Topic: Altamont / Karma i inne nietypowe projekty Stevena

[Luksor]

- Altamont "Prayer For The Soul" (1983)
- Karma "The Joke's on You" (1983)

On the eve of the official release of Wilson's debut solo LP Insurgentes, here are extracts from two very rare cassette albums released on the Acid Tapes cassette label in 1983 & 1985.
Altamont & Karma were two bands fronted by Wilson prior to his reincarnation into the early Procupine Tree. These were formative and highly proficient recordings made in his home studio when Wilson was still of school age in Hemel Hempstead.
The Altamont recordings are highly experimental with an industrial edge, whereas Karma lent more to classic rock, prog-rock and at times, disco. Of note are the very early versions of songs which went onto becoming part of the PT repertoire, especially interesting is the 14min blow out version of Nine Cats.

Altamont - Prayer For The Soul (TAB004 - Acid Tapes) Released September 83
1. Altamont
2. Watching Statues
3. The Tell Tale Heart
4. Split Image

Karma - The Joke's On You (KM01 - Private Cassette) Released October 1983
1. Intruder D'Or
2. Tigers In The Rain
3. Small Fish
4. Nine Cats

Karma - The Last Man to Laugh (Private Cassette) Released 1985
1. Where Is The End If There Is No Beginning?
2. A Peace Of Earth And Good Swill To All Pigs (Pt.1)
3. A Peace Of Earth And Good Swill To All Pigs (Pt.2)

[Luksor]

I.E.M.

CD ONE: Incredible Expanding Mindfuck (1996)

01. the gospel according to the i.e.m. (12.58)
02. the last will and testament of emma peel (8.10)
03. fie kesh (8.23)
04. deafman (9.06)

CD TWO: An Escalator to Christmas EP (1999)

01. an escalator to christmas (10.33)
02. headphone dust (6.11)
03. an escalator to christmas (extended) (13.04) * bonus track
04. i.e.m. have come for your children (vinyl bonus version) (8.11) * bonus track

CD THREE: Arcadia Son (2001)IncredibleExpandingMindfuck

01. wreck (1.25)
02. beth krasky (0.26)
03. we are not alone (8.02)
04. cicadian haze (6.24)
05. politician (1.08)
06. arcadia son (7.56)
07. shadow of a twisted hand across my house (20.23)
08. goldilocks age 4 (1.12)

CD FOUR: IEM Have Come For Your Children (2001)

01. untitled (35.37)
02. untitled (8.02)
03. untitled (7.10)
04. untitled (12.02)
05. untitled (5.29)
06. untitled (4.31)

[Luksor]

"Unreleased Electronic Music"
01. king of the delta blues
02. observer commercial 1998
03. dub zero
04. the tobogganist
05. shortwave 1
06. shortwave 2
07. telegraph commercial
08. to wear a crown
09. nuclear head of an angel
10. nailbomber
11. slut 1.4
12. apres-mortes

Steven Wilson’s Unreleased Electronic Music double LP is being repressed as a limited edition black vinyl edition by Tonefloat, release date 11th November. The album contains experiments in various styles of electronic music (IDM, trip-hop, ambient...etc) made between 1990-2003, and comes in a beautiful gatefold sleeve.

Available to pre-order now from Headphone Dust:

http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/headphonedust/

Or Tonefloat:

http://1185600.mijnwinkel.nl/LPTF022.html