Colin Edwin

Arriving Somewhere ... est le premier DVD live du groupe de rock progressif britannique Porcupine Tree. Un spectacle complet de la tournée Deadwing filmé par "Studio M" avec neuf caméras HD à Park West, Chicago les 11 et 12 octobre 2005, avec la bande originale mixée en stéréo et son surround 5.1 par Steven Wilson, et masterisée par Darcy Proper.

Ce nouveau live de 130 mn est un véritable film qui nous montre la bande à Steven Wilson au sommet de sa forme sur la tournée de l'album « Fear of a blank planet ». Enregistré en HD avec plusieurs caméras lors de deux soirées mémorables au fameux 013 à Tilburg en Hollande en octobre 2008, on retrouve ici les meilleurs moments de ces 2 concerts. Le groupe joue en intégralité les morceaux de « Fear of a blank planet » ainsi que les titres les plus emblématiques de ses albums précédents. Bref, un must pour leurs nombreux aficionados!

Documentary film on the production of Porcupine Tree's album "Deadwing"

A la surprise générale, PORCUPINE TREE est sorti de sa caverne après 12 ans d’hibernation. Et quelle joie de voir le désormais trio nous offrir du son tout frais dont l’apparente simplicité ne saurait masquer les subtiles complexités d’un rock progressif toujours aussi inventif. La magie opère de nouveau et il apparaît indéniablement qu’esquiver ce concert et manquer ce come-back sera considéré comme un crime de lèse-majesté.

A live performance of the band's 2009 album The Incident in its entirety recorded at the Riviera Theater in Chicago on 30 April 2010.

Documentary of the making of the Porcupine Tree album In Absentia

A documentary chronicling the production of British prog rock band Porcupine Tree's ninth studio album.

With melodic progressive rock and socially critical lyrics, the British band Porcupine Tree also gained a large fan base in Germany at the turn of the millennium. In 2005, Rockpalast filmed them at their gig in Cologne's Live Music Hall. At their concert in Cologne, the band played a varied set of 15 songs, including their hit at the time, Lazarus.

Porcupine Tree live on Rockpalast 19 November 2005. Disc 1: 1. "Intro" 2. "Open Car" 3. "Blackest Eyes" 4. "Lazarus" 5. "Futile" 6. "Mellotron Scratch" 7. "Mother and Child Divided" 8. ".3" 9. "So Called Friend" Disc 2: 1. "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" 2. "The Sound of Muzak" 3. "Start of Something Beautiful" 4. "Halo" 5. "Radioactive Toy" 6. "Trains"

In Absentia was Porcupine Tree’s seventh studio album, first released in 2002, and was the first in a run of three albums that for many represent the pinnacle of the band's artistic achievements. Not many albums can claim to have created a new genre, but with its fusion of metal, progressive rock, ambient textures, and acoustic singer-songwriter styled material, it became a blueprint for a generation of bands to come. It also represented a commercial breakthrough for the band, eventually going on to sell three times more than the band’s previous releases. In Absentia features many of Porcupine Tree’s most beloved songs, including Trains, The Sound of Muzak and Blackest Eyes. While not a formal concept album, many of the songs have common themes related to serial killers, youthful innocence gone wrong, and observations of the modern world, setting a template for many of songwriter Steven Wilson's future songs.

Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling before 2009's The Incident. Steven Wilson has mentioned that the album's title is a direct reference to the 1990 Public Enemy album, Fear of a Black Planet; while the former was about race issues, the latter is about the fear of losing the current generation of youth to various common threats to their mental and social well being, including broken homes, excessive "screen time", and narcotic overuse (prescribed and otherwise) to the point of mental and spiritual "blankness".

5.1 surround mix of the EP Nil Recurring, by the band Porcupine Tree. Tracks: 01-Nil Recurring 02-Normal 03-Cheating the Polygraph 04-What Happens Now?