Steve Wilson - No Twilight Within the Courts of the Sun

[DivergingUnity]

eins!

zwei!

drei!

vier!

[kwastimus]

Um, 17 year old Serbian Omegle chat partner to whom I, a guy from Cyprus recommended this, please respond if you happen to see this

... and don't forget to check out Gazpacho :D

[fathomspace7]

I'm a 21st century schizoid woman. 

[MrMightymcleod]

(Twilight) Zone - Rush

In the (Court) of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Set the Control to the Heart of the (Sun) - Pink Floyd

Prog FTW.

[muraliavarma]

Music in its purest form. Loop, jam, refine, repeat

[asmXtrem]

King Crimson reloaded

[cocozaococozao123]

SteveN... please

[cornishpastie9]

Jazz metal?

[SekundesC]

Steven Wilson, Tony Levin, Gavin Harrison, and some Jordan Rudess at the end. What else do you need?

[TheElectricCampfire]

Hello there. Mike Outram here. Re this solo, I come in around the 1.20 ish mark, it's me and Steve playing at the same time, from 1.38 the solo is just me. Best played loud :)

[ShatteredNerves]

Uh, Hello YOUTUBE! THIS IS MIKE FUCKING OUTRAM.  Up thumbs are required.

[BeyondApathy]

For those asking SW did the first guitar solo while a guitarist by the name of Mike Outram did the second solo. Such a great song, such a great album.

[JoshandBrandonmusic]

3 people are def

[AllMyLoveToYouBabe]

:O this is BEAUTIFUL!!

[tortijazz]

bueno bueno y bueno

[Cleverconveyence]

90% sure it was some jazz guitarist and now SW who played lead guitar on this.

[MansightJoker]

Jordan Rudess played the piano for this song, I believe.

[MegaloTsoutseki]

Guess what? They are all Porcupine Tree songs, and they're freaking unique.

Regarding this song, the mellotron, the interweaving 3-voice-part and the guitar harmony in the 5th minute mark are but a few of his trademarks. Really well played Mr. Wilson, you managed to give us eargasms once again!

P.S. Sorry for the multi-post and the f-ed up order but I had to write all these down for the sake of a through analysis. Take care everyone!

[MegaloTsoutseki]

My point being: Wilson is one of the few musicians around who can combine his influences and create a track that directly relates to his own style. This is the Chimera that every musician chases but there are actually very few people who have accomplished it. Some examples:

Voyage 34 Phase 1 --> reminds you of Pink Floyd.

Arriving Somewhere --> reminds you of Marillion and Opeth.

Anesthetize --> reminds you of Mesuggah.

Lips of Ashes --> reminds you of Radiohead.

[MegaloTsoutseki]

This track sound like King Crimson? Yes

Could it have been a King Crimson track? No. King Crimson, although ahead of their time, would have sounded a lot more "primitive" in the aspect of mixing, effects and such.

This track sound like Liquid Tension and all the such? Yes

Could it have been a Liquid Tension track? No. Although it's very techincally executed it lacks the (some find them boring, I personally enjoy them) flashy 25-notes-per-second-per-instru­ment solos

[MegaloTsoutseki]

IMPORTANT NOTE: I totally respect all the bands mentioned below, the criticism is not meant to subdue their musical talent, but just to emphasize my point.

On topic:

This track sound like Mars Volta? Yes

Could it have been a Mars Volta track? No. Mars Volta would have made more "aggressive" (anyone who has heard their music knows what I mean) transitions through the different musical parts. (or split the song in 5 different ones) :P

[hotties4jesus]

Tony Levin who was in King Crimson plays on this track

[Arachnidius]

@hotties4jesus @hotties4jesus Hey, I know Tony Levin as bassist and Chapman Stick-player for Dream Theater's side project, Liquid Tension Experiment. Check out Osmosis by them for some seriously cool Champan Stickage :)

[LaVerduraXBL]

YOu people stop saying that he's Robert Fripp or some other guy he's Steven Wilson period and he's fucking amazing :D

[frogmugenos]

gotta say this man is a god of good music... "harmony korine" is the epicest song i've ever eard and this one's guitar and drums are just amazingly awesome

thumbs up for steven wilson, the god of the best music

[Rmoser1012]

If you like Porcupine Tree, then you will love this CD from the genius behind PT. This is the best song but they are all incredible.

[sausagedogmcgee]

Despite being a blatant Mars Volta ripoff, this still manages to sound uniquely Steven Wilson-ish.

[outsidedown]

@sausagedogmcgee Yeah, would sound like Mars Volta... If Steve Wilson sucked. If anything Mars Volta rips Steve Wilson off ;]

[Grimmjow567]

@outsidedown Fuck you.

[Sandboxlion]

Gavin's playing sends me to Drum Nirvana.

[SuperDario1978]

Steven Wilson: voices

Gavin Harrison: drums

Tony Levin: bass

Mike Outram: electric guitar

Jordan Rudess: piano

[matthewjoe88]

@SuperDario1978 actually it's like this:

steven wilson - vocals, electric guitar (including first solo), piano, celeste

mike outram - second guitar solo

jordan rudess - piano

tony levin - bass

gavin harrison - drums

[loic74]

this sounds so much like The Mars Volta O-o

[populvuh02]

@loic74 yeah, i agree, but to me it sounds more like omar rodriguez-lopez's solo work

[SlaveExplosion]

@loic74 Except they can't write material on the same level as this.

[matthewjoe88]

@SlaveExplosion Ever hear Cygnus? Or Cassandra? Because those are far more varied and complex as far as writing goes. I could see you saying they can't perform at this level though, because the musicianship in this song is just.... words cannot describe. But as far as writing goes, this song is pretty basic, just repeat the same thing over and over again, be totally badass musicians and bring the tension up and down and then do a little something different all in the same 21/8 time signature.

