbone and structure for the music we enjoy. They can provide the subtle shifts needed to move us forward, or the power needed to get us through those challenging moments. The collection provided here is so far from exhaustive. We missed so many great drummers, and some we doubled up on just due to the amazing work that they have done in prog. Still a fine collection of musicians is presented here and we hope that you will enjoy what they have given to us.
Next time around, we time travel to 1974.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Mickey Hart, Airto, Flora Purim | The Gates Of Däfos | 3:50 | Däfos | 1989 |
Greenslade | Drum Folk | 8:45 | Bedside Manners Are Extra | 1973 |
Rusted Root | Drum Trip | 3:45 | When I Woke | 1994 |
Santana | Soul Sacrifice | 8:51 | Soul Sacrifice | 1968 |
Led Zeppelin | When The Levee Breaks | 7:05 | Led Zeppelin IV | 1971 |
Steve Hackett | Ace of Wands | 5:14 | Voyage of the Acolyte (Remastered) | 1971 |
Porcupine Tree | What Happens Now? | 8:15 | Nil Recurring EP | 2007 |
The Bad Plus | Big Eater | 3:47 | These Are The Vistas | 2003 |
Moraz & Bruford | Blue Brains | 4:46 | Music for Piano and Drums | 1983 |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Tank | 6:43 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 1970 |
Big Big Train | Drums & Brass 2023 | 5:29 | A Flare on the Lens (Live in London) | 2024 |
Genesis | Dance on a Volcano | 8:26 | Seconds Out (2) | 1977 |
Quatermass | Laughin' Tackle | 10:35 | Quatermass | 1970 |
Quatermass | Entropy | 0:13 | Quatermass | 1970 |
Grateful Dead | Parallelogram | 5:06 | Infrared Roses [Live] | 1991 |
Yes | Perpetual Change | 14:13 | Yessongs (1) | 1973 |
Colosseum | The Time Machine (Live) | 8:03 | Daughter Of Time | 1970 |
Atomic Rooster | Decline And Fall | 5:44 | Atomic Ro-o-oster | 1970 |
Kansas | The Spider (Live) | 7:35 | Two For The Show | 1977 |
Gong | Esnuria | 7:57 | Gazeuse! | 1976 |
Frank Zappa | The Black Page (1984) | 5:15 | You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (Live) (Remastered 1995) | 1988 |
Deep Purple | The Mule | 9:29 | Made in Japan (Remastered Edit | 1972 |
King Crimson | 21st Century Schizoid Man | 13:51 | Live in Chicago 2017 (2) | 2017 |
Rush | Drum Solo (Live At Pinkpop Festival: June 4, 1979) | 7:31 | Hemispheres (40Th Anniversary) | 2018 |
Rush | Something For Nothing (Live At Pinkpop Festival: June 4, 1979) | 4:12 | Hemispheres (40Th Anniversary) | 2018 |
Dream Theater | The Dance of Eternity | 6:14 | Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From A | 1999 |
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
The Obligatory Holiday Episode
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Another Christmas episode from Soundscape with an attempt to present only new material (well at least previously not in a Soundscape Christmas episode). The music is a mostly mellow cache of holiday bits and pieces. Your DJ was exhausted and anxious but I stand by my choices.
