Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Since it’s debut in 1995, “The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)” was a corner-stone to Porcupine Tree’s early live set. This lasted (with a few exceptions such as the 1998 mini-tour and some dates on the Signify tour) up until the end of the Stupid Dream. When the band kicked off their fall 1999 tour, the track was noticeable absent, having been retired in favor of new material. With the bands shift in sound towards prog-metal, it seemed likely that the track would never be resurrected, with the sole exception being a one-off performance of “I Find That I’m Not There” for an acoustic in-store gig in 2006.
In 2007 Steven along with John Wesley did a special in-store performance in Orlando Florida. One of the more unusual cuts was a heavily reworked solo version of “I Find That I’m Not There.” This track can be found on the We Lost The Skyline live album. Little knew that it was a taste of what was to come.
At a gig in Cleveland a few weeks later, the band unexpectedly launched into a reworked version of the track for the first time in 8 years. This new version dropped “The Colour of Air” and instead opened with the new solo version of “I Find That I’m Not There” that had been showed off at the in-store gig, before breaking into “Wire The Drum” as a full band. The track would crop up at a few more dates on the tail end of the Tour of a Blank Planet. A professional recording of the track was captured at Cologne for an as yet unreleased live film. The full film can also be found on my channel.
When it came time for the last few 2010 performances, the band once again reworked “The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)”, this time returning to the earlier live arrangement performed during the 1999 tour.
While often seen as an odd look back into the past for the band, the 2007 reworked version of “I Find That I’m Not There” would have a second life as the framework for Veneno Para Las Hadas released on Steven’s 2008 debut album Insurgentes. The track would be performed during the Grace For Drowning tour, where it was captured on the Get All You Deserve live album.
Taken from the House Of Blues, Cleveland gig in 2007
Uploaded as part of the Porcupine Tree Archive Project
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Since it’s debut in 1995, “The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)” was a corner-stone to Porcupine Tree’s early live set. This lasted (with a few exceptions such as the 1998 mini-tour and some dates on the Signify tour) up until the end of the Stupid Dream. When the band kicked off their fall 1999 tour, the track was noticeable absent, having been retired in favor of new material. With the bands shift in sound towards prog-metal, it seemed likely that the track would never be resurrected, with the sole exception being a one-off performance of “I Find That I’m Not There” for an acoustic in-store gig in 2006.
In 2007 Steven along with John Wesley did a special in-store performance in Orlando Florida. One of the more unusual cuts was a heavily reworked solo version of “I Find That I’m Not There.” This track can be found on the We Lost The Skyline live album. Little knew that it was a taste of what was to come.
At a gig in Cleveland a few weeks later, the band unexpectedly launched into a reworked version of the track for the first time in 8 years. This new version dropped “The Colour of Air” and instead opened with the new solo version of “I Find That I’m Not There” that had been showed off at the in-store gig, before breaking into “Wire The Drum” as a full band. The track would crop up at a few more dates on the tail end of the Tour of a Blank Planet. A professional recording of the track was captured at Cologne for an as yet unreleased live film. The full film can also be found on my channel.
When it came time for the last few 2010 performances, the band once again reworked “The Sky Moves Sideways (Phase One)”, this time returning to the earlier live arrangement performed during the 1999 tour.
While often seen as an odd look back into the past for the band, the 2007 reworked version of “I Find That I’m Not There” would have a second life as the framework for Veneno Para Las Hadas released on Steven’s 2008 debut album Insurgentes. The track would be performed during the Grace For Drowning tour, where it was captured on the Get All You Deserve live album.
Taken from the House Of Blues, Cleveland gig in 2007
Uploaded as part of the Porcupine Tree Archive Project
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
