Wilson, Steven The Harmony Codex

With "The Harmony Codex" Steven Wilson releases his seventh album. Anyone who listens to "The Harmony Codex" has the feeling of getting lost in an Escher drawing that consists only of sound. In the album's ten tracks, Steven Wilson navigates through a tangled web of memories and leads the listener along paths where shadows of reflection, thoughtfulness and melancholy spread.

The album was conceived and assembled by Wilson, working alone in a studio in the garage of a north London townhouse, with support from musicians from around the world (including long-time studio partners Ninet Tayeb, Craig Blundell and Adam Holzman, as well as a number of first-time collaborators including Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto and Sam Fogarino of Interpol). Each musician was invited to put their individual stamp on the record. The snares, strings and sampled sounds that each artist contributed were woven into the unique music on this album.

And while The Harmony Codex is a record made with spatial audio in mind, it's not a record that needs a sophisticated sound system to carry you along - two speakers and an open ear are plenty.

Source: Universal Music