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Directed by Lasse Hoile
Produced by Lasse Hoile and Steven Wilson
Cinematography - Lasse Hoile
Editor - Lasse Hoile
Executive Producer - Andy Leff
Sound Mixing/Editor - Brian Dyrby
About Insurgentes:
Insurgentes is a documentary film about Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) directed by Lasse Hoile. Insurgentes is a musical road movie that follows the making of his solo record of the same name, and is a portrait of an increasingly rare artist who works with music and media out of love and not for fame and fortune, persisting in making art on his own terms in a world where 'throw away' mentality is increasingly becoming the norm.
The film features footage of Wilson with other artists and friends including Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth, Jonas Renkse from Katatonia, the Israeli superstar Aviv Geffen and the legendary producer Trevor Horn.
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'Intrigue' is my personally curated attempt to redress the balance, and to perhaps introduce any 80's sceptics out there to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn't suddenly evaporate after '77... ambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the '80s - if you looked in the right places.
Featuring 58 tracks, the collection explores the creativity, experimentation and progressive spirit of alternative British music from 1979-1989. Artists include Wire, XTC, The Stranglers, Ultravox, The Durutti Column, Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush, Tears For Fears, and many more.
Released 10th February 2023.
This edition compiles the main 9 track album, THE B-SIDES COLLECTION, remixes by Biffy Clyro, Nile Rodgers, Pure Reason Revolution, Shearwater, Tangerine Dream and two previously unreleased remixes by Pat Mastelotto/Adrian Benavides and Magit Cacoon. Also included is the bonus content disc from the deluxe edition, featuring 6 additional tracks and extended versions of PERSONAL SHOPPER, UNSELF, KING GHOST and EMINENT SLEAZE.
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Steven Wilson - synthesisers, piano, hammond organ, acoustic guitar, bass, vocals
David Kosten - programming
Fyfe Dangerfield - vocals
Michael Spearman - drums
String arrangement by SW, performed by the London Session Orchestra conducted by Guy Protheroe
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"You can probably tell from PERSONAL SHOPPER that I grew up hearing a lot of disco music played in the Wilson house, including the classic Chic masterpieces, so it’s an absolute thrill to have Nile stamp his legendary signature sound on the track." - SW
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"You can probably tell from PERSONAL SHOPPER that I grew up hearing a lot of disco music played in the Wilson house, including the classic Chic masterpieces, so it’s an absolute thrill to have Nile stamp his legendary signature sound on the track." - SW
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If you fall asleep with me
We could dream and drowse
The minutes turn to hours
We could climb a tree or two
And watch the sun go down
Upon our sleepy town
After all the time I spent with you
Summer went away
And we just weren't the same
It's just you and me alone
Not grown ups but not kids
You kissed me on the lips
(Spoken word, Marshall Applewhite of Heaven's Gate)
Let me say that our mission here, at this time
Is about to come to a close in the next few days
We came from distant space
And even what some might call somewhat of another dimension
And we are about to return from whence we came
It requires that you - if you move into that evolutionary kingdom
That you leave behind everything of human ways, human behaviour
Human ignorance, human misinformation
If I would title this tape, it would be
'Last chance to evacuate planet earth before it is recycled'
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"SELF is about our new age of narcissism and self-obsession, one in which a human race that used to look out with curiosity at the world and the stars now spends much of its time gazing at a little screen to see themselves reflected back in the mirror of social media. In that sense everyone now can take part in the notion of celebrity, and has the potential to share their life with an invisible mass of people they will never meet. The video takes things further by exploring the idea that anyone can now project a version or “self” that has no bearing on reality, and by using only well known faces the deception is made transparent." - Steven Wilson
"In our early discussions about the Self video, we were talking about the concept of identity in the digital age, how your face is not only your key to a lot of the media you consume, it represents who you are - or who you pretend to be in your online personas. One of the most intriguing new developments in recent years have been the ability to create deepfakes, where a computer runs a machine learning algorithm to predict what one face would look like in another’s pose. Anyone with the right tools and ability can now turn themselves into anyone else, so what does that mean for identity?" - Miles Skarin, Director
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Lyrics:
Trust, you know how to take it
Love, you know how to fake it
And I will be there beside you
The camera eye, the drug is just to be near you
Hey, well I can take rejection
Hey, what does it take to get your attention?
