Editing Steven Wilson (section)

==Biography==
===Early years===
Born in [[Kingston upon Thames]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://no-man.co.uk/biography-1980s.html|title=no-man|access-date=2010-04-05}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> London, Wilson was raised from age six in [[Hemel Hempstead|Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire]], where he discovered his interest in music around the age of eight. According to Wilson, his life was changed one Christmas when his parents bought presents for each other in the form of [[Gramophone record|LPs]]. His father and mother received [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' and [[Donna Summer]]'s ''[[Love to Love You Baby (album)|Love to Love You Baby]]'', respectively. It was Wilson's affinity for these albums that helped craft his guitar and songwriting abilities.<ref>{{cite web|first=Steven |last=Rosen |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/steven_wilson_porcupine_tree_was_gonna_be_a_one-off_thing.html |title=Steven Wilson: 'Porcupine Tree Was Gonna Be A One-Off Thing'  |website=Ultimate Guitar Archive |date=2011-12-14 |access-date=2016-03-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108002946/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/steven_wilson_porcupine_tree_was_gonna_be_a_one-off_thing.html|archive-date=2012-01-08}}</ref> He said, "In retrospect I can see how they are almost entirely responsible for the direction that my music has taken ever since."{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} His interest in Pink Floyd led him towards [[experimental music|experimental]]/[[psychedelic music|psychedelic]] [[Concept album|conceptual]] progressive rock (as exemplified by [[Porcupine Tree]] and [[Blackfield]]), and Donna Summer's [[hypnosis|trance]]-inflected [[groove (popular music)|grooves]] inspired the initial musical approach of [[No-Man]] (Wilson's long-running collaboration with fellow musician and vocalist [[Tim Bowness]]).

As a child, Wilson was forced to learn the guitar, but he did not enjoy it; his parents eventually stopped paying for lessons. When he was eleven, he found a nylon string [[classical guitar]] from his attic and started to experiment with it; in his own words, "scraping microphones across the strings, feeding the resulting sound into overloaded reel to reel tape recorders and producing a primitive form of multi-track recording by bouncing between two cassette machines". A year later, his father, who was an [[electronic engineer]], built him his first multi-track tape machine and a [[vocoder]] so he could begin experimenting with the possibilities of studio recording.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/september_2002/porcupine.html|title=Porcupine Tree|publisher=Free Williamsburg|access-date=2008-04-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209213001/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/september_2002/porcupine.html|archive-date=9 December 2012}}</ref>

===Early bands===
[[File:Steven Wilson Strawberry Fayre Cambridge 1997.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Wilson in 1997]]
Wilson said his taste in music diverged from his peers in the 1980s:<blockquote>I grew up in the 80s, and it was a pretty bad decade for music. There were some interesting things developing, but everyone I knew wanted to be in [[Level 42]], [[Simple Minds]] or [[U2]]. I wasn't interested in any of that, so I found solace in the 60s and 70s music that my parents were listening to. And I began to discover this wonderful era, what you'd call the great album era, from 1967 to 1977, from ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|Sgt Pepper]]'' through to [[punk rock|punk]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time | title= The 50 Best Guitarists of All Time | work=Louder | date=29 September 2018 | access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> </blockquote>

One of Wilson's earliest musical projects was the psychedelic duo Altamont (featuring a 15-year-old Wilson working with synth/electronics player Simon Vockings). Their one and only cassette album, ''Prayer for the Soul'', featured lyrics by English psychedelic scenester Alan Duffy, whose work Wilson would later use on the first two Porcupine Tree albums. Around the same time that Wilson was part of Altamont, he was also in a progressive rock band called Karma, which played live around Hertfordshire and recorded two cassette albums, ''The Joke's on You'' (1983) and ''The Last Man To Laugh'' (1985). These contained early versions of "Small Fish", "Nine Cats" and "The Joke's on You", which were subsequently resurrected as Porcupine Tree songs.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Wilson went on to join the New Wave/AOR band Pride of Passion as keyboard player, replacing former [[Marillion]] keyboard player Brian Jelliman (another former Marillion member, Diz Minnitt, also played in the band). Pride of Passion would later change their name to Blazing Apostles and alter their lineup and approach, finally coming to an end in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themarqueeclub.net/interview-diz-minnitt-of-marillion|title=Interview - Diz Minnitt of Marillion|website=[[Marquee Club|TheMarqueeClub.net]]|date=August 2006 |access-date=2010-09-15| first=Koldo|last=Barroso |url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061224175221/http://www.themarqueeclub.net/interview-diz-minnitt-of-marillion| archive-date=2006-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graham-collins.com/drummer/index.php/bio/about|title=About HISTORY|access-date=2010-09-15|first=Graham|last=Collins|date=2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909181857/http://www.graham-collins.com/drummer/index.php/bio/about|archive-date=9 September 2010}}</ref>

