Albert Hall VIP packages off the menu
Please note that contrary to an earlier news item the band have decided not to offer a special VIP package for the Royal Albert Hall show. If you joined the Residents of a Blank Planet service over the last few days in anticipation of this, please contact the PT store to ask for a refund. Apologies for the confusion.
Porcupine Tree Voyage 34 Vinyl Reissue
Voyage 34, is an instrumental composition from 1992/93, split into 4 phases and lasting for over an hour. Combining trance rhythms alongside more typical PT textures and guitar solos, Voyage 34 was a big hit in the ambient/chill out club scene of the early 1990s (when it was originally issued as two 12 inch singles).
This vinyl edition comes on 180gsm heavyweight double coloured vinyl in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves. It also features the extended version of Phase 4 which is 6 minutes longer than it’s previous CD version.
This limited edition vinyl is now available to pre-order and shall ship from February 15th 2010, click here to order.
Porcupine Tree 2010 – Albert Hall & Mexico
Porcupine Tree will play 2 special shows to close the Incident tour cycle, one in the UK and one in the US. The UK show is now confirmed to take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 14th October 2010. These shows will be evening-with concerts with PT playing an extended set – although we can’t tell you exactly what the evening will hold at this moment, the band are planning some very special things that will make these 2 shows unique experiences for everyone.
Tickets for the Royal Albert Hall show will be on sale from 29th December, but please note that the bands are also putting together a special VIP package for Residents of a Blank Planet members – more news on this soon, as well as confirmation of date and location of the US show.
Porcupine Tree is happy to announce its return to Mexico City, on the 14th April 2010, at the José Cuervo Salón. The date for tickets going on sale for this show has been delayed in order to rework the schedule, with a possible change of venue in Mexico City and the addition of some more shows in Mexico. Updated info will be announced shortly.
No-Man Mixtaped DVD – Shipping November 10th
No-Man’s Mixtaped has been re-authored and is currently being manufactured.
The DVD will now be shipping from November 10th.
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Steven Wilson Rock Bottom Radio Interview
Last weekend (25th Oct 2009) Steven Wilson was interviewed on the Rock Bottom radio show from Hamberg, Germany. The interview is available in MP3 here.
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New Incident merchandise
There is a whole range of new Incident related merchandise available in both the Porcupine Tree UK and US stores. The US store is a brand new addition following requests from fans.
Check out the clothing, accessories and artwork pages on the European store, or the US store.
All of these items, apart from the the denim jacket and coffee mug which remain mail order only, will also be sold at the shows on the forthcoming tour dates – but please note that while you will save on shipping by buying at a show, most venues these days add a concession fee to each item (sometimes as much as 35%) which means it may actually work out cheaper for you to pay the shipping. This is something that is unfortunately beyond the band’s control and can vary from venue to venue.
No-Man – Mixtaped (double dvd preorder)
Mixtaped:
The first ever DVD release from No-Man.
Comprising the band’s sell-out performance at London’s Bush Hall in 2008, a comprehensive career-spanning documentary, Returning, and numerous extras (including newly commissioned and archive video footage), Mixtaped provides a fascinating insight into the inner workings of the band.
Returning:
Directed by award winning journalist Richard Smith, Returning is the story of No-Man.
At the start of their career, No-Man were described as ‘conceivably the most important band since The Smiths’ (Melody Maker). Almost 20 years later, Uncut claimed the band as ‘Britain’s most underrated sorrowful sonic architects’.
Returning reveals for the first time the No-Man’s full history from their roots in a teenager’s bedroom to an unsuccessful career in mainstream Pop; from near obscurity to increasing cult success.
Returning is the story of two musicians who’ve stuck to their belief in the transformative power of popular music, and the music industry’s sometimes tense relationships with art, commerce and its audience.
Comes with an audio CD of highlights from the Bush Hall performance exclusive to Burning Shed.
Preorder Now – Shipping from 5th October
Tracks
DVD Disc One:
No-Man’s complete Bush Hall live performance with 5.1 and stereo options (90 mins).
Live photo gallery – Including photos from all three of No-Man’s first live concerts in 15 years, with an exclusive soundtrack of the song Housekeeping (recorded live in Dusseldorf).
DVD Disc Two:
Returning – An 85 minute career-spanning documentary including previously unseen footage, photos and images, and in-depth interviews with every member of No-Man past and present (including Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson, Ben Coleman and Chris Maitland).
Extras – Complete videos for several No-Man songs spanning 1990-2009. Deleted scenes.
CD:
1. Only Rain/Time Travel In Texas (9.39)
2. All Sweet Things (6.42)
3. Pretty Genius (3.48)
4. Returning Jesus (4.49)
5. Mixtaped (8.57)
6. Things Change (8.19)
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
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Porcupine Tree The Incident – Special Edition Pre-orders from other countries
If you would like to order a copy of the special edition of the Incident, but don’t see your country listed in the pre-order page, no problem! All you need to do is send an email to porcupinetree@warnermusic.com including your address. They will then get back to you with shipping information.
Porcupine Tree Time Flies video
Porcupine Tree reveal the first video from their highly anticipated new album The Incident (in stores 14th September) exclusively with MUZU TV in the UK and Ireland this coming Monday (17th August) at 4pm.
The video is directed by Lasse Hoile, the man responsible for (amongst other things) the videos for Fear Of A Blank Planet and Way Out Of Here, the stunning visuals at Porcupine Tree shows, and the hardback book of photographs to accompany The Incident that comes as part of the limited deluxe edition.
Time Flies in its full 12 minute form appears as the central segment of the 55 minute title track of the album.
Head to here on Monday at 4pm to check out the video.
There will also be a competition to celebrate the launch of the album.
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