History Trivia / StevenWilson

* ProductionPosse: He’s acquired one over the course of his solo career. Frequent collaborators include Theo Travis, Adam Holzman, Nick Beggs and Ninet Tayeb.

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: And ''how''. With each solo release, Wilson has put out a special edition hardbound book featuring exclusive photos or illustrations along with CD and blu-ray editions of the album, with demos and 5.1 mixes thrown in for good measure. The SE release for ''Hand. Cannot. Erase.'', however, cranks this up to eleven by including ''frighteningly realistic'' pull-out pieces and documents that represent the life of the album's protagonist.
** Suffice to say, these also end up suffering KeepCirculatingTheTapes, as it's hard to find any special editions that ''aren't over $200-600''.
** Wilson's policy of releasing deluxe editions reached its peak in November of 2020, when he announced [[http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/the-future-bites-ultra-deluxe-12-things-i-forgot-single-release/ an ultra-deluxe edition]] of ''The Future Bites'', which was given the name of "ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA". It was limited to a single box set and contained -- in addition to the contents of the standard deluxe box set -- a test pressing of the album, test pressings of the "Eminent Sleaze" and "12 Things I Forgot" singles, a CD featuring a cover performed during a soundcheck (which has otherwise never been performed live), a 7-inch single containing a track entitled "The Tastemaker" (which will never be released anywhere else), the laptop bag and print materials from the "Eminent Sleaze" video, Polaroids taken during the album's cover shoot, an original drawing of Wilson by Hajo Mueller, laminated AAA passes from tours between 2011 and 2018, ''his Grammy nominee's certificate and medal'' for ''Grace for Drowning'', and finally, the original lyric sheets for eight tracks written between 1996 and 2020 (complete with annotations and corrections). It sold for £10,000, all of which went to the Music Venues Trust to help venues affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. An unboxing video made by the buyer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1vm4mUyuGo here]].
* PromotedFanboy: Steven has cited bands such as Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{XTC}}, and many others as influences on his music. Years later, he's not only gone on to collaborate with the likes of Robert Fripp and [[Music/{{Genesis|Band}} Steve Hackett]], but to also remix their albums into 5.1 surround sound as part of the sound production end of his career.
* ReleaseDateChange: Wilson was forced to delay the release of ''The Future Bites'' from mid-2020 to early 2021 as a result of the UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic, which impeded his plans to promote the album with a variety of multimedia projects.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some of the tracks on ''Unreleased Electronic Music'' were originally intended as the start of further musical projects.

** "The Tobogganist" was intended for an electronic solo album that Wilson would have released under the name of The Tobogganist.

** "Nailbomber" was recorded for an advert, but was rejected by the advertising agency, who likely wanted "something in the style of the Chemical Brothers".

* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: And ''how''. With each solo release, Wilson has put out a special edition hardbound book featuring exclusive photos or illustrations along with CD and blu-ray editions of the album, with demos and 5.1 mixes thrown in for good measure. The SE release for ''Hand. Cannot. Erase.'', however, cranks this UpToEleven by including ''frighteningly realistic'' pull-out pieces and documents that represent the life of the album's protagonist.

* PromotedFanboy: Steven has cited bands such as Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{XTC}}, and many others as influences on his music. Years later, he's not only gone on to collaborate with the likes of Robert Fripp and [[Music/{{Genesis}} Steve Hackett]], but to also remix their albums into 5.1 surround sound as part of the sound production end of his career.

** Wilson's policy of releasing deluxe editions reached its peak in November of 2020, when he announced [[http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/the-future-bites-ultra-deluxe-12-things-i-forgot-single-release/an ultra-deluxe edition]] of ''The Future Bites'', which was given the name of "ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA". It was limited to a single box set and contained -- in addition to the contents of the standard deluxe box set -- a test pressing of the album, test pressings of the "Eminent Sleaze" and "12 Things I Forgot" singles, a CD featuring a cover performed during a soundcheck (which has otherwise never been performed live), a 7-inch single containing a track entitled "The Tastemaker" (which will never be released anywhere else), the laptop bag and print materials from the "Eminent Sleaze" video, Polaroids taken during the album's cover shoot, an original drawing of Wilson by Hajo Mueller, laminated AAA passes from tours between 2011 and 2018, ''his Grammy nominee's certificate and medal'' for ''Grace for Drowning'', and finally, the original lyric sheets for eight tracks written between 1996 and 2020 (complete with annotations and corrections). It sold for £10,000, all of which went to the Music Venues Trust to help venues affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. An unboxing video made by the buyer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1vm4mUyuGo here]].

** Wilson's policy of releasing deluxe editions reached its peak in November of 2020, when he announced [[http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/the-future-bites-ultra-deluxe-12-things-i-forgot-single-release/an ultra-deluxe edition]] of ''The Future Bites'', which was given the name of "ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA". It was limited to a single box set and contained -- in addition to the contents of the standard deluxe box set -- a test pressing of the album, test pressings of the "Eminent Sleaze" and "12 Things I Forgot" singles, a CD featuring a cover performed during a soundcheck (which has otherwise never been performed live), a 7-inch single containing a track entitled "The Tastemaker" (which will never be released anywhere else), the laptop bag and print materials from the "Eminent Sleaze" video, Polaroids taken during the album's cover shoot, an original drawing of Wilson by Hajo Mueller, laminated AAA passes from tours between 2011 and 2018, ''his Grammy nominee's certificate and medal'' for ''Grace for Drowning'', and finally, the original lyric sheets for eight tracks written between 1996 and 2020 (complete with annotations and corrections). It went on sale for £10,000, all of which went to the Music Venues Trust to help venues affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. An unboxing video made by the buyer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1vm4mUyuGo here]].

** This reached its peak in November of 2020, when Wilson announced an ultra-deluxe edition of ''The Future Bites'', which was given the name of "ULTRA DELUXE MUSIC PRODUCT ON OBSOLETE MEDIA". It was limited to a single box set and contained -- in addition to the contents of the standard deluxe box set -- a test pressing of the album, test pressings of the "Eminent Sleaze" and "12 Things I Forgot" singles, a CD featuring a cover performed during a soundcheck (which has otherwise never been performed live), a 7-inch single containing a track entitled "The Tastemaker" (which will never be released anywhere else), the laptop bag and print materials from the "Eminent Sleaze" video, Polaroids taken during the album's cover shoot, an original drawing of Wilson by Hajo Mueller, laminated AAA passes from tours between 2011 and 2018, ''his Grammy nominee's certificate and medal'' for ''Grace for Drowning'', and finally, the original lyric sheets for eight tracks written between 1996 and 2020 (complete with annotations and corrections). It went on sale for £10,000, all of which went to the Music Venues Trust to help venues affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. An unboxing video made by the buyer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1vm4mUyuGo here]].

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: '''HOLY CRAP'''. The guy had around ''eight'' projects, which only him working on four projects as of late (Three if you think Music/PorcupineTree is on hiatus), and that's not even going with working on remastering albums and such. Wilson is a ''[[{{Understatement}} very]]'' productive man.

** "King of the Delta Blues" and "To Wear a Crown" were made as part of a collaborative project (called King of the Delta Blues) with Chris Lewis of Crashing Time, which didn't get anywhere beyond those two tracks.

* OneOfUs: Part of the reason why Wilson does remix work for other artists, works in a number of different musical styles, and makes sure that the most minute details in his music get heard by others is because the man just flat-out loves music. The higher the sound and packaging quality, the better. He even goes out of his way to [[http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/playlist-archive/ update the playlist of artists and albums he's listening to on his website]] when given the chance.

** "Nailbomber" was recorded for an advert, but was rejected by the advertising agency, who wanted "something in the style of the Chemical Brothers".

** "The Tobogganist" was intended for an electroinic solo album that Wilson would have released under the name of The Tobogganist.

** "King of the Delta Blues" and "To Wear a Crown" were made as part of a collaborative project (called King of the Delta) with Chris Lewis of Crashing Time, which didn't get anywhere beyond those two tracks.

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: '''HOLY CRAP'''. The guy had around ''eight'' projects, which only him working on four projects as of late (Three if you count that Music/PorcupineTree is on hiatus), and that's not even going with working on remastering albums and such. Wilson is a ''[[{{Understatement}} very]]'' productive man.

** Suffice to say, these also end up suffering KeepCirculatingTheTapes, as it's hard to find any of the special editions that ''aren't over $200-600''.

* PromotedFanboy: Steven Wilson has cited bands such as Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{XTC}}, and many others as influences on his music. Years later, he's not only gone on to collaborate with the likes of Robert Fripp and [[{{Music/Genesis}} Steve Hackett,]] but to also remix their albums into 5.1 surround sound as part of the sound production end of his career.

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: '''HOLY CRAP'''. The guy had around ''eight'' projects, which only him working on four projects as of late (Three if you count that PorcupineTree is on hiatus), and that's not even going with working on remastering albums and such. Wilson is a ''[[{{Understatement}} very]]'' productive man.