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“Our musical identity was at stake”: A fresh look at Gentle Giant’s The Missing Piece
By Dom Lawson published
Underrated gem or confused mess? Gary Green, John Weathers and Kerry Minnear discuss their 1977 album in the light of Steven WIlson’s remix

“Meditative passages, bravely expansive”: Bass Communion’s The Itself Of Itself
By Jeremy Allen published
Noise and abstract beauty abound in a work that slows the world down to the point of being liminal

Why Porcupine Tree’s Lightbulb Sun matters more than you may think
By Rich Wilson published
After veering too close to becoming a “new Pink Floyd,” their seventh album was a key moment in their development through psychedelia, classic prog, krautrock and pop rock to the truly progressive sound they made their own

The label that reinvented progressive rock: 10 albums on Kscope you should definitely listen to
By Polly Glass published
Post-progressive label Kscope have been putting out quality records for more than 15 years: These are their best albums

How Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt made Storm Corrosion a different kind of aggressive
By Dom Lawson published
Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders’ 2012 collaboration wasn't what many people thought it would be – instead it was something more experimental which they described as “organic pagan minimalism”

Most of Steven Wilson’s Record Store Day special, Harmonic Divergence, is north of solid
By Chris Roberts published
Most of this limited-edition vinyl-only reimagining of 2023’s The Harmony Codex is north of solid.

“Robert Fripp played the solo and we didn’t like it. He said, ‘You’re wrong.’ Steven Wilson said, ‘This is how wrong we are,’ and deleted it”: How No-Man prospered by refusing to ever fit in
By Rob Hughes published
Housekeeping box set illustrates that when Tim Bowness and Wilson refused to compromise, it was a strength rather than a weakness – even if one of them couldn’t listen to their early work for 20 years

“Half streamlined, half baroque, it wasn’t for everybody – but it hits the spot now”: Gentle Giant’s The Missing Piece gets the Steven Wilson varnish
By Chris Roberts published
Side one gravitates to the new era of 1977, but side two reverts to prog. It’s a reminder of how unique the band always were

“You see people in music magazines who call themselves rebels. I’m more of a rebel because I really put my life at risk”: Aviv Geffen and Steven Wilson’s contrasting worlds make Blackfield’s work so powerful
By Emma Johnston published
Israeli musician and campaigner’s third album with Porcupine Tree leader was named Welcome To My DNA as an illustration of the pair’s powerful connection
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