THE CINEMATIC SOLO ALBUM FROM THE EX-PORCUPINE TREE AND EX-JAPAN KEYBOARDIST
With Planets + Persona, Richard Barbieri released his most sonically expansive and ambitious work to date. It is his third solo album, but the first to feature such a wide pallet of instrumentation and has a central theme of duality. Vintage analogue synthesisers combine with acoustic performances and jazz elements, including some stark and memorable improvisations from a personally hand-picked group of musicians. Twisted voices are always present, though not in a language we can recognise.
As an ex-founder of the new-wave pioneers Japan, Barbieri was a leader in creating the ground-breaking synthesiser sound that defined the band and influenced the likes of The Human League, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, Talk Talk and a whole raft of artists to follow. Together, the band record five studio albums culminating in the groundbreaking Tin Drum, which stayed in the UK Albums Chart for a year.
Following Japan, Barbieri joined Steven Wilson to form the legendary progressive outfit Porcupine Tree, playing keyboards on all the band’s albums since 1993 as well as releasing a run of superb solo albums, culminating in his latest, 2026's Hauntings.
This edition of Planets + Persona is presented as a 4-panel CD digipack.
Tracklist:
1. Solar Sea [07:30]
2. New Found Land [07:17]
3. Night Of The Hunter [10:44]
4. Interstellar Medium [05:38]
5. Unholy [08:58]
6. Shafts Of Light [06:39]
7. Solar Storm [06:22]
This item is available for pre-order. It will be available on 10/30/2026.
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