The always great ToneFloat is now pre-selling a new 180g lush double vinyl edition of Porcupine Tree's siminal album and my first cover I made for these guys - "In Absentia" and even features my lovely face on the cover.

A little side note on IA, this cover was original presented to a crap nameless death metal band who turned it down for $500 (including layout) - luckily they had such bad taste (like so many other metal bands) and it ended on one of my favorite PT albums, the rest is history.

There is also still some very special exhibition quality prints of this image available in the store.

The prints are being offered as 70x70cm but if you don't have room for such a big print you can write me about a possible smaller size. These art prints are limited to 35 in total - when they are gone no more will be printed.

Here's the cover to the forthcoming DVD release of the Insurgentes movie. Subtitled in Spanish, French, German, and English, sound mixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. It will be released on 27th September by KScope as a 2 disc set including the following extras: 31 minute film of Bass Communion and Pig live in Mexico City, the Harmony Korine video, trailers, alternate ending, footage of a Q+A session with SW and Lasse from the international premiere at the CPH:DOX Film Festival Copenhagen, and 6 audio out-takes from the album recording sessions.

Stay tuned for more info on a very lavish edition of this release!

The store has been updated with three new fine art prints for sale, almost 10 years old some of these images was later used for the Porcupine Tree "In Absentia" era live shows and promos.

Please note that the contact page doesn't automatically mention the image so please include the information on what image your inquiring about, you are also welcome to ask about images not on sale in the store.

Anesthetize continiues to climb the charts, showing up in the following countries :

Finland    No.1
Germany No.2
UK          No.6
Sweden   No.6
Holland    No.8
Italy        No.12
Australia  No.18

And still at No.1 in Finland after all these weeks !

You can still give the film your vote or better write a review at IMDB

More news at Porcupinetree.com

Some great news regarding the new Porcupine Tree live DVD/Blu Ray - Anesthetize , the live concert recorded in Tilburg 2008 and directed by Lasse Hoile can be found here at the always great site for nr. 1 news on Blu-Ray : www.blu-ray.com

Apparently Amazon has already run out of Blu rays ! How crazy cool is that ?

You can also vote and even better - write a review of the film at IMDB

The Lasse Hoile-directed Anesthetize has been doing well in the DVD charts around the world. For example; Finland #1, Germany #2, Holland #7, and UK #9. You can buy it from the PT store.

There's a special screening of Insurgentes at The Museum of Modern Art in Mendoza , Argentina on May 28th. Be sure to check it out if your near by.

The DVD version of the Insurgentes film directed by Lasse Hoile is currently scheduled for release on 27th September as a 2 DVD set on KScope , with a whole raft of extras on the second disc, including an audio section with more songs from the album sessions. More news nearer to the release date....

7 works created from 2001 - 2002 has just returned safely home after 8 years on display in Germany. The exhibition has been part of the Artoz Media art collective and has been on display at various places around Bavaria.

The glass framed and heavy exhibition prints are now up for sale in the store

Two new screenings of Insurgentes have been added to the Ambulante Film Festival program in Mexico and this time it's in Guadalajara.

May 3rd at the Cinépolis Centro Magno at 16:00 hrs
May 5th at the Cinépolis Centro Magno at 22:00 hrs

For those of you living in or near Xalapa there is a screening on April 26th at the Cinépolis Plaza Las Américas at 21:50 hrs.

Three new screenings have been added to the Ambulante program.

Tijuana:

April 18th at the Cinépolis Plaza Río, 16:00 hrs

April 21st at the Cinépolis Plaza Río, 22:00 hrs

Xalapa:

April 26th at the Cinépolis Plaza Las Américas, 21:50 hrs

For info visit the Ambulante site .

The old site has been updated with a bunch of old things, drawings/collages, burnt film and stuff. From Ca. 2000 - 2001...how time flies...

The long awaited concert is now finally available for pre-order at the Porcupine Tree store in a special limited edition.

Filmed in high definition and taken from two concerts given by Porcupine Tree at Tilburg, The Netherlands, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet tour in October 2008, this deluxe special edition includes a 130 minute concert film on both standard definition DVD and high definition Blu-Ray disc,

The package also includes two audio CDs of the entire live film soundtrack, alongside a bonus track not featured in the film.

Limited to 4,000 copies with a grey cover and 1,000 copies with a red cover, the special edition comes in a beautiful cloth bound hardback book featuring concert photography of the band taken over the last few years by Lasse Hoile and Diana Nitschke.

