Steven Wilson - Collecting Space - Insurgents

[Mark Latimour]

If you are a Porcupine Tree fan, you have to check out the new Steven Wilson solo album called "Insurgents". It is absolutely wonderful and the bonus track an instrumental called "Collecting Space" has to be one of the best composed pieces of music I have heard all year. Its highly recommended.

For you bass heads, Tony Levin plays bass on a few tracks on the album and for those prog fans, Jordan Rudress has keyboard duties on a few of the proggier numbers.

Get this album.

[James Hart]

very cool... I'll have to check it out.

[()smoke()]

thanks for the head's up mark! i'll pick it up for sure

[Nick Kay]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

Get this album.

+1. I don't know if it's the best release of 2008, but it's definitely in my top 5.

[Mark Latimour]

Interestingly it turns out that my favourite track, Collecting Space, was actually recorded in 2003 for the Deadwing sessions, but was never used on the album. I am not sure if it was rerecorded for Insurgentes, but I imagine it probably was given the propensity of Mr Wilson to do this (eg Shesmovedon). In any event, I am yet to hear a piece of music this year which it better than Collecting Space and the rest of the album is amazing as well.

[Barkless Dog]

Can't find it on Amazon or Itunes

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by Barkless Dog

Can't find it on Amazon or Itunes

I just found out I got the limited edition pre-realease 2CD 1DVD set which comes in a hardcover coffee table style book. THe normal version of the album wont be released until February, but if you pre-order it, you can download the tracks via Mp3 for "pre-listening". It turns out that the limited edition set which I paid about £30 for is selling for up to £300 on eBay. Haha, maybe I shouldn't have opened it and just sold it on. Nah...the musics too good for that!

[Ian Perge]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

I just found out I got the limited edition pre-realease 2CD 1DVD set which comes in a hardcover coffee table style book. THe normal version of the album wont be released until February, but if you pre-order it, you can download the tracks via Mp3 for "pre-listening". It turns out that the limited edition set which I paid about £30 for is selling for up to £300 on eBay. Haha, maybe I shouldn't have opened it and just sold it on. Nah...the musics too good for that!

My Partner purchased the LE "Book" edition as one of her "Birthday Presents" in October, and has been digesting the set since it arrived last week. And as for the eBay sale prices, I'm kicking myself for not purchasing a copy myself (there was a limit of one per person) and selling it off. That's capitalism, we're broke, and PT fans are insane when it comes to collecting.

Rumor also is that as opposed to this being PT's "year off", they'll be writing next Spring and Summer and touring in the Fall to debut the "new material" as they did with the FOABP songs during the "Arriving Somewhere..." DVD promotional mini-tour in 1996.

[Barkless Dog]

Porcupine Tree is one band I always look forward to.

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by Ian Perge

My Partner purchased the LE "Book" edition as one of her "Birthday Presents" in October, and has been digesting the set since it arrived last week. And as for the eBay sale prices, I'm kicking myself for not purchasing a copy myself (there was a limit of one per person) and selling it off. That's capitalism, we're broke, and PT fans are insane when it comes to collecting.

Rumor also is that as opposed to this being PT's "year off", they'll be writing next Spring and Summer and touring in the Fall to debut the "new material" as they did with the FOABP songs during the "Arriving Somewhere..." DVD promotional mini-tour in 1996.

Its not a rumour, I have two excellent tickets to the first concert of their next tour (10 October 2009 at the Hammersmith Apollo) where they will be playing their new album in their entirety. I can't wait!

[Ian Perge]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

Its not a rumour, I have two excellent tickets to the first concert of their next tour (10 October 2009 at the Hammersmith Apollo) where they will be playing their new album in their entirety. I can't wait!

To be fair, the Hammersmith show had been announced but not any US dates when I had posted - luckily, that's now confirmed and we can both spend almost a year quivering in antici.... pation.

[RSchuster]

Steven Wilson is seriously a genius. Also, anything with Tony Levin playing on it is going to be at the very least decent on the sheer power of his awesomeness. Jordan Ruddess is cool too.