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Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing

Steven Wilson - The Watchmaker

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)

'4 1/2' the new interim album from Steven Wilson is OUT NOW and available in various formats.

CD: http://smarturl.it/4_AND_A_HALF_CD
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Steven Wilson, four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder member of Porcupine Tree, returns in 2015 with his highly anticipated fourth solo album 'Hand. Cannot. Erase.'

The album is presented in an elaborately conceived and designed 96 page case-bound book with several additional inserts, including a diary, a sketchbook, newspaper cutting, a letter..etc…,featuring artwork by long term SW collaborators Lasse Hoile (photography), Hajo Mueller (illustrations) and Carl Glover (design).  Included inside are:

 - Hand. Cannot, Erase. album CD

- Original demos CD (exclusive to this edition and including music that did not make the final album)

- Blu-Ray containing hi resolution stereo & 5.1 audio (96/24 5.1 LPCM & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), seven additional alternative versions, mixes & radio edits, 30 minute studio documentary, studio sessions photo gallery

- DVD-V containing stereo & 5.1 audio (DTS 96/24 5.1 & 96/24 Stereo  LPCM) 

 'Hand. Cannot. Erase.' follows the critical and commercial success of 'The Raven That Refused To Sing' (Germany #3, UK# 28) released in February 2013, and a run of sold-out shows around the world including London’s Royal Albert Hall. Steven will embark on an extensive ‘An Evening With Steven Wilson’ European tour in March & April 2015.

Recorded at London’s illustrious Air Studios, Hand. Cannot. Erase, reunited Steven with Guthrie Govan (guitar), Adam Holzman (keyboards), Nick Beggs (bass / stick), and Marco Minneman (drums), the spectacular band responsible for 'The Raven That Refused To Sing’' album and world tour. 
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DOWNLOAD: http://smarturl.it/SW_HCE_DOWNLOAD


Hand Cannot Erase

Steven Wilson -  Hand Cannot Erase - (From Hand. Cannot. Erase.)

The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories)

Drive Home

Hand Cannot Erase (Deluxe Edition)

Routine (feat. Ninet Tayeb)

The Pin Drop

Happiness III

Space Oddity (Live)

Written in 2001 for a planned metal style collaboration with Mikael Åkerfeldt, this song has been revisited several times since, but I could never really make it fit the style of whatever I was doing at the time.  In the meantime the album with Mike finally happened, but in a completely different style to the album we planned 10 years ago (it's coming out in April).  So finally here is the orphan song Cut Ribbon - this is the latest version from the 2010/2011 Grace For Drowning sessions.  Gavin Harrison on drums (recorded in 2008), all other instruments SW.  

Cut Ribbon

To The Bone

The Same Asylum As Before

Song Of I (feat. Sophie Hunger)

Permanating

Refuge

These 5 songs were originally included as part of a special 3 disc hardback book edition of Insurgentes released on my own label Headphone Dust a few months prior to KScope issuing the standard version. I had around 25 songs in total from the recording sessions, several of which were dropped because they didn't measure up (some of the other leftover pieces are now released on the Insurgentes film DVD), but I felt these 5 songs were as good as the album material, so it wasn't for lack of quality that I left them off, more to do with context and not wanting the album to be too long as a listening experience.  Instead they were included on a separate CD only available with the special edition (and later on vinyl releases).  The whole idea of the special edition was to experiment with doing something really special with the packaging that took advantage of the multi-media aspect of the project (film, photos, music), and to sell only online.  They were very expensive to make and could only be printed as a one-off edition, so I had to guess at how many to make - even then I became so convinced that I wasn't going to be able to sell them that I priced is such that I basically lost money with every copy sold.  Later on I found myself wondering if the small minority that still complained that they had been "ripped off" in only getting a CD, a CD EP, a DVD, and a ten by ten 128 page clothbound full colour book for their £34 were the same people that later sold their copy on eBay for 10 times what they paid for it.  Anyway, I digress....  Here for those that missed out on the special edition, are the bonus Insurgentes songs in full resolution WAVs, enjoy! Best, S

Collecting Space

Here we all are
Born into a struggle
To come so far
But end up returning to dust

Oxfam panache tips his hat
(laces undone)
He has no truck with idle chat
(work to be done)
The songs he learned from scratched LP's
Stops in mid-flow to sip his tea

He strums the chords with less than grace
(songs we all know)
Each passing year etched on his face
(sun, rain or snow)
The words he sings are not his own
They speak of things he'll never know

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Steven Wilson - Vocals, Mellotron, Keyboards, Guitars
Nick Beggs - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Guthrie Govan - Lead Guitar
Adam Holzman - Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Piano, Minimoog
Marco Minnemann - Drums, Percussion
Theo Travis - Flutes, Saxophones, Clarinet
Jakko Jakszyk - Additional Vocals

Kscope - Volume 4

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