Suzi and I would like to take a moment here and express our gratitude that you continue to explore our episodes. It is our heartfelt wish that we can continue to provide you with new and interesting episodes in the coming year. Some of the upcoming episodes will feature a focus on drums, a look back through the years, a celebration of the music and finds of 2024, and of course a return to Norway- with perhaps a sidequest to Switzerland. Either way you slice it, we are looking forward to the next year with you all and we wish you happy holidays and a new year of meaning making and peace.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Vimma | Preludi - Preludium | 2:26 | Meri ja avaruus | 2019 |
Vimma | Tänne saakka ei paista aurinko - Sunlight cannot reach here | 5:58 | Meri ja avaruus | 2019 |
Looking-Glass Lantern | The Festive Season | 4:31 | A Victorian Christmas Compendium | 2023 |
Jon Anderson | The Holly And The Ivy | 3:03 | Three Ships | 2007 |
Tiger Moth Tales | Snowbound Snowman | 8:23 | The Wassail Song | |
The Moody Blues | December Snow | 5:07 | December | 2003 |
Bjørn Riis | 06 Winter | 10:19 | Forever Comes to an End | |
Steven Wilson | December Skies | 3:32 | December Skies (single) | 2023 |
Big Big Train | Proper Jack Froster | 6:36 | Welcome to the Planet | 2022 |
Steve Morse | Carol Of The Bells | 2:41 | A Prog Rock Christmas | 2019 |
Umphrey's McGee | Xmas At Wartime | 3:31 | It's You | 2018 |
Neal Morse | The Little Drummer Boy | 6:52 | A Proggy Christmas | 2011 |
Keith Emerson | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | 6:44 | The Christmas Album | 1988 |
Phish | Winterqueen | 4:03 | Fuego [+digital booklet] | |
Premiata Forneria Marconi | E' Festa | 4:48 | Storia Di Un Minuto | 1972 |
Karfagen | Yuletide | 5:29 | Magician's Theater | 2014 |
California Guitar Trio | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | 3:48 | A Christmas Album | 2004 |
Cosmograf | A Festive Ghost | 3:39 | A Festive Ghost (Holiday Single) | 2017 |
Iconoclasta | Mestizaja (26-A-1) | 7:09 | Suite Mexicana Soliloquio | 1987 |
Dream Theater | The Holiday Spirit Carries On | 5:10 | The Holiday Spirit Carries On (CDS) | 2020 |
Buckethead | Cookies for Santa | 3:25 | Shadows Between the Sky | 2010 |
Geoff Downes | Linus & Lucy (Charlie Brown Christmas Theme) | 2:57 | A Prog Rock Christmas | 2019 |
Kyle Hollingsworth | Find the Joy | 2:35 | Find the Joy - Single | 2021 |
Kornmo | Ild | 6:12 | Vandring | 2019 |
Argent | Christmas For The Free | 4:05 | All Together Now | |
Umphrey's McGee | Santa Oddity | 4:12 | Santa Oddity | 2018 |
Bob Rivers | O Come All Ye Grateful Dead-Heads | 1:22 | Bob Rivers & Twisted Radio - Twisted Christmas Boxed Set | 2007 |
The Grateful Dead | Run Rudolph Run | 3:40 | Dave's Picks Volume 22: Felt Forum, New York, Ny 12/7/71 | 2017 |
The Band | Christmas Must Be Tonight | 3:27 | The Best Christmas Album Ever | 2006 |
Big Big Train | Brew and Burgh (Winter Version) | 4:15 | Brew and Burgh (Winter Version) | 2024 |
Pallas | Christmas In Atlantis | 5:21 | Christmas On the Edge Of Time | 2019 |
Marillion | The Christmas Song | 3:15 | A Collection Of Recycled Gifts | 2014 |
Foghat | All I Want For Christmas Is You (Bonus) | 4:01 | Zig-Zag Walk | 1983 |
Pink Floyd | Merry Xmas Song | 2:03 | A Tree Full Of Secrets (CD 05) | 1999 |
Tiger Moth Tales | Hygge | 9:05 | The Depths Of Winter | 2017 |
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Empathy, Kindness and Care
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Many of us live in a sense of conflict with others. It would be easy enough to pick a pack of songs that further sowed division, but I thought, why not instead focus on values. The goal then was to pick songs that expressed values of hope, kindness, empathy, compassion and understanding. We can surely agree that these are the lofty goals of our humanity rather than the daily division sewn into the fabric of our world right now. Hopefully this set of music will bring some sense of salve to the wounds you feel.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Raison De Plus | Renaissance | 4:54 | Ici Est Ailleurs | 2001 |
Galleon | Lightworks | 9:00 | Engines of Creation | 2007 |
Yes | Lift Me Up | 6:09 | Union | 1991 |
Kaipa | On The Edge Of New Horizons | 17:06 | Children Of The Sounds | 2017 |
Big Big Train | Skates On | 4:19 | The Likes of Us | 2024 |
Sigur Rós | Mílanó | 9:33 | Takk... | 2005 |
Jon & Vangelis | Italian Song | 2:43 | The Best of Jon & Vangelis | 1984 |
Fantasy | Gnome Song | 4:09 | Paint A Picture | 1973 |
Anima Mundi | Toward the Adventure | 6:12 | Jagannath Orbit | |
Kansas | Reason To Be | 3:35 | Monolith | 1979 |
Moon Safari | Yasgur's Farm | 8:00 | [Blomljud] (Disc 2) | 2008 |
Gov't Mule | Dreaming Out Loud (Feat. Ivan Neville & Ruthie Foster) | 4:26 | Peace...Like A River (Deluxe Edition) | 2023 |
The String Cheese Incident | This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) | 6:43 | 2009/07/03 I Rothbury, MI | 2009 |
Spock's Beard | The Light | 18:48 | Gluttons for Punishment (2) | 2005 |
Big Big Train | Love Is the Light | 7:00 | A Flare on the Lens (Live in London) | 2024 |
Heliopolis | New Frontier | 10:53 | Epic At the Majestic : Live At RoSFest | 2016 |
Porcupine Tree | Lazarus | 4:04 | Arriving Somewhere... | 2006 |
Anathema | Everything | 5:01 | We're Here Because We're Here | 2010 |
Queensryche | Rhythm of Hope | 3:27 | Tribe | 2003 |
Rush | The Garden | 6:53 | Clockwork Angels | 2012 |
Dream Theater | Hollow Years | 5:43 | Falling Into Infinity | 1997 |
Geddy Lee | Grace To Grace | 4:52 | My Favorite Headache | 2000 |
Riverside | Found | 5:39 | Lost n Found, Live in Tilburg (2) | 2017 |
Widespread Panic | Hope In A Hopeless World | 5:07 | Bombs And Butterflies | 1997 |
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Pianoscape
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
In a previous episode, we were so taken by the presence of the piano, that I decided to devote an episode to just piano. I of course unearthed a treasure trove of piano music from the progsphere and my listening tastes. There was no way to include it all, so stay tuned to our Instagram page for songs from the cutting room floor.
There was also a desire to add AI as a podcast host, but that did not turn out as planned. I am still working on that setup, but I think it will be a lot of fun when we get there.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year | |||||||
Rolling Stones | Loving Cup | 4:16 | Exile on Main St | 1972 | |||||||
Fish | Tumbledown | 5:43 | Raingods With Zippos | 1999 | |||||||
Passport | Homunculus | 6:03 | Cross-Collateral (Vinyl) | 1975 | |||||||
Minimum Vital | Hymne et Danse | 8:38 | Sarabandes | 1990 | |||||||
Ben Folds Five | The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind | 4:09 | The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind | 2012 | |||||||
Traffic | Glad | 6:50 | John Barleycorn Must Die [Bonus Tracks] | 2001 | |||||||
Far Corner | Not From Around Here | 8:31 | Endangered | 2007 | |||||||
Yes | South Side of the Sky | 7:37 | Fragile (2024 Box 2: Steven Wilson Remix) | 1971 | |||||||
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Trilogy | 8:46 | Trilogy (MFSL) | 1972 | |||||||
Electric Light Orchestra | Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor | 2:50 | Flashback | 2000 | |||||||
Supertramp | Child Of Vision | 7:13 | Breakfast In America | 1979 | |||||||
Jordan Rudess | J.R. Piano Medley | 8:17 | The Road Home | 2007 | |||||||
Rick Wakeman | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 3:53 | Piano Odyssey | 2018 | |||||||
Phil Collins | The Roof Is Leaking | 2:38 | Face Value | 1981 | |||||||
Renaissance | Can You Understand | 10:47 | Live at Carnegie Hall (2019 Remaster) | 1976 | |||||||
The Keith Tippett Group | I Wish There Was A Nowhere | 13:50 | You Are Here... I Am There (Vinyl) | 1970 | |||||||
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones | True North | 4:49 | Ufo Tofu | 1992 | |||||||
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers | Standing On The Moon/Halcyon Days | 8:51 | Bride Of The Noisemakers | 2011 | |||||||
Phish | The Squirming Coil | 12:12 | A Live One (2) | 1995 | |||||||
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Take A Pebble | 22:37 | The Return Of The Manticore - Disc 2 | 1993 | |||||||
Peter Gabriel | Here Comes the Flood | 4:47 | Growing Up | 2003 | |||||||
Merl Saunders | Sunrise Over Haleakala | 7:13 | Blues From The Rainforest: A Musical Suite | 1990 |
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
The Hell Rail- A Soundscape Halloween
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Greetings fellow travelers,
After much gnashing if teeth I present to you The Hell Rail- our newest episode of Soundscape ready in time for your Halloween listening pleasure.
