The Incident, with leader Steven Wilson expressing a desire to enter a different genre. After years of speculation and diffusion of rumors from Wilson, the band announced its reunion in 2021. With Steve Hogarth (2012) Richard Barbieri collaborated with Steve Hogarth on the album Not The Weapon But The Hand, which was released by Kscope Records in 2012, but a proposed tour was cancelled for financial issues. Barbieri wrote the music and Hogarth provided the lyrics for the album. Solo recordings (2004–present) Richard Barbieri has released four solo albums to date, Things Buried, 2004/5, Stranger Inside, 2008, Planets + Persona, 2017 and Under A Spell, 2021. Barbieri also released a series of 5 EP's on cd and vinyl under the title "Variants". These releases featured new compositions, improvisations, live performances and reworkings of older material. Other activities Aside from recording and touring, Barbieri has written articles on analogue synthesis for various publications and programs for music software and synthesizer manufacturers. He has guested many times with The Bays, an electronic improvisational group. Recent work with The Bays includes two Radio One sessions for the late John Peel and concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Brighton Dome. Richard and The Bays performed an improvised soundtrack to Run Lola Run in Darling Harbour, Sydney in 2009. He also undertakes occasional keyboards duties for the live outings of Marillion vocalist Steve Hogarth's fronted H-Band, appearing on the 2002 album Live Body, Live Spirit. Discography with Japan 1978 – Adolescent Sex (Hansa Records) 1978 – Obscure Alternatives (Hansa Records) 1979 – Quiet Life (Hansa Records) 1980 – Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Virgin records) 1981 – Tin Drum (Virgin Records) 1981 – Assemblage (compilation) (Hansa Records) 1983 – Oil on Canvas (live album) (Virgin Records) 1984 – Exorcising Ghosts (compilation) (Virgin Records) with Rain Tree Crow 1991 – Rain Tree Crow (Virgin Records) with Jansen/Barbieri 1985 – Worlds in a Small Room (Pan East (UK) / JVC Victor (Japan)) 1991 – Stories Across Borders (Venture / Virgin) 1995 – Stone To Flesh (Medium Productions) 1996 – Other Worlds in a Small Room (Medium Productions) 2015 - Lumen (Kscope) with Alice 1989 – Il sole nella pioggia 1992 – Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi with Jansen/Barbieri/Karn 1994 – Beginning to Melt (Medium Productions) 1994 – Seed (Medium Productions) 1999 – ISM (Polydor / Medium) 2001 – Playing in a Room with People (Medium Productions) with The Dolphin Brothers