Kscope

A post-progressive label from the home of Peaceville Records

The Kscope label was founded as a means of providing a platform for a growing number of artists that had started to reclaim and reinvent aspects of the Progressive genre.In order to produce something that resonated in the 21st Century, these artists had stripped the music of its perceived excess and clichés, and subtly re-established the movement’s original impulses, experimenting with eclectic musical sources and contemporary sonic possibilities.

Spearheaded by the ambitious likes of Porcupine Tree, Radiohead and Elbow on one side, and Muse, Opeth and Mars Volta on the other (the lynchpins of the hugely popular Prog-Metal movement), this new wave of Progressive expression also incorporated the atmospheric offerings of Air, Talk Talk and Royskopp, and the cinematic Post-Rock vistas of Sigur Ros, Godspeed You Black Emperor and Tortoise. All represented strands of traditional Progressive ideas influencing vital and exciting modern music.

If Post-Rock was a means of creating a music that contained the thrill and transcendent power of Rock music without resorting to its age-old reliance on riffs and Blues-based solos, Post-Progressive was a means of taking Rock music forward without regurgitating the baroque nature and occasionally stifling virtuosity of some of the original Progressive icons. Alongside inspiration from more recognised 1960s/1970s pioneers, Post-Progressive contained aspects of the technological innovations and primal energy of other forward-thinking genres such as Krautrock, Trip-Hop, Electronica and Post-Punk.

The first dedicated Post-Progressive label, Kscope launched in May 2008 (with new albums from its first signings The Pineapple Thief and No-Man, and reissues from genre leaders, Porcupine Tree). An artistically focussed and sympathetic home for an evolving, flexible and adventurous style of music without boundaries, (as with its spiritual forebears 4AD, Factory, Vertigo and Harvest) Kscope is as concerned with packaging and artwork as it is with music and has established a distinctive visual, as well as musical, identity.

Seven successful years after its auspicious beginnings, by continuing to utilise a combination of both new and established talent, Kscope offers a creative nurturing point for like-minded artists. The label has given a springboard for previous unknowns such as Nordic Giants, Iamthemorning, Nosound and North Atlantic Oscillation, greater exposure for the likes of The Pineapple Thief, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Crippled Black Phoenix, Gazpacho, Katatonia and No-Man, and achieved significant chart success for Steven Wilson and Anathema.

Now, as always, this is a label looking to the future.

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408 albums sorted by Date: from newest to oldest

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Portals

TesseracT

Metal - To be released August 27, 2021 | Kscope

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Fragments

Trifecta

Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock - To be released August 20, 2021 | Kscope

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Afters

The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost

Alternative & Indie - To be released August 13, 2021 | Kscope

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Departure Tapes

Giancarlo Erra

Classical - To be released July 2, 2021 | Kscope

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Trifecta Have You Seen What the Neighbours Are Doing?

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Have You Seen What the Neighbours Are Doing?

Trifecta

Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock - Released June 24, 2021 | Kscope

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Nocturne (P O R T A L S)

TesseracT

Metal - Released June 18, 2021 | Kscope

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The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost I Will Never Hurt (Edit)

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I Will Never Hurt (Edit)

The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost

Alternative & Indie - Released June 18, 2021 | Kscope

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Alive (Live)

Klone

Hard Rock - Released June 11, 2021 | Kscope

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The Anchoress The Exchange (feat. James Dean Bradfield) (Hinako Omori Remix)

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The Exchange (feat. James Dean Bradfield) (Hinako Omori Remix)

The Anchoress

Ambient - Released June 4, 2021 | Kscope

White Moth Black Butterfly The Cost of Dreaming

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The Cost of Dreaming

White Moth Black Butterfly

Rock - Released May 28, 2021 | Kscope

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A Blues for My Father

Giancarlo Erra

Classical - Released May 28, 2021 | Kscope

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Sealed (Live)

Klone

Hard Rock - Released May 21, 2021 | Kscope

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The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost Slow Down (Edit)

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Slow Down (Edit)

The Helicopter of The Holy Ghost

Alternative & Indie - Released May 21, 2021 | Kscope

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Soma

White Moth Black Butterfly

Rock - Released May 14, 2021 | Kscope

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Trifecta Pavlov's Dog Killed Schrodinger's Cat

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Pavlov's Dog Killed Schrodinger's Cat

Trifecta

Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock - Released May 13, 2021 | Kscope

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Departure Tape (Edit)

Giancarlo Erra

Classical - Released April 22, 2021 | Kscope

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The Pineapple Thief The Soord Sessions 1 - 4 (Sampler)

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The Soord Sessions 1 - 4 (Sampler)

The Pineapple Thief

Progressive Rock - Released April 16, 2021 | Kscope

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Godsticks

Alternative & Indie - Released April 15, 2021 | Kscope

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The Dreamer

White Moth Black Butterfly

Rock - Released April 9, 2021 | Kscope

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The Art of Losing

The Anchoress

Alternative & Indie - Released March 12, 2021 | Kscope

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