Porcupine Tree - DVD Concert "Arriving Somewhere"

Ron Temple
Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
edited April 2007 in Music & Movies
I did a search and there was some mention of this band, but one page of results went back 5 years...

I got turned on to this band a little over a year ago on AVS touting their DVD A album " In Absentia" as one of the best MC mixes ever made. I checked it out and it was.

My background...I cut my teeth on ELP, Yes and Genesis...thought I could become a keyboard wizard in the early 70s...still have a Hammond B3 in storage...gave away my ARP Odyssey synth in the early 90s (what an idiot).

Anyway I'd really recommend PT's DVD As, In Absentia, Deadwing and Stupid Dreams. They're mixed by Elliot Sheiner and Steve Wilson(PT founder). A fusion of styles, prog, Floyd, metal, but they have a real flavor of their own...incredible drummer and bassist, complex vocal harmonies and emotional impact. They released a live DVD "Arriving Somewhere" which is a bit rougher than the studio stuff, but really hits...DTS 5.1 2 disk set. I saw them live in SF this winter...simply amazing band.

Check it out.

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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited December 2006
    I haven't seen this yet, but I do have In Absentia in 5.1 and it's a lot of fun to listen too.
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited December 2006
    hmm, i'm a big PT fan, but apparently not big enough since i dont have any DVDs, i'll definitely look into adding some to my Xmas purchases =)

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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited December 2006
    The DVD is from their concert in Chicago last year. I wanted to go but was out of town when they came. I'll have to check it out as I've become a fan of their stuff. I found out about them after getting the free B&W DVD last year -- there is a DTS 5.1 version of Blackest Eyes that sounds great.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2006
    The B&W demo disc is also were I first heard them.I picked up this DVD a few weeks ago and can say it is one of the best sounding live DVD's I have heard.
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited December 2006
    wodom1 wrote:
    The DVD is from their concert in Chicago last year. I wanted to go but was out of town when they came. I'll have to check it out as I've become a fan of their stuff. I found out about them after getting the free B&W DVD last year -- there is a DTS 5.1 version of Blackest Eyes that sounds great.
    yep it was filmed at the Park West on the return leg of their Deadwing tour in 05..I saw them there earlier in that year..great band
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  • Bob R
    Bob R Posts: 4
    edited March 2007
    Bob's PT list

    Stupid Dream DVD-A 2006
    XMII - Transmission 4.1 2005
    Deadwing, CD, DVD-A 2005
    Warszawa 2004
    XM – Transmission 1.1 2003
    In Absentia, CD, DVD-A 2002
    Stars Die: The Delerium Years (1991-1997), 2CD 2002
    Recordings 2001
    Lightbulb Sun - Special Edition – 2001
    Transmission IV 2001
    Voyage 34 2000
    Metanoia 1998
    Coma Divine - Recorded Live in Rome 1997
    Signify, 2 CD release 1996
    The Sky Moves Sideways, 2CD 1995
    Up the Downstair - two CD special edition 2004
    Yellow Hedgerow Dreamscape – 1994
    Spiral Circus - Live 1993
    On the Sunday Side of Life 1991


    Blackfield
    Blackfield II

    And, of course the DVD Arriving ......

    Bob ;)
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited March 2007
    I'm going to see them on 6/1/07 at the same place they made the DVD. It should be a great show!
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited April 2007
    the new Ptree cd 'Fear Of A Blank Planet"
    is out in a week or two as well
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited April 2007
    Billm57 wrote: »
    the new Ptree cd 'Fear Of A Blank Planet"
    is out in a week or two as well

    I'll have to check that out. Are you going to the 6/1 show?
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited April 2007
    ill be out of town that night otherwise i would have
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited April 2007
    Billm57 wrote: »
    ill be out of town that night otherwise i would have

    In case you don't know, they're playing sometime in May at the same venue.
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

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    SOPA. Bow down before me, ****. Want a cookie?


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