Credits:

Porcupine Tree: Richard Barbieri, Colin Edwin, Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson

With John Wesley – Guitar, Backing Vocals

There will also be held a special premiere screening of Anesthetize in the Prince Charles Cinema at London's Leicester Square on May 20th. For more info please visit the Kscope Music page.

Finally, there is a trailer for Anesthetize in glorious HD here

The site has been updated yet again (both the Works and Photography sections) but this time with some good old fashion Polaroids !

For those of you who still have faith and love for the analog uncertainty surprises take a look at this amazing site here and get your old Polaroid camera out again : IMPOSSIBLE

"Works" gallery section have been heavily updated with a new and ongoing series of portraits (some of which are Loosly inspired by the late great Francis Bacon)

Check back for more updates soon.

Another city has been added to the Insurgentes screenings at the Ambulante Film Festival Mexico.
This time it's in Oaxaca April 3rd at the Cinépolis Oaxaca - 15:15 hrs and a second showing on April 8th at 21:40 hrs.

There is now a clip from the documentary film "Insurgentes" available here!

Steven Wilson discusses the current state of the music industry - and a few words on reality TV shows (X Factor, American Idol etc.)

Insurgentes is currently showing across Mexico at the Ambulante Film Festival

The film will be screened at Cinépolis San Cristóbal on March 22nd, 20:40 hrs.
For more informantion visit the Ambulante Film Festival website .

Insurgentes will be screened in Mendoza, Argentina as part of the "Cinema at the Museum" during the Culture of Mendoza week.

The screening will take place on May 28th at 20.30hrs.

More info soon.

Just a reminder for everyone who loves extremely great music to pick up the new album by Soup ! The second album by these Norwegian guys ! If you like Shearwater, Porcupine Tree or just beautiful melancholic landscapes with a few surprises - this is going to be right up your alley (and it has a super great cover and beautiful packaging)

Album of the year so fare.

Visit the band website here for more information on ordering the new double album: Soup

There is now a page for the Insurgentes film over at the IMDB - Internet Movie Database, the number one resource for film information.  If you've seen the film please go over there and rate it, or even better post a review!

From PT.com

Porcupine Tree's new live film is approaching completion and a special edition will be available in April, with a regular version to follow in May. Anesthetize was filmed live over 2 nights in Tilburg, The Netherlands in October 2008, at the end of the Fear of a Blank Planet tour. The 130 minute live film includes a complete performance of the Blank Planet album and 11 other tracks, and was directed and edited by Lasse Hoile on high definition cameras, with the soundtrack mixed into stereo and 5.1 sound.

The special edition will take the form of a cloth bound hard back 120 page book (as per The Incident and Insurgentes deluxe versions) featuring live photography of the band taken over the last 5 years. The book will house both a DVD and a much higher quality Blu-Ray disc version of the film, as well as 2 audio CDs of the soundtrack including one bonus track not featured in the film. The book and audio CDs will not be included with the standard retail versions of the Blu-Ray/DVD.

The next showing of Insurgentes at the Ambulante Film Festival will take place in Puebla.

08 de March at the Cinépolis Angelópolis 16:00 hrs
11 de March at the Cinépolis Angelópolis 18:00 hrs

For more info visit Ambulante.

We are very happy to announce that Insurgentes is in the official selection at this years Ambulante Film Festival which kicks off February 12th in Mexico City and are shown across 12 cities until the festival ends in Guadalajara May 6th.

Ambulante has quickly become one of Mexico's most important film festivals, growing significantly since it was created in 2005 by Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Pablo Cruz.

This is one festival not to be missed !

The first showing of Insurgentes is as follows :

Feb 12 Cinépolis Plaza Universidad 22:10 hrs.
Feb 13 Cinépolis Diana 20:00 hrs.
Feb 13 Cinépolis Perisur 16:00 hrs.
Feb 14 METEPEC, Cinépolis Galerías Metepec 22:25hrs.
Feb 15 Cinépolis Plaza Universidad 18:00
Feb 15 METEPEC, Cinépolis Galerías Metepec 16:55
Feb 18 Cinépolis Diana 17:30:00
Feb 19 CUERNAVACA, Cine Morelos, Sala Morelos 18:30 hrs.
Feb 21 Cinépolis Perisur 18:30:00
Feb 22 Cinépolis Plaza Universidad 22:15:00
Feb 24 Cinépolis Plaza Universidad 20:05:00

For more info about showtimes and the festival go here : Ambulante

Direct link to Insurgentes at Ambulante

The video for Katatonia's "Day and Then the Shade" is this week's feature video on the leading music (and more) site Fuse.tv

The store has now been updated with a few framed and extremely limited prints

The Lasse Hoile directed video for the great Katatonia is now online in the video section

There's a short interview with Lasse Hoile in the Danish music industry magazine "Musikeren" about the current state and the future of stage shows and projections.