===Breakthrough work===
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In 1987, Wilson launched the two projects that would make his name. The first of these was initially called "No Man Is An Island (Except The Isle of Man)", although it would later be renamed "[[No-Man]]." This began life as a solo Wilson instrumental project blending progressive rock with synth pop, subsequently moving towards art-pop when singer/lyricist [[Tim Bowness]] joined the project the following year. The second project was "[[Porcupine Tree]]", which was originally intended to be a full-on pastiche of psychedelic rock (inspired by the similar [[Dukes of Stratosphear]] project by [[XTC]]) carried out for the mutual entertainment of Wilson and his childhood friend Malcolm Stocks.

Over the next three years, the projects would evolve in parallel. Of his two efforts, No Man Is An Island (Except The Isle of Man) was the first to release a commercial single (1989's "The Girl From Missouri", on Plastic Head Records), while Porcupine Tree built an increasing underground reputation via the release of a series of cassette-only releases via The Freak Emporium (the mail-order wing of British psychedelic label [[Delerium Records]]).

By 1990, No Man Is An Island (Except The Isle of Man) had fully evolved into No-Man and was a voice/violin/multi-instrument trio which had incorporated dance beats into its art-pop sound. The second No-Man single – a crooned cover of the [[Donovan]] song "Colours" arranged in a dub-loop style anticipating [[trip hop]] - won the Single of the Week award in ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and gained the band a recording contract with the high-profile independent label [[One Little Indian]] (at the time, famous for [[the Shamen]] and [[Björk]]). Their debut One Little Indian single, "Days in the Trees", won the same Single of the Week award the following year. The single also briefly charted and, although sales were not outstanding, Wilson had now gained credibility in the record industry (as well as enough finance to fit out his home studio with the equipment he would need to advance his music).

By this time, Wilson had also released the official Porcupine Tree debut album, ''[[On the Sunday of Life]]...''  (which compiled the best material from the underground tapes). No-Man's debut full-length release – a compilation of EP tracks called ''Lovesighs – An Entertainment'' – followed in 1992, as did Porcupine Tree's infamous LSD-themed maxi-single "[[Voyage 34]]" which made the ''[[NME]]'' [[indie (music)|indie]] [[music chart|chart]] for six weeks.<ref name="Porcupine Tree Biography">{{cite web|url = http://www.porcupinetree.com/background.cfm|title = Porcupine Tree Biography|access-date = 2007-05-15|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080410092648/http://www.porcupinetree.com/background.cfm|archive-date = 10 April 2008}}</ref> No-Man also toured England with a six-piece band including three ex-members of the art-pop band [[Japan (band)|Japan]] – [[Mick Karn]], [[Steve Jansen]] and (most significantly) keyboardist [[Richard Barbieri]]. 1993 saw Wilson consolidating his initial success with albums from both Porcupine Tree (''[[Up the Downstair]]'') and No-Man (''Loveblows And Lovecries – A Confession'').

Porcupine Tree, meanwhile, toured frequently and passed through various overt phases of different musical stylings (including psychedelia, progressive rock, modern guitar rock and heavy metal) while retaining the core of Wilson's sonic imagination and songwriting. By the mid-2000s Porcupine Tree had become a well known rock band with albums on major labels such as Atlantic and Roadrunner.

