Any heard of Porcupine Tree?

"In Absentia" was on my Hot Rotation for nearly a year. "Lightbulb Sun" is terrific too, but both have been recently supplanted by the re-mastered and wonderful "Signify".

"Deadwing" could be "In Absentia II", in my opinion. It's good, but nothing new.

I saw them in LA a couple weeks ago with Robert Fripp opening. I thought their live mix did a disservice to the stunning sound of their recordings.

I think we were lucky here in Minneapolis. The sound was great. The performance was great too, even though coming off of 7 days of straight performance. I saw Paul Bolin of Stereophile in the audience. He's a big fan.

I think in many ways Signify was the crossover from their early instrumental to their more recent sound- vocals were suddenly more polished and composition, which was always accessable, became really first rate.

The Coma Divine LP has an extra side of material not found on the CD. Although not the best sound, the LP has worked its way to the top of PTree for me.

That's what I love about you Ralph, an excellent designer and state of the art guy that LOVES music.

Not many around like you, thanks for the many music software comments over the last few days.

Musical artists and performances are probably more preferential than gear is.

Having said that, i purchased Lightbulb Sun by Porcupine Tree based on many of the raves i read about the band / disc on the net. After listening to it at least a dozen time, it never really did anything for me. It's kind of vague and bland, not even suitable for enjoyable background music in my opinion. Obviously, i'm in the minority here, but i'm kinda used to that : ) Sean
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funny, I have 'In Absentia' on my list of stuff to buy after hearing it on my local college radio station.

thanks guys I will go ahead with that!