Music for the Head | I.E.M. - I.E.M. [full album, 1996] @musicforthehead | Uploaded June 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
For those unfamiliar, this is the debut (and self-titled) album from I.E.M., or the Incredible Expanding Mindfuck, Steven Wilson's moniker for his krautrock and psychedelic explorations created in 1996-2001. I.E.M. released 3 studio albums and 1 EP in this period, and this is the first. Definitely some gems in here!
Tracklist:
0:00 - The Gospel According to the I.E.M.
12:59 - The Last Will and Testament According to Emma Peel
21:09 - Fie Kesh
29:32 - Deafman
This album in particular was created during the creation of the Porcupine Tree albums "The Sky Moves Sideways" and "Signify", and features drum parts from Chris Maitland (credited under a pseudonym Jennis Clivack in the project). The first track's drums are lifted from the sessions for the TSMS b-side "Men of Wood", which can be heard on the "Stars Die 1991-1997" compilation.
Chris: “The history of it is that it’s one of my silly made-up names… When it got to Steven’s IEM albums, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice, instead of always playing with the same old people–and this is different music–why don’t I go under a pseudonym?’ So I called myself Jennis Clivack on the first two IEM albums.”
Since "The Last Will and Testament of Emma Peel" and many other I.E.M. tracks are missing from Youtube (and those that are uploaded are usually of subpar quality), I will be uploading the discography in full in the coming days (4 vids - 1 per release).
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Remastered audio and album art taken from the 2010 CD box set. Background photography by Carl Glover is also taken from this box.
Originally released in January 1996 on Delerium Records.
All credit to Steven Wilson, Chris Maitland, Geoff Leigh, Mark Simnett and Colin Edwin
Learn more about the relationship of I.E.M. to Porcupine Tree here: neuralrustsite.wordpress.com/signify
To support SW, buy the FLAC for all the IEM releases here: burningshed.com/iem_complete_flac
For those unfamiliar, this is the debut (and self-titled) album from I.E.M., or the Incredible Expanding Mindfuck, Steven Wilson's moniker for his krautrock and psychedelic explorations created in 1996-2001. I.E.M. released 3 studio albums and 1 EP in this period, and this is the first. Definitely some gems in here!
Tracklist:
0:00 - The Gospel According to the I.E.M.
12:59 - The Last Will and Testament According to Emma Peel
21:09 - Fie Kesh
29:32 - Deafman
This album in particular was created during the creation of the Porcupine Tree albums "The Sky Moves Sideways" and "Signify", and features drum parts from Chris Maitland (credited under a pseudonym Jennis Clivack in the project). The first track's drums are lifted from the sessions for the TSMS b-side "Men of Wood", which can be heard on the "Stars Die 1991-1997" compilation.
Chris: “The history of it is that it’s one of my silly made-up names… When it got to Steven’s IEM albums, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice, instead of always playing with the same old people–and this is different music–why don’t I go under a pseudonym?’ So I called myself Jennis Clivack on the first two IEM albums.”
Since "The Last Will and Testament of Emma Peel" and many other I.E.M. tracks are missing from Youtube (and those that are uploaded are usually of subpar quality), I will be uploading the discography in full in the coming days (4 vids - 1 per release).
-
Remastered audio and album art taken from the 2010 CD box set. Background photography by Carl Glover is also taken from this box.
Originally released in January 1996 on Delerium Records.
All credit to Steven Wilson, Chris Maitland, Geoff Leigh, Mark Simnett and Colin Edwin
Learn more about the relationship of I.E.M. to Porcupine Tree here: neuralrustsite.wordpress.com/signify
To support SW, buy the FLAC for all the IEM releases here: burningshed.com/iem_complete_flac