Voyage 34: The Complete Trip

Artist	Porcupine Tree
Producer	Steven Wilson
Label Name	JVC Japan
Song List	1: Phase I (12:54) 2: Phase II (17:30) 3: Phase III (19:29) 4: Phase IV (20:44)
Format	CD
Release Date	2008 01 23
Genre	Rock
Style.Categories	Experimental Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Prog-Rock/Art Rock

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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. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide