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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phase ISteven Wilson | Porcupine Tree | Play | 12:55 | 29 MB | 81 MB |
| 2 | Phase IISteven Wilson | Porcupine Tree | Play | 17:24 | 39 MB | 111 MB |
| 3 | Phase IIISteven Wilson | Porcupine Tree | Play | 19:24 | 44 MB | 122 MB |
| 4 | Phase IVSteven Wilson | Porcupine Tree | Play | 13:42 | 31 MB | 66 MB |
| 63 mins | 145 MB | |||||
| 63 mins | 381 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleph | Design, Photography |
| 2 | Richard Barbieri | Synthesizer |
| 3 | Mike Bennion | Photography |
| 4 | Carl Glover | Graphic Design, Photography |
| 5 | Lasse Hoile | Photography |
| 6 | Porcupine Tree | Primary Artist |
| 7 | Swordfish | Production Director, Remixing |
| 8 | Steven Wilson | Composer, Performer, Producer, Programming |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |