Album artwork for Variants 1 and 2 by Richard Barbieri

Variants 1 and 2 is the first 2LP released in a series presenting a collection of disparate pieces of music from past and current works. It features live performances with guest musicians, new compositions, improvisations and reworkings of older material including a 2009 instrumental version of the Japan B-Side The Experience Of Swimming. In 2017, Richard Barbieri released his most sonically expansive work to date. Planets and Persona is his third solo album, but the first to feature such a wide pallet of instrumentation. Vintage analogue synthesisers 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 well received by a dedicated and growing fan base. 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 recorded five studio albums culminating in the ground-breaking Tin Drum, which stayed in the UK Albums Chart for a year.

Richard Barbieri

Variants 1 and 2

Kscope
Album artwork for Variants 1 and 2 by Richard Barbieri
LPx2

£37.99

Released 11/01/2019Catalogue Number

KSCOPE1012

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Richard Barbieri

Variants 1 and 2

Kscope
Album artwork for Variants 1 and 2 by Richard Barbieri
LPx2

£37.99

Released 11/01/2019Catalogue Number

KSCOPE1012

Learn more

Variants 1 and 2 is the first 2LP released in a series presenting a collection of disparate pieces of music from past and current works. It features live performances with guest musicians, new compositions, improvisations and reworkings of older material including a 2009 instrumental version of the Japan B-Side The Experience Of Swimming. In 2017, Richard Barbieri released his most sonically expansive work to date. Planets and Persona is his third solo album, but the first to feature such a wide pallet of instrumentation. Vintage analogue synthesisers 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 well received by a dedicated and growing fan base. 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 recorded five studio albums culminating in the ground-breaking Tin Drum, which stayed in the UK Albums Chart for a year.