Porcupine Tree (was Re: Mumpbeak)

Yes,No-Man is very good stuff...I have all of their output...


Fripp is also on Fear of a Blank Planet(as is,Alex Lifeson)...










--- In [email protected], Sean Terwilliger <seanter@...> wrote:
>
> Steven Wilson can write one heck of a pop song! I also love no-man. That's
> his band with Tim Bowness, which, like Porcupine Tree, has changed sounds
> radically over time. Returning Jesus and Together We're Stronger are gems,
> IMHO, as is Flowermouth (Very different) which has guest guitar from Mr.
> Fripp.
> 
> I'm a huge Steven Wilson fan, and came into his body of work via
> Flowermouth.
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Dave Brunelle <dave.brunelle@...>wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Blackfield! Right! It's the second album. I was surprised how much did
> > stick in my head after giving it a few spins. Don't know why I never picked
> > up the first.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On Oct 9, 2013, at 4:41 PM, "JoEllen Phillips" <joellenphillips@...>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I can't say that I agree that they got more 'poppy' after Signify...I do
> > love that record but it still didn't feel as fully realized or dynamic as
> > to what was yet to come...I feel that branched out a lot more on the later
> > records...but I still love Signify...when I think of their 'poppy' period I
> > think more of Stupid Dream or Lightbulb Sun...both of which I love...either
> > was you can't go wrong...and yes,he def had a Gilmour/Floyd fascination
> > early on but broke free of it...
> >
> > Yes,he produced and played on 3 records with Opeth...Blackwater
> > Park,Damnation and Deliverance....all incredible records...
> >
> > @Dave-You are referring to Blackfield...that is his project with Israeli
> > musician Aviv Geffen...now we are talking more in the pop vein...the first
> > 2 were excellent...the 3rd and 4th didn't have nearly as much SW
> > contribution...those first two had some great emotionally charged melodic
> > pop on them though...
> >
> > and yes that is the same Bass Communion...
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "Alan Blattberg" <alanb@> wrote:
> > >
> > > "Signify" is my favorite PT album. It is their rocking-est, most King
> > > Crimson-lineup-III-y. The albums after that grew more poppy and, while I
> > > still like them, I missed that album's `edge'.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > PT's earlier work was more in the realm of sprawling space-rock. You can
> > > tell how much Steven Wilson admired David Gilmour. "The Sky Moves
> > Sideways"
> > > is a fantastic example of that period.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Wilson also became very involved with Swedish progressive metal band
> > Opeth.
> > > He produced and played on a number of their later albums (starting, I
> > > believe, with "Damnation," a great `unplugged' album of bass, drums,
> > > (non-wailing) guitar and Mellotron). Their earlier stuff is in the epic,
> > > multi-tiered Gothic (not Goth) death metal vein, and top-shelf if you
> > like
> > > said vein, but their later albums are glorious, with lovely singing, and
> > the
> > > incorporation of myriad musical styles... As a result of this collab,
> > > Opeth's material became laced with more varied musical elements, and PT
> > got
> > > their bite back.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If you like his work with Opeth, check out "Storm Corrosion," a collab
> > > between SW and Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > —————
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ars Perspicuus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Music for real and imaginary ensembles
> > >
> > > playing actual and implied instruments.
> > >
> > > http://alanb.org <http://alanb.org/>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Let us accompany you...
> > >
> >
> >   
> >
>




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