Cover Version VI
Headphone Dust will soon release the newly recorded Cover Version VI single (but please don’t write in trying to order it yet). This will be the last in the series of CD singles featuring a cover version and an original. In the meantime you can listen to the second track from the single on MySpace page now – of course as always the cover version itself will remain a secret until the CD single is actually released. The plan is for there to be a limited edition box which will house not just CV6 but all of the previous singles too, complete with a picture sleeve for each one. ToneFloat will also release CV5 and CV6 on 7 inch vinyl. More news soon….
NSRGNTS RMXS – Remix Album Plus Video Competition
Earlier this year to coincide with the release of Insurgentes by Steven Wilson, Kscope launched a remix competition which gave fans the chance to remix a track from the album.
We received over 200 entries to the competition, each of which were listened to personally by Steven. He was so impressed by the response and the quality and diversity of the entries that we have decided to launch a new competition to coincide with the release of the new remix album, NSRGNTS RMXS. For this competition rather than asking for people to remix a track, we are instead inviting people to create a video for one of the tracks.
We would like people to make a video for the David A. Sitek mix of Harmony Korine which is available from the Kscope store (the tracks shall also be available to download from this site shortly).
The initial deadline for entries has passed but we have had several people contact us asking for more time to complete their video so we extending this deadline to October 12th (UK releases date of NSRGNTS RMXS).
We’ve created a YouTube channel for all entries so once you’ve completed your video please upload it to your own YouTube page and send us a link to let us know and we’ll add it to the page as a favourite.
Insurgentes was released earlier this year on Kscope. The album immediately received a rapturous reception from not just fans and critics but also from fellow artists. Several of these artists have remixed tracks from the album and NSRGNTS RMXS is a collection of some of these remixes.
The CD edition features a mix of Harmony Korine by David A. Sitek, currently enjoying massive critical acclaim for the new TV On The Radio album. Underground hip-hop pioneers Dälek have created a dark, brooding mix of Get All You Deserve (think Massive Attack meets UNKLE). Engineers, who recently returned with their new album Three Fact Fader, have brought their widescreen sound to Abandoner while Pat Mastelotto (King Crimson, XTC) has created a sprawling mix of Salvaging and drone act Fear Falls Burning have also reworked Get All You Deserve. It also features the Danse Macabre remix, which was the winner of the original remix competition.
The 12” vinyl edition of NSRGNTS RMXS will be limited to 1000 copies and will only be available from the Kscope store. It also features the David A. Sitek mix along with two mixes of Only Child by Pat Mastelotto.
A digital edition will also be available which collects all eight tracks available on the CD and 12”.
1. Harmony Korine – David A. Sitek Magentzied Nebula Mix
2. Get All You Deserve – Dälek Mix
3. Abandoner – Engineers Mix
4. Salvaging – Pat Mastelotto Mix
5. Abandoner – Danse Macabre Mix
6. Get All You Deserve – Fear Falls Burning Mix
Insurgentes Film Premier
Lasse Hoile’s full length feature version of the part documentary / part surreal road movie based on the recording of SW’s first solo album “Insurgentes” has officially been selected at this years CPH:DOX international film festival. This will be the world premiere. The film is also taking part in competition for best documentary feature. The festival will take place from 6th – 15th November 2009 (in Copenhagen DK). More news soon. Link to Copenhagen film festival here.
Signed RMXS CD
Newbury Comics in the US have a special offer where you can order a copy of the new NSRGNTS RMXS mini album CD edition personally signed by SW. Grab one while you can! The mini album is officially released on 11th August.
SW Insurgentes Solo Tour Rumour
Following a post yesterday by music journalist Dave Ling, it seems that SW is considering a solo tour for his first album, Insurgentes.
“And, yes, I did ask the obvious question – whether there will be any live dates. “There’s a window in my schedule,” Steven told me, shortly before heading off to play guitar on some dates with Blackfield partner Aviv Geffen. Work on a new Porcupine Tree album is also underway. “It would involve finding other musicians to be in my band,” Wilson continued. “I’d like to do it, but it will all depend on how the album is received and whether or not the demand is there.””
