Blackfield
Background information
Origin	England , Israel
Genre(s)	Art Rock
Years active	2001 - present
Label(s)	Atlantic Records Snapper Music
Associated acts	Porcupine Tree Aviv Geffen
Website	http://www.blackfield.org
Members
Steven Wilson Aviv Geffen Seffy Efrat Tomer Z Eran Mitelman
Former members
Gavin Harrison Chris Maitland Daniel Salomon

Blackfield is a music group, a collaboration between Porcupine Tree founder and lead singer Steven Wilson and Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen.

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. 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 2005, the band's drummer Gavin Harrison (also of Porcupine Tree), left the band and was replaced by Tomer Zidkyahu, brother of Nir Zidkyahu (former touring member of Genesis).

Apart from eight original songs, the band also covered two of Geffen's earlier songs ("Scars" and "Cloudy Now", translated into English by Wilson), and Porcupine Tree's "Feel So Low", which Geffen had recorded in Hebrew previously.

Wilson and Geffen recently recorded a follow up album, Blackfield II, released in February 2007 in Europe and March 2007 in the United States. The duo is currently playing a tour of limited dates in East-coast U.S. cities in support of the second album. 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.

Band Members

Line-Up

• Steven Wilson - lead vocals, lead guitar
• Aviv Geffen - vocals, guitars, rhythm guitar, keyboards
• Seffy Efrat - backing vocals, bass guitar
• Eran Mitelman - backing vocals, piano, keyboards (joined in 2007)
• Tomer Z - drums, percussion (joined in 2005)

Former Members

• Daniel Salomon - backing vocals, piano, keyboards (left in 2007)
• Gavin Harrison - Studio drums, percussion (left in 2005)
• Chris Maitland - Live drums, percussion, backing vocals (left in 2005)

Discography

	January, 2004	Blackfield
	February, 2007	Blackfield II

Singles

External links

• Blackfield - official website
• Blackfield at last.fm
• Blackfield at MySpace Music