redkayak
We saw PG & crew in Milwaukee a couple weeks back. Amazing show, just amazing. We're still buzzing from it. Hope there's a movie of the tour someday!
Favorite track: Panopticom (Dark-Side Mix).
ASD Productions
What is panopticon? Who is watching whom? Musically, this is absolutely wonderful. Could say more, but I won't. All I can say is 'thank's for being an influence starting from Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, onwards. There is more to this one than meets 'te eye', so thumb's up for grabbing my attention yet again. Definitely a 'must have'!
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Panopticom is the first track to be released from the forthcoming album i/o. This is the Dark-Side Mix, by Tchad Blake.
"I’m lucky to have two of the world’s best mix engineers; Tchad Blake and Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, working with me on the music from i/o. Rather than choosing only one of their mixes to release I have decided that people should be able to hear all the great work that they are both doing.
I intend to ask them to mix each month’s song, with Spike’s mixes being called the Bright-Side and Tchad’s the Dark-Side. Whether you hear the Bright-Side or the Dark-Side first will vary each full moon, depending on the order we decide to release them.
I know this amount of detail is not for everyone, but I hope those that are into their music production will enjoy their different interpretations" - pg.
Musically Panopticom drives along powered by the engine-room of long-time collaborators Tony Levin, David Rhodes and Manu Katché, underpinned by haunting electronics from Brian Eno. Additional backing vocals from Ríoghnach Connolly of The Breath. The lyric is, in part, inspired by the extraordinary work of three groups, Forensic Architecture, Bellingcat and the Gabriel co-founded pioneering human rights organisation WITNESS.
lyrics
In the air the smoke cloud takes its form
All the phones take pictures while it’s warm
Panopticom, let's find out what's going on
Panopticom, let's see where clues are leading
Panopticom, won't you show us what's going on
Panopticom, show how much is real
And we pour the medicine down
While we watch the world around us
We got witness on the ground
Taking in the evidence
And we reach across the globe
Got all the information flowing
You face the motherload
Tentacles around you
Around you
From above and deep below the ground
It was in Berlin that all the evidence was found
Look from the street and we look down from the skies
See through the barriers
We can see through all those lies
Panopticom, let's find out what's going on
Panopticom, let's see where clues are leading
Panopticom, won't you show us what's going on
Panopticom, show how much is real
And we pour the medicine down
While we watch the world around us
We got witness on the ground
Taking in the evidence
And we reach across the globe
Got all the information flowing
You face the motherload
Tentacles around you
Around you
Around you
Around you
Around you
credits
released January 21, 2023
Words and Music Peter Gabriel
Produced by Peter Gabriel
Published by Real World Music Ltd. / Sony Music Publishing
Engineered by Oli Jacobs and Katie May.
Pre-production engineering by Richard Chappell
Assistant engineering by Faye Dolle
Mixed by Tchad Blake
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis
Recorded at Real World Studios, Bath and The Beehive, London
Cover Image: Red Gravity by David Spriggs
Drums: Manu Katché
Rhythm Programming: Peter Gabriel, Oli Jacobs, Richard Chappell
Bass: Tony Levin
Electric Guitar: David Rhodes
Acoustic Guitar: Katie May
Synths: Peter Gabriel
Additional Synths: Oli Jacobs
Bells and Haunting Synths: Brian Eno
Backing Vocals: Peter Gabriel, David Rhodes, Ríoghnach Connolly
Lead Vocals: Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel is best known as a musician. He started his solo work in 1975 after leaving his old school group: Genesis. He
has released eleven solo albums and written soundtracks for three films.
Peter is now writing and recording, and working on a plan to create a streaming service for digital medicine and an Interspecies Internet....more
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I absolutely LOVE Dark Matter and think it is one of PT's best early tracks that holds up to even their best work in the early 2000s, and this particular live performance is sublime! kilimajaro
Effervescent pop without a drop of irony, perfectly geared for fans of the more dance-oriented side of indie music and Tears for Fears. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 2, 2023
supported by 123 fans who also own “Panopticom (Dark-Side Mix)”
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