Cos you’re a man of the people
A man of the people
And I’m just part of the plan
I lie here like a dog
And think of all I would undo
Anyone would go
But I got nowhere to go to
And what is left of us?
Now there’s only the cinders
Ambition froze me out
Like a demonic winter
Hey, well I can take rejection
Hey, what does it take to get your attention?
Cos you’re a man of the people
A man of the people
And I’m just part of the plan
Hush now, the winter gets you
Hush now, the winter gets you down
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I love how the song starts off in the past in third person but becomes first person towards the end as Taylor Swift herself enters the story. You can read all about it at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Great_American_Dynasty.
My version is pretty faithful, maybe a bit too much, but in the spirit of the session concept it was learned and recorded quickly. Plus it just sounded so good the way she did it.
Happy New Year to you all, and best wishes for a wonderful 2021! S x
Here’s a video of me unboxing the first The Future Bites deluxe edition off the production line, with a soundtrack drawn from the exclusive and copious bonus material. A couple of the items included in the box are a secret and have been blurred in video to maintain an element of surprise, but otherwise I hope this will give you an idea of the work that has gone into the set. From the spot varnished text on the front of the box to the numerous inserts, it’s all been the subject of an incredible attention to detail, and I want to thank Simon Moore at WeAreBaby for developing and collaborating with me on it. The set is limited to 5,000 numbered copies, and with only a month to go we’re now pre-selling the copies in the 4,000’s, so I don’t expect it to be available for much longer. Only available from the official TFB store, and Burning Shed.
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Lyrics:
Such a pale light
Such a long night
Pick up that key
Don't drop your gaze in your coffee
Is it me?
Do I look beautiful in the half light?
It's been so long
Years have gone
Since I belonged
Hold me please
Stay with me
And I will sleep
I will go now
But I will be with you
Hold my gaze
Hold me inside you
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September
Wed 8th Cardiff, St Davids Hall
Thu 9th Sheffield, City Hall
Sat 11th Manchester, 02 Apollo
Sun 12th Glasgow, Concert Hall
Mon 13th Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Wed 15th Portsmouth, Guildhall
Thu 16th London, Hammersmith, Eventim Apollo
Fri 17th Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall
Mon 20th Germany, Hamburg, Sporthalle
Tue 21st Netherlands, Amsterdam, Afas
Thu 23rd Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Rockhal Main Room
Fri 24th Germany, Frankfurt, Jahrunderthalle
Sat 25th France, Strasbourg, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès
Mon 27th France, Toulouse, Theatre Du Casino Barriere
Tue 28th France, Bordeaux, Theatre Fémina
Thu 30th France, Paris, Zenith
October
Fri 1st France, Nantes , Cote Des Congress
Sat 2nd France, Lyon, Ampi Theatre
Mon 4th Italy, Milan, Teatro Degli Arcimboldi
Tue 5th Italy, Florence, Tuscany Hall
Wed 6th Italy, Rome, Auditorium Conciliazione
Fri 8th France, Aix en Provence, Le 6Mic
Sun 10th Spain, Madrid, La Riviera
Mon 11th Spain, Barcelona, Razzmatazz 1
Thu 14th Germany, Berlin, Tempodrome
Sat 16th Belgium, Brussels, AB
Mon 18th Germany, Bochum, Congresshalle
Tue 19th Switzerland, Zurich, Volkshaus
Wed 20th Germany, Munich, Zenith
Thu 21st Germany, Ludwigsburg, MHP Arena
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MOVE LIKE A FEVER lyrics:
I wanna say out loud
What you don’t wanna hear now
Well, too arrogant am I?
