Richard Barbieri - Hauntings (Vinyl)

Hauntings is Richard Barbieri’s first studio album since 2021’s Under A Spell and deepens the pensive, dark instrumental aesthetic of its predecessor. A diverse collection of immersive sound worlds, both dark and uplifting in equal measure, Hauntings is influenced by a nostalgia for the past and future, and for things that didn’t happen yet still manage to haunt the mind and soul. What is real and what is simulation?

The album finds Barbieri at the height of his powers, his deft keyboard and sonic architecture conjuring a shadowy, creeping Lovecraftian atmosphere, and highlights like “Traveler” and “A New Simulation” bristle with the itchy modern anxiety that runs through his best work.

This 2LP vinyl edition produced by K-Scope Records in 2026.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Snakes & Ladders
2. Anemoia
3. Victorian Wraith
4. 1890
5. Artificial Obsession
6. Paris Sketch
7. Perfect Toys
8. Traveler
9. Reveille
10. Last Post 
11. A New Simulation