Steven Wilson - Solo

[BFrank]

Just announced:

Steven Wilson

The Fillmore

San Francisco, CA

Fri, Apr 6, 2012 08:00 PM

[Shawn]

Just announced:

Steven Wilson

The Fillmore

San Francisco, CA

Fri, Apr 6, 2012 08:00 PM

Hell yeah! I hope he decides to make a stop in L.A. while he's here.

[jazzbo]

Wilson interview

http://www.innerviews.org/inner/wilson.html

[Shawn]

Wilson interview

http://www.innerview...ner/wilson.html

Thanks for posting that!

[jazzbo]

Storm Corrosion is now available for pre-order from Amazon. Though it doesn't specify, I believe the listing is for the cd/Blu-ray combo.

[Aggie87]

Just announced:

Steven Wilson

The Fillmore

San Francisco, CA

Fri, Apr 6, 2012 08:00 PM

Did you go, Buzzzzzz??

[Shawn]

I had originally planned to go to the show in Hollywood tonight but the finances won't allow it. I spent my concert money for the month on the upcoming Opeth/Mastodon/Ghost show in a couple weeks. The prospect of a $40 ticket and parking on Saturday night on Sunset Blvd was enough to shy me away.

Edited April 8, 2012 by Shawn

[BFrank]

That's OK, Shawn.

I was planning on seeing him last night at the Fillmore, alas ...

[Shawn]

Here's the new Steven Wilson song "Luminol" from the "Get All You Deserve" concert film. The song will also be featured on Steven's next solo album, due in the spring.

Great track and shows off the more improv-based vibe he's been talking about.

[BFrank]

Whoa!

The Eleventh House meets McDonald & Giles!

Quite a new direction for SW.

[BFrank]

Steven Wilson in LA - Day 2: Recording 'The Watchmaker'

[Aggie87]

Long interesting article/interview with SW at All About Jazz posted today, here.

[A Lark Ascending]

Long interesting article/interview with SW at All About Jazz posted today, here.

Really interesting article. So much that he says fits with how I've always felt about the music of the 70s.

"because he was in the last Miles band, which was more synthesizer oriented—'What I love is the more organic early '70s Miles: the Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970), the Fender Rhodes, the ring-modulated electric piano."

"It is bizarre. I think of the whole musical palette from that era [1970s] as very organic, and a whole load of instruments which are electric instruments that sound— and I know it sounds like an oxymoron—organic to me. The mellotron, for me, is an incredibly organic-sounding instrument—the kind of scratching sound of the tape heads going down on a piece of analog tape—these things for me, at least in my terms, are very, very organic. In a way, they're not electric even though they are. They're not synthetic; I think that's a better word. They're kind of anti-synthetic, so they really feel like flesh and blood: living, breathing instruments. And they don't date, for me. In fact, those instruments sound timeless to me. I would put Hammond organ, mellotron and Fender Rhodes alongside the grand piano as kinds of instruments of sound that don't seem to date at all; they have a certain golden quality."

This is exactly how I hear it. Not bloated pomp-rock but music with an incredible range of timbre.

"I'd love to do Soft Machine's Third (Columbia, 1970)"

Please, please do! Because even in its third (?) remastering it still sounds muddy.

Edited October 1, 2012 by A Lark Ascending

[Shawn]

Very nice article, thanks for sharing.

The new concert film "Get All You Deserve" is a stunner, what a great band he's assembled! All of the Grace For Drowning material comes off much better in the live setting, it adds some extra punch and passion, while the record itself sounded kinda clinical.

[jazzbo]

I agree that "Get All You Deserve" is quite a spectacle, and I like the material live better than on the record (considerably more) as you predicted. Did you get the Blu-ray?

[Ed S]

Over the past 12-18 months, I've become quite a big fan of Steve Wilson. Takes me back to my roots in some ways.

[Quincy]

I agree that "Get All You Deserve" is quite a spectacle, and I like the material live better than on the record (considerably more) as you predicted. Did you get the Blu-ray?

I agree with what you're saying though I'm not sure about the picture (Hawthorne final season?). A whole lotta music on the blu-ray as I started it too late in the evening that I couldn't finish it in one sitting. Look forward to many more spins as that's one hell of a band. Great interview too btw.

