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Catcher10 
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 Posted: March 31 2014 at 16:00 |
His attention to sound quality as a music engineer is excellent, pretty much everything in the PT and SW catalog is very well mixed and mastered. Which is a big reason for his success in remixing for King Crimson and others, including some of the reissued PT material like Lightbulb Sun. One of my best sounding CDs is Deadwing, and I am not a big CD fan, his vinyl work is outstanding IMO. Like many here, I am wondering when/if there will be new PT material as I don't see him topping The Raven anytime soon from a solo perspective. I do like Blackfield, although apperantly he is done with that project now...could be a sign that he is trying to free up time for Porcupine Tree. A five year hiatus from The Incident last release seems like sufficient time to charge the batteries.
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 13:19 |
^I sure hope so 
I'd love to see Porcupine Tree do something new. 5 years though - has it really been that long?  Wow, I remember pre-ordering The Incident and then being somewhat under whelmed, when I popped it in my stereo. I did like a few tracks off it, but it didn't 'reveal' itself to me, before I went and saw them live on the subsequent tour. Afterwards I started playing the album again and something clicked. It's no Sky Moves Sideways or Metanoia sure, but it's an album I listen to on regular basis (if I'm in the vicinity of my collection) and the one that most of my female friends can get with.
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M27Barney
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 13:24 |
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Mr Wilson has within him the genius to give us Raven....I hope that he decides that his next release will be even more OTT and bombastic ! but then again I'm biased coz I can remember him showing me & Roj some licks with the echo-box that his dad had made him.....Nostalgia !!!
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 15:51 |
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As a fan of 'older' prog music (like most folks around here I'm guessing!) I was curious when there was lots of noise in 2011 around 'Grace for Drowning', so I checked it out and like what I heard enough to buy the album.
A couple of full listens later and that was it for me - hooked!
So then I acquired 'Insurgentes', 'Storm Corrosion' and the 'Get All You Deserve' DVD. I do love 'Insurgentes' but not as much as 'Grace for Drowning', for me 'Grace for Drowning' is a big step forward, and watching the DVD just really made me want to see that band live, which I did. 'Storm Corrosion' is also something I put on a par with 'Grace for Drowning', it's a really subtle and moving soundscape for me.
'The Raven' was my album of the year last year, no question!
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Catcher10
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 16:03 |
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^ The GFD Tour was amazing...we are lucky here in Seattle that he likes our city, tons of used vinyl record stores for him to browse before a show. Reports said he was spotted at a few before his show here in 2012...
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Posted: April 02 2014 at 20:17 |
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I was a latecomer to PT (FOABP and The Incident). I was already a longtime classic prog listener, albeit more mainstream like Pink Floyd, Yes, Jethro Tull. I'm also an avid metalhead and jazz fan. I join the camp that appreciates him more with each album, although I seemed to like Insurgentes as a whole compared to GFD. Raven was easily my favorite album to date, even going on a trip just to see the Raven tour live. I've only seen him go up in my appreciation of what he does with each release.
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Posted: April 02 2014 at 22:14 |
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^ The GFD Tour was amazing...we are lucky here in Seattle that he likes our city, tons of used vinyl record stores for him to browse before a show. Reports said he was spotted at a few before his show here in 2012... |
I didn't get to see the GFD tour... didn't make up my mind about it, and kind of regreted it because it was such a good album, and I have come to understand that the best time to se a concert is when the artist is touring a great album. However, next year he came up with an even better album, and it seems to me, an even better show, which I went to see and really enjoyed a lot. By the way, the place where I saw Steven Wilson's concert was the same place where the GFD DVD was filmed... so if I had made my mind to see them the year before I would have attended that very show.
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Posted: April 10 2014 at 01:34 |
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He is the best!
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Posted: April 10 2014 at 17:26 |
Rihanna wrote:
He is the best! |
Maybe he can remix some of your music..?
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Posted: April 11 2014 at 08:10 |
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M27Barney
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 12:24 |
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I think that Mr Wilson has had some input in the new Opeth release - Been told that it's an atheistic themed release....is this in response to Transatlantic??