You can read the interview in PDF format here (in Danish) : Musikeren

The Lasse Hoile directed (and photographed) music video for Steven Wilson's "Harmony Korine" has been nominated to the best Cinematography Award and Best Music Video Award presented within the Music Videos Competition at IFF Plus Camerimage , Lodz, Poland.

Insurgentes can be seen at the UnerHört Music Film Festival in Hamburg, Germany on Dec. 5th. 2009. Be sure to check it out if you are nearby.

There is now a few pictures from the recent Porcupine Tree gig in Copenhagen online at the Incident Tour blog . Pictures taken by Lasse Hoile.

Lasse Hoile's full length feature version of the film based on the recording of Steven Wilson's first solo album "Insurgentes" will be premiered at this years CPH:DOX international film festival. Much more than a simple documentary, the film is also part surreal road movie and part an exploration of the issues of creating, packaging and marketing music in an era when iPods, Mp3's and download culture are changing and eroding perceptions of exactly what the album is supposed to sound and look like.

The official world premiere screening at 21.30 on the 13th November has now sold out, so a second screening has been scheduled for 23.15 and tickets are now available here. There are also still some tickets available for an earlier preview screening on the 6th November at 17.00, but please note that the film-makers will not be in attendance at this screening.

The film will also be screened at the Swedish Sensurround Music Film Festival on the 19th November. You can download the festival brochure here.

For more information about the Insurgentes documentary and album please visit the official Insurgentes website.

Insurgentes will be making it's Swedish debut at the Malmö International Music Film Festival also known as Sensurround. The festival run's from Nov. 16th - 22nd 2009.

The video for "Time Flies" is video of the week on iTunes USA which means you can download it for FREE!!! for one week only - hurry up and get it.

The official program for this years Copenhagen International Film Festival where Insurgentes is having it's world premiere are now online here.

A few Lasse Hoile images is now online at The Incident Tour Blog where Porcupine Tree played to a sold out show at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam.

All the way from Antarctica comes this photo courtesy of Anthony Powell.
Be sure to check out his great photos at this site here : antarctic images

For those of you who speak a little spanish there is an interview with Lasse Hoile at portALTERNATIVO .

A few new images taken from the Incident sessions are now up in the photography sections, the images are the ones that didn't make the book edition

Close to 1200 images were created for The Incident.

There are also a few new and old video clips in the video section and a preview of "Way Out Of There" from the fourthcoming Porcupine Tree live concert recorded in Tilburg Holland 2008. Directed and editied by Lasse Hoile.

Be sure to check out the brand new Porcupine Tree website which now features new and old videos and projections, some never seen online before as well as unsused pictures from the Incident sessions.

The Lasse Hoile directed video for Porcupine Tree's "Time Flies" is now up in the video section.

It was shot in the UK and DK during summer and Grant Wakefield was once again patiently behind the beautiful timelapse photography.

Check it out ! And also be sure to check out the full 12 minute version on the new Porcupine Tree album "The Incident" which will be released September 15th (depending on which country you live in)

A 30 sec TV ad for the new Porcupine Tree album "The Incident" is now online in the video section.
The commercial will air in all of the US during the next couple of weeks.

This coming Friday (August 21st) Roadrunner UK will reveal a very exclusive interview with Lasse Hoile about the new Porcupine Tree video Time Flies and other insightful things. Be sure to check it out!

PORCUPINE TREE reveal their first video from their highly anticipated new album THE INCIDENT (in stores September 14) exclusively with MUZU in the UK and Ireland this coming Monday (17th August) at 4pm.

The video is directed by Lasse Hoile, the man responsible for (amongst other things) the videos for Fear Of A Blank Planet and Way Out Of Here, the stunning visuals at Porcupine Tree shows and the hardback book of photographs to accompany The Incident that comes as part of the Limited Deluxe Edition.

