{"id":29661,"date":"2026-02-12T16:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=29661"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:49:54","slug":"richard-barbieri-hauntings-a-brand-new-studio-album-release-date-10-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/richard-barbieri-hauntings-a-brand-new-studio-album-release-date-10-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"RICHARD BARBIERI \u2018HAUNTINGS\u2019 &#8211; A BRAND-NEW STUDIO ALBUM &#8211; RELEASE DATE 10 APRIL 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursday 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February &#8211; \u2018Hauntings\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>Richard Barbieri\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0first studio album since 2021\u2019s \u2018Under A Spell\u2019 and deepens the pensive, dark instrumental aesthetic of its predecessor. A diverse collection of immersive sound worlds, both dark and uplifting in equal measure, \u2018Hauntings\u2019 is influenced by a nostalgia for the past and future, and for things that didn\u2019t happen yet still manage to haunt the mind and soul. What is real and what is simulation?<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q-5McRszo3k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q-5McRszo3k\">WATCH THE&nbsp;<em>HAUNTINGS&nbsp;<\/em>TRAILER BY MILES SKARIN<\/a><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Richard Barbieri  - Hauntings - Official trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q-5McRszo3k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RICHARD BARBIERI \u2013&nbsp;<em>HAUNTINGS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Snakes &amp; Ladders [05:33]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Anemoia [05:09]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Victorian Wraith [03:02]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. 1890 [03:58]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Artificial Obsession [05:07]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Paris Sketch [05:47]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Perfect Toys [03:48]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. Traveler [05:41]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9. Reveille [01:54]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10. Last Post [02:23]&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11. A New Simulation [04:38]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardbarbieri.lnk.to\/Hauntings\"><strong><em>HAUNTINGS WILL BE RELEASED ON DOUBLE RED VINYL LP, BLACK VINYL LP, CD AND CD+BLU-RAY EDITION (INCLUDES DOLBY ATMOS, 5.1 SURROUND AND HI-RES STEREO MIXES). PRE-ORDER HERE.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richardbarbieri.lnk.to\/Hauntings\">https:\/\/richardbarbieri.lnk.to\/Hauntings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Barbieri remains one of contemporary music\u2019s most distinctive voices. Emerging as a key architect of the late \u201970s\/\u201980s synthesiser revolution with David Sylvian\u2019s art-rock ensemble Japan, his visionary synthesiser programming expanded the horizons of electronic music and left a lasting mark on artists from The Human League and Duran Duran to Gary Numan and Talk Talk. His subsequent and ongoing tenure with Steven Wilson\u2019s legendary progressive outfit Porcupine Tree across albums such as In Absentia (2002), Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007) and, most recently, Closure\/Continuation (2022) further affirmed his status as one of the most intuitive and unique musicians of his generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album finds Barbieri at the height of his powers, his deft keyboard and sonic architecture conjuring a shadowy, creeping Lovecraftian atmosphere. The music wanders through the streets of a gloomy lamp-lit Victorian London and drifts into grain-speckled snapshots of Belle \u00c9poque Paris. These journeys into the past are contrasted with nihilistic but euphoric forays into the future, \u201cTraveler\u201d and \u201cA New Simulation\u201d bristling with the itchy modern anxiety that often runs through his best work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contrasting the sound designs and electronics of Barbieri, the album features performances from renowned musicians Morgan Agren (drums and percussion), Percy Jones (bass guitar) and Luca Calabrese (trumpet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardbarbieri.lnk.to\/Hauntings\"><em>Richard Barbieri\u2019s new album Hauntings will be released on Kscope on 10<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;April 2026. Pre-orders are available here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/richardbarbieri.lnk.to\/Hauntings\">https:\/\/richardbarbieri.lnk.to\/Hauntings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FOLLOW RICHARD BARBIERI:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RichardBarbieriOfficial\/\">FACEBOOK<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RichardBarbieriOfficial\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RichardBarbieriOfficial\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/richardbarbieri_music\/?hl=en\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/richardbarbieri_music\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/richardbarbieri_music\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/74aT58mmwQWq4qUxTE0SDr?si=8LhD-5cNS9CmS7Yju31fdg\">SPOTIFY<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/74aT58mmwQWq4qUxTE0SDr?si=8LhD-5cNS9CmS7Yju31fdg\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/74aT58mmwQWq4qUxTE0SDr?si=8LhD-5cNS9CmS7Yju31fdg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/artist\/richard-barbieri\/139001575\">APPLE MUSIC<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/artist\/richard-barbieri\/139001575\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/artist\/richard-barbieri\/139001575<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kscopemusic.com\/\"><strong>www.kscopemusic.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 11th\u00a0February &#8211; \u2018Hauntings\u2019\u00a0is\u00a0Richard Barbieri\u2019s\u00a0first studio album since 2021\u2019s \u2018Under A Spell\u2019 and deepens the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[125,4930],"class_list":["post-29661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-prog","tag-richard-barbieri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29663,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29661\/revisions\/29663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}