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Can you give me some example of Porcupine Tree songs with Rhythmic Illusions?

Gavin Says:


There's quite a lot of Rhythmic Illusions in PT songs.

Off the top of my head..

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I think I was the first person to use the phrase "Rhythmic Illusion" to encompass any rhythm that appears to be something that it's not. Usually based on either a metric modulation or a displacement.

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