Blackfield
Background information:
Origin:
England & Israel
Genre(s):
Art Rock
Progressive Rock
Years active:
2001 - present
Members:
Steven Wilson
Aviv Geffen
Seffy Efrati
Tomer Z
Eran Mitelman
Former members:
Gavin Harrison
Chris Maitland
Daniel Salomon
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Blackfield is a music group, a collaboration between Porcupine Tree founder and lead singer Steven Wilson and Israeli rock singer Aviv Geffen.
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. 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 follow in the Autumn of 2004.
Apart from seven original songs, the band also covered two of
Geffen’s earlier songs ("Scars", "Cloudy Now" and "Glow" <not
recorded solo by Geffen until 2006 but performed often during his
concerts>, 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. The duo is currently playing a tour of limited dates in
East-coast U.S. cities in support of the second album. 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.
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfield)
downloadableALBUMS:
(2004) Blackfield
Blackfield is the debut album release by rock band Blackfield, released on the Snapper Music/Helicon labels in February, 2004 (see 2004 in music). The album was later re-released in August of the same year with an additional three-track bonus disc.
Two songs are covers in English to earlier Aviv Geffen songs in Hebrew, "Cloudy Now" (עכשיו מעונן) from 1993 and "Scars" (צלקות) from 2000.
- Open Mind [d]
- Blackfield [d]
- Glow [d]
- Scars [d]
- Lullaby [d]
- Pain [d]
- Summer [d]
- Cloudy Now [d]
- The Hole In Me [d]
- Hello [d]
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(2007) Blackfield II
Blackfield II is the second studio album by Blackfield. It was recorded in both Tel Aviv and London, and was released on February 13, 2007 in Europe and March 6, 2007 in the US.
We Put Out Records have launched a media site relating to the US release of this record.
"End of the World" is a cover of an older song in Hebrew, performed by Geffen and Berry Sakharof. Hebrew versions of "1,000 People" and "Epidemic" were included in Geffen’s album from 2006, "With the Time". A demo version of "Where Is My Love?" has been released on the bonus disc of the limited edition of Blackfield’s first album.
- Once [d]
- 1000 People [d]
- Miss You [d]
- Christenings [d]
- This Killer [d]
- Epidemic [d]
- My Gift of Silence [d]
- Some Day [d]
- Where Is My Love? [d]
- End of the World [d]
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