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Stuart chats to Chicago post-rockers Tortoise about their new album, The Catastrophist, which features an intriguing cover of David Essex's Rock On.

Stuart chats to Chicago post-rockers Tortoise about their new album The Catastrophist which includes an intriguing cover of David Essex's Rock On. The featured album is Midnight Mushrumps by Renaissance experimentalists Gryphon, combining medieval English folk, skilled musicianship and the extended forms of progressive rock.

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Music Played

  • Robert Wyatt

    Heaps Of Sheeps

    • Shleep.
    • Hannibal Records.

  • Keeley Forsyth

    Madness

    • White Label.

  • ²Ρ΄Η΄Η»ε΄ΗΓ―»ε

    Je Suis La Montagne

    • Le Monde Möö.
    • Entreprise.
    • 1.

  • Gryphon

    Ethelion

    • Midnight Mushrumps.
    • Transatlantic Records.
    • 6.

  • Edward Penfold

    If You Like

    • Caulkhead.
    • Stolen Body Records.

  • Matthew Bourne

    Somewhere I Have Never Travelled

    • moogmemory.
    • The Leaf Label.
    • 1.

  • Wiggy

    Rochit

    • Morgue Party Time.
    • Gasman Music.
    • 12.

  • Gryphon

    Midnight Mushrumps

    • Midnight Mushrumps.
    • Transatlantic Records.
    • 1.

  • Tortoise

    Shake Hands With Danger

    • The Catastrophist.
    • Thrill Jockey.
    • 5.

  • Le SuperHomard

    Dry Salt In Our Hair

    • Maple Key.
    • Melotron Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Chin Of Britain

    Don't Make A Sound

    • The Weasel Is At The Bridge.
    • Waltz Time Records.

  • Midnight Doctors

    Chump Change

    • Through A Screen And Into A Hole.
    • Ourodisc.
    • 2.

  • Miroslav Vitous Group

    Variations On Lonely Woman

    • Remembering Weather Report.
    • ECM Records.
    • 2.

  • Laurie Anderson

    From The Air

    • Heart Of A Dog.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.

  • 101 Strings

    Flameout

    • Astro-Sounds From Beyond The Year 2000.
    • Alshire Records.
    • 1.

  • Gryphon

    Gulland Rock

    • Midnight Mushrumps.
    • Transatlantic Records.
    • 4.

  • Blanck Mass

    Deritus

  • Van der Graaf Generator

    Refugees

    • The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other.
    • Charisma.

  • My Disco

    King Sound

    • Severe.
    • Temporary Residence LTD.

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  • Sun 28 Feb 2016 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music