The next episode of Soundscape will air on November 20, and we look forward to seeing you as you peruse your afterlife options.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Ritual | Through A Rural Landscape | 3:01 | The Story of Mr. Bogd, Part 1 | 2024 |
Tony Patterson and Brendan Eyre | Legacy | 4:39 | Northlands | 2014 |
Ritual | Through A Rural Landscape | 3:01 | The Story of Mr. Bogd, Part 1 | 2024 |
Siouxsie and The Banshees | The Passenger | 3:54 | Twice Upon A Time | 1992 |
Tim Bowness | The Train That Pulled Away | 4:00 | Flowers At The Scene | 2019 |
Zoomlenz | Train to Nowhere | 8:51 | Zoomlenz | 2015 |
The Residents | Horrors Of The Night | 7:11 | The Ghost Of Hope | 2017 |
Steve Hackett | Transylvanian Express | 3:40 | Broken Skies Outspread Wings (1984-2006) | 2018 |
Helloween | Locomotive Breath | 3:49 | Metal Jukebox | 2018 |
Moron Police | Soul Train of the Damned | 3:54 | Defenders of the Small Yard | 2014 |
Siiilk | Black Old Train | 7:43 | Endless Mystery | 2017 |
Goblin | Killer On The Train | 8:23 | Non Ho Sonno | 2001 |
Ningen-Isu | 牡丹燈籠 | 6:21 | Manatsu No Yoru No Yume | 2007 |
Arena | The Demon Strikes | 5:34 | The Unquiet Sky | 2015 |
Hypnos 69 | Vertigo | 2:58 | Promise Of A New Moon | 2003 |
Deep Purple | Burn | 5:59 | Burn (2004 Remaster) | 1974 |
Black Sabbath | Electric Funeral | 4:38 | Paranoid | 1970 |
Hillbilly Hellcats | Ghost Train | 3:11 | Our Brand | 2001 |
Diablo Swing Orchestra | Bedlam Sticks | 3:27 | Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious | 2001 |
Kamelot | My Train Of Thoughts | 4:02 | Poetry For The Poisoned | 2010 |
California Guitar Trio | Train To Lamy Suite | 4:16 | Sometimes God Hides_ The Young Persons' Guide To Discipline | 2000 |
U.K. | Randezvous 6:02 | 4:45 | Danger Money | 1979 |
Una Stagione All'inferno | Il Dottore | 6:00 | Il Mostro Di Firenze | 2018 |
The Braen's Machine | Murder | 4:24 | Underground (Vinyl) | 1971 |
Porcupine Tree | Lips Of Ashes | 4:34 | In Absentia | 2002 |
Kaipa | Spiderweb Train | 15:24 | Sommargryningsljus | 2024 |
Björk | Features Creatures | 4:49 | Utopia | 2017 |
RPWL | Victim Of Desire | 8:07 | Crime Scene | 2023 |
Frost* | Strange World | 5:09 | Life In The Wires | 2024 |
Grobschnitt | Magic Train | 13:14 | Ballermann | 1974 |
Blue Drift | Nuclear Train | 6:55 | Mariner | 2005 |
The Flower Kings | Train To Nowhere | 3:45 | Back In The World Of Adventure | 1995 |
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Norwegian Prog Pt 2
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
It turns out that the music from Norway is so good that we made a part 2, and indeed part 3 is to come in some future episode. The exploration of this music has been so much fun and turned over so many new stones that there is still a plethora of progressive tuneage to mine for Part 3. Live listeners said that they really enjoyed Part 1 and Part 2 but you be the judge.
