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As previously announced the forthcoming vinyl compilation LP “Transience" will feature a new recording of Lazarus, originally recorded by Porcupine Tree for the “Deadwing" album in 2004.  

To mark the release of this new version you can listen to my original demo of the song.  This was actually the first of two demos I made of Lazarus, and it features a very different middle 8, subsequently rewritten for the second demo and final album recording.  

Lazarus was one of several songs that were based on a film script that I was working on at the time with my friend Mike Bennion, and the David mentioned in the song is a central character in that script. 

Lazarus (first demo) performed by SW at No Man’s Land, December 2003.

Lazarus (Demo)

Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But No Here

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Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (Live)

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PORCUPINE TREE - THE START OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

My own edit of two Porcupine Tree's songs - "Normal" and "Sentimental". First song appeared on "Nil Recurring" EP, the second one appeared on "Fear of a Blank Planet" album.
Big thank you to Steven Wilson for his great songs!

Steven Wilson - vocals, guitars, mellotron
Colin Edwin - bass
Richard Barbieri - keys, piano
Gavin Harrision - drums

Porcupine Tree - Normal/Sentimental (Edit)

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Echoes (Part 2)

Shes moved on - Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree - Way Out Of Here . :))

Porcupine Tree Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

In Absentia is the seventh studio album by Porcupine Tree, first released on 24 September 2002. The album marked several changes for the band, with it being the first with new drummer Gavin Harrison and the first to move into a more heavy metal and progressive metal direction, contrary to past albums’ psychedelic and pop rock sounds.

While not a formal concept album, many of the songs still have common themes related to serial killers, youthful innocence gone wrong, and criticisms of the modern world. The album’s title is also tied into this, with the phrase being Latin for “in absence” or “in one’s absence”, often in reference to a person’s rights when mentally unable to be represented in court in legal situations. Wilson said of the title:

“It comes from… It’s related to some of the lyrics. It’s about people on the fringes, on the edges of humanity and society. I have an interest in serial killers, child molesters, and wife beaters… Not in what they did, but in the psychology of why. What caused them to become unhinged and twisted? Why are they unable to empathise? It’s sort of a metaphor – there’s something missing, a black hole, a cancer in their soul. It’s an absence in the soul.”

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Porcupine Tree - Trains (from In Absentia)

Deadwing is the eighth studio album by Porcupine Tree, released on 28 March 2005. The album is based on a screenplay written by Steven Wilson and Mike Bennion, and is essentially a ghost story. Wilson had expressed the intention to eventually have this film script made into a movie.

The album produced two singles, “Shallow” and “Lazarus”. The album also produced three music videos for “Lazarus”, “Start of Something Beautiful”, and “Glass Arm Shattering”.

The album includes collaborations with King Crimson’s Adrian Belew, who plays guitar solos on the title track “Deadwing” and “Halo”, and Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt, who adds vocal harmonies on “Deadwing”, “Lazarus”, and “Arriving Somewhere But Not Here”. He also plays the second guitar solo on “Arriving Somewhere But Not Here”.

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Porcupine Tree - Lazarus (from Deadwing)

Recorded this live on video for self-promo in early 2011. My favorite song by the band Porcupine Tree, "Trains."

Recorded using:
FL Studio 9.8 beta
Shure Beta 57A dynamic mic
Washburn D10SCE dreadnought
Zoom G9.2tt (as preamp)
E-MU 0404 PCI interface
NI Guitar Rig 3
iZotope Ozone 4
Celemony Melodyne 3.2
Martin 80/20 Bronze strings, extra light (top e .11)
monitored using Behringer HPS3000 headphones

Porcupine Tree - Trains (2011)

Paroles & musique : Steven Wilson.

As the cheerless towns pass my window
I can see a washed out moon through the fog
And then a voice inside my head, breaks the analogue
And says

"Follow me down to the valley below You know
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"

I survived against the will of my twisted folk
But in the deafness of my world the silence broke
And said

"Follow me down to the valley below You know
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul"

"My David don't you worry
This cold world is not for you
So rest your head upon me
I have strength to carry you"

(Ghosts of the twenties rising Golden summers just holding you)

"Follow me down to the valley below You know
Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul
Come to us, Lazarus
It's time for you to go"

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