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 How Big The Space (2018 UK limited edition 3-track 12" single released exclusively for Record Store Day pressed on Blue Vinyl, featuring the bonus recording which was recorded as part of the 'To The Bone' album sessions and is not available anywhere else, also including an Instrumental version plus an exclusive version of 'People Who Eat Darkness' with vocals by Ninet Tayeb. Only 2500 pressed. The sleeve shows a tiny amount of shelfwear and the vinyl looks unplayed CAROL016RSD)
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STEVEN WILSON How Big The Space (2018 UK limited edition 3-track 12" single released exclusively for Record Store Day pressed on Blue Vinyl, featuring the bonus recording which was recorded as part of the 'To The Bone' album sessions and is not available anywhere else, also including an Instrumental version plus an exclusive version of 'People Who Eat Darkness' with vocals by Ninet Tayeb. Only 2500 pressed. The sleeve shows a tiny amount of shelfwear and the vinyl looks unplayed CAROL016RSD)
- Steven Wilson - Home Invasion - In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall - 5LP - UK - vinyl box set - £79.99, $97.59, €91.99 (New Item) (arrived 01-Sep-2023 13:03)on September 25, 2023 at 6:38 am
STEVEN WILSON Home Invasion - In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall - 5LP (Fantastic 2019 UK/EU limited edition 5 x Heavyweight Vinyl LP box set, comprising the full soundtrack of the concert across four records, plus a bonus fifth LP featuringsoundcheck songs & three tracks from the previous night's performance, none of which were performed during the filming and exclusive to this set. Housed inside metallic-finish rigid slipcase, with large format booklet. The slipcase is Excellent showing some light signs of shelfwear evident mostly on the bottom edge, all 5 discs show no obvious signs of play and grade Near Mint)
- Porcupine Tree - Signify - UK - CD album - £9.99, $12.19, €11.49 (Back In Stock) (arrived 30-Aug-2023 17:10)on September 25, 2023 at 6:38 am
PORCUPINE TREE Signify (1996 UK 12-track CD album, the fourth studio release from the British progressive rockers lead by Steven Wilson, including the single Waiting, issued in a jewel case with the picture sleeve inlay DELECCD045)
- Porcupine Tree - The Incident - US - cd album box set - £150.00, $183.00, €172.50 (New Item) (arrived 30-Aug-2023 15:31)on September 25, 2023 at 6:38 am
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 butotherwise remains in fantastic condition!)
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