Colin Edwin (born 2 July 1970 in Melbourne, Australia) is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, where he plays fretted and fretless bass guitar as well as Double Bass. He joined the band in December 1993. He is also a member of Ex-Wise Heads, a three-piece group that mixes ethnic, ambient, and post-modern influences, as well as a metal-influenced project, Random Noise Generator.

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  • Colin Edwin (born 2 July 1970 in Melbourne, Australia) is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, where he plays fretted and fretless bass guitar as well as Double Bass. He joined the band in December 1993. He is also a member of Ex-Wise Heads, a three-piece group that mixes ethnic, ambient, and post-modern influences, as well as a metal-influenced project, Random Noise Generator. In 2001 Colin played Double Bass on one of the most acclaimed albums by the British duo No-Man, which is Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson's side project. Colin and Steven are friends from school. "Steven was instrumental in introducing me to several types of different music," he explains. Colin is known to be a big jazz fan, and incorporates an atypical jazz-inspired style into his playing in a rock band. Also unusual for a rock bassist, his main bass was a 1994 Wal Mach I four-string fretless bass for 10 years of live and studio use until giving it "a break" and semi-retiring it from the rigors of live touring in 2004. He used a Music Man StingRay and after a Music Man Bongo for the Deadwing tour, which can be viewed on Porcupine Tree's DVD release Arriving Somewhere. During the same time period Colin was introduced to Spector basses and purchased a EuroLX 4-string model in Natural Oil. The company then gave him as a gift one of their extended scale-length models (35" as opposed to the "standard" 34" scale for 4-string basses), a Euro 4LX-35 in transparent black. This proved to be useful as over 1/2 of their 1997 album, Fear Of A Blank Planet was downtuned C/F/Bb/Eb to which the 35" scale length give better definition to the lower notes as well as the general rigors of touring ("The Euro 4LX-35 has a graphite-reinforced neck, which means it can come out of a freezing-cold trailer into a hot gig every night for a month without going out of tune or having any trussrod problems. ") For the second leg of the Fear Of A Blank Planet tour starting in October of 2007 a ReBop Deluxe FM unlined fretless bass in Natural Oil was brought out on tour for the song "A Smart Kid" among others, and well as using his Music Man Bongo bass guitar as his spare/encore bass. However, as of late September 2009 Colin is currently back to using his Wal Mach I fretles 4-string for the majority of the tour supporting the Porcupine Tree release of "The Incident" which is being played in full on this leg of the tour and which he played approximately 85% of "The Incident" song-cycle was played on the Wal. His black Spector Euro 4LX-35 is used for the other 15% "heavy parts" that are downtuned to C or lower. As of the Monday, September 21 show in Cleveland, Ohio no other basses were seen for backup or encore usage. In the liner notes for "The Incident" Colin still endorses and thanks Spector basses as well as EBS amplifiers, speaker cabinets, and effects pedals. He also endorses Ernie Ball Bass Strings for use on his Wall fretless bass and Spector Medium Stainless Steel Bass Strings on his fretted Spector basses.
  • Colin Edwin ist ein australischer Bassist. Seit Ende 1993 ist er Mitglied der englischen Progressive-Rock-Band Porcupine Tree. Davor spielte er in diversen Bands wie den Ex-Wise Heads und Random Noise Generator. 2001 bediente er den Kontrabass bei no-man, einem Projekt des Porcupine-Tree-Bandleaders Steven Wilson. Edwin ist als Jazz-Fan bekannt, spielt fretted, fretless, Kontrabässe und Uprights (eine Kontrabassform ohne den Klangkörper, elektronisch abgenommen mit Piezo-Tonabnehmern und/oder klassischen Spulenabnehmern).
  • Colin Edwin es el actual bajista de la banda inglesa de rock progresivo Porcupine Tree, a la que se unió en diciembre de 1993. Es también miembro del grupo Ex-Wise Heads y Random Noise Generator. Además, en el año 2001 tocó el doble bajo en el álbum Returning Jesus de No-Man, uno de los proyectos paralelos de Steven Wilson, líder de Porcupine Tree. Además del rock progresivo, Colin Edwin es fan del jazz, por lo que incorpora a su música influencias de este género. Su instrumento más utilizado hasta 2004 fue un bajo Wal Mach de cuatro cuerdas sin trastes, que usó durante trece años. Posteeriormente, utilizó un bajo Music Man StringRay, y posteriormente un MusicMan Bongo, que puede apreciarse en el DVD en directo de Porcupine Tree, Arriving Somewhere. Alrededor de esa época, Edwin conoció la marca Spector, y escogió un modelo EuroLX de cuatro cuerdas, que utilizó para la grabación del disco Fear of a Blank Planet en 2007, aunque lo usó afinado de manera más grave a la habitual gracias a la mejor adaptación de su nuevo bajo a las notas más graves. Para acabar la gira de presentación de este disco, Edwin empleó un bajo ReBop Deluxe FM sin trastes, que también utilizó durante la gira de promoción del disco The Sky Moves Sideways. Actualmente, Edwin promociona los bajos Spector y emplea uno en la gira de Porcupine Tree, así como las cuerdas Ernie Ball, que también promociona.
  • Colin Edwin on brittiläisen progressiivisen rockyhtye Porcupine Treen basisti. Hän on soittanut yhtyeessä tavallisen bassokitaran lisäksi nauhatonta bassoa ja kontrabassoa. Edwin liittyi yhtyeeseen joulukuussa 1993. Edwin on jäsenenä myös Ex-Wise Headsissä, etnisiä ja postmoderneja vaikutteita ambientiin yhdistävässä triossa, sekä metallivaikutteisessa Random Noise Generatorissa. Vuonna 2001 Edwin soitti kontrabassoa arvostusta saavuttaneen, Porcupine Treen johtohahmo Steven Wilsonin sivuprojektissa No-Manissa. Edwin ja Wilson ovat ystäviä kouluajoilta.
