The soundscapeprog’s Podcast

In a Big Country

We recently had an amazing trip to Scotland, so this episode is filled with Scottish musicians and sounds. We also offer a bevy of new music and a short tribute to the one and only Greg Allman.

Summer is weirding the schedule, but we will have another archival show in the next 2 weeks to tide you over til our return. The next theme will be prog metal from 2000 to now. I wanted to veer away from the early days of prog metal and get into the newer stuff. Perhaps it should even be 2010 forward just to be more limited.

Send questions, comments, and of course perfect album sides to soundscape@progrock .com Soundscape has been through so many transitions and we have lost many along the way, help us build our audience by letting others know about us. Your bumbling DJ thanks you.

In a Big Country

• Fish-Vigil
• CS Brown- Soundscape Theme
• Muse- Dig Down

What's new:

• The Samurai of Prog- On We Sail
• Carptree- Between Extremes
• Bjorn Riis- Getaway
• Steven Wilson- The Same Asylum as Before
• Michael Crimson- Viperine Hair

To Scotland:

• Abel Ganz- Obsolesence Suite
• Steve Hackett- Loch Lomond
• Iona- Castlerigg
• Hamish Imlach- Cod Liver Oil and The Orange Juice
• Talking Heads- Road to Nowhere
• Kate Bush- Jig of Life
• Crooked Mouth- Hold Me
• Capercaillie- Beautiful Wasteland
• Ian Anderson- Lost in Crowds

Fare Thee Well Greg:

• The Allman Brother Band- Midnight Rider
• The Allman Brothers Band- End of the Line
• The Allman Brothers Band- Dreams

Return to the Highlands

• Pallas- Falling Down
• Citizen Cain- Lost in Lonely Ghosts
• Jethro Tull- Pibroch (Cap in Hand)
• The Police- Synchronicity II
• Preacher- Welcome to the Fray
• Alan Parsons- Call of the Wild
• Big Big Train- Brooklands

Where do we go from here:

• Roger Waters- Is This the Life We Really Want> Bird in a Gale
• Joe Bonamassa- Blues of Desperation
• Gov't Mule- Dreams & Songs
• Marillion- Sugar Mice
• Rush- Resist
• Fish- Internal Exile
• Fish- Flower of Scotland

See you soon.

Trainscape (Archival episode from 5/16/2010

After so much time on Trains in Scotland, I though a return to this show would be fun. Train songs are very common in all forms of musicm and why not. The engine and the wheels beat a rhythm. One young man on the train made beats from the train and began drumming along. There is this huge romance about trains. They are a very elegant form of transport and it is too bad that we here in America have abandoned this for the autonomy of the auto.

At any rate this old show comes from when we were at The Dividingline. In my memory, it was one of my favorite shows. Maybe it will be yours as well.

Next weekend we retrun to the air with music from Scotland.

Slainte!

Mars Needs Prog

Hi Guys,

The next couple of shows will be archives as Suzi and I are out seeing the universe on just a few Altarian dollars a day.

This one was requested by a couple of people. Well there is only 10-15 of you guys who listen by podcast anyway. In the old days, the Soundscape empire was much bigger. Please go forth and spread the word.

Anyway, the episode here is about Mars. This episode was aired back in November of 2010. In my old age, I thought it was a show about Ray Bradbury, but it turns out that while Bradbury is included, it is in fact more about Mars.

This episode comes from the time when Soundscape was on The Dividing Line Broadcast Network- still a fine place for prog and I highly suggest that you check them out when you get an opportunity.

Let us know how you like the show by sending your email and perfect album sides to: soundscape@progrock.com

Of Prog and Poets

Hi Soundscaper,

What we have for you today is one of our library episodes. The original idea was to create the prog equivalent of a poetry omnibus. You know, one of those big compendiums that catches all of the famous poetry and it eventually sits on your coffee table.  There is actually quite a lot of prog that uses famous poetry but not every band can do it justice. What I hope I have achieved here is a fair mix of some of the best moments between poetry and prog. You will at least here from the most famous poets like Byron, Shelley, Keats, Yeats, Wordsworth and many others. Personally, I found it to be a very enjoyable journey. I hope you will too.

We also returned with our normal format of giving you new music, as well as a perfect album side that will take you backwards down the number line. All in all a fine show to listen to as you run throught your busy week.

