Blackfield is a
collaboratory musical group between Porcupine Tree founder and lead singer
Steven Wilson and Israeli
rock singer Aviv
Geffen.
History
Geffen, a fan of Porcupine Tree and Wilson, invited the band to
play shows in Israel in 2000. He struck up a friendship with
Wilson, leading to the two musicians recording together (for
example with Geffen's singing backing vocals on Porcupine Tree's
In Absentia album). Originally
planned as an EP for a 2001 release, the band's debut album
blossomed into a full-length recording, and was released in Israel
and Europe in 2004, and the United States in 2005.In early 2004 the
band debuted live on a couple of promotional TV performances in
Israel. This line-up featured
drummer
Chris Maitland (drummer of Porcupine
Tree from 1993 to 2002), who was replaced by
Tomer Zidkyahu, brother of
Nir Zidkyahu (former touring member of
Genesis) for a European tour that followed in
the Autumn of 2004.
Apart from seven original songs, the band also covered three of
Geffen's earlier songs ("Scars", "Cloudy Now" and "Glow" ,
translated into English by Wilson), and Porcupine Tree's "Feel So
Low", with Geffen singing the first verse in Hebrew (he had been
performing this song during his live shows).
Wilson and Geffen recently recorded a follow up album,
Blackfield II, released in February 2007
in Europe and March 2007 in the United States. In 2007,
keyboardist Daniel
Salomon left the band to continue his successful solo career.
Salomon
was replaced by Eran Mitelman, former
keyboardist for popular Israeli hard rock band HaYehudim.
In January 2009 Geffen went on a small tour of Europe with the full
Blackfield live band (including Wilson billed as a special guest).
Half of he set consisted of songs from the then yet to be released
first English language solo album by
Geffen while the rest was a selection of Blackfield songs.
Wilson appears on two tracks from the
Aviv Geffen album.
2008 to present
In a recent
interview in 2008 Steven Wilson discussed
Blackfield's future:
"I think we’re going to tentatively start working
on some new songs and that’s as far as we’ve got regarding
planning.
I think there almost certainly will be another
record.
As with No-Man and my other projects, there’s no
reason to stop doing them as long as the music keeps
flowing."
Band Members
Line-Up
Former Members
Discography
Studio Albums
DVDs
Singles
| November, 2003 |
Hello |
| December, 2003 |
Pain |
| March, 2004 |
Blackfield |
| May, 2004 |
Cloudy Now |
| January, 2007 |
Once |
| March, 2007 |
Miss U |
| March, 2007 |
My Gift of Silence |
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