Dredge
I have a personal playlist with one of each song from each mix to hopefully give me a traditional album listening experience. I've noticed that the bright-side mixes are often very well rounded and general in terms of tone and shape. Some songs don't quite contain a large difference between the two, but I've noticed that the dark-side mixes are much more punchy and that works perfectly for i/o. I really enjoy hearing all the flavorful parts that emerge towards the end of this mix.
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Wish I were a good reviewer, but I am not. Nonetheless, I find this track, and this mix in particular, to my taste musically, and in what it has to say. Naturally, I've been a Gabriel fan ever since I got take by The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, and that was ages ago. I'd go so far as to say 'an influence', and a good one at that. Mister Gabriel, you haven't lost your touch, both lyrically and musically.Thumb's up...again!.
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/o is the fourth song from and title track of the forthcoming album by Peter Gabriel. This is the Dark-Side Mix by Tchad Blake.
Written and produced by Peter Gabriel, i/o was primarily recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire and The Beehive in London. The song features Soweto Gospel Choir, who were recorded at High Seas Studios in South Africa.
'This month the song is i/o and i/o means input / output. You see it on the back of a lot of electrical equipment and it just triggered some ideas about the stuff we put in and pull out of ourselves, in physical and non-physical ways. That was the starting point of this idea and then trying to talk about the interconnectedness of everything. The older I get, I probably don't get any smarter, but I have learned a few things and it makes a lot of sense to me that we are not these independent islands that we like to think we are, that we are part of a whole. If we can see ourselves as better connected, still messed up individuals, but as part of a whole, then maybe there's something to learn?'
i/o as a potential album title has long-been known within fan circles, and is now the name of the current project, the album and the forthcoming tour, but as Gabriel says, 'It's been around for a long time as a title for this project. I always knew I was going to write a song called i/o, but the title came first.'
i/o sees Gabriel working again with Soweto Gospel Choir, who previously featured on the song Down to Earth that was recorded for the film Wall-E and who he’s also performed with twice in South Africa at events for Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu;
'I didn't always hear the Soweto Gospel Choir on this song, but every time I've worked with them it's always been fantastic. You can just feel the energy whenever they sing on this record, and on the song I did for Wall-E, it's just joyous. It hits you in the heart.'
Continuing the theme of working with a different artist for each song release, this month’s track is accompanied by a cover image featuring the work of Olafur Eliasson, who is someone Gabriel first met when the artist was launching his Little Sun Project.
Olafur Eliasson is an extraordinary artist who, in many ways I think, is the king of light. A lot of his work is to do with light and with nature and I really felt that for this song in particular he would be absolutely perfect and I was delighted when he said, yes. This piece is called Colour experiment no. 114, from 2022.
'I think Olafur is a mixture between artist, scientist and magician. He always has a mission and something to say about the world and nature and light and our experience of it and that helps us to reconsider how we interact with our environment.'
Just like the previous full moon releases, i/o comes with differing mix approaches from Mark ‘Spike’ Stent (Bright-Side Mix), Tchad Blake (Dark-Side Mix) and Hans-Martin Buff’s Atmos mix (In-Side Mix).
lyrics
I’m just a part of everything
I stand on two legs and I learned to sing
It’s not what was said and it’s not what I heard
I walk with my dog and I whistle with the bird
Stuff coming out, stuff going in
I’m just a part of everything
Stuff coming out, stuff going in
I’m just a part of everything
So we think we really live apart
Cuz we got two legs a brain and a heart
We all belong to everything
To the octopus’ suckers and the buzzards’ wing
To the elephants’ trunk and the buzzing bees’ sting
Stuff coming out, stuff going in
I’m just a part of everything
I’m just a part of everything
i/o, i/o
I’m coming out, I’m going in
i/o, i/o
I’m just a part of everything
I learn like a baby, I learn like a seed
Spread out my tubers wherever I need
I find any way to attach and connect
And I run like water, no cause or effect
I got stuff coming out and stuff going in
I’m just a part of everything
Stuff coming out and stuff going in
I’m just a part of everything
When the panting is over and the warmth has run out
Love will be flowing, I have no doubt
With the vehicle in neutral and the ground to be faced
I’ll be all laid to rest in my proper place
Into the roots of an old oak tree
Where life can move freely in and out of me
I’ll have stuff coming out and stuff going in
I’m just a part of everything
i/o, i/o
I’m coming out, I’m going in
i/o, i/o
I’m just a part of everything
i/o, i/o
I’m coming out, I’m going in
i/o, i/o
I’m just a part of everything
credits
released April 20, 2023
Words and Music Peter Gabriel
Engineering by Oli Jacobs, Katie May
Additional engineering by Dom Shaw
Assistant engineering by Faye Dolle, Dom Shaw
Pre-production engineering by Richard Chappell
Produced by Peter Gabriel
Mixed by Tchad Blake
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis
Recorded at Real World Studios, Bath, The Beehive, High Seas Studios, South Africa
Cover image: Colour experiment no. 114, 2022 by Olafur Eliasson
Oil on canvas, ø Diameter 80 cm
Courtesy of the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles; neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Drums: Manu Katché
Rhythm Programming: Peter Gabriel, Oli Jacobs
Percussion: Katie May
Bass: Tony Levin
Electric Guitars: David Rhodes
Rickenbacker Guitar: Katie May
Acoustic Guitar: Katie May
Piano: Peter Gabriel
Synths: Peter Gabriel
Additional Synths: Katie May, Oli Jacobs
D Whistle: Richard Evans
BVs: David Rhodes, Peter Gabriel
Choir: Soweto Gospel Choir
Soprano: Linda Sambo, Nobuhle Dhlamini, Phello Jiyane, Victoria Sithole
Alto Maserame Ndindwa, Phumla Nkhumeleni, Zanele Ngwenya, Duduzile Ngomane
Tenor: George Kaudi, Vusimuzi Shabalala, Xolani Ntombela, Victor Makhathini
Bass: Thabang Mkhwanazi, Goodwill Modawu, Warren Mahlangu, Fanizile Nzuza
Musical Director / Vocal Arranger: Bongani (Honey) Ncube
Choir Engineer: Jacques Du Plessis
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Another stellar release from this long-lived ensemble. Though the King Crimson influence is obvious & that comparison unavoidable, these guys have made many great recordings that can't be categorized as 'mere copies'. The perfect balance of aggressive riffing and serene soundscapes. Stephen Roberts