Blackfield

Infobox musical artist
Name = Blackfield


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Origin = England & Israel
Genre = Art rock Alternative rock
Years_active = 2001-present
Label = Atlantic Records Snapper Music
Associated_acts = Porcupine Tree Aviv Geffen
URL = [http://www.blackfield.org www.blackfield.org]
Current_members = Steven Wilson Aviv Geffen Seffy Efrati Tomer Z Eran Mitelman
Past_members = Chris Maitland Daniel Salomon

Blackfield is a music group, a collaboration between Porcupine Tree founder and lead singer Steven Wilson and Israeli rock singer Aviv Geffen.

History

Geffen, a fan of Porcupine Tree and Wilson, invited the band to play shows in Israel in 2000. He struck up a friendship with Wilson, leading to the two musicians recording together. Originally planned as an EP for a 2001 release, the band's debut album blossomed into a full-length recording, and was released in Israel and Europe in 2004, and the United States in 2005.In early 2004 the band debuted live on a couple of promotional TV performances in Israel. This line-up featured drummer Chris Maitland (drummer of Porcupine Tree from 1993 to 2002), who was replaced by Tomer Zidkyahu, brother of Nir Zidkyahu (former touring member of Genesis) for a European tour that follow in the Autumn of 2004.

Apart from seven original songs, the band also covered two of Geffen's earlier songs ("Scars", "Cloudy Now" and "Glow" , translated into English by Wilson), and Porcupine Tree's "Feel So Low", with Geffen singing the first verse in Hebrew (he had been performing this song during his live shows).

Wilson and Geffen recently recorded a follow up album, "Blackfield II", released in February 2007 in Europe and March 2007 in the United States. In 2007, keyboardist Daniel Salomon left the band to continue his successful solo career. Salomon was replaced by Eran Mitelman, former keyboardist for popular Israeli hard rock band HaYehudim.

Future: 2008 and on

In a recent [http://www.innerviews.org/inner/noman2.html interview] in 2008 Steven Wilson reassured Blackfield's future:

"I think we’re going to tentatively start working on some new songs and that’s as far as we’ve got regarding planning. I think there almost certainly will be another record. As with No-Man and my other projects, there’s no reason to stop doing them as long as the music keeps flowing."

[http://www.innerviews.org/inner/noman2.html]

Band Members

Line-Up

* Steven Wilson - lead vocals, lead guitar, additional keyboards (2001-present)
* Aviv Geffen - lead vocals, guitars, rhythm guitar, keyboards (2001-present)
* Seffy Efrati - backing vocals, bass guitar (2001-present)
* Eran Mitelman - backing vocals, piano, keyboards (2007-present)
* Tomer Z - drums, percussion (2004-present)

Former Members

* Daniel Salomon - backing vocals, piano, keyboards (2001-2007)

* Chris Maitland - Live drums, percussion, backing vocals (2001-2004)

Discography

External links

* [http://www.blackfield.org Blackfield - official website]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Blackfield Blackfield at last.fm]
* [http://www.myspace.com/blackfield Blackfield at MySpace Music]
* [http://www.theseaweedfarm.com/ The Seaweed Farm] - Blackfield / Steven Wilson related news