Over the last decade, a growing movement of bands have started to reclaim and reinvent aspects of the pioneering Progressive, Post-Punk and Post-Rock genres, re-establishing a desire to experiment with eclectic musical sources and cutting edge sonic possibilities. Kscope was created in 2008 to provide a home for this evolving and adventurous style of music without boundaries. The selection of tracks on Volume 6 showcases the ongoing vitality and diversity of Kscope's 'post-progressive' philosophy…
A stunning set of Mogwai career highlights and rarities, available to buy in a limited edition 3xCD box set via Rock Action Records. Tracks on the collection span the band's 20 year career taking in highlights from their debut long-player Mogwai Young Team (1997) all the way through to Rave Tapes (2014), the band's first ever top 10 album. The announcement comes midway through a run of special live events marking 20 years to the week that the band gathered together in the Glasgow living room of Stuart Braithwaite's parents to rehearse for the first time. Following two acclaimed sell-out nights at Glasgow Barrowlands, Mogwai open a season of curated shows at London's iconic Roundhouse. For this ATP Season at the Roundhouse, the band celebrate their 20 year anniversary by playing two sold out shows and hand-picking a line-up of seminal artists that have challenged, intrigued and inspired over the past two decades, including Public Enemy, GZA, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & The Jesus & Mary Chain, the latter performing their seismic debut album Psychocandy in full.
If you're one of those "I plug directly into the amp and don't need no stinkin' effects" kinda dude, then godspeed and thanks for stopping by. On the other hand, if you own a pedal board upon which you trip the light fantastic, stick around – the Guitar Effects Survival Guide will validate what you might know, illuminate what you don't know, and quickly help you generate a massive and highly versatile sound palette.
"Arca" is visionary instrumental space-rock trip from the collective Downlouders. A concept as a fantastic soundtrack between epic and melancholic atmospheres. From the magical psychedelic sound of the seventies (the first Pink Floyd over all) and the cosmic kraut-rock to the dreamlike side of post-rock (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai as references)….