A special limited collector’s edition of Steven Wilson‘s Christmas song “December Skies.”
CD in digifile package with 3 exclusive Steven Wilson Christmas cards and an instrumental version of the song.
“Just before Xmas last year I was challenged by a friend of mine to write a Xmas song, something I’d never considered doing before. My stuff is way too miserable to make for a joyous Xmas song I reasoned, but with an AI version of myself helping out with some suitably seasonal lyrics, the result was December Skies.” – Steven Wilson
The track, originally written at very short notice as an experiment after a friend challenged Wilson to create a Christmas song, captures the loneliness and reflective beauty of the winter season, partly thanks to AI-assisted lyrics crafted in Steven Wilson’s style.
“The knee-jerk reaction to AI is to consider it a threat to a musician like me, but it’s clearly not going away, so this is my experiment to try embracing it and using it as a tool in the creative process. And of course, also to have some fun doing something I would never normally have thought about doing, the archetypal seasonal song. December Skies is the result, swiftly recorded over a weekend and written in collaboration with an Artificial Intelligence version of myself. I wonder what people will make of it. I wonder what I make of it.” – Steven Wilson
Originally given a low-key release exclusively on Steven Wilson’s Youtube channel last year, accompanied by a beautiful and appropriately AI-assisted video by Miles Skarin, “December Skies” quickly and quietly racked up in excess of 200,000 views over a few days during last Christmas.
An evocative, seasonal release with a twist, heartfelt and uniquely SW, yet intriguingly new.
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Pre-Order the 7″ Version here: https://burningshed.com/store/stevenwilson/steven-wilson_december-skies_7inch-vinyl
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Tracklist:
CD:
01. December Skies (3:35)
02. December Skies (Instrumental) (3:35)
7″:
SIDE A
December Skies (3:35)
SIDE B
December Skies (Instrumental) (3:35)