STEVEN WILSON DABBLES WITH ELECTRONICA ON LATEST DISC

Steven Wilson will release his sixth solo album on June 12. The Future Bites is billed as “an exploration of how the human brain has evolved in the internet era.” It will be accompanied by a stylised website developing the album’s theme of “high-concept design custom-built for the ultra-modern consumer.”

“The course of the evolution of the human race has obviously. “I only have to look at my kids. Their relationship to technology is completely different to mine. The way they interface with computers, it’s almost like becoming one with the tech. Systems are altering the way we behave, think and interact with each other. I’m not being the grumpy old man about it – I’m fascinated – but the species doesn’t understand the longterm consequences of changing this much in such a short period of time.”