The Overview First Playback Sessions

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A big night for me yesterday as I premiered my forthcoming album The Overview at two intimate playback sessions at L-Acoustics in North London. The 2 track 42 minute album is a total prog-rock monster and was played in Atmos, accompanied by a work in progress Miles Skarin film for screening at live performances and future playback events. Minds were … Read More

The Harmony Codex One Year Anniversary

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With my next album The Overview finished and just around the corner, I’d like to take a moment to commemorate the fact that it was one year ago today that The Harmony Codex was released! I’m proud of all my records, but there’s something especially magical about this one, a diverse, uncategorisable and sometimes challenging 65 minute musical journey. I’m … Read More

To The Bone making of documentary film now online

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On this day in 2017, I released my fifth solo album, To the Bone. “Ask Me Nicely – The Making of To the Bone” is an 85 minute documentary shot by Lasse Hoile over a period of 3 months in 2017 during the making of my fifth studio album To The Bone, mostly filmed at Paul Stacey’s studio Strangeways in … Read More

Aeolus

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I’m happy to announce my collaboration on a new album by Theo Travis called Aeolus, to be released as a 2 disc CD/Blu-Ray set on 6th September by Panegyric. Subtitled ‘one hour duduk meditation’, my role was to produce, create the soundscapes (derived from Theo’s flute playing), and mix in both stereo and multi- channel. For some time Theo has … Read More

Storm Corrosion to be reissued in September 2024!

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Storm Corrosion was an album made by myself and Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth in 2012, and one which both of us considered a deeply satisfying artistic success. It remains one of my favourite releases in my whole catalogue. Part of what made it so much fun was that pretty much anything that either of us suggested, the other … Read More

Announcing The Overview Tour 2025!

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I’m thrilled to be able to announce a Steven Wilson tour for 2025, my first for 7 years. The Overview Tour will be an audio-visual experience based around a forthcoming new release of the same name: a space themed album that features just two long pieces. I’ll also be playing music from The Harmony Codex for the first time as … Read More

The Album Years Podcast launches on YouTube!

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The Album Years podcast continues, and this time in video form! The year is 2000: that means albums by Radiohead, Coldplay, U2 and more are up for discussion, along with Tim Bowness’ questionable editing techniques… Catch the full episode on your podcast service of choice, or watch our bickering on our new YouTube channel.  

Bass Communion – The Itself of Itself

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The Itself of Itself, the first all new Bass Communion studio album in 12 years, and a very experimental one, will be released in May on Fourth Dimension Records sister label Lumberton Trading Company. I’m also pleased to announce that the entire Bass Communion back catalogue (apart from Ghosts on Magnetic Tape and Loss, those are coming very soon!) is … Read More

Harmonic Divergence – Record Store Day Exclusive

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One of the most fun and rewarding aspects of The Harmony Codex has been the opportunity to have the music remixed by so many other artists and musicians I admire. The material seemed to lend itself so well to reinterpretation. Harmonic Divergence, a special vinyl-only release for Record Store Day, features a range of different approaches, best illustrated by the … Read More