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Catcher10
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 13:46 |
M27Barney wrote:
I think that Mr Wilson has had some input in the new Opeth release - Been told that it's an atheistic themed release....is this in response to Transatlantic?? |
Transatlantic
Genesis
Neal Morse
Spock's Beard
Ulver
John Coltrane
...the list could be endless
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M27Barney
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 13:56 |
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When was the last Genesis release? I distinctly feel that Akerfeldt's enmity to religion will be further explored in this latest release. S. Wilson has said that one track is the best thing that Opeth has produced! - Something special then.....
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 14:03 |
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When was the last Genesis release? I distinctly feel that Akerfeldt's enmity to religion will be further explored in this latest release. S. Wilson has said that one track is the best thing that Opeth has produced! - Something special then..... |
Just in general since there is influence by Genesis.....I could careless of Akerfeldt's religious feelings, as long as he does not get indignant about it towards one group or another.
Just make good music..I too have read where SW said it was a great pc, time will tell.
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 14:21 |
Opeth is ALWAYS good music!!!
Akerfeldt is perhaps the most gifted guitarist on the earth at the present......but again lots of people units would disagree 
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 14:57 |
Guldbamsen wrote:
^I sure hope soI'd love to see Porcupine Tree do something new. 5 years though - has it really been that long? Wow, I remember pre-ordering The Incident and then being somewhat under whelmed, when I popped it in my stereo. I did like a few tracks off it, but it didn't 'reveal' itself to me, before I went and saw them live on the subsequent tour. Afterwards I started playing the album again and something clicked. It's no Sky Moves Sideways or Metanoia sure, but it's an album I listen to on regular basis (if I'm in the vicinity of my collection) and the one that most of my female friends can get with. |
I assume you went to the Copenhagen concert in Store Vega right? I was there with my wife too and it was an amazing show. Even my wife who had never heard Porcupine Tree before loved the show and still enjoy when I put Porcupine Tree on the stereo.
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 15:08 |
UMUR wrote:
Guldbamsen wrote:
^I sure hope soI'd love to see Porcupine Tree do something new. 5 years though - has it really been that long? Wow, I remember pre-ordering The Incident and then being somewhat under whelmed, when I popped it in my stereo. I did like a few tracks off it, but it didn't 'reveal' itself to me, before I went and saw them live on the subsequent tour. Afterwards I started playing the album again and something clicked. It's no Sky Moves Sideways or Metanoia sure, but it's an album I listen to on regular basis (if I'm in the vicinity of my collection) and the one that most of my female friends can get with. |
I assume you went to the Copenhagen concert in Store Vega right? I was there with my wife too and it was an amazing show. Even my wife who had never heard Porcupine Tree before loved the show and still enjoy when I put Porcupine Tree on the stereo. |
Yup Large Vega
Speaking of women - I was very surprised to see so many at the gig. Not only elderly school teachers in Icelandic sweaters but chicks with mascara and small bags you can't fit anything into.
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UMUR
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Posted: April 16 2014 at 17:02 |
Yep prog is trendy these days
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Posted: April 17 2014 at 09:49 |
its not  here where I live `n` that's 
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Posted: July 04 2014 at 06:29 |
I think Raven was good, but I prefer Insurgentes, Storm Corrosion, and some No Man and PT releases.
I really love how dark and experimental Insurengentes was. Many of the songs are brutal yet beautiful, such innovative use of drone and bleak soundscapes. Significant Other is such a brilliant track.
Also I'm another that really enjoys storm corrosion. For me it is an example of minimal and experimental music that just works so well. The last track has such sparse instrumentation but it is still captivating and emotionally effective, the same with the title track.
As for PT I have a strong affection for Stupid Dream and In Absentia, as I feel the PT formula was most prominent and succesful on these albums.Furthermore I would completely recommend Together we're Stranger by No-Man as one of the more intimate and emotional SW albums.
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