===Diversification and collaborations===
[[File:Steven Wilson acoustic.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Wilson in 1999]]
During the late 1990s, Wilson's love of experimental, drone and ambient music led to a series of new projects, notably [[Bass Communion]] and [[Incredible Expanding Mindfuck]] (also known as IEM). He also began to release a series of CD singles under his own name.

Having established himself as a producer, Wilson was invited to produce other artists, notably the Norwegian artist [[Anja Garbarek]] and Swedish progressive-metal band [[Opeth]]. Though he claims to enjoy production more than anything else, with the demands of his own projects, he has mostly restricted himself to mixing for other artists in the last few years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swhq.co.uk/guest.cfm|title=Guest Appearances - Steven Wilson Headquarters|access-date=2008-04-06|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191133/http://www.swhq.co.uk/guest.cfm}}</ref>

Wilson has written reviews for the Mexican edition of the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine. They are all translated into Spanish. Two reviews have been published so far: one for [[Radiohead]]'s ''[[In Rainbows]]'' and another for [[Murcof]]'s 2007 work, ''Cosmos''.<ref name="voyint">{{cite web|url=http://www.voyage-pt.de/VPT-SWInterview20071113-English.pdf|title=No Fear of a Blank Planet|publisher=Voyage PT|date=13 November 2007|access-date=2008-04-24|first1=Uwe |last1=Häberle |first2=Claudia|last2=Ritcher|location=Stuttgart|url-status=live|archive-date=2008-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530181001/http://www.voyage-pt.de/VPT-SWInterview20071113-English.pdf}}</ref> He has also contributed to US magazine ''[[Electronic Musician]]''.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=8 July 2017|url=http://www.emusician.com/author/steven%20wilson|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170707014142/http://www.emusician.com/author/steven%20wilson|title=Articles by : steven wilson|website=emusician.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=21 July 2010|access-date=8 July 2017|url=https://www.facebook.com/StevenWilsonHQ/posts/145032455513968|title=Steven Wilson's Facebook|website=[[Facebook]] |url-status=live|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170707013512/https://www.facebook.com/StevenWilsonHQ/posts/145032455513968%23}}</ref> Wilson wrote the foreword for 2010 book ''[[Mean Deviation (book)|Mean Deviation]]''.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=10 September 2017|title= VOIVOD, PORCUPINE TREE Members Contribute To 'Mean Deviation' Book|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/voivod-porcupine-tree-members-contribute-to-mean-deviation-book/|date=17 August 2010|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820122647/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=144699|archive-date=20 August 2010}}</ref>

Wilson produced and contributed [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], [[guitar]] and [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] for Opeth on the albums ''[[Blackwater Park (album)|Blackwater Park]]'', ''[[Deliverance (Opeth album)|Deliverance]]'', and ''[[Damnation (album)|Damnation]]'', also contributing lyrics for one song (''Death Whispered a Lullaby'') in ''Damnation''. In addition to this, he has collaborated on many projects with Belgian experimental musician Dirk Serries of [[Vidna Obmana]] and [[Fear Falls Burning]], most notably on their collaboration project [[Continuum (music project)|Continuum]] which has so far produced two albums. Wilson is also featured on a Fovea Hex EP ''Allure'' (Part{{nbsp}}3 of the "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent" trilogy of EP's) on bass guitar. This EP was released in April 2007 through Die-Stadt Musik.

Wilson has also worked with a range of other artists, including [[OSI (band)|OSI]], [[JBK (music)|JBK]], [[Orphaned Land]], [[Paatos]], [[Theo Travis]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Fish (singer)|Fish]], [[Cipher]] and [[Anja Garbarek]], by performing songwriting duties as well as performing musically. Wilson is featured on the [[Pendulum (drum and bass band)|Pendulum]] album ''[[Immersion (album)|Immersion]]'', with his vocals featuring on "The Fountain".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2011/02/02/interview-with-rob-swire-from-pendulum-swinging-towards-protracted-immersion/|title=Interview with Rob Swire from Pendulum: Swinging Towards Protracted 'Immersion'|first=John|last=Fortunato|newspaper=[[The Aquarian Weekly]]|date=2011-02-02|access-date=2016-06-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807084617/http://www.theaquarian.com/2011/02/02/interview-with-rob-swire-from-pendulum-swinging-towards-protracted-immersion/|archive-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> He made a guest appearance on [[Dream Theater]]'s 2007 album, ''[[Systematic Chaos]]'' on the song "[[Repentance (song)|Repentance]]", as one of several musical guests recorded apologizing to important people in their lives for wrongdoings in the past.

