Steven Wilson

Steven John Wilson ( born November 3, 1967 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire ) is a British musician. Wilson plays a variety of instruments and is self-taught learned producer, engineer, guitarist and keyboard player.

Best known as the founder, singer, guitarist and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, whose albums were Deadwing (2005) and Fear of a Blank Planet (2007) by Classic Rock Magazine for each album of the year named, Wilson is also involved in many other bands and projects that go far beyond the boundaries of the genre progressive rock. Among other things, the Bass Communion ( Ambient, Drone ) Blackfield ( Pop-Rock ), No-Man ( Art- Pop ) and Incredible Expanding Mindfuck ( Krautrock, often abbreviated as IEM). He also maintains a solo career under his own name.

As a producer, his references include, among others, Opeth, Orphaned Land, Fish, Anja Garbarek, Marillion, King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer and Paatos. His own label Headphone Dust moved very short runs of phonograms.

  • 4.1 Solo
  • 4.2 With Porcupine Tree
  • 4.3 With Storm Corrosion
  • 4.4 With No-Man
  • 4.5 With Blackfield
  • 4.6 As Bass Communion
  • 4.7 The Incredible Expanding Mindfuck

Biography

Already at the age of eleven Wilson began composing his own music. Gradually he expanded his private studio No Man's Land, learned to play guitar and keyboard and produced a series of tapes. First, the band No -Man with Tim Bowness was his most successful project, for which he received his first record deal. On a whim, Porcupine Tree was actually a solo project Wilson, for which he invented a biography that tells of lost tapes of a legendary band. These " rediscovered " Tapes were Richard Allen, then at Delerium Records, in the hands and Wilson got a second record deal. Meanwhile, Porcupine Tree is its much successful band. Since 2010, the band paused, however, as Wilson dedicates his solo career.

Solo work

Cover

Between 2003 and 2010 a series of six two -track CD singles were released under his own name. Each CD includes a cover and a Steven Wilson Original Song. The choice of cover songs is very different: The CDs include songs by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, Swedish pop group ABBA the, the rock band The Cure, Scottish songwriter Momus, Prince, and Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. As a final CD single "Cover Version VI " was released in a limited edition box with empty seats for the previous five singles.

Insurgentes

In November 2008, first available as a limited deluxe Mailorder version, published in February 2009 Wilson Insurgentes, the first album under his own name. It is named after the Avenida de los Insurgentes, the longest main street of Mexico City. With the name of Insurgentes (German rebels, insurgents ) plays Wilson on his way to make music and to the design of his music career. Wilson describes it as the previously " most experimental song -based music ", which he did. The main influences he calls post-punk shoegazing (á la Joy Division and The Cure ). He also referred to it as a very Drone and noise - oriented. 2010 film of the same " Insurgentes " by Lasse Hoile was released, documenting the history of the album. In addition to Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt as musicians come ( Opeth ) and Aviv Geffen ( Blackfield ) to word.

Grace for Drowning

Grace for Drowning is the comprehensive title of two solo albums, Deform to Form a Star and Like Dust I Have Cleared from My Eye, published 26 September 2011 together as a double album on the independent label Kscope. The organic sound of Grace for Drowning was influenced by Wilson's work as a sound engineer, as he classic albums from King Crimson or Jethro Tull remixed during the recordings that inspired him. The album also shows a move away from the Wilson based on a Metal Music on Porcupine Trees latest album " The Incident ", to jazzy style skirt.

In conjunction with the release of Grace for Drowning Steven Wilson started his first solo tour. With tour dates in October and November 2011 will be played at the concerts material from Grace for Drowning and Insurgentes. The line-up consists of Marco Minnemann (drums ), Nick Beggs (bass / Chapman stick), Aziz Ibrahim (guitar), Adam Holzman (keyboards), Theo Travis (flute / saxophone) and Steven Wilson (vocals, guitars, keyboards ). As a keyboardist Gary Husband was originally planned, which had to resign for health reasons.

In April and May 2012, the Grace -for- drowing tour was continued with some tour dates in Europe and South America in a second run. As a guitarist Aziz Ibrahim is first replaced by Niko Tsonev and later by Guthrie Govan in the line-up.

The Raven That Refused to Sing ( And Other Stories )

On March 1, 2013 were Wilson's third solo album The Raven That Refused to Sing ( And Other Stories ), which was recorded in Los Angeles with the members of Steven Wilson live band in September and October 2012, published. As a sound engineer Alan Parsons was hired. Two music videos were released to " The Raven did refused to sing " and " Drive Home ". These are both found on the EP " Drive Home " with Wilson took the opportunity to publish unreleased material and live recordings from The Raven That Refused to Sing ( And Other Stories ).

A tour for 2013 were also announced.

Other musical projects

In addition to " Porcupine Tree " and his solo career, Wilson is part of many other musical projects; inter alia, Steven Wilson deals with electronic music and field recording. If you should call genre names for the projects, it would be possible: art rock ( No-Man, Blackfield, IEM, Steven Wilson), Ambient / Drone ( Bass Communion, Continuum, Steven Wilson), New Age ( No-Man ). The first project is one that was founded in 1987 No-Man. Together with singer Tim Bowness Steven Wilson produced very durcharrangierte music, almost orchestral, under influences from jazz, contemporary music and experimental pop music. It emerged six studio albums, two live albums (most recently " Love and Endings ", 2012 ) and sixteen singles / EP ' s, received good reviews. Middle of the 90 published Steven Wilson under the name of IEM an album of krautrock music and classic rock. More releases followed into the 21st - century. However, they were not have a great deal of attention due to the unpopular musical direction of the songs. The project I.E.M. Wilson has ended. Under the name Bass Communion and Continuum published Wilson ambient and drone music from his own pen that does not fit stylistically with the other publications. The first albums to Wilson late 90s. Since there are regularly more publications, most recently appeared in " Cenotaph " (2011). Very close to the style of Porcupine Tree is the solo project under his own name (see above), the Wilson currently devotes his attention. As probably the most successful and popular addition to Porcupine Tree Blackfield you should call. Previously published four studio albums (most recently " IV", 2013) and a live DVD, which are in collaboration with Aviv Geffen, an Israeli singer / songwriter who emerged and on which mainly quiet, melodic and short songs to listen to. In addition, Wilson founded the band in 2010 "Storm Corrosion" with his friend Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth singer. The self-titled debut album of the duo appeared in 2012.

Selected discography ( studio albums and EPs )

Solo

  • 2009: Insurgentes
  • 2011: Grace for Drowning Volume 1: Deform to Form a Star
  • Volume 2: Like Dust I Have Cleared from My Eye

With Porcupine Tree

With Storm Corrosion

  • 2012: Storm Corrosion

With No-Man

With Blackfield

  • 2004: Blackfield
  • 2007: Blackfield II
  • 2011: Welcome to My DNA
  • 2013: IV

As Bass Communion

As Incredible Expanding Mindfuck

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