Belligerent am I?
I move like a fever
Make you a believer
The American idol (the fear is rising)
Is dead on arrival (the future is biting)
Too tolerant am I?
Good samaritan am I?
I move like a fever
Make you a believer
The American idol (the fear is rising)
Is dead on arrival (the future is biting)
Resign yourself the choice you had is made now
Pick up yourself and face the future somehow
This is the day you never thought would come round
Pick up yourself and face the future somehow
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IN FLORAL GREEN lyrics (written by John Mitchell, Lonely Robot):
I thought you'd seen
Behind this dream
An endless scene
That you call life
This walk on part
This work of art
So set apart
From otherwise
No great disguise
It's time to love what you forgot
Another lost forget-me-not
The biggest dream, in floral green
Time forgives what was betrayed
Time remembers brighter days
These great unseens, in floral green
Desolate sun
Great journey done
An idol won
Vast bright unfrayed
In darkened frames
We often gaze
But hope remains
In twilight beams
In floral green
It's time to love what you forgot
Another lost forget-me-not
The biggest dream, in floral green
Time forgives what was betrayed
Time remembers brighter days
These great unseens, in floral green
She's so serene
So unforeseen
An endless dream
That you call life
It's time to love what you forgot
Another lost forget-me-not
The biggest dream, in floral green
Time forgives what was betrayed
Time remembers brighter days
These great unseens, in floral green
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EYEWITNESS lyrics:
You’re always an eyewitness to
Oh, all the change, all the change
Never feeling the pain
You’re never the one to speak up
Oh, keeping quiet, keeping quiet
With a god given right
You’re always the bridesmaid aren’t you?
Yeah, you’re the last to be asked
Never up to the task
You know when to keep your head down
Oh go along with the throng
And you can’t go wrong
Do as you’re told, don’t get involved
(Cos we’re gonna make it happen anyway)
Now take your meds and stay in bed
(It’s all going to happen to you anyway)
You’ll never be hoodwinked will you?
No, won’t decide, won’t decide
Never taking a side
You’re always an eyewitness true
Yeah, laying low, laying low
But you end up alone
Well the world outside it bites
And there and complications that you have no need to fight
(need to fight, need to fight)
And there’s a place where the future hides
(in every stranger’s eyes)
Bearing witnesses
You’re moving at the pace of drifting cloud
Giving nothing back
You’re hiding in plain sight among the crowd
Are you sick of waking up
To find the world just changed again?
(changed again, changed again)
And it’s got so bad that you can’t figure out
Where to lay the blame?
(lay the blame, lay the blame)
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“The track is a social criticism of consumerism and how we fill our lives with unnecessary goods to feel important, special or loved. But the truth is, the feeling of unhappiness won't go away with the next pair of sick trainers. Those feelings will only go away when we look within, and if we don't... well, then we're going to end up with a lot of stuff around us, but still pretty empty. Luckily the track being 6 minutes gave me the opportunity to develop an interesting narrative. I wanted to create a fictional world in which people buy goods and the transaction would not only be money but also a part of their body, alluding to the concept of the more you look for answers outside, the more you disappear on the inside.” Lucrecia Taormina, Director
Director: Lucrecia Taormina
Executive producer: Luke Tierney
Production company: FRIEND
Producer: Joseph Goldman
Casting Agency: Lane Casting
Casting Director: Hannah Ashby Ward
Cast:
The Consumer: Robert Lane
Cash Lady: Paula Benson
Shop Owner 1: Jill Buchanan
Shop Owner 2: Stephen Wale
Shop Owner 3: Amy Gallagher
Worshipper 1: Ocean Navarro
Worshipper 2: Karlu Solomon
The Thief: Romano Solano
The Shopper: Steven Wilson
Director of Photography: Pieter Snyman
Editor: Meg Thorne