The track for the video is Time Flies- which is not essentially a track in itself, but a central segment of the title track of the album, which is 55 minutes in length.

Head to THIS LOCATION on Monday at 4pm to check out the video in it’s entirety.

There will also be a competition to celebrate the launch of the album.

To get the full details of the physical versions of the album and pre-order, HERE.

We are very excited to announce that Insurgentes (the film) has officially been selected at this years CPH:DOX international film festival, it will also be the world premier.
The film is  also taking part in the Sound & Vision competition!

The festival will take place 6 - 15 November 2009 (in Copenhagen DK)

More info soon.

The Incident limited edition can now be pre-ordered here

Be sure to get this thingy of beauty while stocks lasts!

LIMITED EDITION BOX SET
includes:

- 2 CDs
- DVD with 5.1 surround sound mix + high resolution stereo
- 116 page hardback book of lyrics and Lasse Hoile photography
- 40 page paperback book of Hajo Mueller's drawings for "The Incident"

- Housed in rigid slipcase

A few more pictures from Porcupine Tree's soon to be released "The Incident" is now up in the photography section.

Close to 1200 images was created especially for this album which will also be available in a beautiful special limited book edition (a little like the amazing Insurgentes release)

More info soon.

Cover for The Incident revealed - the record is set to be released via Roadrunner Records worldwide on 21st September, as a double CD.

Due to unfortunate events most of the remaining posters have been destroyed and only a handful is left.
No reprints will be made after they are gone.

A new promo for Danish Telestjernen feat. the always lovely Maria Timm is now up in the video section.

For those of you who speak Japanese, there is a new interview with Lasse Hoile in the current issue of Euro-Rock Press. The issue also features an interview with Steven Wilson and other great artists.

The current issue of Egyptian online art magazine "The Art Review" includes an interview with Lasse Hoile.

The first video of Steven Wilson's "Insurgentes" debut album can now be seen on Blender website.

Today the final bugs in making this site was conjured out so finally a big welcome
to the new site can be said.

New to the store is also a beautiful limited fine art print for Porcupine Tree's 2002
spectacular album "In Absentia"

The full length director's cut of Lasse Hoile's video for "Harmony Korine" (the first single from the forthcoming "Insurgentes" album) is now available to view on YouTube in high definition and on this site in the video section.

There is now a new website for all things insurgentes with all kinds of groovy new stuff to be found.

Finally available for pre-order at insurgentes.org Be sure to get a copy while it lasts (only 3000 of the cd version and 1000 copies of the vinyl edition). It's a thing of immense beauty and something that I'm really proud of being a part off - it is really a very special piece of art. This journey has, literally, cost blood, sweat and tears but it has been worth it all the way, and I am sure you will agree when you hear and see Insurgentes. A labour of 100% love and passion in a time where lifeless and visual-less mp3 downloads is becoming the norm...sadly.

We are still working on the film which should be done around spring 2009 and aiming at a festival release soon after. More info coming soon.

A little Insurgentes update, the CD edition is already sold out...a big surprise to us all, only took about a week or so...get the vinyl edition while you can...saw the book a few days ago and its bloody amazing...

Available in two formats, both housed in a hardback book containing 120 pages of beautiful photographs captured by Lasse Hoile and Susana Moyaho. The 11x11 inch book, designed by Carl Glover, is printed on super high quality paper and bound in a hard cloth cover with embossed text.

CD Edition: Limited to 3,000 copies in special hardback book. CD1 features the album itself, while the second CD includes songs recorded during the sessions but not included on the main album, including a newly recorded version of the instrumental "Collecting Space" which was previously only available on SW's MySpace page. The DVDA contains a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album, high resolution 24 bit stereo, 18 minutes from the work in progress Lasse Hoile film "Insurgentes", and album/film trailers. The discs are housed in recessed holders inside the cover of the book.

Vinyl Edition: Limited to 1,000 copies on 4 x 10 inch vinyl with special hardback book, and released in association with vinyl specialists ToneFloat. Contains all the tracks from the album as well as the bonus tracks included on CD2 of the CD/DVDA edition. To keep the quality as high as possible, each side of the LP contains a maximum of 12 minutes playing time. The vinyls are housed in card sleeves bound inside the book.

Please note: Only one copy in each format allowed per customer. If you buy a copy of each format we are unable to combine them together into one order so shipping will be for 2 separate orders.

Orders are expected to ship late November. 

