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Blackfield
Background information
Origin	England & Israel
Genres	Art rock Alternative rock
Years active	2001-present
Labels	Atlantic Records Snapper Music
Associated acts	Porcupine Tree Aviv Geffen
Website	www.blackfield.org
Members
Steven Wilson Aviv Geffen Seffy Efrati Tomer Z Eran Mitelman
Former members
Chris Maitland Daniel Salomon

Blackfield is a collaboratory musical group between Porcupine Tree founder and lead singer Steven Wilson and Israeli rock singer Aviv Geffen.

Contents 1 History 2 2008 to present 3 Band Members 3.1 Line-Up 3.2 Former Members 4 Discography 4.1 Studio Albums 4.2 DVDs 4.3 Singles 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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 (for example with Geffen's singing backing vocals on Porcupine Tree's In Absentia album). 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 followed 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" <not recorded solo by Geffen until 2006 but performed often during his concerts>, 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.

[edit] 2008 to present

In a recent interview in 2008 Steven Wilson discussed Blackfield's future:^[1]

"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."

[edit] Band Members

[edit] 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 (2004–present)
• Eran Mitelman – backing vocals, piano, keyboards (2007–present)
• Tomer Z – drums, percussion (2004–present)

[edit] Former Members

• Daniel Salomon – backing vocals, piano, keyboards (2004–2007)
• Chris Maitland – drums, percussion, backing vocals (2001–2004)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio Albums

January, 2004	Blackfield
February, 2007	Blackfield II

[edit] DVDs

October, 2007

Live In New York City

[edit] Singles

November, 2003	Hello
December, 2003	Pain
March, 2004	Blackfield
May, 2004	Cloudy Now
January, 2007	Once
March, 2007	Miss U
March, 2007	My Gift of Silence

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.innerviews.org/inner/noman2.html

[edit] External links

• Blackfield - official website
• Blackfield at last.fm
• Blackfield at MySpace Music
• The Seaweed Farm - Blackfield / Steven Wilson related news