SFX: Natasha Lawes
Grade: Richard Fearon
Production Designer: Oliver Hogan
Movement Director: Simon Donnellon
Styling: Flora Huddart
Wigs, Hair & Nails Artist: Natasha Lawes
Makeup Artist: Andrea Gomez Anzola
TFB Product Rendering:
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VFX Artists:
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Crew:
Production Manager: Hugo Holford
Production Coordinator: Ash Teague
First Assistant Director: Ty Hack
Second Assistant Director: Heini Susanne
Steadicam Operator: Doug Walshe
Focus Puller: Phil Heron
Grip: Charlie Wyldeck - Flowers
Clapper Loader: Rob Hawkins
Camera Trainee: Jack Plumbridge
Gaffer: Peter Bishop
Sparks: James Leech, Matt Simmons
Spark 1st Day - Simona Pran
Spark 2nd Day - Greg Probert
Lighting Trainee - Josh Wood
SFX Prosthetics Assistant - Jess Heath
SFX Prosthetics Trainee - Alice Platts
Art Department Assistants: James Middleton, Rupert Wilson
Stylist Assistant: Molly Robinson
Runners: Joe Coulson, Tara Sadeghi, Tom Stuart
Location Manager: Dean Whittaker
Edit House: Cut + Run
Edit Producer: Maggie McDermott
Edit Assistant: Rob McGuire
Post House: Black Kite
Post Producer: Polly Durance
Commissioned by Natalia Maus
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In addition, new single 12 THINGS I FORGOT from THE FUTURE BITES is online everywhere now! https://StevenWilson.lnk.to/12TIFSo
The ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA bespoke box includes the already announced deluxe box set of the album, and a plethora of additional exclusive music and artwork, hand-written lyrics, video props, and items of personal ephemera from Steven Wilson’s archive. A truly incredible and unique collector’s piece for one single collector!
Full contents are:
- A one sided 7 inch single containing the track THE TASTEMAKER, a song from the album sessions that will never be released anywhere else. Only ONE copy of this single has been pressed!
- Unique designer laptop bag as used in EMINENT SLEAZE video
- THE FUTURE BITES album test pressing
- EMINENT SLEAZE 12 inch single test pressing (with b-sides EYEWITNESS / IN FLORAL GREEN)
- 12 THINGS I FORGOT 12 inch single test pressing (with b-sides MOVE LIKE A FEVER / KING GHOST - TANGERINE DREAM REMIX)
- Hand-made CDR of a one-off 2016 soundcheck performance by the SW band of a cover version never otherwise performed live
- Steven's Grammy nomination certificate and medal from 2011 for Grace For Drowning, which was nominated for best surround sound mix
- Printed materials used in the EMINENT SLEAZE video
- 6 x laminated AAA passes for various tours between 2011-18
- Polaroids taken during THE FUTURE BITES cover shoot photo session
- An original drawing of Steven Wilson by German artist Hajo Mueller
- Original lyric sheets for various songs written between 1996-2020. These are the actual sheets Steven used when recording the songs and they contain his corrections, notes and rejected lines. Included are Count of Unease, Follower, Eminent Sleaze, Salvaging, Veneno Para Las Hadas, Personal Shopper, The Raven that Refused to Sing, and Dark Matter.
All items are housed in their own bespoke folders and packaging, created especially for this single copy edition.
“The ultra edition of THE FUTURE BITES takes the whole notion of deluxe limited editions to its logical and extreme conclusion, by being just a premium priced single copy. This approach is more analogous with the world of art, where only one person can own the actual painting with the artist’s brush strokes on it. Many of the contents are things that in reality are impossible for me to put a price on. With regard to the 2 exclusive audio items included, it’s entirely up to the purchaser as to whether they decide to share, or keep them to themselves. Do they want to exhibit ‘the painting’, or put it on ‘display’ for everyone else?” - SW
All proceeds from the sale of ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA will go directly to the Music Venue Trust to help save grassroots venues across the UK affected by COVID 19. Many of these are venues that Steven spent his formative years performing in.
