I E M - The Complete I E M

I.E.M. is arguably Steven Wilson's most overlooked project and is certainly the most mysterious. It is seldom discussed in any depth by Wilson in interviews and the album packaging provides very little information. The name "Incredible Expanding Mindfuck" is an in-joke referring to early Porcupine Tree promotional material (in which Porcupine Tree was given an entirely fictional 1970s history and in which the Incredible Expanding Mindfuck was mentioned as a related project).

Wilson's work with I.E.M is in part a continuation of the experimental psychedelic sound which he initially mastered with Porcupine Tree before steering the band towards a more mainstream rock direction with the Stupid Dream album. He has also cited "the cosmic jazz of artists like Sun Ra" as an influence on the music.

I.E.M's work is more experimental in nature than that of Porcupine Tree, and is almost entirely instrumental. Almost all instruments on I.E.M recordings are played by Wilson (although other contributors have included former Bark Psychosis drummer Mark Simnett).

A 4 CD boxset featuring I.E.M., An Escalator to Christmas, Arcadia Son and I.E.M. Have Come for Your Children was released on ToneFloat records in June 2010. Limited to 2,000 copies, the boxset is described as "both an homage and a final farewell to I.E.M." This is the set represented here.

I.E.M. (1996)
1. "The Gospel According to the I.E.M." ?

Typ: MP3
Sektion: Musik - Alben & Sampler
Sprache: Englisch