CELESTIAL SON

Danish trio whose third long-player is touched by the hand of a prog demi-god.

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 “IT WAS THE greatest moment of my life, except for the birth of my son,” Rasmus Sjøgren tells Prog, remembering the email he received back in 2020. The Copenhagen-based songwriter is recalling the moment when he asked Porcupine Tree/The Pineapple Thief/King Crimson percussion maestro Gavin Harrison to play on one of Celestial Son’s latest tracks. The composition in question, Fakir, is a brooding synthwave meditation recalling Depeche Mode at their most malevolent, which breaks down into a more nervous rhythmic stutter before building to a powerful polyrhythmic crescendo thanks to the guest player’s contribution. Harrison would end up contributing to four of the 11 tracks on current album Planetaria, all thanks to a shared acquaintance – visual artist and longtime Steven Wilson collaborator Lasse Hoile. Sjøgren’s fellow Dane has made…

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