Nil Recurring
Four tracks from the Fear of a Blank Planet era, two of them cut from the album itself.
Porcupine Tree, 2007
- Released
- 17 September 2007
- Recorded
- October to December 2006, July 2007
- Label
- Transmission
- Producer
- Porcupine Tree
- Length
- 28:44
- Type
- ep
The title track and Cheating the Polygraph were recorded alongside Fear of a Blank Planet in late 2006, and Normal and What Happens Now? the following July. Robert Fripp plays lead guitar on Nil Recurring and Ben Coleman electric violin on What Happens Now?. Wilson mixed and mastered it. It first came out through the band's own online store, then in Japan on WHD and in Europe on Peaceville in February 2008, and it reached eight on the UK independent chart and five in Finland.
Track listing
- Nil Recurring6:08
- Normal7:07
- Cheating the Polygraph7:06
- What Happens Now?8:23
Personnel
- Steven Wilson vocals, guitars; mixing and mastering
- Richard Barbieri keyboards
- Colin Edwin bass
- Gavin Harrison drums; tapped guitar on Nil Recurring
- Robert Fripp lead guitar on Nil Recurring
- Ben Coleman electric violin on What Happens Now?
More from Porcupine Tree
In Absentia (2002), Anesthetize (2010)
Sources
- Nil Recurring, Wikipedia
- Nil Recurring, Discogs
- Fear of a Blank Planet, Wikipedia