Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer from Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom. Born in 1967, he is closely associated with progressive rock, but his work also spans art rock, folk, pop and singer-songwriter material. He is a self-taught producer, audio engineer, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.

Career

Wilson is best known as the founder of Porcupine Tree, where he serves as lead guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter. He is also the band’s frontman and was its sole member during the 1980s and early 1990s. In addition to Porcupine Tree, he is a member of No-Man, Blackfield and Karma, and he has worked in several other projects.

His collaborative work includes Blackfield with Aviv Geffen, the long-running partnership No-Man with Tim Bowness, Continuum with Dirk Serries, and Storm Corrosion, a joint album project with Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt. He is also associated with solo and side-project names such as Bass Communion and Incredible Expanding Mindfuck.

Solo work

Under his own name, Wilson releases albums on Headphone Dust. His solo catalogue includes Insurgentes, Grace for Drowning, The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories), Hand. Cannot. Erase., To the Bone and The Future Bites. He also releases the EP 4 ½ and the Cover Version singles series, which appears online over several years and later as a compilation.

Production work

Alongside his own recordings, Wilson builds a reputation for detailed production and mixing. He works with synthesizers, programmed music and live instruments to shape distinct arrangements, including on songs that begin as simple pop pieces. He also takes production roles for artists including Opeth, Dream Theater, Jim Matheos of Fates Warning, Anathema, Orphaned Land, Marillion, Fish, Pendulum, Yoko Ono and Robert Fripp. He also works on remixing back catalogues, including King Crimson, into surround sound and new stereo mixes.