[SlaveExplosion]

@matthewjoe88 Yep, I'd agree with you if I wasn't a crazy as hell Steven Wilson fan boy :P If you look at the albums The Sky Moves Sideways and Anesthetize, and you can say The Mars Volta can compete at the same level, then I'd be inclined to listen to more of The Mars Volta :P

[loic74]

@SlaveExplosion I rather listen to Omar

[radioheadmx2009]

Master guitar! Happy Birthday Steven!

[007Pogo]

Best album of 2008? i really think so.

[Ajepson2]

@007Pogo  Agreed.

[TheRythmestick]

The chorus really bugs mean. WTF is he saying???

[rocker97834]

this song sounds a lot like the solo from cygnus....vismund cygnus by the mars volta

[BigTymerPimp]

@rocker97834 Totally, both Steve Wilson and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez are genius. My heart would stop if even I heard rumour of them working on a calaboration album. They actually have some similar ideas musically. Both of them are some of the hardest working muscians in music today Omar records like over 8 albums a year and Steve probably does the same. I would love it if they formed some kind of super side-project that combined TMV and PT. Music in general would never be the same.

[007Pogo]

@BigTymerPimp Holy fucking shit, i hope that became true.

[BigTymerPimp]

@007Pogo My heart would melt and probably my brain would too if I could hear and see such a collaboration. Talk about super-group if that happened. IMAGINE THE LIVE SHOW! Oh, I need to stop before I have to change my pants. Someone needs to bring this news to both bands. Right away. I am dead serious. My ears are waiting.

[marcojp94]

is this in 21/8 or 21/16?

[FlyteDanny]

@marcojp94 21/8, a measure in "/16", never really heard of it, why divide time signature that small? =P

[emmanuelt1125]

@marcojp94 I figure it to be something like 4/4 + 5/4 + 9/16.

[matthewjoe88]

@emmanuelt1125 It's actually 11/8 + 7/8 + 3/8. Go ahead try counting it, it totally works.

[elnegronestor]

The beggining sound very similar to the midddle part of Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus from The Mars Volta's Frances The Mute album.

Nice track btw

[edthehead83]

everybody saying all this stuff about how it reminds them of King Crimson... haha of course it does, Tony Levin is playing bass in this song and Gavin Harrison is drumming! not to mention the fact that Steven and Robert collaborate all the time.

[TheAdam159]

Awesong song. Reminds me of King Crimson. SW is the modern day Fripp.

[InsteadICloseMyEyes]

i´m falling in love with this song! steven wilson is a god! everything that he touches turns into gold. really amazing!

[Symphony675]

amazing song.

[jaisonbass]

Great song. Great riff. This song has grown on me.

and as always, brilliant drumming by Gavin.

[nihilistic0]

reminds me of King Crimson. Turns out the bassist from KC is playing on it. Excellent song.

[tomnevati]

@nihilistic0

And the drummer. Gavin Harrison is the drummer of KC.

[nihilistic0]

I wouldn't really consider Gavin to be the drummer for KC. Yea, he played with them on a tour, but that's not really the same thing.

[azurekevin]

No, Gavin Harrison is the drummer of Porcupine Tree. He is a co-drummer for KC as of 2008.

[wolfisloose]

kind of Mars Volta-esque

[BrazilianDuDe]

Reminds me of King Crimson. Especially the guitar. To me, Steven Wilson is the 21st century Robert Fripp. He's just and endless well of good music: Porcupine, solo, I.E.M, Bass Communion, No-Man and all the albums that he's produced.. Oh, man, do I like him...

[franky867]

Don't forget Blackfield.

[Flapjackhayden]

@franky867 maybe more thumbs up for this reminder IDK

[westnile805]

@franky867 Or Opeth

[Raaaaaaaaaafls]

@franky867 and opeth

[bokanovskyprocess]

@BrazilianDuDe Ironically enough, if I'm not mistaken Robert Fripp wrote part of this song.

[0pethMetal]

@BrazilianDuDe Damn, I was listening to this song and searched for this song on youtube specifically to state that there is a huge king crimson influence here, but you beet me to it!

[KwazyTwang]

@BrazilianDuDe So he is the 21st Century Schizoid Man? haha

[eldrickenji]

@BrazilianDuDe is he schizoid ?

[chinobataco]

@BrazilianDuDe He's a 21 century schizoid man.

[msclvr48]

It is powerful. Excellent word choice. Gavin rocks it. And the guitar...wow...

[RevelingInReverie]

The best song on the entire album. Can't get enough! Brilliant.

[whiteadi]

I can say the same for almost all songs from this album :)

[RevelingInReverie]

I know, right?!

[whiteadi]

probably :)

[JasonDeeWILEY1980]

I love how he shreds the guitar up nicely, Powerful stuff. The solo reminds me of John McLaughlin.

The productiuon is amazing on this album.

[toolfan92]

love love love

[marnixdecroock]

today i put this song on in my car and immediatle i drove to fast

[AnotherDyingSoul]

Best song of the album, definitely.

[zakdagger]

Fantastic.

[DirEnYakon]

Such a masterpiece, imo the best out of Insurgentes. This man is a genius.

[Pytlik]

great!!!

[Warlocknes]

Guitar-gasm......

[adrian5b]

bassgasmic, drumgasmic.... musically orgasmic

[Flapjackhayden]

@Warlocknes DRUMGASM more like.... Ahh well cant decide... ur right, im right, were all right when it comes to what's great about steven wilsons works!!

[spartanxdrummer]

finally i've found it ive been searching 4 this song everywhere THANX MAN!!!

[wedlascar]

me too...

[t1mmy13]

i'm addicted to this song..