The next Sunday show is scheduled for Mother's Day. That said, I am not sure that we will be here. If not we will put some archival show up. We have had a request for the Arthur C Clarke show for a bit as well as the Ray Bradbury show. One of these will makes its way into the mix very soon. Here are some other upcoming themes: Prog Metal from the last decade, Perfect album side show, Scottish Prog, Civil War, Best Lyrics, Socialism (or potentially styles of government), Jules Verne, and Shakespeare. So there is no lack of creative ideas flowing from the dripping pen.

Send your perfect album sides to soundscape@progrock.com

Here is the set for this show:

OF PROG AND POETS:

• Toy Matinee- Blank Page
• CS Brown- Soundscape Theme
• Styx- Gone, Gone, Gone

New Music-first batch:

• Procol Harum- Can't Say That
• Kant, Freud, Kafka- Insomnio De Una Noche De Verano
• Barock Project- Broken
• Mike + The Mechanics- Let Me Fly

Enter the Poets:

• Marillion- El Dorado Suite
• Mogador- Song of Saul Before His Last Battle
• Genesis- The Colony of Slippermen
• Six Elements- If
• Rush- Between Sun & Moon
• Not a Good Sign- Witchcraft by a Picture
• Kate Bush- Under Ice
• Redemption- Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Chris Sargent's Perfect Album Side:

• Genesis- Behind the Lines
• The Moody Blues- Forever Autumn
• Ambrosia- Nice, Nice, Very Nice
• Fleetwood Mac- Hypnotized
• Pearls Before Swine- Rocket Man
• The Flower Kings- My Cosmic Lover
• Laurie ANderson- O Superman (For Massanet)
• Kevin Gilbert- Joytown

Exit the Poets:

• Dead Heroes Club- A Day in the Life of the World
• Echolyn- Never the Same
• Simon McKechnie- Hymn of Apollo
• Ambrosia- Mama Frog
• The Samurai of Prog- Jerusalem
• Iron Maiden- The Trooper
• Andy John Bradford's Oceans 5- Invictus the Captain of my Soul

New Music- next batch:

• Gov't Mule- Stone Cold Rage
• Sebas Honing- Mercury Retrograde
• Riverside- The Depth of Self Delusion
• Isildur's Bane and Steve Hogarth- The Love and the Affair
• Roger Waters- Smell the Roses
• Karibow- Oribital Spirits
• Big Big Train- A Mead Hall in Winter

See you soon:

• Ken Nordine- Sing me a Poem

 

The Best of 2016

Hey gang,

Here we have a very small smattering of what made 2016 a good year in prog. It was a good year. The editing was painful as I removed some very good stuff. Nevertheless, what stands is worth your time.

In 2 weeks, we will return to themed shows, perfect album sides, and newer music. Our next theme will be a sampler of poetry in prog. You remember in high school or college there were those big think anthologies of poetry. We are going to find connections to famour poets within some of our favorite music. We plan to get our words worth of the roads less traveled, and visit the loves of Poe and Shakespeare. Who knows where the load may lead us, only a fool would say. It should be a fun trip down an unexpected chasm. Drop us a line on our facebook feed if you have any input. Our email is still having some trouble so message us on Facebook and we will hear you.

The Best of 2016

• ELO- The Sun Will Shine On You
• CS Brown- Soundscape Theme
• Haken- 1985
• Frost*- Closer to the Sun
• Red Bazar- Lights of Home
• Nemrud- Lion of Commagene
• Anima Mundi- Train to Future
• Mantra Vega- Veil of Ghosts
• Headspace- The Science Within Us
• Plini- Pastures
• Katatonia- Residual
• Wolverine- Our Last Goodbye

Live Set

• Big Big Train- Summoned by Bells
• The Alan Parsons Project- Prime Time
• King Crimson- A Scarcity of Miracles

Soundscape Favorites

• Marillion- White Paper
• Gong- Model Village
• Thank You Scientist- Psychopomp
• Cosmograf- Arcade Machine
• David Bowie- Lazarus
• The Dear Hunter- Gloria
• Patterson/Eyre- Beneath a Perfect Sky
• Karmakanic- Higher Ground
• Colin Tench Project- The Sad Brazillian
• Preacher- Welcome to the Fray
• Airbag- Sleepwalker
• Kansas- Crowded Isolation
• The Pineapple Thief- The Final Thing On My Mind
• Big Big Train- Brooklands
• Marillion- Easter

Another Trip back in time: 2006

As we continue our journey forward, this week we offer a trip into 2006. I am continually amazed that after all these years, there remains new music to discover. Due to the rather amazing breadth of the music available in the world and being developed around us every day, I don't think the well is going to ever dry up. Maybe when we get to 2112 it will be oulawed but for today, we are in a time of overwhelming treasure when it comes to music, even that illusive beast called Prog.

