My Name Is Starman

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Written, recorded, and produced by Peter Crofton

© 2018 Nautical Operator

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Myriad II

ледоруб

Written by Downton and Pielużek 

Quinn Downton - drums, percussion, keyboards, samples 
Dylan Hyman - saxophone 
Sidharth Krishnan - guitars 
Wojciech Pielużek - guitars, additional keyboards 
Greg Maclean - bass, additional keyboards 
Dylan Robins - percussion

Another one of the earliest tracks written, Picahielo, Spanish for "ice pick", documents the murder of Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico in 1940. Leon Trotsky was banished by Josef Stalin from Russia in 1928 as a potential threat and sought refuge in Mexico. The sample at the end is from a speech given by Trotsky in the late 1930s discussing his thoughts on the Moscow Trials and gives thanks to President Cardenas and the people of Mexico for their protection. In Mexico, Trotsky continued to oppose Stalin's bureaucracy until he was silenced by the Spanish-born NKVD agent Ramón Mercader with an ice pick to the head. 

I'm very proud of this song, and I think all of the contributions really elevated the ending - the addition of bongos by Dylan's bongos and additional shakers during Sid's solo gave a great bouncy feel and the addition of saxophone gave a Pink Floyd vibe that makes the song for me. Although written by myself and Wojciech, many of his parts were redone by Sid to achieve a more consistent and better sound. In the end I think it was worth it, the acoustic and indie rock-ish electric guitar gives a nice summery vibe that I enjoy a lot. A lot of time was spent getting the right keyboard sounds, and I'm pretty pleased with what Greg and I managed to achieve sonically. A video (for this and Magnetic Mountain) should be on the way if all goes according to plan!

Picahielo

Written and recorded 1-12 August 2018. All instruments and vocals by WP. Arranged, produced and mixed by WP.

The final studio version appears on the album "Glass Island".

Listen to the album on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6AiAvKIT0iUIIqQDaVm5xL

Buy the CD or digital dowload at Bandcamp:
glassislandpoland.bandcamp.com/

Photo by Austin Guevara.

Agnes

25 years ago today, on the 4th December 1993, Porcupine Tree made its first ever live appearance at the Nag's Head in High Wycombe, UK.  By then 2 albums and an EP had been released under the name (and a third one was half finished), all of which gave the impression that Porcupine Tree was a band, when in fact it was a solo project, just me messing about in my bedroom studio, although Colin and Richard had both guested on one song each on Up the Downstair released earlier that year. Positive press and a growing fanbase had led to increased pressure for live appearances, so in late 1993 I asked 3 brilliant musicians I knew, Colin Edwin (from my home town of Hemel Hempstead), Richard Barbieri and Chris Maitland (both of whom had played with my other band No-Man) to join me in forming a real band line up of the project. For some reason they all agreed, and on the strength of the buzz about the project, Richard Allen at my then record company Delerium managed to book this show, as well as 2 others and a BBC radio session.  After one week of rehearsals this was our first ever gig in front of an audience, performing a 7 song, 70 minute set in a backroom of a pub to about 200 people that had traveled from all over the country.  The first song played was Voyage 34. which you can find elsewhere on the web, but here is a mixing desk recording of the second song Always Never.  This would have also been the first time I had sung in front of an audience, at least since the days of my various school bands, so I can only imagine now how nervous I must have been at the prospect!  

The rest, as they say, is history...

PORCUPINE TREE - Always Never(Nags Head 4/12/1993)

Demo 16 4 19

Long night. Whole house asleep.
You creep down the stairs and make your way out to the street.
Down to the first morning train
And you'll never be back here again
Nobody knows what to do
And it feels like we'll never get through

But we're wrong
Life goes on
Life goes on


So long some mother's son
You're packing it up when I thought you'd just begun

Creeping away in the night
Leaving without a goodbye
Nobody will understand
How to move on and they'll think they can't

But they're wrong
Life goes on
Life goes on


I tell myself 3 times a day
That I could have convinced you to stay
You were gone in the blink of an eye
And you left us here wondering why


Is it wrong
Life goes on
Life goes on

Life Goes On Original

Written and recorded 7-26 June 2019.

Written, produced, arranged and performed by Wojciech Pielużek.

The final studio version appears on the album "Glass Island".

Listen to the album on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6AiAvKIT0iUIIqQDaVm5xL

Buy the CD or digital dowload at Bandcamp:
glassislandpoland.bandcamp.com/

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