Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (2000/2017) [Official Digital Download]

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Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (2000/2017) [Official Digital Download]

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Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34: The Complete Trip (2000/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 69:44 minutes | 735 MB
Remastered / Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Voyage 34, originally a two-volume EP series from 1992-1993, was expanded into "The Complete Trip" after Steven Wilson remixed and added production for its eventual re-release seven years later. Documenting the ill effects of an acid trip by a frequent user (the first 33 were fine), the four-phase work begins with a straight-laced narrator explaining the events leading up to the trip, with straight-ahead (though slightly exploratory) guitar work by Wilson over a mid-tempo drum section. Thankfully, the album gradually moves into more ambient climes, with trippy vocal samples framing the mood throughout the final phases. Including a thick booklet with most of the narration repeated alongside surreal artwork, Voyage 34: The Complete Trip is a bit self-serious and pseudo-mystical even without the music to add to it, an intriguing experiment but hardly a work to stand on its own.