“The first Porcupine Tree show was in a small club called The Nag’s Head in High Wycombe, in fact for the first ten years the band gigged solely in that subterranean world of clubs and pub venues. As someone who has never really been a part of the mainstream I can safely say I wouldn’t even be here without these venues and the people who run them. Live music is an inspiration and magical thing for so many people, so it’s essential we work now to save these places for future generations of both artists and fans.” - SW
Beverley Whitrick, Strategic Director, Music Venue Trust adds, “Artists and grassroots music venues are intrinsically linked and MVT has been delighted by the many and varied ways in which artists have responded to our calls for support. Steven's project is thought-provoking and unique. We are grateful for being involved.”
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Lyrics:
I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS THAT I WAS
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I HAD SOME AMBITION
NOW I JUST SEEM TO HAVE INHIBITIONS
FORGET WHAT I SAID
‘BOUT ACTING ON ALL THE PLANS THAT I MADE
NOW I JUST SIT IN THE CORNER COMPLAINING
MAKING OUT THINGS WERE BEST IN THE 80’S
COS I FORGOT
THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT I PRETEND TO YOU I’M NOT
SOMETHING I LOST
AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU
I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU
WHAT I SAID TO YOU
IS CROSSING THE LINE AND YOU’LL NEVER BEGIN TO FORGET
I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS THAT I’M NOT
YOU CAN PROTEST THAT I CAN’T MAKE COMMITMENTS
BUT IT DON’T SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
FORGET WHAT I’VE DONE
TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE ME THEIR LOVE
WELL I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SLEEPING AT NIGHT
I’VE DONE WRONG BUT I JUST DON’T REMEMBER
COS I FORGOT
THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT I PRETEND TO YOU I’M NOT
SOMETHING I LOST
AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU
I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU
WHAT I SAID TO YOU
IS CROSSING THE LINE AND YOU’LL NEVER BEGIN TO FORGET
12 THINGS I FORGOT development team:
Steven Wilson - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, fender rhodes, synthesisers, bass, autoharp, vocals
David Kosten - programming
Michael Spearman - drums
Blaine Harrison, Jack Flanagan (courtesy of @MysteryJetss) - vocals
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PS - thanks for all the comments about the new studio, yes I'm very happy with it! I'm grateful to my wife Rotem and her friend interior designer Michal Strassburg for planning and designing it. Most of the new equipment came from Funky Junk, and the acoustic treatments were designed and fitted by Sound Zero Acoustics. The vocal microphone I use is an MS47 condenser tube (a clone of the classic Telefunken U47), the piano microphones are Soyuz, and the room mics are Austrian Audio. The M4000 mellotron was custom made for me a few years ago by Streetly Electronics in the UK, who have been making these wonderful beasts since 1963. The organ is a plug in (don't own a real one of those....yet!)
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WILL YOU HELP ME GATHER MY THOUGHTS?
WILL YOU HELP ME FIND TRANSITIONS I FORGOT?
CAN YOU BE ME FOR A MOMENT?
LIVE INSIDE ME
AND SEE THE WORLD THE WAY IT ALWAYS LOOKS TO ME
WHEN YOU’RE MOVING THROUGH A PHOTOGRAPH
YOU’RE FASTER THAN MOST
YOU’RE BLOODY KING GHOST
BUT YOU’RE KIND OF WASTED
AND I WISH I’D WAITED
FOR YOU
TO COME TO
KING GHOST HOLD ME
LIKE I WAS YOUR ONLY MEMORY
SEE THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
YOU CAN WASH AWAY THE DIRT
BUT YOU CAN’T WASH AWAY THE FAILURE
YOU’D BETTER TAKE YOU MEDS
GET OUT OF BED
AND PAY ME SOME ATTENTION
KING GHOST HOLD ME
LIKE I WAS YOUR ONLY MEMORY
KING GHOST DEVELOPMENT TEAM:
STEVEN WILSON - SYNTHESISERS, SHORTWAVE RADIO, VOCALS.
