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Surely even the most reactionary now applaud Steven Wilson’s constant mission to move his music forward, to be progressive in the sense of opening windows and doors to fresh stimuli rather than merely diligently dusting the museum.

This 42-minute remix – or reimagining – of key passages from last year’s The Harmony Codex again reaches outwards. It’s sometimes sublime, sometimes innocuous and always interesting. It’s both a personable companion piece to the source and a project of pulsating identity in its own right.

The original album was already rich in variety. This, a broth stirred by multiple cooks, has phases where the flavours are tastily coaxed out, and others where someone’s gone overboard with their preferred spices or herbs