Anesthetize (video)
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Anesthetize is the second live DVD by progressive rock
band Porcupine Tree
, released on May 20, 2010. The blu-ray edition was released on June 15. It is filmed in high definition and taken from two concerts given by Porcupine Tree at Tilburg
, Netherlands
on October 15 and 16, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet
tour in 2008. The film is directed and edited by Lasse Hoile
and the audio track is mixed in stereo
and 5.1 Surround by Steven Wilson
.
Deluxe special edition of Anesthetize includes a 130 minute concert film on both standard definition DVD
and high definition Blu-Ray disc. Additionally, the package includes two audio CDs of the entire live film soundtrack, alongside a bonus track not featured in the film. Limited to 4,000 copies with a grey cover and 1,000 copies with a red cover, the special edition comes in a cloth bound hardback book featuring concert photography of the band taken over the last few years. The retail editions of Anesthetize include Blu-Ray and DVD versions.
As of October 2010, Anesthetize DVD is the #1 "TOP DVD/Videos of All-Time" in Prog Archives website. The DVD was also decorated "DVD Release Of The Year" by Classic Rock
magazine.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree
Porcupine Tree is a progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Their music is difficult to categorise, being associated with both psychedelic rock and progressive rock, yet having been influenced by trance, krautrock and ambient due to Steven...
, released on May 20, 2010. The blu-ray edition was released on June 15. It is filmed in high definition and taken from two concerts given by Porcupine Tree at Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
on October 15 and 16, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet
Fear of a Blank Planet
Fear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling . Released by Roadrunner on 16 April 2007 in the UK and Europe, 24 April 2007 in the United States through Atlantic, 25 April 2007 in Japan on WHD and 1 May 2007 in Canada by WEA...
tour in 2008. The film is directed and edited by Lasse Hoile
Lasse Hoile
Lasse Hoile is an acclaimed artist of mix media, photographer, graphic artist writer, film-maker/director, and cinematographer. Recognized for his unique vintage style intertwined with a modern day twist, Hoile is best known for his close work with Steven Wilson and his projects Porcupine Tree and...
and the audio track is mixed in stereo
STEREO
STEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth...
and 5.1 Surround by Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson
Steven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
.
Deluxe special edition of Anesthetize includes a 130 minute concert film on both standard definition DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and high definition Blu-Ray disc. Additionally, the package includes two audio CDs of the entire live film soundtrack, alongside a bonus track not featured in the film. Limited to 4,000 copies with a grey cover and 1,000 copies with a red cover, the special edition comes in a cloth bound hardback book featuring concert photography of the band taken over the last few years. The retail editions of Anesthetize include Blu-Ray and DVD versions.
As of October 2010, Anesthetize DVD is the #1 "TOP DVD/Videos of All-Time" in Prog Archives website. The DVD was also decorated "DVD Release Of The Year" by Classic Rock
Classic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...
magazine.
DVD/Blu-Ray Disc
- Intro
- "Fear of a Blank Planet" (from Fear of a Blank PlanetFear of a Blank PlanetFear of a Blank Planet is the ninth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree and their best selling . Released by Roadrunner on 16 April 2007 in the UK and Europe, 24 April 2007 in the United States through Atlantic, 25 April 2007 in Japan on WHD and 1 May 2007 in Canada by WEA...
) - "My Ashes" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
- "Anesthetize" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
- "Sentimental" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
- "Way Out of Here" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
- "Sleep Together" (from Fear of a Blank Planet)
- "What Happens Now?" (from Nil RecurringNil RecurringNil Recurring is an EP by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released on 17 September 2007 through the band's online store...
) - "Normal" (from Nil Recurring)
- "Dark Matter" (from SignifySignifySignify is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in September 1996. It was the first album that frontman Steven Wilson recorded with a full group of musicians on board from the beginning. Previously he had been recording albums primarily as a...
) - "Drown With Me" (b-side from In AbsentiaIn AbsentiaIn Absentia is the seventh studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released on 24 September 2002. It was their first release on a major record label, Lava Records. It is Metal Storm's number 3 of the Top 20 albums of 2002 and number 49 on the Top 100 albums of all time...
) - "Cheating the Polygraph" (from Nil Recurring)
- "Half-Light" (b-side from DeadwingDeadwingAmerican edition10. "Shesmovedon " – 4:59DVD-A edition10. "Revenant" – 3:04 11. "Mother and Child Divided" – 4:59 12. "Half-Light" – 6:20 13. "Shesmovedon " - 4:59 LP edition...
) - "Sever" (from Signify)
- "Wedding Nails" (from In Absentia)
- "Strip the Soul" / ".3" (from In Absentia)
- "Sleep of No Dreaming" (from Signify)
- "Halo" (from Deadwing)
- Outro
Extras (Blu-Ray Disc only)
- "Way Out of Here" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
- "My Ashes" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
- "Wedding Nails" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
- "Strip the Soul" / ".3" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
- "Nil Recurring" (live film directed by Lasse Hoile)
Disc 1
Disc 2
Performers
- Steven WilsonSteven WilsonSteven John Wilson is an English musician, best known as the founder, lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree...
– guitars, keyboards, lead vocals - Richard BarbieriRichard BarbieriRichard Barbieri, is an English synthesiser player, keyboardist and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London...
– keyboards - Colin EdwinColin EdwinColin Edwin is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, where he plays both fretted and fretless bass guitar as well as double bass and guimbri. He joined the band in December 1993...
– bass - Gavin HarrisonGavin HarrisonGavin Harrison is a British drummer and percussionist. He is best known for playing with the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree which he joined in 2002. As of 2008, he also plays with the band King Crimson....
– drums - John WesleyJohn Wesley (guitarist)John Wesley is an American singer, songwriter and guitar player. John Wesley's professional music career began in the early 1980s in the Tampa, Florida area where he founded 1991 Southwestern Music Conference's showcase act Autodrive along with drummer/producer Mark Prator...
– guitars, vocals