Thom Yorke has contributed new music to an Australian exhibition of Stanley Donwood paintings.
Held in Sydney's Carriageworks and presented by Semi Permanent, Stanley Donwood: The Panic Office featuring artwork including his remarkable collaborations with the band since they began collaborating in 1994. The exhibition features thousands of artwork from OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows and The King of Limbs
The art will be accompanied by a bespoke soundtrack composed by Thom Yorke of unreleased material. As described by Triple J it promises "an eerie mix of ambient textures, experimental sounds, and field recordings titled 'Subterranea'". The soundtrack is played over three levels over the entire exhibition played out over three levels.
There are currenly no plans to release the music meaning that you can only experience it at the Panic Office in Australia until 6 June. Apparently "no minute is the same over the 18 days" possibly inviting the chance for multi visits.
Donwood’s most recent Radiohead collaboration was on the Polyfauna app, which showcased music from Thom Yorke’s latest LP, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes.
The band are currently working on the new Radiohead album and complaining about the newly formed Conservative government. His bandmate Jonny Greenwood teased fans with further vague updates about the band's long awaited follow up to their 2011 LP King of Limbs in February.
In an interview with The Sunday Guardian, Greenwood mainly spoke about the band's recording sessions of late, saying that they have "done a couple months recording" which have "gone really well".
He continued to outline the new approach the band are taking with regards to recording the LP, saying: "We've certainly changed our method again. It's too involved [to explain how]. We're kind of limiting ourselves; working in limits. So we'll see what happens. It's like we're trying to use very old and very new technology together to see what happens."