If you have not been following us on our page on facebook, please drop by for a continuation of our exploration, take a daily vacation with our feed of progification. Yeah the rhyme got out of hand but you get the picture. The facebook page is facebook.com/soundscape42

Next time, we will finally find our way to 2016. It has been a long journey, but the whole point of the trip was to take a look back before looking at the present. It's been a lot of fun, but after this next one, we will return to our themes with a literary show. Should be a lot of fun,

Another Trip Back: 2006

• Yesterdays- Don't Be Scared
• C.S. Brown- Soundscape Theme
• GPS- The Objector
• First Band From Outer Space- Impressionable Sounds of the Subsonic
• Pure Reason Revolution- The Bright Ambassadors of Morning
• The D Project- September Solitudes
• The Decemberists- The Island
• Uzva- Different Realities
• Tony Levin- Sabre Dance
• Nexus- Cruces Y Sombras
• Vanden Plas- Somehwere Alone in the Dark
• Diablo Swing Orchestra- Ballrog Boogie
• Shaolin Death Squad- Choreographer of Fate
• David Gilmour- Then I Close My Eyes
• Spock's Beard- As Far As the Mind Can See (Pts 1-4)
• Secret Machines- Daddy's in the Doldrums
• OSI- Home Was Good
• Airbag- Safe Like You
• White Willow- Splinters
• Fish- Goldfish and Clowns
• Porcupine Tree- Don't Hate Me
• David Gilmour- Wearing the Inside Out
• Stream of Passion- Day Eleven- Love
• The Flower Kings- Blue Planet
• Frost*- Black Light Machine
• The Tangent- G.P.S. Culture
• Rocket Scientists- Enjoy the Weather

Journey into 1996

As part of our rather slow build to the best of 2016, this week we feature music from 1996. At this point in time, the world was mostly paying attention to alternative rock like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Your humble DJ here was Djing on college radio his folk and blugrass show, "The Appalaichian Trail". I had 50,000 watts of power for 2 hours a week. Progressive rock continued in the underbelly of the media beast. Many of our favorite bands were cementing themselves into the progressive rock landscape. Soundscape was only just being born.

I did take the idea of Soundscape to my boss at the college station but he was adamant that we could not have a rock show. That's ok, because when Soundscape was finally born, it took me on a deeper journey than it ever would have at the college station.

The journey through 1996 has been full of nostalgia and discovery. Perhaps this will be true for you as well. We would love to hear about what you guys were doing in 1996. Drop on by our Facebook group: facebook.com/soundscape42  and let us know. We can also be followed on twitter. We are @SoundscapeDJ.

Next show will be live in 2 weeks. We will get closer to our destination as we reach back to 2006. Let us know your favorites from this year.

Soundscape 2.52 Journey to 1996

• Phish- Free
• C.S. Brown- Soundscape Theme
• Rush- Driven
• Arena- Empire of a Thousand Days
• Abraxas- Alhambra
• Hands- Dreamsearch
• Ayreon- Computer Eyes
• No-Man- Sinister Jazz
• Rishard Wright- Reaching for the Rail
• Dracma- Inner Castle
• Visible Wind- Intravenus
• Relayer- Marburg Friends
• Journey- Trial By Fire
• Solaris- M'ars Poetica
• Yes- Awaken
• The Flower Kings- Retropolis
• Rick Wakeman- A Little Piece of Heaven/Part of the Crowd
• Camel- Coming of Age
• Anthony Phillips- Under the Ice
• Porcupine Tree- Dark Matter
• Stone Temple Pilots- Adhesive
• Vanden Plas- Pseudo Silk Kimono>Kayleigh
• Madrigal- Living on the Edge
• Dave Matthews Band- Two Step
• Cracker- Big Dipper
• Spock's Beard- Time Has Come
• Pendragon- Paintbox
• Steve Hackett- Los Endos

Soundscape 2.51 Bring Out Your Drums (2007 Archive)

Well Hello there fellow proggy compatriots. This week we have another archival gem for you. This was aired back in 2007 when we were on The Dividing Line. The show is a quick perusal of drums in progressive rock music. With so many great options it was not an easy show to put together. Now here we are 9 years later and the show would be much different I imagine. This is probably a theme we should return to in the near future.

