Barbieri, Richard Variants.3+4 LP Vinyl

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. In 2017, Richard Barbieri released his most sonically expansive work to date. Planets + Persona was his third solo album, but the first to feature such a wide pallet of instrumentation. Vintage analogue synthesizers combined with acoustic performances and jazz elements, including some stark and memorable improvisations from a personally hand-picked group of musicians, a release that has been greatly received by a dedicated and growing fan base. Variants. 3+4 is the second double LP to be released in a series presenting a collection of disparate pieces of music from past and current works. It features live performances with guest musicians Percy Jones, Luca Calabrese, Gill Morley, Lisen Rylander L÷ve and Suzanne Barbieri. It also contains six new studio recordings, including an intended Porcupine Tree intermission piece, a variation on themes written for PT's Black Dahlia, a significantly updated 2017 live version of the Japan B-Side "The Experience Of Swimming", the evocative "1979 Rehearsal Room" and a live version of "Solar Sea" from Planets + Persona.

1. Ballerina (07:25) 2. Vibra (06:25) 3. 1979 Rehearsal Room (05:45) 4. Dahlia (05:02) 5. Solar Sea (Recorded Live at St. Margaret's Church 6. Of Antioch Sept 2017) (08:27) 7. Broken Codes (08:19) 8. Snow Bed (05:08) 9. The Experience of Swimming (Live 2017) (06:58) 10. Slink (05:32) 11. Orphan (05:45)