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A home for an evolving, flexible & adventurous style of music without​ boundaries Now, as always, this is a label looking to the future.

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. 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 The Anchoress, Iamthemorning, Nosound and Lunatic Soul, greater exposure for the likes of The Pineapple Thief, TesseracT, Gazpacho, Jon Gomm and No-Man, and achieved significant chart success for Steven Wilson, Paul Draper, Anathema & Tangerine Dream.

07/10/2026

Maiah Wynne's new single "Girl Dinner" has been added to Guitar World's Editors' Pick' Playlist on Spotify - take a listen here
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5gqjTUZ62iQdT7QT4LLUTb?si=5ndlI2WZRl6-iutxb1aOqw

07/10/2026

NEW EPISODE! Kscope Podcast 193 with Maiah Wynne (Envy of None )
Listen here on your preferred platform: https://kscope.lnk.to/Podcast

Having just released her new solo album 'Into The Waves', acclaimed singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maiah Wynne joined our host Billy Reeves for a lively chat about living in London, her shock at finding herself in a band with Alex Lifeson of Rush, what happened to her during the first Covid pandemic, and what exactly constitutes ‘authenticity’ and of course discusses her new album which she wrote during an exceptionally transformative period in her life.

Cool new prog from Steven Wilson, Annicke Shireen, Arabs In Aspic and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week 06/10/2026

VOTE MAIAH! Maiah Wynne's latest single 'Girl Dinner' taken from her new album "Into The Waves" has been nominated in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
VOTE MAIAH!

Cool new prog from Steven Wilson, Annicke Shireen, Arabs In Aspic and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week Ace new prog you must hear from Maiah Wynne, Dikajee, John Holden, T.A.P. and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week

02/10/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday time!
Use code OCT2026 to get 20% off Kscope releases until Midnight on Sunday 4th October
https://kscopemusic.bandcamp.com
Why not use it to check out the new releases from Maiah Wynne or Ozric Tentacles
Don't forget the code OCT2026

29/09/2026

Out now! The new video from Maiah Wynne – Girl Dinner, taken from her brand new album ‘Into the Waves’ – out now on CD & digitally
Watch the full video here https://youtu.be/KoNgh15zSiw

Maiah says on the song “I think this song speaks for itself in many ways. We truly are living in a dystopian reality with late-stage capitalism, the influence of money in our governments, and the horrors of those influences on war and international politics. It is hard to read the news every day and witness so much suffering in this world, and to feel so powerless in the face of everything.

There is so much I want to say and will say, but for now, this song is a tongue in cheek protest tune I wrote for a little cathartic release. Playing this song on tour with the audience singing along was one of the most meaningful experiences I have ever had through music, and I tried to capture that feeling in the recording. Hopefully, it can be a moment of catharsis for those listening too. The more divided our world becomes, the more important it is for us to reconnect through any means we can. I think there is always hope to be found in a song.”

28/09/2026

EVENT NEWS! Maiah Wynne will be celebrating the release of her acclaimed new album Into The Waves with an intimate live performance at the atmospheric Piano Smithfield in London.

When: Wednesday 14th October
What Time: doors 7pm
Where: Piano Smithfield, 14 Long Lane, Barbican, London, EC1A 9PN

Tickets : https://burningshed.com/store/kscope/maiah-wynne_into-the-waves-album-launch_e-ticket

Photos from Kscope's post 25/09/2026

'Into The Waves' the new album from acclaimed singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maiah Wynne is out today on CD & all digital platforms.

Stream, download or order your copy of 'Into The Waves' from https://MaiahWynne.lnk.to/Into_The_Waves

Written, self-produced and largely recorded by Wynne during an exceptionally transformative period in her life, with many of the recordings captured on the road in hotel rooms using nothing more than a laptop, with Wynne playing more than a dozen instruments across the album. The project was completed with mixing and additional production from Justin Abel (Noelle Johnson, The Talbott Brothers) before being mastered by Alan Douches (Sufjan Stevens, Motörhead, LCD Soundsystem).

The album features an impressive cast of collaborators, including cellist Bethany Joyce, violinist Avelyn Reynolds, guitarist Brooks Berg, drummers Adam Brzycki and Randy Cooke, flugelhorn player Henry Sheppard, and RUSH legend Alex Lifeson, whose guest guitar appearance further strengthens the connection between Wynne's solo work and her role as vocalist with Envy of None .

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Lifeson remarked: “I’ve never had that kind of inspiration working with another musician.”

When Jim Met Ed Wynne from Ozric Tentacles! 18/09/2026

When Jim met Ed! Enjoy this brilliant interview on Jim Newstead's The Adventures In Music podcast with Ozric Tentacles legend Ed Wynne

Ozric Tentacles new album Harmonic Mind is out now

When Jim Met Ed Wynne from Ozric Tentacles! If you enjoy what you're watching and would like to contribute, the...

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