In 2009, Steven Wilson's first solo album Insurgentes was released, best known as the singer, guitarist and brain of the British prog rock group Porcupine Tree. The album was recorded in studios in Mexico City, Tel Aviv and Stockholm, among others. Cities where Wilson worked simultaneously on other projects such as No-Man (Tel Aviv) and Bass Communion (Mexico City). Director Lasse Hoile followed
… Wilson closely during his travels and this resulted in the surreal road movie Insurgentes. Wilson is a gifted artist but apparently does not experience much else and this gap is filled with many psychedelic stills and shots of post-apocalyptic landscapes. Too bad when Wilson finally starts talking he mainly spells out clichés about today's youth with his i-pods and other volatile media and lack of awe for vinyl. Even visits to Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt and producer Trevor Horn degenerate into grumbling. The predominantly static Wilson moving through the film only really comes to life when he is allowed to demolish a number of i-pods. He better make music, like on the second DVD with his ambient project Bass Communion. Live images of the intensely music-making Wilson connect seamlessly with the never-ending psychedelic intermediate shots. (MR) The predominantly static Wilson moving through the film only really comes to life when he is allowed to demolish a number of i-pods. He better make music, like on the second DVD with his ambient project Bass Communion. Live images of the intensely music-making Wilson connect seamlessly with the never-ending psychedelic intermediate shots. (MR) The predominantly static Wilson moving through the film only really comes to life when he is allowed to demolish a number of i-pods. He better make music, like on the second DVD with his ambient project Bass Communion. Live images of the intensely music-making Wilson connect seamlessly with the never-ending psychedelic intermediate shots. (MR)more
