Porcupine Tree, Drum solo week

Bubinga99
Bubinga99 Posts: 283
edited August 2011 in Music & Movies
I was pretty impressed with the Porcupine Tree drummer in a clip I saw for Drummer Solo Week on Late Night with Letterman.

I looked up Porcupine Tree (had not heard any of their music before) and they have boatloads of albums. Thought I might pick up a couple, maybe a concert BluRay as well.

Looking for recommendations...What are your favorite 2-3 Porcupine Tree albums?

Has their music style changed over the years and you prefer older more than newer? Any that emphasize the percussion more than other albums? (percussion sounds soooo good on 2.3TL's)

thanks
Post edited by Bubinga99 on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • spock 2054
    spock 2054 Posts: 163
    edited August 2011
    http://www.burningshed.com/store/porcupinetree/
    I got turned on to PT by a track on a DTS demo disc a few years back. Fear of a Blank Planet is one of my favorites in DVD audio. They do an excellent job of mixing in surround. The arriving somewhere DVD - another favorite, is from a live show recorded in Chicago in 2005.
    polk monitor 70's
    center - polk monitor cs2
    surround - polk monitor 60's
    surround back - jbl e10
    sub - velodyne dps 12
    sub - polk psw110
    avr/pre-amp - onkyo tx-nr809
    amp - adcom gfa-5500
    amp - carver av405
    display - sharp lc70le847u
    tv - silicon dust hd homern
    blu-ray - oppo bdp-103
    hd dvd- toshiba hd xa2
    control - logitech harmony one
    turntable - technics sl1500 mkII
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cristo
    cristo Posts: 231
    edited August 2011
    I've been listening to PT for about 15 years now - which was after they had already
    released several CDs. They have been one of my very favourite bands since the time
    I first heard them at Progfest in Towson, MD in June of 1996.

    They really have evolved and shifter their style over the last 24 years, but they have
    remained excellent throughout in my opinion.

    My favourite DVD is Arriving Somewhere ... from Chicago 10/11/2005-10/12/2005 concerts.

    Their second video - anesthetize - live in tilburg (oct 2008) is technically better (sound and video)
    and also comes in BluRay, but I like the selection of songs on the first one better.

    Favourite CDs include:

    Up the Downstair
    The Sky Moves Sideways
    Stupid Dream
    Lightbulb Sun
    In absentia
    Deadwing
    fear of a blank planet

    but the other 8 albums I have are also very good.

    Don't have any on vinyl as they're expensive and hard to get.
    cristo

    NAD C 545BEE cd player, Philips AF877 turntable / Shure V15V-MR with JICO SAS stylus,
    Tascam 122 mkIII cassette deck, Harman Kardon 3480 receiver, Terk FM-50 antenna in the attic,
    Soundcraftsmen SE550 stereo equalizer, Polk Monitor 10a speakers
    (with Sonicraft/Solen/Mills crossover rebuild)
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • intangible
    intangible Posts: 262
    edited August 2011
    Lightbulb Sun and Deadwing are my favorites.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Tbone289
    Tbone289 Posts: 661
    edited August 2011
    The Sky Moves Sideways
    Stupid Dream
    Fear of a Blank Planet
    2.1: PC>Schiit Gungnir MB>Schiit Freya Noval>NAD C-270>Ascend Acoustics Sierra-1, HSU STF-2 5.1: HDMI Bitstream>Denon AVR-1910>polkaudio RTE55, CS350-LS, RT3, HSU STF-2, Visio M55-F0
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,216
    edited August 2011
    Fear of a Blank Planet is probably my favorite out of the four I've heard. I like them all though. Arriving Somewhere is a good DVD.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited August 2011
    Here is the video for it......


    <iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wTcokoyn_HQ&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
    Sean
    XboxLive--->avelanchefan
    PSN---->Floppa
    http://card.mygamercard.net/avelanchefan.png
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited August 2011
    avelanchefan wrote: »
    Here is the video for it......


    <iframe width="560" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wTcokoyn_HQ&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    He is TOIT! TOIT like a TOIGAH~
    TNRabbit
    NO Polk Audio Equipment :eek:
    Sunfire TG-IV
    Ashly 1001 Active Crossover
    Rane PEQ-15 Parametric Equalizers x 2
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature Seven
    Carver AL-III Speakers
    Klipsch RT-12d Subwoofer
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited August 2011
    <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zLhQxBMay4c?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zLhQxBMay4c?version=3&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited August 2011
    Here's a pretty good (truncated example) of the Tilburg concert on BR.

    <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6XspR65gDRE?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6XspR65gDRE?version=3&quot; type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="390"></object>

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited August 2011
    I just finished watching all the solos from both drum solo weeks on Letterman, amazing stuff!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter