Steve Wilson, November 2005

Nice interview Maani - though SW did not seem all that forth coming - not an easy person to interview but all kudos for your great efforts.

and it is great to see you on-line and the quick not from Threefates - has made my day

Cheers

I don't think he sounds arrogant, probably just pissed off with the same questions over and over, no disrespect to Manni there though.

He does a lot of stuff. Ever heard of Bass Communion? A very VERY excellent ambient project Steve started back in the 80's I think. He's not just into this type of music or that type of music, he's into MUSIC.

So when he's being pigeonholed, I can understand him sort of wanting to lash out. I'd be (and am) exactly the same.

I can imagine what it's like for him. I write guitar music, ambient music, glitchy-Satan music, calm cool trip-hop, drum and bass, a bit of techno..... so many different types of stuff.

So if someone refers to me as just an ambient artist... It feels a bit sh*t, y'know?

Has anyone watched the video's on the Porcupine Tree website? Watch them, he speaks a little about what direction he's heading in, and he mentions that stuff like the Sky Moves Sideways are being put in the record box for a while, because they're so sick of playing them live.

My mood changes, but I much prefer Deadwing to Sky Moves Sideways at the moment.

Good Interview Maani - But Mr Wilson - Doesn't mention his first proper Band - Karma, I still have some of their tapes - My best mate of the time, a Mr Roger paterson - used to be his northern England contact. Roger and I went to stay at Mr Wilsons Parents House in the early eighties , I remember he was really into Rush at the time though Floyd were probably still his favourite at that time. I think his interview is a little bit arrogant in parts...He should realise that his CD's like The sky moves sideways are VERY Floyd influenced...and thus could be called regressive........

I'd like to meet him again and wonder if he remembers our brief stay at his parents gaffe ?

^ Actually, my feelings have nothing to do with PT; just Steve Wilson. I can't
stand when people have a better-than-thou view of themselves, such as
Steve Wilson does. He needs to get over himself. I've read many an interview
with him, and his arrogance and conceit are nearly suffocating.

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You can buy a copy at www.play.com for £6.99 inc delivery (at least in Europe).  It's one of my fave PT CDs.

What an egotistical, arrogant, narcissistic SOB. While Maani
did a great job of interviewing Mr. I'm-a-rock-star-so-I'm-much-better-
than-you, the interview was ultimately pointless because of Wilson's
unbriddled conceit.

Open note to Steve Wilson: You're only 'famous' to a small--very small--
group of people. Outside of those folks, no one has ever heard of you, nor
does anybody care who you are.

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Nice, congratulations, great effort maani, is good to know something about you... i consider Steven Wilson a quite impressive guy that knows exactly what he wants and does exactly the same. Having a conversation with a guy so focused into what he does for a living is quite difficult, beacuse he might sound arrogant. I agree that progressive music is a consequence of a constant searching and improvement, but like Duke Ellington said: there's just two kinds of music: bad music and good music.

peace

Great interview with a less than forthcoming interviewee, Maani; SW can occasionally come across as arrogant & condescending, but there's a good reason for this - he is arrogant & condescending.

That said, he is also one of the most significant musician/composer/producers of modern times within our chosen "genre" (sorry, Steve), and has always hated the label "progressive rock".

Incidentally, does anyone know where I can get a copy of "Voyage 34" - I like the description SW gave to this & it sounds right up my street!

I think that about covers it.

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Steven Wilson likes The Mars Volta

Great job Maani! Really enjoyed reading that.

...But who's Steven Wilson?