Porcupine Tree’s next album did not emerge until early 1995, but was preceded by the Moonloop EP, the last two tracks of which were recorded during the album sessions and were the first to feature the new band. Released in 1995, the band’s third studio album, The Sky Moves Sideways…
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The Sky Moves Sideways was an “expansive soundscape of melody and ambient rock experimentation”, but proved to be a transitional work, with half recorded before the formation of the band and half recorded after. Most of the album was taken up with the 35-minute title track, which at one point…
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The profile of Porcupine Tree had now grown to the extent that Wilson wanted to expand into live performances. Thus, in December 1993, Porcupine Tree became a live unit featuring Wilson on lead vocals/guitar, Colin Edwin on bass, Chris Maitland on drums, and Richard Barbieri on keyboards.
In November 1993, Voyage 34 was reissued alongside an additional 12-inch remix by Astralasia. The album managed to enter the NME indie chart for six weeks and became an underground chill-out classic, even without radio play.
In May 1993, the second Porcupine Tree album, Up the Downstair , was released, another prospective double album that was finally slimmed down to a single record. “Voyage 34” was actually going to take up the second disc, but it was last decided to be released alone as a single.…
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Shortly thereafter, Delerium invited Wilson to sign as one of the label’s founder artists. The first release after this, a double vinyl album and single CD compiling the best material from his two cassettes, was released in mid-1992 as On the Sunday of Life , a title chosen from a…
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In the midst of Porcupine Tree’s rising success, Wilson’s other band, No-Man, had been getting excellent UK press, which led to the band being signed to leading UK independent music publisher, Hit & Run Music Publishing, in 1991, which resulted in recording agreements with One Little Indian Records , and…
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At this point, Porcupine Tree was little more than a joke and a private amusement, as Wilson was concentrating on his other project, No-Man , an endeavour with UK based singer and songwriter Tim Bowness . However, by 1989, he began to consider some of the Porcupine Tree music as…
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Porcupine Tree originated in 1987 as a collaborative hoax project by Steven Wilson and Malcolm Stocks. Partially inspired by the psychedelic / progressive bands of the 1970s, such as Pink Floyd, that had dominated the music scene during their youth, the two decided to form a fictional legendary rock band…
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