STEVEN WILSON’S SEVENTH IS… THE HARMONY CODEX
MOJO WORKING Harmonious notes: Steven Wilson working on his “ridiculously eclectic” new LP in his garage in north London.
OVER LOCKDOWN, Steven Wilson wrote his long-planned, unorthodox memoir Limited Edition Of One. Its penultimate chapter, a disconcerting short story which evoked a synthesis of JG Ballard and Willy Wonka was, he says, “a little piece of dystopian science fiction… then I thought, Wouldn’t it be interesting to write some music for the imaginary movie interpretation of the short story and to use it as the basis for something a little bit more conceptual, or pretentious, in the best possible sense of the word. I love to be pretentious.”
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Title: The Harmony Codex Due: Autumn 2023 Production: Steven Wilson Songs: What Life Brings, Economies Of Scale, Impossible Tightrope The Buzz: “I still love this idea of the album as a continuum, as something that you sit down and you listen to from beginning to end. I can take a fairly bloody-minded approach to the way I make music and this is the record I want to release now. I think it’s definitely a big step for me.” Steven Wilson