From Loudersound.
Steven Wilson has launched a video for a live version of Song Of Unborn, originally the opening track to his 2017 album To The Bone. The video was animated by Jess Cope, who previously worked with Wilson on videos including People Who Eat Darkness, Routine, and The Raven That Refused to Sing, as well as the Last Day Of June video game.
“I took Carl Sagan”s quote, ‘We are all made of star stuff’ and based the film around that idea for Song of Unborn,” says Cope. “Using abstract imagery and different styles of animation, the video represents the human form developing from the inside of its body instead of inside the womb.
“This is the first film that I have made with next to no narrative. I focused more on using the evolution of animation as a way to represent the evolving foetus in utero. The combination of space, sky, sea and fish just seemed to be the direction I wanted to take it.
“The paper cut out fish at the start represent sperm, the string rays are red blood cells through veins and the jellyfish are nerves. The whales represent the transition from gill-bearing aquatic fish that can only survive underwater to air breathing mammals that give birth to live young. It depicts the transition from a baby inside the mother’s womb to the birth and its first breath.”
In 2017, Wilson said of Song Of Unborn, “At one point, I was worried that it was falling back to one of my typical epic piano ballads like Routine or The Raven that Refused to Sing. But the difference here is that actually this song has a very positive message. Song of Unborn is about recognising the world is a wreck, but that every life is unique and can be turned into something really special.
“The arc of your life can really be profound if you embrace it. I thought that was a beautiful message for an unborn child. The other important element in this song is the choir arrangement. I’ve never done anything quite like that section. It’s almost pagan in its beauty and optimism. In the end, I think it’s come out is very unique and distinct from any of those other songs.”
Steven Wilson’s Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall is available now.
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Steven Wilson - Cover Version I - VI - UK - cd album box set - £85.00, $107.95, €96.90 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2019 15:30)
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STEVEN WILSON Cover Version I - VI (Scarce 2010 UK limited edition 12-track Six CD box set, comprising the six '2 song' singles featuring a cover & original song, with his versions of classic songs by Alanis Morissette, Abba, The Cure, Prince and more, each disc in their own card wallet picture sleeve, all housed in a clam-shell style card picture box with a picture booklet. The box displays some very light general wear whilst the contents remain in a 'near as new' condition HDSWCD20) […]
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Steven Wilson - TF100 - Sealed - Dutch - CD album - £20.00, $25.40, €22.80 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2019 15:15)
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STEVEN WILSON / VARIOUS TF100 (2016 Dutch Deluxe Edition 7-track CD, this album unites the talets of label mainstays Peter Van Vliet, Dirk Serries, Sand Snowman, Theo Travis, Moonswift and Maarten Van Der Vleuten with Steven Wilson, who pieced together the album and mixed most of the songs recorded exclusively for this project. Within a printed card box sleeve with a Tonefloat wristband, and remains sealed from new in the hype stickered shrink) […]
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Porcupine Tree - The Incident - US - cd album box set - £65.00, $82.55, €74.10 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2019 13:26)
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PORCUPINE TREE The Incident (2009 US limited edition deluxe box set comprising two CDs and a DVD-Audio disc featuring a 5.1 mix of entire album. All three discs are housed inside a 116 page hardback book pack featuring lyrics, Lasse Hoile photography and a 48 page lyric book featuring Hajo Mueller’s drawings of 'The Incident'. The book pack itself also has a rigid artwork slipcase measuring approximately 11" x 13" x 1" in size. The outer slipcase shows a little evidence of age but otherwise remains in fantastic condition!) […]
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Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing - UK - cd album box set - £250.00, $317.50, €285.00 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2019 13:21)
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STEVEN WILSON The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories) (2013 UK Deluxe edition 2-CD/DVD & Blu-Ray box set, third solo album by the British musician with Guthrie Govan, Marco Minnemann, Nick Beggs and Adam Holzman,with guests Jakko Jakszyk and Alan Parsons who also co-produced the album with Mr Wilson. This fantastic set is within an 128 page hardback illustrated book containing lyrics and ghost stories, the bonus Compact Disc featuring demos is exclusive to this boxset. Although not sealed, this example remains in a 'near as new condition)***Limited to only 6000 copies*** […]
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Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning - Deluxe Editon - UK - cd album box set - £195.00, $247.65, €222.30 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2019 13:17)
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STEVEN WILSON Grace For Drowning - Deluxe Editon (2011 UK limited edition 3-CD/Blu-Ray box set for his second solo studio album, featuring the full album on Two Disc's, a bonus CD of out-takes and demos, and a Blu-ray disc containing the 5.1 surround sound and high resolution stereo mixes of the album, and promo videos, all housed within an 120 page hardback book featuring artwork and notes, with blue cloth cover with metalic blue text embossed. Although not sealed, this example remains in a 'near as new' condition and now a very collectable item KSCOPE510)***Limited to only 5000 copies*** […]
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