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''Insurgentes'' is the title of the first full-length solo album released by British musician and record producer Steven Wilson, known for being the founder and frontman of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. The album was recorded all over the world in studios from Mexico City to Japan and Israel, between January and August 2008, and released in November 2008 as a special deluxe multi disc mail order version, with retail release to follow in February 2009.〔(Kscope ). Retrieved on 31 October 2008.〕 According to Wilson himself, the album contained "the most experimental song-based music (had ) made." The album is named after the Avenida de los Insurgentes, the longest avenue in Mexico City near which part of it was recorded. ==History== On 16 July 2008, a photograph showing Steven Wilson in the central sculpture of the Espacio Escultórico (Spanish for ''Sculptural Space'') of UNAM's Ciudad Universitaria —located nearby the Avenida de los Insurgentes—, with a cloudy sky background and the phrase «STEVEN WILSON - INSURGENTES ...COMING SOON...» appeared in the main page at Steven Wilson's official site. On 6 August, a trailer video was posted to Steven Wilson and Lasse Hoile's respective MySpace pages, and to Lasse Hoile's YouTube page; since 8 August, also in Wilson's webpage. The song featured in the trailer is the first song of the album, "Harmony Korine".〔 Lasse Hoile has been collaborating as a visual and video director for Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, Opeth, Dream Theater and more recently The Pineapple Thief. The trailer belongs to a documentary of the same name he directed that accompanies the album. On 25 August, an ''Insurgentes'' microsite was set up (now at http://www.insurgentesfilm.com/), and is the official website for the album, from which people were able to pre-order the album as of 6 October. The special edition quickly sold out.〔(vinyl edition sold out )〕 On 28 September, a second trailer was released featuring a -minute edit of a song called "Get All You Deserve" (the song is 6:17 in length on the album). Since 22 October, "Get All You Deserve" can be found in an album containing sampler tracks from side projects by all Porcupine Tree members, titled ''Porcupine Tree - Solo Sampler 2008''. The woman appearing in the trailer is Susana Moyaho,〔(MySpace.com - Lasse Hoile ). Retrieved on 24 October 2008.〕〔(MySpace.com - Steven Wilson ). Retrieved on 31 October 2008.〕 who along with Lasse Hoile and Carl Glover captured the photographs for the booklet of the album. She also provided spoken words to the tracks "Only Child" and "Port Rubicon". The songs "Harmony Korine", "Salvaging" and "Get All You Deserve" can be heard in their entirety through Wilson's MySpace page as well as film music for the ''Insurgentes'' documentary movie. The track "Veneno Para Las Hadas" was named after a 1984 Mexican horror film of the same name directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Insurgentes (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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