Signify

by Porcupine Tree

Signify cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1996
  • Label: Delerium
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:02:00
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: Colin Edwin, Chris Maitland

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking Porcupine Tree's transition from a solo project to a full band, 'Signify' is a darkly atmospheric milestone of modern progressive rock. The group weaves cold, mysterious ambient textures with intense, melancholic post-rock and psychedelic guitar work.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, progressive, experimental, electronic, textured, dreamy, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Bornlivedie (1:45)
  2. Signify (3:25)
  3. The Sleep of No Dreaming (5:26)
  4. Pagan (1:33)
  5. Waiting Phase One (4:24)
  6. Waiting Phase Two (6:15)
  7. Sever (5:31)
  8. Idiot Prayer (7:36)
  9. Every Home Is Wired (5:09)
  10. Intermediate Jesus (7:31)
  11. "Light Mass Prayers" (4:28)
  12. Dark Matter (8:51)

Credits

  • Porcupine Tree - primary artist
  • John Blackford - design [art design], layout
  • Richard Allen - management
  • Chris Thorpe - mastered by
  • Chris Kissadjekian - photography by [live band photos by]
  • Jill Douglas - photography by [live band photos by]
  • Rob Crossland - photography by [live band photos by]
  • Steven Wilson - producer [produced by], mixed by, guitar [banshee], sampler, tape [tapes], written-by, guitar, mellotron, vocals, organ, mellotron, guitar [guitars], sampler [samples], vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, guitar, piano, keyboards, sampler, vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, tape [tapes], sampler, tape [tapes], guitar, organ, drum programming, vocals, guitar [guitars], keyboards, tape [tapes], electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, tape [tapes], chimes, musical box [musical boxes]
  • Stephen Stewart - recorded by [assistant at katrina & the waves' studio]
  • Markus Butler - recorded by [assistant at the doghouse]
  • Fumiko Koda - typography
  • Richard Barbieri - effects [texture], synthesizer [system 700], tape [tapes], written-by, synthesizer [synthesisers], synthesizer [synthesisers], piano, synthesizer [prophet v/system 700], synthesizer [synthesisers], sequencer [sequencers], synthesizer [synthesisers], electric organ [hammond organ]
  • Terumi - voice [voices]
  • Colin Edwin - bass, electric bass, double bass, written-by
  • Chris Maitland - drums, percussion, drums, harmony vocals [vocal harmonies], drums, backing vocals, loops [drum loop], written-by, voice [voices], keyboards, cymbal

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