25 July, 2020

Playlist - 25 July 2020

8pm
Caligula’s Horse    The Ascent (2020) (Rise Radiant)
Arcane    Secret (2009) (Chronicles Of The Waking Dream)
Unitopia    Tesla (2010) (Artificial)
Iva Davies    Walk alone (1999) (The Ghost Of Time)
The Lammas Tide    Hudson Line (2011) (High Tide)
Fraternity    Seasons of change (1971) (single only)
9pm
Deeexpus (feat. Nik Kershaw)    Memo (2011) (King Of Number 33)
The Mute Gods    One day (2019) (Atheists & Believers)
Porcupine Tree    This is no rehearsal (1999) (Stupid Dream)
Roine Stolt    The flower king (1994) (The Flower King)
Anekdoten    Shooting star (2015) (Until All The Ghosts Have Gone)
Andy Salvanos    Transform (2016) (Transform)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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A little more from Andy Salvanos and a "2020" version of a pensive track from 2012:

Lammas Day (or Loaf Mass Day) is still 7 days away in the Northern hemisphere (1 August) and of course 6 months away in Australia (1 February) but to while away the hours, here is Perth band The Lammas Tide from 8 years ago and an official video clip for their then single:

And Mr Nik Kershaw, from his own freshly minted EP, "These Little Things":

18 July, 2020

Playlist - 18 July 2020

8pm
Dream Theater    The Count of Tuscany (instrumental) (2009) (Black Clouds & Silver Linings)
Hemina    Nostalgia + In technicolour (2019) (Night Echoes)
Unitopia    Man of colours (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
Southern Empire    Forest fire (2016) (Southern Empire)
Drawn From Bees    On the beach (2018) (B-Sides & Rarities)
9pm
Haken    Souls (2008) (Enter The 5th Dimension)
Gentle Giant    Proclamation (1974) (The Power And The Glory)
All India Radio    Mexicola (remaster) (2006/2019) (Echo Other)
Three Wise Monkeys    Waxer (live) (2010) (3WM EP No.1 and No.2, bonus track)
I Am The Manic Whale    Valenta scream (2020) (Things Unseen)
Dyssidia    The gutted stag (2020) (Costly Signals)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - please see the PBA-FM website for more information.

All India Radio, live in Northcote (Vic), earlier this year (pre-Coronavirus):

The prospect of the classic UK band Gentle Giant reforming has seemed miniscule for a very long time, so the recent temporary involvement of all surviving GG members in the support of a re-recorded version of their classic song "Proclamation" has been welcome. You can find it here:

11 July, 2020

Playlist - 11 July 2020

8pm
Madder Lake    Helper (live) + I get high (live) + It’s all in your head (live) (Sydney, 1978) (The Live Adventures Of Madder Lake 1973-2008)
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974, compilation)
The Valentines    Peculiar hole in the sky (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
AC/DC    Dirty deeds done dirt cheap (1976) (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)
Blackfeather    Mango’s theme (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
All India Radio    Immortality (2019) (Eternal)
9pm
Steven Wilson    Luminol (live, Mexico, 2012) (2017) (Get All You Deserve)
Steven Wilson    Sound of muzak (live, 2018) (2018) (Home Invasion in concert at the Royal Albert Hall)
Magenta    Legend (live) (2018) (We Are Seven – Live 2018)
Look To Windward    Control (2010) (Fortunes Haze)
The Omnific    Pharaoh 2.0 (2020) (digital single)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

Seasons Of Change thanks the sponsors of your local radio station PBA-FM and encourages you to support them too - please see the PBA-FM website for more information.

The Omnific (Melbourne), being rather busy for 6 minutes, 20 seconds:


Kiwi band Look To Windward, with a more recent release:

04 July, 2020

Playlist - 4 July 2020

Tonight, a show of two halves - in the first hour, music from the latest album by Adelaide's Dyssidia (with some cookie monster added to the mix) and other local goodness, followed by an hour of music from the US which may not appear on many other playlists for their Independence Day.

8pm
Dyssidia    Hope’s remorseful retreat + Good grief (2020) (Costly Signals)
Aura Form    Secrets of the sun + Floating South (2016) (Vesica Pisces)
Southern Empire    Hold (2016) (Southern Empire)
Unitopia    More than a dream (2005) (More Than A Dream)
9pm
Tiles    Modification (1999) (Presents Of Mind)
Spock’s Beard    Thoughts (1996) (Beware Of Darkness)
Kansas    Cheyenne anthem (1976) (Leftoverture)
District 97    Snow country (2015) (In Vaults)
Glass Hammer    Rapturo (2016) (Valkyrie)
OSI    ShutDOWN (2003) (Office Of Strategic Influence)
Frank Zappa   Cosmik debris (1974) (Apostrophe)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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From Dyssidia, the making of their new album, although Cookie Monster who is audible on much of the album is sadly absent from this footage...
Zappa Plays Zappa: