Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson launches remix competition

Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson is launching a competition to find the best remix of his track Abandoners from the upcoming Insurgentes album [released March 9th via KScope]. The winning entry will then be added to an official Steven Wilson release in the coming months.

A new site has gone live with the remix parts available to all which you can visit here: http://www.kscopemusic.com/stevenwilson/insurgentes/remix-competition.html

There are absolutely no restrictions on what genre the remix is, giving fans and music lovers the chance to put their own individual spin on the track perhaps bringing in some Drum n Bass, some metal or some straight up pop. All entries should be sent via You Send It to competitions@kscopemusic.com with Abandoner in the subject, or alternatively email a URL to your zipped mp3. Inspiration can be found with the remixes already up from Engingeers and King Crimson's Pat Mastelotto, which can be streamed on the site.

Comprising 10 new tracks that range from ballads and anthems to all-out industrial noise assaults, the dark, cinematic and richly textured album represents two years' worth of creative output and numerous recording sessions worldwide in studios from Mexico City to Japan and Israel.

While Wilson is a member of several bands including Blackfield, No-Man and Bass Communion, he explains that "when I began writing these songs, I quickly realised that they would be best suited to an album under my own name. It was an intuitive, almost unconscious writing process that resulted in a kind of 'poetry of melancholy." The final product inhabits a similar experimental realm as recent albums by Thom Yorke, Portishead, and Nine Inch Nails.

Wilson recruited a stellar cast of guests to work on the album including bassist Tony Levin, drummer Gavin Harrison, and keyboardist Jordan Rudess, alongside Japanese Koto player Michiyo Yagi, British guitarist Sand Snowman, and jazz flautist and saxophonist Theo Travis.

A new mini-site for Insurgentes is now online at. In addition to audio clips, a free mp3 and downloads, the site also features a remix competition. The remix that Steven judges to be best will be included on a future official Steven Wilson release.

A video for Harmony Korine is currently being made by long time collaborator Lasse Hoile and will be streamed on the site when it is ready. Lasse is also putting the finishing touches to the Insurgentes documentary. Trailers for this film are also streaming on the mini-site.