DAVID KOSTEN - PROGRAMMING, SYNTHESISERS.
JASON COOPER (COURTESY OF THE CURE) - CYMBALS, PERCUSSION.
MICHAEL SPEARMAN - HI-HAT.
In addition, the b-sides from EMINENT SLEAZE and an additional single release later this year will be made available on all digital/streaming platforms in December as part of THE FUTURE BITES B-SIDES DIGITAL COLLECTION. More on that soon!
During lockdown the limited deluxe edition of THE FUTURE BITES™ has had further content added to it. The exclusive bonus disc now features 6 additional songs (HA BLOODY HA, MOVE LIKE A FEVER, WAVE THE WHITE FLAG, I AM CLICHE, IN PIECES, EVERY KINGDOM FALLS) and 4 extended reworkings of songs from the album, including a 19 minute version of PERSONAL SHOPPER. Meanwhile the Blu-ray now includes videos for EMINENT SLEAZE, KING GHOST & PERSONAL SHOPPER. CD's of both vocal and instrumental mixes of the album and a cassette of demos complete the audio content. Visually this deluxe edition of THE FUTURE BITES™ is a high-concept piece which has had a lot of thought and effort put into it, and it's unlikely to be available much beyond the release date.
Available to pre-order now from either the official THE FUTURE BITES™ site or from Burning Shed. Released 29th January 2021.
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Artwork design by Simon Moore
3D Visuals by Crystal Spotlight
TFB™ LIMITED EDITION DELUXE BOX SET
12X12 LAMINATED LIFT TOP BOX
HIGH CONCEPT PACKAGING INCLUDING MULTIPLE INSERTS
CD1 - THE FUTURE BITES
CD2 - THE FUTURE BITES (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)
CD3 - THE BONUS DISC FEATURES 6 ADDITIONAL SONGS AND 4 EXTENDED REMIX VERSIONS OF SONGS FROM THE ALBUM, INCLUDING A 19 MINUTE VERSION OF PERSONAL SHOPPER.
BLU-RAY - THE FUTURE BITES IN HIGH RESOLUTION STEREO, 5.1 SURROUND SOUND, AND DOLBY ATMOS. VIDEOS FOR PERSONAL SHOPPER, EMINENT SLEAZE AND KING GHOST.
CASSETTE - 4 EXCLUSIVE DEMO VERSIONS
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Video Produced by Crystal Spotlight
Director, Editor, VFX - Miles Skarin
Production Manager - Jack Hubbard
Gaffer, Lighting Technician - Anthony Welch
Hair and Makeup - Charlotte Bella
Location Manager - Andrew Mechen / Bizspace
Thanks to Rob Skarin, Rotem Wilson & Bowie
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EMINENT SLEAZE DEVELOPMENT TEAM:
Hand percussion, handclaps, bass, electric guitar, fender rhodes, leslie piano, vocals - SW
Programming - David Kosten
Chapman stick, phased guitar, cutlery - Nick Beggs
Wahwah electric piano - Adam Holzman
Hi-hat - Michael Spearman
Vocals - Wendy Harriott, Bobbie Gordon, Crystal Williams
String arrangement by SW
Performed by The London Session Orchestra
Conducted by Guy Protheroe
LYRICS:
ME, I’M A BONA FIDE REPTILE
THE CLOSER I GET TO THE DIRT
THE SHARPER THE SUIT THAT I’M WEARING, YEAH
COS IT’S NEVER ENDING
NO IT’S NEVER ENDING
IT’S ALWAYS PRETENDING
COS IT’S NEVER ENDING
AND MY SMILE, SINCERELY A LIE
I GOT DESIGNS TO HYPNOTISE
I WON’T TRY TO DISGUISE I’M A SINNER
BECAUSE...