Wilson did an interview with German musician and [[composer]] [[Klaus Schulze]]. Schulze was an important figure of the [[Krautrock]] movement. This interview is featured as bonus material in Schulze's Live DVD, ''Rheingold''.<ref>[https://www.myspace.com/klausschulzerheingold MySpace.com - Klaus Schulze Rheingold DVD]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Rheingold DVD's MySpace (11 September 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-07.{{dead link|date=June 2016}}</ref>

Wilson has become known for his [[5.1 surround sound]] mixes, with the 2007 Porcupine Tree album ''[[Fear of a Blank Planet]]'' nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the "Best Mix For Surround Sound" category.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/50th_Show/list.aspx#28 | title = GRAMMY.com - 50th Annual GRAMMY Nominations List | date = 2007-12-06 | access-date= 2007-12-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514002913/http://www.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/50th_show/list.aspx#28|archive-date=2008-05-14}}</ref> It was also voted #3 album of the year by ''[[Sound and Vision (magazine)|Sound And Vision]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.soundandvision.com/content/top-10-dvds-and-cds-2007-page-2| title= Top 10 DVDs and CDs of 2007| magazine= [[Sound and Vision (magazine)|Sound and Vision]]| date= 4 February 2008| access-date= 2008-03-26| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160807192533/http://www.soundandvision.com/content/top-10-dvds-and-cds-2007-page-2| archive-date= 7 August 2016}}</ref> Wilson has worked on several other surround sound projects, which have included remixing the [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] and [[King Crimson]] back catalogues,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.com/blog/2008/01/scoop-ptree-in.html |title=Ptree in Action, Crimson in Surround! |access-date=2008-03-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404000459/http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.com/blog/2008/01/scoop-ptree-in.html |archive-date=4 April 2008}}</ref> as well as [[Marillion]]'s 1985 album ''[[Misplaced Childhood]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-03/marillions-misplaced-childhood-set-for-deluxe-edition | title= Marillion's Misplaced Childhood set for deluxe edition | first= Scott | last= Munro | work=Louder | date= 3 May 2017 | access-date= 8 November 2017 | url-status= live | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171108204804/http://teamrock.com/news/2017-05-03/marillions-misplaced-childhood-set-for-deluxe-edition | archive-date= 8 November 2017}}</ref> The [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] album ''[[We're Here Because We're Here (album)|We're Here Because We're Here]]'' was mixed by Wilson and he is thanked in the album liner notes,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-discovery.com/Interviews/anathema_interview_2011_pt1.htm|date=12 February 2011|first=Mark|last=Holmes|location=Nottingham, UK|website=Metal-Discovery.com|title=Interview with Anathema|access-date=13 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027063817/http://www.metal-discovery.com/Interviews/anathema_interview_2011_pt1.htm|archive-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> and he mixed two songs on their subsequent album ''[[Distant Satellites]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prog-sphere.com/interviews/anathema-interview/|title=ANATHEMA: Orbiting Around Music|first=Nikola |last=Savić|date=31 May 2014|website=Prog Sphere|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603090235/http://www.prog-sphere.com/interviews/anathema-interview/|archive-date=3 June 2014 |access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref> He also did the remix for ''[[In the Land of Grey and Pink]]'' by [[Canterbury scene]] band [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]]. The first three new editions were issued in October 2009, with more emerging in batches over the coming years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/Steven-Wilson-On-Remixing-King-Crimson-20442.aspx |title=Steven Wilson on Re-mixing King Crimson |publisher=Roadrunner Records |date=2011-07-12 |access-date=2013-02-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412023601/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/steven-wilson-on-re-mixing-king-crimson|archive-date=2013-04-12}}</ref> Wilson is responsible for the 5.1 and new stereo mixes of the 1992 [[XTC]] album ''[[Nonsuch (album)|Nonsuch]]'' in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theseconddisc.com/2013/08/06/steven-wilson-prepping-surround-mixes-for-yes-and-xtc-more-king-crimson-on-the-way/|title=Steven Wilson Prepping Surround Mixes for Yes and XTC, More King Crimson on the Way|first=Joe|last=Marchese|date=2013-06-24|access-date=2016-06-13|website=The Second Disc|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812100626/http://theseconddisc.com/2013/08/06/steven-wilson-prepping-surround-mixes-for-yes-and-xtc-more-king-crimson-on-the-way/|archive-date=12 August 2016}}</ref> as well as the [[Gentle Giant]] albums ''[[The Power and the Glory (Gentle Giant album)|The Power and the Glory]]'' and ''[[Octopus (Gentle Giant album)|Octopus]]'' in 2014 and 2015, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url-status=dead|url=http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/headphonedust/gentle-giant-the-power-and-the-glory-sw-remix-blu-raycd/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609065243/http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/headphonedust/gentle-giant-the-power-and-the-glory-sw-remix-blu-raycd|archive-date=9 June 2014 |access-date=13 June 2016|title=Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory : SW remix (Blu-Ray/CD)|website=Stevenwilsonhq.com}}</ref> In 2018, he released ''[[Yes (band)|Yes]]: The Steven Wilson Remixes'', consisting of the albums ''[[The Yes Album]]'' (1971), ''[[Fragile (Yes album)|Fragile]]'' (1971), ''[[Close to the Edge]]'' (1972), the double album ''[[Tales from Topographic Oceans|Tales From Topographic Oceans]]'' (1973), and ''[[Relayer]]'' (1974). 

Wilson's other remixes include [[The Who]]'s ''[[Who's Next]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-18 |title=The Who / Who's Next reissue – SuperDeluxeEdition |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-who-whos-next-reissue/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Tears for Fears]]' ''[[Songs from the Big Chair]]''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-17|title=Tears For Fears announce Songs From the Big Chair 35th anniversary reissues|url=https://consequence.net/2020/02/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair-reissue/|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[The Seeds of Love]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=August 2020|first=Jerry Ewing19|title=Steven Wilson remixes Tears For Fears The Seeds of Love|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/steven-wilson-remixes-tears-for-fears-the-seeds-of-love|access-date=2021-01-25|website=Prog Magazine|date=19 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> [[Van Morrison]]'s ''[[Moondance]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moondance |url=https://stevenwilsonhq.com/spatial-audio/moondance/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Steven Wilson |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Sister Sledge]]'s ''[[We Are Family (album)|We Are Family]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=We Are Family |url=https://stevenwilsonhq.com/spatial-audio/we-are-family/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Steven Wilson |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Chic (band)|Nile Rodgers & Chic]]'s first five studio albums,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Chic - first five albums streaming in Dolby Atmos! (Steven Wilson mixes) |url=https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/threads/chic-first-five-albums-streaming-in-dolby-atmos-steven-wilson-mixes.33860/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=QuadraphonicQuad Home Audio Forum |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Ultravox]]'s ''[[Vienna (album)|Vienna]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ultravox / Vienna 40th anniversary {{!}} superdeluxeedition|date=7 August 2020 |url=https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/ultravox-vienna-40th-anniversary/|access-date=2021-01-25|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Suede (band)|Suede]]'s [[Suede (album)|self-titled debut album]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-19 |title=Suede 30th anniversary SDE-exclusive blu-ray – SuperDeluxeEdition |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/suede-30th-anniversary-sde-exclusive-blu-ray/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Roxy Music]]'s [[Roxy Music (album)|self-titled debut album]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.soundonsound.com/people/steven-wilson-remixing-classic-albums | title= Steven Wilson: Remixing Classic Albums | first=Tony | last=Bacon | work=Sound on Sound | date=January 2019 | access-date=5 March 2021}}</ref>