Colin Edwin will be appearing live in London this Saturday, March 16th with "TwinScapes" - a duo with Italian bassist Lorenzo Feliciati, full details over on his blogpage

The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories), the new album from Steven Wilson is now available across the world. The album has been incredibly well received and looks start to chart highly in a number of countries.

The Guardian in the UK awarded the album 5/5 stating, ‘this album shows Wilson to be one of modern rock’s most cunning and soulful protagonists’, Visions in Germany named it Album of the Month, hailing Wilson as ‘the greatest Prog mastermind of his time!’ and Eclipsed awarded the album a very rare 10/10, proclaiming ‘if you only buy one album for the rest of your life, buy this one!”.

The album is available in a number of formats, including CD, CD/DVDV media book, Blu-ray, download and 2LP vinyl editions. The DVDV and Blu-ray editions featuring a 5.1 mix of the album and other bonus material. Sound & Vision magazine in the USA reviewed the 5.1 mix stated: ‘the breadth and scope of ‘Raven’ represent Steven Wilson at the height of his creative powers, where surround sound music and mixing has reached a heretofore unheard aural apex. Our ever-searching ears are lucky to be consistently challenged and rewarded by this man’s muse.’

Track listing:
1. Luminol (12.10)
2. Drive Home (7.37)
3. The Holy Drinker (10.13)
4. The Pin Drop (5.03)
5. The Watchmaker (11.43)
6. The Raven that Refused to Sing (7.57)

Steven Wilson's Official Website

"Octane Twisted" the new double CD live album including bonus DVD will be released on Kscope Records on November 19th. A regular 2 cd only version will be available at a later date.


CD 1 comprises the whole of "The Incident" recorded at the Riviera, Chicago 2010.
CD 2 track listing is as follows - with tracks 5 to 7 recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.

1. Hatesong (9.57)
2. Russia on Ice / The Pills I'm Taking (15.02)
3. Stars Die (5.57)
4. Bonnie the Cat (6.11)
5. Even Less (14.28)
6. Dislocated Day (7.05)
7. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (12.59)

The bonus DVD, which is a 6 camera shoot production, was never intended to be a standalone DVD release but nicely documents the live performance of "The Incident" in front of a typically lively Chicago audience.



Click here to pre-order from Burning Shed.

You can view a preview from Steven's forthcoming "Get All You Deserve" live DVD/Blu-Ray on musician's website Music Radar now. This time it's the new 12 minute piece "Luminol" which was premiered on the tour, and which will be recorded for the next studio album, due in the Spring. The deluxe 4 disc edition of the live set is still available to pre-order at an early bird price until the end of August from Burning Shed.

Metallic Taste of Blood
Colin Edwin's genre-defying and intense collaborative album with Eraldo Bernocchi, Balazs Pandi and Jamie Saft, release their eponymously titled new album next month.

Pre-orders are now being taken here


To hear a preview track, and for more information, read Colin's blog entry here

The second leg of Steven Wilson's spectacular Grace For Drowning tour starts this week in the USA, before moving on to Mexico, South America, Scandinavia, mainland Europe and finishing in London on the 15th May. Featuring an astounding 6 piece band including Marco Minnemann on drums, Nick Beggs on bass, Adam Holzman on keyboards, Theo Travis on sax/flute and Niko Tsonev on guitar, films and other visuals and a quadrophonic sound system, last year's tour was rated by many that saw it as the finest live event of the year. You can see a trailer which includes images and music from that tour here.

A full list of tour dates and ticket links can be found here.

Gavin & 05Ric will be making their first tour of the UK this June. Together with Stickmen (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto). Dates are

June 3rd Manchester Academy
June 4th Birmingham Academy
June 5th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
June 6th Bristol Academy
June 7th London Islington Academy

ticket sales are here

Two editions of the Storm Corrosion album are now available to pre-order: a deluxe vinyl double LP, and a bundle which includes the vinyl LP and the album on CD and Blu-Ray (note that there will also be standalone CD and Blu-Ray editions available to order soon). The Blu-Ray contains stereo and 5.1 mixes of the album as well as additional demo and instrumental versions, all at 96K/24bit high resolution. The 2LP version comes in a heavy duty textured gatefold sleeve, with inner bags and a poster, and has been overseen by vinyl specialists ToneFloat.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/storm-corrosion-preorder-20120309

Colin Edwin has a new solo album, entitled "PVZ" which is available now through burning shed .

"PVZ" is a purely digital release in both FLAC and mp3 format, but there is also a limited edition USB key version, which comes in a presentation tin with the USB key containing the FLAC and mp3 files as well as printable artwork designed by Carl Glover.

See Colin's Blog page for the tracklisting and background information about the album.

There is now a microsite for the forthcoming No-Man live release "Love and Endings". This will include a DVD of the performance. Release date for this is 12th March, on CD/DVD and 2 LP vinyl. Love and Endings is a document of no-man's performance at the Leamington Spa Assembly on October 14th, 2011.