Next time we meet here it will be for the first Soundscape Halloween episode in about 3 years. This means that the dig has been very successful and that you will likely hear some new music to get your bones rattling and your feet tapping, just ignore the chill up the spine- but that is next time. For now, here is the set list from this week's episode.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Høst | Sirkus | 7:38 | Hardt Mot Hardt (Vinyl) | 1976 |
Jono El Grande | Bach's Beach | 8:04 | Melody Of A Muddled Mason | 1976 |
Major Parkinson | Twilight Cinema | 5:38 | Twilight Cinema | 2014 |
Holon | The Time Is Always Now | 11:01 | The Time Is Always Now | 2016 |
Mikromidas | Nostradamus | 9:47 | Brennende Drommer | 2001 |
Metrognom | Ten Peppermint Butterflies In A Ray Of Moonlight | 13:44 | Twangyluck | 2006 |
Krokofant | Watcher Of The Fries | 7:36 | Fifth (EP) | 2021 |
Laughing Stock | The Flood (ft. Tim Bowness) | 7:43 | Shelter | 2024 |
Magic Pie | The Hedonist | 22:49 | Fragments of the 5th Element | 2019 |
Yngwe Gundal & Roger T. Matte | Mad Man Moon | 7:10 | Genesis For Two Grand Pianos | 2001 |
Fruitcake | Hold Your Ground | 7:05 | Power Structure | 1998 |
Gazpacho | Mary Celeste | 5:39 | March Of Ghosts | 2012 |
Gentle Knife | Resignation | 10:05 | Clock Unwound - Gentle Knife II | 2017 |
Moose Loose | Eber's Funk | 6:40 | Elgen Er Los (Vinyl) | 1974 |
Hedvig Mollestad Trio | Bewitched, Dwarfed And Defeathered | 4:30 | Smells Funny | 2018 |
Jaga Jazzist | I Have A Ghost, Now What? | 7:28 | What We Must | 2005 |
Ring Van Möbius | Distant Sphere | 11:04 | The 3rd Majesty | 2020 |
Bjorn Riis | Stormwatch | 14:00 | A Storm Is Coming | 2019 |
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Norwegian Prog
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
In this week's episode part 1 of our exploration of Norwegian Prog. This was a very enjoyable exploration of progressive rock and other musics from Norway. I really had no idea how deep the rabbit hole was going to go, but once I realized how much enjoyment I was getting out of the exploration, I knew that I would need 2 episodes to do this all justice. Although there is some modern prog, the set seemed to lean more towards the psychedelic and the strange. That's pretty normal for us, but I imagine many people will say we missed a lot. Well, we did, because there is too much to explore here. I imagine the next episode will lean more towards the symphonic and neo-prog- but as I say, the journey continues.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Bazar | Kjaere, Lille Deg | 4:15 | Drabantbyrock (Vinyl) | 1974 |
D'AccorD | Ibliss in Bliss | 8:00 | D'accorD III | 2014 |
Elephant Plaza | Paralyzed | 7:04 | Momentum | 2016 |
Arabs in Aspic | Morket 2 | 9:24 | Syndenes Magi | 2017 |
Prudence | Tomorrow May Be Vanished | 4:19 | Tomorrow May Be Vanished | 1972 |
Caligonaut | Hushed | 10:35 | Magnified As Giants | 2021 |
Fatal Fusion | Tears I’ve Cried | 8:42 | The Ancient Tale | 2013 |
Airbag | The Greatest Show on Earth | 6:53 | The Greatest Show on Earth | 2013 |
Electric Eye | Last Call At The Infinity Pool | 4:52 | Horizons | 2021 |
The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band | The Spirit Of The Airborne Hogweed | 9:03 | Solstice | 2005 |
Dream | Night Of the Lonely Organist And His Mysterious Pals | 5:29 | Get Dreamy | 1967 |
Amgala Temple | Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine | 8:54 | Invisible Airships | 2018 |
Finn Arild | Water | 3:50 | Testament | 2010 |
Aunt Mary | Nocturnal Voice | 6:02 | Janus | 1973 |
Elephant9 | You Are The Sunshine Of My Life | 9:41 | Silver Mountain | 2015 |
Anders Buaas | Bitter Winds | 6:52 | The Witches Of Finnmark | 2017 |
Farmers Market | Lodtschitze Mini Maritza (Ferry Cross The Mersey) | 5:01 | Surfin' USSR | 2008 |
Eivind Aarset | Still Changing | 7:51 | Sonic Codex | 2007 |
Annot Rhul | Leviathan Suite | 13:45 | Leviathan | 2014 |
Elds Mark | Spor | 4:19 | Elds Mark | 2020 |
Deja-Vu | Between The Leaves | 5:44 | Between The Leaves (Vinyl) | 1976 |
