THE HARMONY CODEX - the seventh album by Steven Wilson - takes you on a trip. A genre-spanning collection that opens up like a musical puzzle box, it presents a series of endlessly beautiful vistas that roll out and shift in front of you. Arguably the best album Wilson has made during a career that’s spanned more than three decades both as a band leader and as a solo artist, it represents the apotheosis of a life spent fully absorbed in music. While The Harmony Codex nods to records from Steven Wilson’s recent past, at times echoing the paranoid rumble of 2008’s Insurgentes, the crystalline electronics of 2021’s The Future Bites and the expansive storytelling of 2013’s The Raven That Refused To Sing (and Other Stories), here he has managed to create something entirely unique, a record that exists outside of the notion of genre. And although The Harmony Codex is a record made with spatial audio in mind, it’s not one that needs an elaborate sound system to lift you out of body - two speakers and an open mind will do just fine. Steven Wilson is a singular talent, an artist/producer, his last album - 2021’s The Future Bites - charted at No 4 in the UK and was nominated for 2 Grammys. He is the founding member of Porcupine Tree, whose last album (2022’s Closure/Continuation) charted at No 2. Steven has also received multiple Grammy nominations for his spatial audio work, having recently remixed artists such as Chic, King Crimson, ABC, Roxy Music, A Ha, Suede, Tears for Fears and Guns N’ Roses. Tracks: 1. Inclination 2. Inclination - 5.1 Mix 3. Inclination - Dolby Atmos 4. What Life Brings 5. What Life Brings - 5.1 Mix 6. What Life Brings - Dolby Atmos 7. Economies of Scale 8. Economies of Scale - 5.1 Mix 9. Economies of Scale - Dolby Atmos 10. Impossible Tightrope 11. Impossible Tightrope - 5.1 Mix 12. Impossible Tightrope - Dolby Atmos 13. Rock Bottom 14. Rock Bottom - 5.1 Mix 15. Rock Bottom - Dolby Atmos 16. Beautiful Scarecrow 17. Beautiful Scarecrow - 5.1 Mix 18. Beautiful Scarecrow - Dolby Atmos 19. The Harmony Codex 20. The Harmony Codex - 5.1 Mix 21. The Harmony Codex - Dolby Atmos 22. Time Is Running Out 23. Time Is Running Out - 5.1 Mix 24. Time Is Running Out - Dolby Atmos 25. Actual Brutal Facts 26. Actual Brutal Facts - 5.1 Mix 27. Actual Brutal Facts - Dolby Atmos 28. Staircase 29. Staircase - 5.1 Mix 30. Staircase - Dolby Atmos 31. Economies of Scale [Official Music Video] 32. The Harmony Codex [Official Music Video]