We will return on Sunday the 19th to peruse the best prog of 1996 and 2006 as we ramp our way to the best of 2016 show. In the meantime, if you have not checked out our facebook page, we have been posting lots of flotsam lost from the 76 and 86 shows. We would love for you to check it out. We can also be reached via twitter @soundscapedj and email: soundscape@progrock.com

Thanks for listening.

Soundscape 2.50 Best of 76 and 86

The idea of running back 4 decades sounded like a good one. I have always wanted to be able to try and delve so deep into the music that I could follow a thread across the years. Not an easy task but perhaps some day I will be able to do this with smaller structures. A friend suggested to use counterpoint as the starting space. It would be worthwhile to try it but that is for another time. This time around and the follow up shows we are looking at swaths of time 40,30, 20, and 10 years ago. All this leads up to our 2016 special. Hopefully our deep dives are worth your effort.

For my musical bang as the DJ, the shows that are worth the most are the ones in which I learn about something that I did not previously know about. This show is chocked full of those moments while still allowing a focus on what I would deem to be the best stuff from 1976 and 1986. For my part I found it to be very enjoyable and I hope you guys will as well.

We have been having some email hangups and I hope to have that rectified soon. However, you can reach us at soundscape@progrock.com Twitter is @soundscapedj and we are also on Facebook.

Best of 1976 and 1986

• Electric Light Orchestra- Mission (A World Record)
• CS Brown- Soundscape Theme
• Styx- Put Me ON

A set of the new gets us going:

• Preacher- Vinyl
• Kepler Ten- The Stone
• The Mute Gods- Tardigrades Will Inherit the Earth

Best of 1976

• Gentle Giant- Interview
• Trettiorariga Kriget- Krigssang II
• Be Bop Deluxe- Sleep That Burns
• Colosseum II- On Second Thoughts
• Cos- Boehme
• Harmonium- Comme Un Fou
• UFO- I'm A Loser
• Jethro Tull- Qiz Kid
• Styx- This Old Man
• Steely Dan- Don't Take Me Alive
• Rush- Passage to Bangkok
• David Bowie- Stay
• Camel- Lunar Sea
• Genesis- Entangled
• Kansas- Miracles Out of Nowhere
• Rush- Lakeside Park
• Genesis- One for the Vine
• Return to Forever- Sorceress
• Brand X- Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria
• The Alan Parsons Project- The Cask of Amontillado

Best of 1986:

• Pallas- Rat Racing
• Queensryche- Screaming in Digital
• Iron Maiden- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
• Emerson, Lake and Powell- The Score
• Genesis- Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
• Andreas Vollenwieder- Steam Forest
• Jean-Luc Ponty- Computer Incantations for World Peace (Not from 1986 glitch)
• Moody Blues- The Other Side of Life
• Journey- Girl Can't Help It
• Talk Talk- Living in Another World
• GTR- The Hunter
• Queen- Who Wants to Live Forever
• Metallica- Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
• Peter Gabriel- Mercy Street
• Mike + The Mechanics- A Call to Arms

And to send you home:

• Tim Bowness- Moonshot Manchild

Soundscape 2.49 Even Prog Fans Get the Blues

This week we have another archived episode for you from the Dividingline days. This one comes from 2008. Soundscape has been on the podcast airwaves for a while. In the initial series this was episode 103, so approximately 2 years into our time at The Dividing Line Broadcast Network. I picked this one because it was a lot of fun. Knowing what I know now, I could do a better job of finding more bluesy prog but back then, I was a little green in the ways of the prog. That means that this show, while having a lot of prog with blues mixed in, it also has a lot of blues that might be progressive. Nevertheless, I think the show stands up and could be worth your attention. This was back when we had to record in ogg and convert later to mp3. As such there may be some minor distortions. We hope you enjoy this history lesson in Soundscape.

In 2 weeks we will take a tour through time as we play the best of 1976, 1986, 1996, and 2006. This is all prep work for our best of 2016 show which will be coming up in March.

Wishing you a progtastic week!