IT’S NEVER ENDING YEAH
IT’S NEVER ENDING YEAH
THE RULES KEEP ON BENDING YEAH
COS IT’S NEVER ENDING YEAH
I TURN ON THE CHARM AND YOU’RE
DOWN THERE ON THE TARMAC
I SAY SOMETHING FUNNY,
YOU GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY
A FLASH OF MY TEETH AND YOU HAND
YOUR CAR KEYS OVER
A FLICK OF MY WRIST AND...AND I SEDUCE YOUR SISTER
TWO FACES AND FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
I GOT THE SLEAZE IN MY TEETH
WHEN I MOVE I’M SLICK
NOTHING EVER STICKS TO ME
IT’S NEVER ENDING YEAH
IT’S NEVER ENDING YEAH
THE RULES KEEP ON BENDING YEAH
IT’S NEVER ENDING YEAH
I TURN ON THE CHARM AND YOU’RE
DOWN THERE ON THE TARMAC
I SAY SOMETHING FUNNY,
YOU GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY
A FLASH OF MY TEETH AND YOU HAND
YOUR CAR KEYS OVER
A FLICK OF MY WRIST AND...AND I SEDUCE YOUR SISTER
KEEP ON PRETENDING YEAH
IT’S ALL JUST PRETENDING YEAH
RULES KEEP ON BENDING YEAH
SO JUST KEEP ON SPENDING YEAH
I TURN ON THE CHARM AND YOU’RE
DOWN THERE ON THE TARMAC
I SAY SOMETHING FUNNY,
YOU GIVE ME ALL YOUR MONEY
A FLASH OF MY TEETH AND YOU HAND
YOUR CAR KEYS OVER
A FLICK OF MY WRIST AND...AND I SEDUCE YOUR SISTER
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And No Birds Sing is a story that crosses genres, having aspects of Psychological Thriller, Horror and Mystery. Reality merges with film and the supernatural when a London director starts to experience strange events and is forced to confront his troubled past. The film blurs the lines of reality, memory and fiction where sound constantly motivates the twists and turns of the action.
Steven Wilson, described by The Telegraph as ‘the most successful British musician most people have never heard of’ embarked on his hugely ambitious sold-out To The Bone world tour in 2018. Founder and frontman of adored outsider rock band Porcupine Tree; one half of Blackfield; a Grammy nominated back catalogue remixer for acts like Roxy Music, King Crimson and Tears for Fears, as well as a solo artist hugely respected for a series of visionary LPs, from 2008’s Insurgentes, to his bestselling album To The Bone. Home Invasion celebrates the very best from across his career so far, presented as a cinematic multi-media show with glorious visualisations and outstanding musicianship. This stunning concert film was captured on the final night of his three night sold out residency at the Royal Albert Hall, London in March 2018, concerts which were hailed by media and fans alike as among the very best shows of the year.
