Year : 2017
Style : Progressive Rock , Melodic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 161 mb
Bio:
Over the past few years Steven Wilson’s Porcupine Tree have made the transition from a solo project to genuine international stars. The 2009 release, The Incident, is the band’s bestselling album to date, and the band has continued to raise its profile around the world, recently playing sold out gigs at London’s Royal Albert Hall and New York’s Radio City Music Hall.However, Porcupine Tree is just one of Steven’s several musical projects, which also include Blackfield, No-Man and Bass Communion. Steven is also a Grammy nominated producer and mixer working with the likes of Opeth, King Crimson, and Yoko Ono. He also co-wrote and sang a song on the recent UK number one album by Pendulum.The son of esteemed Israeli poet Yehonatan Geffen, and the nephew of Moshe Dayan, Aviv Geffen is Israel’s leading counter culture rock musician. A huge star in his native country, while his frank political views have caused huge controversy his records have been greeted with equal amounts of adulation, earning him a string of gold albums.An outspoken peace campaigner, he controversially refused to do compulsory military service and his lyrics have been fiercely critical of the Israeli military and their actions.At a peace rally in Tel Aviv in 1995, Geffen performed his ballad, ‘I Cry for You’, in front of over 300,000 people. After the show Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin congratulated Geffen backstage. Little did Aviv know but he would be the last person ever to embrace Prime Minister Rabin, as only moments later, yards from where Geffen stood, Rabin was gunned down. From that moment onwards Aviv became the national peace symbol for Israel's youth, and ‘I Cry For You’ would become an unofficial national anthem.Aviv Geffen has recently released his first English language solo album (produced by Trevor Horn) and in addition to supporting U2 and Placebo during 2010 he has also has worked with various artists including Elbow and Belle And Sebastian but it has been his partnership with Steven that has proved the most fertile.Formed after a meeting in 2000, the partnership blossomed into a cross-cultural collaboration called Blackfield.Aviv had discovered Porcupine Tree in the mid ‘90s and followed their career development. In 2000 he invited the band to perform some concerts in Israel and met with Steven in London to discuss working together. Before long they had collaborated on the first Blackfield song. In 2001 the two met in a studio in Tel Aviv with the intention of recording a one-off EP.The results of the session were so impressive however, that the EP was cancelled and the decision was made to continue writing and recording a full length album. Over the next 18 months the pair fitted in Blackfield writing and recording sessions whenever they could between their other commitments and finally in October 2003 the debut album was complete.The collaborative songs alongside songs written by each separately brought a unique meeting of cultures, which resulted in the self titled album, which was hailed at the time as 'hypnotically effective' (Classic Rock) and ‘another strike of genius from Steven Wilson’ (Eclipsed).Blackfield II arrived in February 2007. The pair’s return was greeted by an equally enthusiastic media response with Clash describing it as ‘a lush but soulful mix of separate cultures, deep sounds and touching lyrics,’ and CMU proclaiming it as ‘simply another complete triumph from the duo.’The third Blackfield album Welcome To My DNA will be released on Kscope in March 2011 and the band will be embarking on their first tour in four years in April.
Album:
BLACKFIELD is the collaboration between songwriter / musician Aviv Geffen, and British Prog genius Steven Wilson. "Blackfield V" is their new album recorded over a year and a half period across 2015 and 2016. Initially intended for release on 18 November 2016, was later delayed to 10 February 2017 but it won't be distributed until March.Blackfield's music is dreamy, melodic prog rock with a 'song format' around the 4 minute mark, easy to the ears. After a fairly brief hiatus, the duo are back with "V", their fifth studio document that signals a new commitment, a new vigor for a band that was all but left for dead three years ago. Blackfield albums tend to be assessed by the level of Steven Wilson’s involvement with them, which would automatically qualify "V" as the best Blackfield since their high water mark from ’07, Blackfield II.Yes, this is a ‘return to form’ kind of album that it’s already being touted to be and not merely because Wilson was more invested in it, but that certainly didn’t hurt. The reigning neo-prog king and former Porcupine Tree linchpin had always sought to leave breathing space for his partner in this venture, Israeli pop star Aviv Geffen, who had been handed control of the artistic direction of the band for the last couple of albums as Wilson put his energies into sweeping, first-rate rock epics like "The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)" and generally lesser but still quality releases like the odd ‘n’ ends "4 ½". In the meantime, Geffen was left largely in charge for Blackfield’s less-regarded 'Welcome To My DNA' and 'Blackfield IV'.After Wilson announced his official departure in early 2014 followed by a short ‘thank you and farewell tour’, Geffen went to work on this next album, bringing in rock producer legend Alan Parsons to oversee some of the sessions.By mid-2015, Wilson returned to the fold and was also involved in the sessions and a year later, after eighteen months of studio time in London and Tel Aviv, a new album was completed.Wilson’s involvement, actually, is less conspicuous than Blackfield II; he wrote only “44 to 48” and shares credit with Geffen for “Life Is An Ocean,” mixed about half the tracks and produced four. He contributes guitars and keys, but he’s always had a hand in the instrumentation.Though now he’s re-assumed a role equal to that with Geffen as a lead vocalist, and they share that task for three of the thirteen songs, including the driving rocker “Family Man” that after a short string orchestra instrumental, launches the record in a seemingly triumphant fashion.Geffen has grown much as a composer since Blackfield was started. Take, for instance, “Lonely Soul,” where his whimper 'I’m a lonely soul' is looped over and over to a programmed groovy drum track with a modern approach. His notorious putdowns continue, too, such as 'It’s too late, so why pray now/You cynical bastard?', sung by Wilson on Geffen’s gossamer 'How Was Your Ride?'Moreover, he lends a couple of downright heartbreaking melodies on the percussion-less ballads “Sorrys” and “October,” the latter being solid proof how far Wilson has come as a lead vocalist; he can belt ’em out like a real crooner, now. But it’s not all dark: Geffen lends his wavering but insistent voice to the reassuring “We’ll Never Be Apart,” where Wilson’s rock guitar provides the right punch here (and elsewhere).Alan Parsons helmed the boards for “How Was Your Ride?”, “We’ll Never Be Apart” and “The Jackal,” which are all marked by those heavenly swells of rich chords particularly in the background vocals and the string arrangements. His limited presence doesn’t make the rest of the album pale in comparison because Wilson — a master producer himself — and Geffen adhered to high standards on their turns as well.The lush “From 44 to 48” wraps up the album with Wilson’s semi-autobiographical look back on life, a theme he’s visited before. Like so many of his songs, it sounds so familiar, it probably should have been written a long time ago.Keeping the songs down to tidy, radio-ready lengths, it's the secret of success for "Blackfield V".The Blackfield hallmarks of meticulously timeless production, enduring melodies and quality instrumentation are here stronger than probably ever for their fifth album, and those three attributes together are nearly impossible to find in any other rock band today. Melodic, catchy lite prog is the motto here, with some rocking moments, some poppy choruses and an overall Alan Parsons / Steven Wilson sound all over.
Line Up:
Steven Wilson – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Aviv Geffen – vocals, guitar, keyboards
Tomer Z – drums
Eran Mitelman – keyboards
Alan Parsons – harmony vocals, production 3,4,9
Tracklist:
01. A Drop In The Ocean (1:23)
02. Family Man (3:37)
03. How Was Your Ride? (3:58)
04. We'll Never Be Apart (2:54)
05. Sorry s (2:58)
06. Life Is An Ocean (3:26)
07. Lately (3:24)
08. October (3:31)
09. The Jackal (3:56)
10. Salt Water (2:39)
11. Undercover Heart (4:02)
12. Lonely Soul (3:42)
13. From 44 To 48 (4:31)
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