Porcupine Tree – Metanoia
Label: |
Delerium Records – Delec CD079 |
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Format: |
CD
, Album
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Free Improvisation |
Tracklist
| 1 | Mesmer I | 8:33 | |
| 2 | Mesmer II | 6:04 | |
| 3 | Mesmer III / Coma Divine | 13:18 | |
| 4 | Door To The River | 4:31 | |
| 5 | Metanoia I / Intermediate Jesus | 14:14 | |
| 6 | Insignificance | 4:57 | |
| 7 | Metanoia II | 10:56 | |
| 8 | Milan | 2:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Delerium
- Copyright © – Porcupine Tree
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Delerium Records Limited
- Recorded At – The Doghouse Studio
- Remixed At – No Man's Land (3)
- Edited At – No Man's Land (3)
- Designed At – Aleph Studio (2)
- Published By – Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
- Published By – Hit & Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.
Credits
- Design, Layout – Carl Glover (4)
- Drums – Chris Maitland (tracks: 1 to 7)
- Fretless Bass – Colin Edwin (tracks: 1 to 7)
- Guitar, Electronics [Radio], Keyboards [Additional Keyboards] – Steven Wilson (tracks: 1 to 4)
- Guitar, Keyboards – Steven Wilson (tracks: 5 to 7)
- Mixed By [Remix], Edited By [Editing] – SW*
- Painting [Paintings], Photography By – Frans Janssen
- Recorded By – Stephen Stewart (4) (tracks: 1 to 4)
- Synthesizer [Synthesizers] – Richard Barbieri (tracks: 1 to 4)
- Written-By [All Titles Written By] – Porcupine Tree
Notes
Note: there is an almost identical version with a different barcode,
Design and layout by Carl Glover For Aleph.
Tracks 1 to 4: Recorded in Cambridge on 13th July 1995.
Tracks 5 to 7: Recorded at The Doghouse, Hanley on Thames on 4th March 1996.
Track 8: Recorded direct to DAT on 3rd March 1997.
Remix and editing at No Man's Land.
From the booklet:
These improvisations were recorded during the recording sessions for Signify and were originally issued as a limited edition double 10 inch vinyl of 1000 copies in 1998 by Chromatic/Delerium Records. This CD edition contains 2 additional tracks which were recorded during the same sessions. "Door To The River" is the last section of the improvisation recorded in Cambridge on 13th July 1995, but unlike the rest of the music it was overdubbed and reconstructed in the studio shortly afterwards. The track "Insignificance" is the missing piece that bridged "Intermediate Jesus" and "Metanoia II" in the original March 1996 recording.
We made it up as we went along.
Published by Zomba Music Publishing Ltd. except "Coma Divine" (track 3) and "Intermediate Jesus" published by Zomba Music Publishing Ltd. / Hit And Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.
© Delerium / Porcupine 2001
℗ Delerium Records Ltd. 2001
Other notes:
The very first version had a typo in the sticker on the jewel case. Instead of "1995/1996" it says "1995/1966".
Design and layout by Carl Glover For Aleph.
Tracks 1 to 4: Recorded in Cambridge on 13th July 1995.
Tracks 5 to 7: Recorded at The Doghouse, Hanley on Thames on 4th March 1996.
Track 8: Recorded direct to DAT on 3rd March 1997.
Remix and editing at No Man's Land.
From the booklet:
These improvisations were recorded during the recording sessions for Signify and were originally issued as a limited edition double 10 inch vinyl of 1000 copies in 1998 by Chromatic/Delerium Records. This CD edition contains 2 additional tracks which were recorded during the same sessions. "Door To The River" is the last section of the improvisation recorded in Cambridge on 13th July 1995, but unlike the rest of the music it was overdubbed and reconstructed in the studio shortly afterwards. The track "Insignificance" is the missing piece that bridged "Intermediate Jesus" and "Metanoia II" in the original March 1996 recording.
We made it up as we went along.
Published by Zomba Music Publishing Ltd. except "Coma Divine" (track 3) and "Intermediate Jesus" published by Zomba Music Publishing Ltd. / Hit And Run Music (Publishing) Ltd.
© Delerium / Porcupine 2001
℗ Delerium Records Ltd. 2001
Other notes:
The very first version had a typo in the sticker on the jewel case. Instead of "1995/1996" it says "1995/1966".
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned): 5032966097928
- Barcode (Text): 5 032966 097928
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): DELECCD079
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L041
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI IL09
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): DELECCD079
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L041
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2. No IFPI prefix): IL 16
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): DELECCD079
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L041
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): ifpi IL07
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): DELECCD079
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI L041
- Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI IL15
Other Versions (5 of 19)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited
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Metanoia (2×10", Album, Limited Edition) | Chromatic Records | CHR 003 | UK | 1998 | ||
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New Submission
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Metanoia (2×10", Album, Test Pressing, White Label) | Chromatic Records | CHR 003 | UK | 1998 | ||
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New Submission
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Metanoia (2×10", Album, Limited Edition, Mispress) | Chromatic Records | CHR 003 | UK | 1998 | ||
| Metanoia (CD, Album) | Delerium Records | Delec CD079 | UK | 2001 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Metanoia (CD, Album, Unofficial Release) | Not On Label (Porcupine Tree) | GP-02 GT000352 | Russia | 2005 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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The reason why I like the CD so much is that it combines two completely different philosophies in making music. On the one side, there is a rock song with intro, chorus, interlude etc. Opposite is the approach of Berlin school and ambient music: lengthy, no structure, not many - if even - harmonic changes.
"Metanoia" is a member of the latter, played by a "rock" band. This makes it so strange - you do NOT get what you expect. You get lengthy, meandering improvisations, played a against a frame of a single mode, with keyboards, guitar, fretless bass, and drums. And it is played very very well, as was to be expected of musicians of that calibre.
The first seven "pieces" flow, and even bass and drums alter subtly, nearly unperceptibly, akin to the best works of, say, Ashra, or Steve Reich.
The last piece, however, is again different. It took me very long to comprehend why it was included. It is just conversation fragments, obviously recorded in Milan. But if you listen closely, it has a structure, and it is the same as in the other pieces. Repetitions, minor changes in texture, variations on a theme.
All in all, really strange, but really good.
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