Director - James Russell
Producer - Andy Derbyshire
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ALBUM OUT 29TH JANUARY 2021
LYRICS:
HAVE NOW, HAVE NOW, PAY IN ANOTHER LIFE
KICKSTART THE FUTURE, ACCEPT THIS LOAN
FILL IN THE FORM, YOU’RE PRE-QUALIFIED
YOU’RE NOW THE SUM OF WHAT YOU OWN
BUY NOW, BUY NOW, HAVE A BETTER LIFE
CLOSE OUT TRANSACTIONS WITHOUT REMORSE
APPLY FOR CREDIT, IT’S YOUR GIVEN RIGHT
BUY IT ALL THEN BUY SOME MORE
BUY FOR COMFORT, BUY FOR KICKS
BUY AND BUY UNTIL IT MAKES YOU SICK
BUY FOR ENGLAND, BUY IT ALL
BUY ONLINE AND IN THE SHOPPING MALL
SELL IT ON THEN BUY IT BACK
BUY THE SHIT YOU NEVER KNEW YOU LACKED
BUY THE UPDATE TO COMPETE
BUY THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOUR LIFE COMPLETE
CONSUMER OF LIFE, HOLD MY HAND, EXTEND YOUR RIGHTS
IT’S THE POWER TO PURCHASE TO EXCESS
THAT SETS YOU APART AND CAN GIVE YOU THE ULTIMATE HIGH
ABUSER OF TIME, IF THERE’S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT
YOU DON’T NEED IT, BUT HAVE TO CONCEDE IT’S MAKING YOU HAPPY
AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS TO YOU
BUY THE BOX SET AND THE KIND OF STUFF
YOU’VE BOUGHT BEFORE A MILLION TIMES
BUY IN GREEN, BUY IN BLUE
BUY IN PATTERNS COS I TELL YOU TO
BUY THE DREAM, BUY THE SPIN
FEEL THE BITE DOWN OF THE TRAP YOU’RE IN
BUY THE LIES THAT I TELL
LAP UP EVERYTHING I’M HERE TO SELL
BUY NOW, BUY NOW, AT A BETTER PRICE
GIVE IN TO EXCESS, LOSE CONTROL
JUST KEEP ON SPENDING, NEVER COMPROMISE
RACK UP MORE DEBT AND FILL THAT HOLE
BUY FOR COMFORT, BUY FOR KICKS
BUY AND BUY UNTIL IT MAKES YOU SICK
BUY FOR ENGLAND, BUY IT ALL
BUY ONLINE AND IN THE SHOPPING MALL
SELL IT ON THEN BUY IT BACK
BUY THE SHIT YOU NEVER KNEW YOU LACKED
BUY THE UPDATE TO COMPETE
BUY THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOUR LIFE COMPLETE
SUNGLASSES
TEETH WHITENER
DELUXE EDITION BOX SETS
VOLCANIC ASH SOAP
ANTI AGEING CREAM
MULTIVITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS
NOISE CANCELLING HEADPHONES
DESIGNER TRAINERS
DIAMOND CUFFLINKS
DETOX DRINKS
SMART WATCH
ORGANIC LED TELEVISION
FITNESS CLUB MEMBERSHIP
FAKE EYELASHES
MONOGRAMMED LUGGAGE
180 GRAM VINYL REISSUES
BRANDED WATER
SELF-HELP BOOKS
SELF-LOVE
SELF-ESTEEM
SELF-INDULGENCE
SELF-OBSESSION
SELF-EXPRESSION
SELF-DEFENCE
SELF-DOUBT
SELF-CONTROL
CONSUMER OF LIFE, HOLD MY HAND, EXTEND YOUR RIGHTS
IT’S THE POWER TO PURCHASE TO EXCESS
THAT SETS YOU APART AND CAN GIVE YOU THE ULTIMATE HIGH
ABUSER OF TIME, IF THERE’S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT
YOU DON’T NEED IT, BUT HAVE TO CONCEDE IT’S MAKING YOU HAPPY
AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS TO YOU
BUY THE BOX SET AND THE KIND OF STUFF
YOU’VE BOUGHT BEFORE A MILLION TIMES
BUY IN GREEN, BUY IN BLUE
BUY IN PATTERNS COS I TELL YOU TO
SELL IT ON THEN BUY IT BACK
BUY THE SHIT YOU NEVER KNEW YOU LACKED
BUY THE UPDATE TO COMPETE
BUY THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOUR LIFE COMPLETE
FITNESS TRACKER
BIRTH CONTROL PILLS
BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES
DESIGNER TRAINERS
LIPSTICK
MOBILE PHONE SKINS
SCENTED CANDLES
MEDIA STREAMING HUB
PERSONAL SHOPPER DEVELOPMENT TEAM:
Steven Wilson - synthesisers/samplers, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, vocals
David Kosten - programming
Elton John - voice
Rotem Wilson - voice
Nick Beggs - bass guitar
Michael Spearman - drums
Wendy Harriott, Bobbie Gordon, Crystal Williams - vocals
Fyfe Dangerfield - vocals
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