[jazzbo]

Not sure how the picture got there, I was watching that disc set (good show) and meant to post it elsewhere.

[A Lark Ascending]

All hail to Wilson also for consistently championing 'Lizard'.

When I bought a copy in 1971 it totally bewildered me - the first side threw me completely, with little in the way of a tune to latch onto until the last track.

But over a year or so it ate its way into my brain and ultimately became my favourite KC album (with Islands jostling with it for poll position).

Ever since then I've seen it consistently written off, even by Fripp himself. Great to hear someone influential champion it not just as 'better than we thought' but as an utterly brilliant album.

I think he's right about there being so much information in the record. Try listening to it concentrating on just the guitar (electric and acoustic). Extraordinary.

Edited October 2, 2012 by A Lark Ascending

[Shawn]

All hail to Wilson also for consistently championing 'Lizard'.

When I bought a copy in 1971 it totally bewildered me - the first side threw me completely, with little in the way of a tune to latch onto until the last track.

But over a year or so it ate its way into my brain and ultimately became my favourite KC album (with Islands jostling with it for poll position).

Ever since then I've seen it consistently written off, even by Fripp himself. Great to hear someone influential champion it not just as 'better than we thought' but as an utterly brilliant album.

I think he's right about there being so much information in the record. Try listening to it concentrating on just the guitar (electric and acoustic). Extraordinary.

Did you get the 40th anniversary edition with Wilson's remix? The album sounds better now than it ever did.

[A Lark Ascending]

All hail to Wilson also for consistently championing 'Lizard'.

When I bought a copy in 1971 it totally bewildered me - the first side threw me completely, with little in the way of a tune to latch onto until the last track.

But over a year or so it ate its way into my brain and ultimately became my favourite KC album (with Islands jostling with it for poll position).

Ever since then I've seen it consistently written off, even by Fripp himself. Great to hear someone influential champion it not just as 'better than we thought' but as an utterly brilliant album.

I think he's right about there being so much information in the record. Try listening to it concentrating on just the guitar (electric and acoustic). Extraordinary.

Did you get the 40th anniversary edition with Wilson's remix? The album sounds better now than it ever did.

Yes. I agree. Much greater clarity.

[jazzbo]

I now have the deluxe edition of "Get All You Deserve." The Blu-ray is excellent, and the cds sound very good.

[Shawn]

Steven Wilson's 3rd solo album will be released on Feb. 25th, here is the information from the press release:

The new album by Steven Wilson and band “The Raven that Refused to Sing (and other stories)” will be released on Kscope on 25th February. The album was written between January-July and recorded in Los Angeles in September with Steven’s current band line up of Guthrie Govan – lead guitar, Nick Beggs – bass guitar, Marco Minnemann – drums, Adam Holzman – keyboards, Theo Travis – saxophone / flute and engineered by legendary producer/engineer Alan Parsons.

The 6 tracks on the album are based on stories of the supernatural and the deluxe 4 disc edition comes in the form of a 128 page hardback book containing lyrics and ghost stories, illustrated by Hajo Mueller. There will also be stand alone double vinyl, CD and Blu-Ray editions. Pre-orders for the limited deluxe edition will start soon, while the tour to promote the album starts on 1st March in Europe, and will continue throughout the rest of the year visiting many other countries, with many dates yet to be announced.

Track listing:

1. Luminol (12.10)

2. Drive Home (7.37)

3. The Holy Drinker (10.13)

4. The Pin Drop (5.03)

5. The Watchmaker (11.43)

6. The Raven that Refused to Sing (7.57)

Edited November 29, 2012 by Shawn

[jazzbo]

More of that loony looking imagery. I wish he'd outgrow that. Maybe one day.

[Aggie87]

The deluxe version of Raven is up for pre-order on Burning Shed as of today.

It's a 4 disc set (the album, demos, DVD-V and Blu Ray) in a big book, looks nice.

Price is $64, which isn't all that bad I suppose, but the shipping is $27 this time around. Ouch. I'm really having to think about that. Gets expensive for what amounts to 3 discs of the essentially the same material and a demo disc.