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Spudman
May 16th, 2010, 02:50 PM
From DPRP:

STEVEN WILSON: Steven W and Mikael Arkfeldt join forces for new project and Steven W releases IEM box set

In a recent interview for with Chord Struck Magazine Wilson mentions the “early days” of the project ... "I started writing with Mikael [Åkerfeldt] last month, finally. It's still in the very early days. We wrote about 15 minutes of music last month in my studio near London and we're very excited about it. I think people are going to be very surprised by the direction. If they're expecting some kind of death-metal-progressive rock, they're going to be surprised [because] it's not like that," Wilson continues. "If you put the two of us together, the last thing we're going to do is something similar to what people already know from our most high profile project. It's very arty, very ambitious; it's going to be epic. We're still writing. [It's going to be] very dark, very twisted, very experimental. It's still rock music, but we're trying to do something really, really special and really different with this."

Read the full article HERE (http://www.chordstruckmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218&Itemid=1).

Wilson is from Porcupine Tree and Mikael is from Opeth.

Tig
May 17th, 2010, 02:03 PM
Wow, this could be something special! Åkerfeldt clearly shows his range during the cleanly sung acoustic passages on Opeth's more recent albums. Wilson is simply an incredible writer and musician.

Let us know if you hear any buzz on an album release date, etc.

P.S. I'm really enjoying all that new music you sent.

Spudman
May 17th, 2010, 02:59 PM
I'm excited too. Mikael has a beautiful singing voice. I'm sure that will be put to good use because Steven is not about the cookie monster vocal stuff and they both are very good writers.

I'm watching closely for the release date.

Eric
June 24th, 2011, 05:13 PM
Ah, here's the thread I was thinking of! Yeah, I found a few links:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155866

http://www.rockedition.com/news/mikael-akerfeldt-steven-wilson-unveil-new-project/

The second link says 2012, so I'll curb my enthusiasm. Dag. Guess I'll just have to listen to a lot of PT and Blackfield in the meantime.

Spudman
June 24th, 2011, 07:46 PM
Nothing like having to wait eh? What's up with Wilson anyway. He should be pumping out the records...oh wait, he is pumping out the records. I guess I'll just wait too another year. And I was so excited when I heard about this in 2010. I thought it would come much sooner. I'm sure it will be worth the wait.

How many times did I say wait? While I'm waiting I'll just continue to enjoy the new Magic Pie album. http://www.magicpie.net/