Burden video for Opeth done - check it out in the video section

UTSA PR Feature story 2008

Unique and untouchable. Lasse Hoile, an artist unlike any other, has turned many heads in the past few years. Well known for his personal preference of conveying humanity’s inevitable destruction along with still life, Lasse has managed to top the list of what really and truly is an individual.

Lasse had humble beginnings working as an editor and producing short films in 1993. Five years later in 1998, Lasse decided to take up photography only as a hobby and pastime. The hobby grew into a passion and it is here Lasse “started doing art seriously”. Though having only started serious work a few years ago, Lasse has wasted absolutely no time in creating several documentaries, commercials, music videos (with bands such as Opeth and Porcupine Tree), live show projections, short films, feature films, art installations, animation, grading, and post productions/compositions to name a few. Influenced by melancholic music, Francis Bacon, David Lynch, and Andrei Tarkovsky, Lasse continues to convey though his artwork, the world through his eyes and as he sees it with a modern twist. Unlike many artists, Lasse’s drive to complete many of his works revolve around the “raw” and the “realness” in everyday life; things that are often overlooked, unnoticed, and under appreciated. Many of Lasse’s photographs, such as “Patient II” and “Girl in a Box” often depict, but are in no way limited to, anger, loneliness, melancholia, or emotional struggle of everyday events. His use of grain, distortion, color/tone variations, and noise usage set the mood for his photographs which draw in and eventually place his viewers in the sane setting.

What distinguishes Lasse from many artists, is his connectedness with reality. “Mail Order Babies” (a photograph that depicts new born babies placed next to one another; side by side in boxes)  is meant to convey "…the western arrogance way of getting kids. It seems nowadays one can almost design their 'dream' child through genetic preference or adoption" according to the artist himself. Though ridiculed every now and again for some of his controversial productions and artwork, Lasse still refuses to sugarcoat “truth” such as nature itself, along the instinctive behavior and beauty of human beings. Instead Lasse continues to sip his coffee un-phased.

As stated before, Lasse has also been widely recognized for directing videos and creating a number of album sleeves for Porcupine Tree since the release of In Absentia in 2002. Later in 2005, Lasse was able to direct and edit the recording of Porcupine Tree's first live performance DVD, Arriving Somewhere... which took place at Park West, Chicago. Lasse has also directed Porcupine Tree's music video entitled “Fear of a Blank Planet”. The video has been viewed over 700,000 times on to youtube.com and uploaded repetitively by loyal fans who want to get the word out. Furthermore, Lasse has recently finished the music videos for Opeth’s latest album “Watershed”.
 
In newer projects, Lasse Hoile will also be directing and filming a documentary entitled Insurgentes. Insurgentes is a musical road film which follows the making of Steven Wilson's solo record which also shares the same title. Insurgentes is an “in motion” portrait of an increasingly rare artist who composes and creates music along with media out of love; not for the fame and fortune; an artist persisting in making art on his own terms in a chaotic world where the "throw away" mentality is increasingly becoming the norm and prevalent more and more each day.

Insurgentes is also about music and the album as art form; applying the same aesthetic vision through various writings, performance, production, artwork, lyrics, videos, and beyond.  The film digs deep into the underlying issues of creating, packaging, and marketing music in an era where iPods, Mp3's and download culture are changing, morphing, and eroding perceptions of what and how exactly an album is supposed to sound and appear.
 
However, the film is still in production but is scheduled for completion in Spring 2009 for screening at various film festivals next Summer. In addition to the special edition DVD version of the album "Insurgentes", is an 18 minute extract.
 
With the revision of this website, Lasse has now decided to sell his artwork in attempts to share his art with others around the world. Giving other people too the opportunity to see what he sees, and feel what he feels.

Jasmine Walkes
Postion: Public Relations, writer, editor, and journalist
Used for: UTSA PR Feature story 2008

New website finally online, hope you will enjoy the new layout.

I've also been asked a lot about what gear I have been using for my pictures and videos so I wrote a list below.

I try and use mostly analog still but it's becoming quite expensive (sadly) and more and more shops are not even selling film anymore.

Nikon F3, Horizon 202, Zeiss Ikon, Holga 120, Holgaroid, Lomo, Polaroid SX-70, Polaroid 340, Nikon D700, Fujifilm, Rollei Retro 400, Bolex H16 EL (modified to Super16mm), Photoshop, Mac, fire and dirt, coffee, cigarettes and music.