Insurgentes (2016 Remaster) Steven Wilson

• 1 Harmony Korine 05:08
• 2 Abandoner 04:48
• 3 Salvaging 08:17
• 4 Veneno Para Las Hadas 05:58
• 5 No Twilight Within the Courts of the Sun 08:37
• 6 Significant Other 04:31
• 7 Only Child 04:23
• 8 Twilight Coda 03:24
• 9 Get All You Deserve 06:16
• 10 Insurgentes 03:54
• Total Runtime 55:16

Info for Insurgentes (2016 Remaster)

Steven Wilson's debut solo album 'Insurgentes' arrives as HighRes-ReMaster. Acclaimed for his work with Porcupine Tree, Opeth and Anja Garbarek amongst others, Steven Wilson's debut album Insurgentes contains 10 tracks that range from ballads and anthems to all-out industrial noise assaults. The dark, cinematic and richly textured album represents two years' worth of creative output and numerous recording sessions worldwide in studios from Mexico City to Japan and Israel. 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.'' Wilson recruited a stellar cast of guests to work on the album including bassist Tony Levin, Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), alongside Japanese Koto player Michiyo Yagi, British guitarist Sand Snowman, and jazz flautist and saxophonist Theo Travis. The final product inhabits a similar experimental realm as recent albums by Thom Yorke, Portishead, and Nine Inch Nails.

„It caused a stir when it was announced: Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree and No-Man fame) was to release his first-ever full-length solo album. The first question to pop up was: why? After a couple decades of activity under his belt, and two handfuls of bands and projects past and present (including several solo outfits, like Bass Communion), why would he release an album under his own name, and what would that album be like? Well, as it turned out, Insurgentes is basically a Porcupine Tree album in which Wilson wrote all the songs and made all the decisions, including the one to not include all current members of Porcupine Tree in the project. Is that a problem, fans might ask? Not at all. In fact, Insurgentes is an excellent slab of progressive-tinged alternative rock, and a logical next step from Fear of a Blank Planet, PT's last album at this point. The songwriting is sharp and punchy in the short tracks, and atmospheric and contrasted in the longer ones (the wall-of-guitar entry in 'No Twilight Within the Courts of the Sun'), with maybe a tad bit more input from Wilson's experimental project Bass Communion filtering through in the textures department. Despite featuring only Wilson and PT drummer Gavin Harrison, the leadoff track, 'Harmony Korine,' would have been perfect as a hit single for the next Porcupine Tree record. 'Abandoner' is Wilson at his creepy best: stark electronica beat, aerial vocals, and twisted ambience (enhanced in the 5.1 surround mix version by a tricky placement of acoustic guitar attack and backward effect). Theo Travis guests on flute on this track. Other guest musicians include Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess delivering a stunning piano solo in 'No Twilight Within the Courts of the Sun,' King Crimson bassist Tony Levin, singer Clodagh Simonds (of Fovea Hex) adding wordless vocals to 'Significant Other,' and Michiyo Yagi on koto (a Japanese traditional zither-like instrument) on the title track. Accessible yet boundary-pushing (in a pop/rock format), Insurgentes is one of Wilson's finer moments.“ (François Couture, AMG)

Steven Wilson, vocals, guitars, pianos, keyboards, synthesizers, harmonium, mellotron, bass, percussion, drum & keyboard programming, ambient noise, loops
Additional musicians:
Gavin Harrison, drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 1[*], 2[*] and 3[*]), cymbals (4)
Tony Levin, bass (on tracks 5, 6, 3)
Mike Outram, electric guitar (on tracks 5, 8)
Dirk Serries, guitar drones (on tracks 3, 9)
Jordan Rudess, piano (on tracks 4, 5, 8)
Clodagh Simonds, vocals (on track 6)
Sand Snowman, acoustic and processed acoustic guitars (on tracks 2, 8), recorders (on tack 4)
Theo Travis, wah-flute (on track 2), clarinet (on track 4 and 1), saxophone (on track 1)
Michiyo Yagi, 17-string bass koto (on track 10), 21-string koto (on track 3)

Engineered by Steve Price, Maki Sasaki
Mixed by Steven Wilson
Produced by Steven Wilson

Digitally remastered by Steven Wilson

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 48 kHz, 24-bit. The provided 96 kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!

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