“I get really frustrated - actually, it almost makes me angry - when I see, sometimes, magazines will publish a musician's playlist. They'll go and they'll ask, I don't know, somebody from Aerosmith or whoever, Coldplay, to list their five favourite albums. And it's always the same stuff!”

English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist

Steven Wilson is an English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the founder, guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, and for his work with Blackfield, Storm Corrosion and No-Man. His career has spanned more than 30 years, with a large body of music and a steady critical reputation. Since 2008, he has released eight solo albums, and he has received six Grammy nominations, two with Porcupine Tree, one with Storm Corrosion and three as a solo artist. In 2017, The Daily Telegraph called him a resolutely independent artist and noted his relative obscurity despite his success.