  • È un componente del gruppo inglese progressive rock, Porcupine Tree, dove suona quasi tutte le parti di basso. È entrato a far parte del gruppo nel 1993. È anche membro degli Ex-Wise Heads, un gruppo che fonde insieme diversi generi musicali: etnico, ambient, e post-moderno; fa parte di un progetto sperimentale, chiamato Random Noise Generator. Nel 2001 Colin ha suonato il contrabbasso nell'acclamato disco del duo inglese No-Man, che è un altro progetto del talentuoso Steven Wilson. Colin è conosciuto per essere un grande appassionato di jazz, incorporando, inusualmente per una rock band, uno stile tipicamente jazz nei suoi pezzi. Un'altra cosa inconsueta per un bassista rock, è il fatto che il suo basso principale è stato uno Wall a 4 corde senza tasti (fretless) per 13 anni finché non lo ha mandato in pensione dopo il Live Tour del 2004. Ha usato anche un Music Man StringRay e poi un MusicMan Bongo per il tour di Deadwing, che può essere visto sul DVD di Arriving Somewhere. Durante il solito periodo Colin ha adottato un Basso Spector e ha acquistato un EuroLX - Natural Oil a 4 corde. La Spector poi gli ha regalato uno dei loro modelli in scala estesa (35 pollici, mentre un basso normale ne ha 34), un Euro LX-35 color nero lucido. Quest'ultimo, grazie alla particolare lunghezza del manico che ha permesso di suonare con un'accordatura C\F\Bb\Eb senza perdere definizione di suono, è stato utile per metà del loro ultimo album, "Fear Of A Blank Planet". Colin è attualmente endorser della Spector e usa nei tour dei Porcupine Tree i suoi bassi e le sue corde, nonché amplificatori EBS, casse e pedaliere. Nei titoli di coda del film del 2005 Four Brothers, è nominato come Colin Balch, come anche nel libretto dell'album Deadwing.
  • Colin Edwin is de bassist van de Britse progressieve rock band Porcupine Tree. Hij is lid van de band sinds 1993. Ook is hij lid van Ex-Wise Heads, een driemanformatie die etnische, ambient en post moderne invloeden heeft. Ook speelt hij in een door metal beïnvloedde band; Random Noise Generator. Hij ontving credits voor in 2005 uitgebrachte film Four Brothers, onder de naam Colin Balch.
  • Colin Edwin, to australijski muzyk, kompozytor i basista. Edwin jest wieloletnim basistą grupy muzycznej Porcupine Tree.
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  • Colin Edwin onstage with Porcupine Tree, Falls Church, VA - October 2007.
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  • Colin Edwin (born 2 July 1970 in Melbourne, Australia) is a member of the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, where he plays fretted and fretless bass guitar as well as Double Bass. He joined the band in December 1993. He is also a member of Ex-Wise Heads, a three-piece group that mixes ethnic, ambient, and post-modern influences, as well as a metal-influenced project, Random Noise Generator.
  • Colin Edwin ist ein australischer Bassist. Seit Ende 1993 ist er Mitglied der englischen Progressive-Rock-Band Porcupine Tree. Davor spielte er in diversen Bands wie den Ex-Wise Heads und Random Noise Generator. 2001 bediente er den Kontrabass bei no-man, einem Projekt des Porcupine-Tree-Bandleaders Steven Wilson.
  • Colin Edwin es el actual bajista de la banda inglesa de rock progresivo Porcupine Tree, a la que se unió en diciembre de 1993. Es también miembro del grupo Ex-Wise Heads y Random Noise Generator. Además, en el año 2001 tocó el doble bajo en el álbum Returning Jesus de No-Man, uno de los proyectos paralelos de Steven Wilson, líder de Porcupine Tree. Además del rock progresivo, Colin Edwin es fan del jazz, por lo que incorpora a su música influencias de este género.
  • Colin Edwin on brittiläisen progressiivisen rockyhtye Porcupine Treen basisti. Hän on soittanut yhtyeessä tavallisen bassokitaran lisäksi nauhatonta bassoa ja kontrabassoa. Edwin liittyi yhtyeeseen joulukuussa 1993. Edwin on jäsenenä myös Ex-Wise Headsissä, etnisiä ja postmoderneja vaikutteita ambientiin yhdistävässä triossa, sekä metallivaikutteisessa Random Noise Generatorissa.
  • È un componente del gruppo inglese progressive rock, Porcupine Tree, dove suona quasi tutte le parti di basso. È entrato a far parte del gruppo nel 1993. È anche membro degli Ex-Wise Heads, un gruppo che fonde insieme diversi generi musicali: etnico, ambient, e post-moderno; fa parte di un progetto sperimentale, chiamato Random Noise Generator. Nel 2001 Colin ha suonato il contrabbasso nell'acclamato disco del duo inglese No-Man, che è un altro progetto del talentuoso Steven Wilson.
  • Colin Edwin is de bassist van de Britse progressieve rock band Porcupine Tree. Hij is lid van de band sinds 1993. Ook is hij lid van Ex-Wise Heads, een driemanformatie die etnische, ambient en post moderne invloeden heeft. Ook speelt hij in een door metal beïnvloedde band; Random Noise Generator. Hij ontving credits voor in 2005 uitgebrachte film Four Brothers, onder de naam Colin Balch.
  • Colin Edwin, to australijski muzyk, kompozytor i basista. Edwin jest wieloletnim basistą grupy muzycznej Porcupine Tree.
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