Lars Fredrik Froislie | Naturens katedral | 16:18 | Fire Fortellinger | 2023 |
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Fairy Tales and Folklore
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Here we are, finally back on track. Our newest episode of Soundscape features a great many prog-rock fairy tales. There were so many to choose from, and likely we did not even play most of the expected songs, or even come close to exhausting the theme. This means that part 2 will probably happen at some point. Nevertheless, we think you will enjoy the collection we have made for you here.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
John Martyn | Fairy Tale Lullaby | 2:44 | London Conversation (Vinyl) | 1967 |
Rostro Del Sol | Tales... I-III | 7:03 | Rostro del Sol | 2021 |
Genesis | The Musical Box | 10:22 | Nursery Cryme | 1971 |
Tiger Moth Tales | The Boy Who Cried Wolf | 6:27 | Story Tellers (Part 2) | 2018 |
Modern-Rock Ensemble | Dark Kingdom & The Evil King (Part 1) | 7:35 | Night Dreams & Wishes | 2019 |
Kaleidoscope | The Sky Children | 7:52 | Tangerine Dream | 1967 |
Monty Python | Children's Stories | 1:12 | Monty Python's Flying Circus | 1998 |
Horslips | Dearg Doom | 2:59 | The Tain | 1973 |
Horslips | Ferdia's Song | 2:44 | The Tain | 1973 |
Horslips | Gae Bolga | 1:04 | The Tain | 1973 |
The Chronicles of Father Robin | Ocean Traveller | 6:08 | The Songs & Tales of Airoea: Book II | 2023 |
In the Labyrinth | Nargal | 8:39 | Dryad | 2002 |
Tugs | La Corte | 6:21 | Europa Minor | 2013 |
Tugs | La Gloria | 5:34 | Europa Minor | 2013 |
Jack Lancaster | Peter and the Wolf suite | 14:00 | Peter And The Wolf (Vinyl) | 1975 |
Chris De Burgh | Spanish Train | 4:49 | Spanish Train & Other Stories | 1976 |
Jethro Tull | Cross Eyed Mary | 4:03 | Aqualung | 1971 |
Mother Gong | The Pied Piper Suite | 14:16 | Fairy Tales | 1979 |
Nickel Creek | The Lighthouses Tale | 4:54 | Nickel Creek | 2000 |
Puppet Show | Seven Gentle Spirits | 14:12 | The Tale of Woe | 2006 |
Big Big Train | Along the Ridgeway | 6:04 | Folklore | 2016 |
Big Big Train | Salisbury Giant | 3:27 | Folklore | 2016 |
Genesis | White Mountain | 6:31 | Trespass [Remix] | 197 |
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Songs for a Lost Generation
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
We wanted to identify what makes Generation X different from other generations. Many books that lay bare this question, but the one that informed most of my thoughts about Generation X was the book Generations by Jean M Twenge. Twenge did not make any real statements about the music of the generation. Instead, she identified differences mostly based on how we interacted with different technologies. For instance, Generation X is the last generation to grow up on analog music and the first to experience digital. We were the first generation to experience MTV which changed the face of music as we knew it. There are many more data points that Twenge pointed out that provide the parameters for Generation X. However the questions I wanted to answer were more related to the content we listened to.
What music defined Generation X? When we started creating our music, what were the trends we created? What impact did Generation X have on our beloved prog rock? Some of the answers may be contained here in this episode, in short, the results of my findings in this all-too-brief exploration of generational music were:
Regardless of the generational divide that seems to show up in culture wars, there is no escaping that the music we listened to growing up came from the previous generation. Progressive rock itself is a Boomer genre of rock music. We grew up on Classic Rock, Punk, and 80s pop. When Generation X did start speaking musically, we developed Grunge, and Hip-Hop. However, on the prog side, we had prog metal and post-rock. The earliest rock music from Generation X appears to have been Gun's and Roses (although some members just miss the identified cutoff). The earliest band to speak prog that was a Generation X fronted band, was either Majesty (later known as Dream Theater) or Echolyn.
The episode provided here is not even close to answering all of the questions, but the research and theme did make for some enjoyable listening. We hope you enjoy this all-too-brief dive into this question.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Porcupine Tree | Time Flies | 11:39 | The Incident | 2009 |
Foghat | Slow Ride | 8:10 | Fool For The City | 1975 |
Kansas | Miracles Out Of Nowhere | 6:17 | Leftoverture | 1976 |
Styx | Snowblind | 4:46 | Paradise Theater | 1981 |
Genesis | Land Of Confusion | 4:41 | Invisible Touch [Remix] | 1986 |
Yes | Our Song | 4:07 | 90125 | 1983 |
Rush | Between The Wheels | 5:29 | Grace Under Pressure | 1984 |
Peter Hammill | Losing Faith In Words | 3:35 | A Black Box | 1980 |
Adrian Belew | The Lone Rhinoceros | 3:56 | Lone Rhino | 1982 |
Marillion | Chelsea Monday | 8:14 | Script for a Jester's Tear | 1983 |
Pendragon | The Black Knight | 9:50 | The Jewel | 1985 |
Blind Melon | Tones of Home | 4:21 | Blind Melon | 1992 |
Foo Fighters | Everlong | 4:05 | The Colour and the Shape | 1997 |
Blind Melon | Tones of Home | 4:21 | Blind Melon | 1992 |
Foo Fighters | Everlong | 4:05 | The Colour and the Shape | 1997 |
Radiohead | Exit Music (For a Film) | 4:21 | OK Computer | 1997 |
Smashing Pumpkins | Porcelina of the Vast Oceans | 8:54 | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | 1995 |
Muse | Supremacy | 4:51 | The 2nd Law (Deluxe Edition) | 2012 |
Echolyn | 21 | 5:37 | Suffocating the Bloom | 1992 |
Kevin Gilbert | Ghetto Of Beautiful Things | 4:48 | The Shaming of the True | 2000 |
Phish | Monsters | 5:09 | Evolve | 2024 |
Big Big Train | Welcome to the Planet | 6:30 | Welcome to the Planet | 2022 |
Dream Theater | Light Fuse And Get Away | 7:15 | When Dream And Day Unite | 1989 |
Pain of Salvation | Idiocracy | 7:03 | Scarsick | 2007 |
Threshold | The Latent Gene | 7:57 | Clone | 1998 |
Riverside | Friend or Foe? | 7:23 | ID.Entity (Deluxe Edition) | 2023 |
Moon Safari | 198X (Heaven Hill) | 3:51 | Himlabacken Vol. 2 | 2023 |
The Tangent | Paroxetine - 20mg | 7:39 | Down And Out In Paris And London (Limited First Edition) | 2009 |
Frost* | The Boy Who Stood Still | 7:33 | Day And Age | 2021 |
Anathema | Summernight Horizon | 4:06 | We're Here Because We're Here | 2010 |
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Soundscape #3.5 A Grab Bag of Tunes
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
This week Soundscape moved to its new time and place. We now broadcast on Wednesday evenings every two weeks at 5-8 pm CST. This episode is not themed at all. It is a grab bag of new music (at least to us). We will return with our Generation X theme in 2 weeks on 6/19.
Artist | Title | Duration | Album | Year |
Van Morrison | Caravan | 4:52 | Moondance | 1970 |
Arild Brøter | On Her Majesty's Secret Service Suite - Part 1 | 5:07 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service Suite: Part 1 | 2024 |
Big Big Train | Beneath the Masts | 17:10 | The Likes of Us | 2024 |
Peter Gabriel | Father, Son (Daniel Lanois & Richard Chappell Mix) | 4:20 | Flotsam and Jetsam | 2019 |
Papadosio & Ram Dass | Who You Are | 9:51 | 2024 | |
Perilymph | Un Instant Ou Deux | 6:25 | Progressions Imaginaires | 2024 |
Goose | Yeti (12.21.19) | 8:53 | Alive And Well | 2020 |
Nosound | Dogs (Pink Floyd) | 7:16 | 2024 | |
The Dear Hunter | Light | 4:01 | Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional | 2016 |
Karfagen | Into the Kaleidoscope | 11:41 | Land of Chameleons | 2024 |
Crowded House | All That I Can Ever Own | 3:00 | Gravity Stairs | 2024 |
Legacy Pilots | Don't Chase the Rainbows | 8:39 | Thru the Lens | 2024 |
Amarok | Perfect Run | 5:44 | Hope | 2024 |
Alan Parsons | Uroboros (ft. Tommy Shaw) | 4:02 | From The New World | 2022 |
Alan Parsons | Uroboros (ft. Tommy Shaw) | 4:02 | From The New World | 2022 |
Leprous | Atonement | 4:46 | Melodies Of Atonement | 2024 |
A Perfect Circle | Hourglass | 5:09 | Eat The Elephant | 2018 |
Porcupine Tree | Rats Return | 5:22 | Closure / Continuation | 2022 |
The Pineapple Thief | It Leads to This | 4:38 | It Leads to This | 2024 |
David Gilmour | The Piper's Call | 5:11 | Luck and Strange | 2024 |
Barock Project | An Ordinary Day's Odyssey | 5:58 | Time Voyager | 2024 |
Phish | Oblivion | 6:03 | Evolve | 2024 |
Yes | Real Love (Live) | 10:21 | Talk (30th Anniversary Edition) | 1994 |
The Band | Where Do We Go From Here (2021 Remix) | 3:52 | Cahoots (50Th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) | 2021 |