SW on tour with Aviv Geffen
SW will take a “busman’s holiday” to play guitar for his friend Aviv Geffen on his first solo tour of Europe in January (whilst also taking the opportunity to do some local press and promotion for Insurgentes along the way). The dates are:
16th Jan – Rotunda Club, Krakow, Poland
17th Jan – Postbanhof, Berlin, Germany
18th Jan – Knust, Hamburg, Germany
20th Jan – Luxor, Koln, Germany
21st Jan – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
22nd Jan – Ampere, Munich, Germany
24th Jan – Cafe de la Danse, Paris, France
27th Jan – Proud Galleries, London, UK
The band will be the full Blackfield line up (with Tomer Z, Seffy Efrati, and Eran Mittelman), but note that while there’s sure to be a few Blackfield songs performed, most of the songs will be from Aviv’s forthcoming debut English language solo album (produced by Trevor Horn).
Steven Wilson signs a worldwide deal with Kscope
Kscope have secured a worldwide 3 album deal with writer & producer Steven Wilson.
Acclaimed for his work with Porcupine Tree, Opeth and Anja Garbarek, amongst others, Steven Wilson’s debut album Insurgentes will be released on Kscope in February 2009. Comprising 10 new tracks that range from ballads and anthems to all-out industrial noise assaults, the dark, cinematic, and richly textured disc represents two years’ worth of creative output and numerous recording sessions worldwide in studios from Mexico City to Japan and Israel.
To watch a trailer set to the first song from the album, Harmony Korine and to hear more music from the album, visit www.insurgentes.org
While Wilson is a member of several bands, including Blackfield, No-Man, and Bass Communion, he explains that “when I began writing these songs, I quickly realized that they would be best suited to an album under my own name. It was an intuitive, almost unconscious writing process that resulted in a kind of ‘poetry of melancholy.” The final product inhabits a similar experimental realm as recent albums by Thom Yorke, Portishead, and Nine Inch Nails.
Wilson recruited a stellar cast of guests to work on the album including bassist Tony Levin, drummer Gavin Harrison, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess, alongside Japanese Koto player Michiyo Yagi, British guitarist Sand Snowman, and jazz flautist and saxophonist Theo Travis.
Tracklist
Harmony Korine
Abandoner
Salvaging
Veneno Para Las Hadas
No Twilight
Significant Other
Only Child
Twilight Coda
Get All You Deserve
Insurgentes
New PT solo sampler
Now available from the PT Store is a new budget priced sampler of music from various collaborations and solo projects by the members of Porcupine Tree. Includes tracks from Richard Barbieri’s solo albums, Colin Edwin’s forthcoming solo album, Ex-Wise Heads, Gavin Harrison/O5Ric, No-Man, Bass Communion, and a track from Steven Wilson’s forthcoming solo album.
Insurgentes regular CD edition
A lot of people are asking what will be included in the regular retail CD edition of Insurgentes, and the truth is that no decision has been made on this yet (so by all means voice your opinions). Of course the album, and possibly some of all of the bonus material too, but certainly not all. Though we will try to make the standard CD version of the album as beautifully packaged as we can (given the restrictions of keeping it affordable), the deluxe versions are the definitive editions of Insurgentes. Music is Art and it should be presented as such, not as a set of compressed computer files or a basic disc in a disposable crystal case. It’s this way of thinking that forms one of the main themes running through Lasse Hoile’s film “Insurgentes”, which is why you will see SW destroying so many iPods in the movie!
Insurgentes Pricing/Postage
We’re well aware of how expensive the special editions of Insurgentes must appear and we’re genuinely sorry if people have taken offense.
However, what people must bear in mind is that the postage costs are excessive due to the extreme weight (1.6 kilos) of the package and the fact that we need to buy special protective packaging in order to send it out properly. As a company who has frequent dealings with the Post Office, we are sending this out as cheaply as we can. Obviously, this is something we all looked into seriously before the launch of Insurgentes.
As for the actual product price, the elaborate hardback booklet has specially commissioned photography/ artwork and is incredibly expensive to produce. SW has paid for this himself. The cost of manufacturing alone ensures that Steven won’t make a great profit on this even if all the copies sell out.
This was definitely a labour of love rather than a ticket to easy money.
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