redkayak
At age 64 I'm probably the newest fan. So glad we saw the show in Milwaukee . Yes, that Tony Levin is a major dude.
Favorite track: This Is Home (Bright-Side Mix).
agoodgroup
One of my favorite songs on the album. Thank you Peter for sharing theses songs one moon at a time. I’m looking forward to this tradition hopefully continuing in 2024 after the album is released! Every time I think about attending a few shows on the tour I smile because I am so lucky I was able to experience the pure magic of this music live with my son and twin sister. Thanks to the entire band and crew for a life-changing experience! ❤️🎶
Favorite track: This Is Home (Bright-Side Mix).
Carsten Pieper
Again, I prefer the "lighter" touch of the Dark-Side-Mix but nevertheless, this one is working very well, too.
Another bandcamper, kiks2019, pointed out, that this tracks (great) groove reminds him of the one of Peter's "Lovetown". Yeah, definitely so, but I also had been thinking of "Don't Give Up"...
Beth McElliott
After a lifetime of music that has meant so much to me, this song is a capstone. Thank you so much!!
Favorite track: This Is Home (Bright-Side Mix).
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This Is Home is the tenth song to be released from the album I/o. This is the Bright-Side Mix by Mark 'Spike' Stent.
Written and produced by Peter Gabriel, This Is Home is, he says, ‘a love song.’
‘It began with inspiration from some of the great Tamla Motown rhythm sections so we’re trying to recreate that in a modern way, complete with the tambourine and handclaps. The groove I like a lot, Tony Levin does a great bass part there.’
‘I did an unusual thing for me in that I tried doing this low voice / high voice thing, so you get this almost conversational voice at the beginning and the second part is a higher, more emotional voice. I thought that would be both intimate and emotive to put the two side by side.’
Though he doesn’t appear on the final track, some of the early brainstorming for what was to become This Is Home was done with the DJ and producer Skrillex;
‘I’d had a call from Skrillex, who’s a very talented musician, and I thought it would be interesting to see what he had in mind, so he came to my home studio and we sat down and talked and tried to evolve bits and pieces and it was mainly for this song. He was trying to encourage me to write a song about staying up all night in a night club and that sort of thing, but that’s not really my life so I made it more about family and home and I like it. Though we took the song in this other direction it was an interesting experience nonetheless, and I think it is good for me to be taken outside my normal comfort zone sometimes.’
This Is Home features contributions from a Swedish male voice choir called Orphei Drängar, as well as another orchestral arrangement from John Metcalfe;
‘I think it’s got a groove but unlike most pop songs that have a middle eight or bridge this has two and they are both quite different. The first one is atmospheric and dreamy and we have this amazing all male choir which comes in slowly into this dreamy, garden-like section. The choir, Orphei Drängar, are based in Sweden and I think they get a fantastic sound, it’s dark, stirring and emotional. The strings in the other middle section I really like, it’s quite catchy, poppy in a way. I think John picked up on what I was trying to go for there and did a beautiful job, as always.’
This September full moon release comes with artwork from the artist David Moreno and his work ‘Conexión de catedral II’.
‘The artwork this month is a wonderful piece by David Moreno. I was looking for contemporary art that represented the house or home in some ways and we saw a few things but his really stuck out. David often makes these one-colour, house-like symbols with piano wire connecting and I think it is very unique work. This is a relationship song, so given what I was trying to do with the lyric it felt like his image with the two doors was a very natural match. He was up for letting us use it, so I am very grateful to David for that.’
This Is Home comes with differing mix approaches from Mark ‘Spike’ Stent (Bright-Side Mix) released here and also from Tchad Blake (Dark-Side Mix). Also available is Hans-Martin Buff’s Atmos mix (In-Side Mix).
lyrics
I looked into the deepest sky
Find what you’d shown me
Here beside the churning sea
A calm came over me
Cuz I know, this is home
Home is where I need to be
I know, you are my home
Running down these roads of glass
With no way to see through them
We struggle through the buzz and the grind
Of one thing I’m certain
I know, this is home
Home is where I need to be
I know, you are my home
More or less
When you strip the whole thing down
Let all the feelings flow
And we’re standing there in the garden
Watching the world roll out below
And we float on love
Like a river through the night
Where all the colours bleed to light
Looked as far as I could see
See what was showing
We’ve scattered like a bag of seeds
Wherever the wind was blowing
Whatever bothers you in the day or night
It’ll come and go
But then it’s you and I
We just keep moving on
Walk on down the road
When we make it hard
And when I left you scarred
It looks like all has gone
Then the love creeps through
From deep in me and you
Walking down the road
Going back home
Looking for answers but they’re hidden from view
There’s no way of knowing
And here I am holding you
There’s nowhere else I’m going
I know, this is home
And home is where I have to be
I know, this is my home
Home, ho-ome, this is my home
Home, ho-ome, you are my home
credits
released October 14, 2023
Words and Music by Peter Gabriel
Initial brainstorming with Skrillex
Engineering by Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw
Assistant engineering by Faye Dolle, Dom Shaw
Orchestral Engineering by Lewis Jones
Orchestral Assistant Engineering by Tom Coath, Luie Stylianou
Pre-production enginneering and Development by Richard Chappell
Produced by Peter Gabriel
Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis
Recorded at Real World Studios, Bath, The Beehive, London, British Grove, London, Alfvénsalen, Uppsala Sweden
Cover "Conexión de catedral II" by David Moreno. 90 x 20 x 90 cm. Carbonsteel, silver, paint. From series: Conexión de catedral
Drums: Manu Katché
Percussion: Oli Middleton, Katie May (Snare Roll), Oli Jacobs (Tambourine)
Rhythm Programming: Peter Gabriel, Oli Jacobs (Snare Sample)
Bass: Tony Levin
Synths: Peter Gabriel Additional Synths Oli Jacobs (OP1), Brian Eno (Dreamy Piano)
Electric Guitar: David Rhodes
Additional Guitar: Oli Jacobs
Choir Orphei Drängar
First tenors: Per Bergeå Af Geijerstam, Lukas Gavelin, Stefan Grudén, Lionel Guy, Samuel Göranzon, Björn Hagland, Peter Hagland, Henrik Hallingbäck, Magnus Hjerpe, Oskar Johansson, Lars Plahn, Carl Risinger, Alexander Rosenström, Pär Sandberg, Magnus Sjögren, Magnus Store, Stefan Strålsjö, Henrik Sundqvist, Staffan Sundström, Jon Svedin, Olle Terenius, Maki Yamada
Second tenors: Johan Berglund, Kristian Cardell, Jens Carlander, Jun Young Chung, Joakim Ekedahl, Olle Englund, Nils Frykman, Anton Grönberg, Johan Hedlund, Daniel Hjerpe, Fredrik Kjellröier, Kristofer Klerfalk, Nils Klöfver, Mattias Lundblad, Per-Henning Olsson, Peter Stockhaus, Peter Stureson, Anders Sundin, Erik Sylvén, Clas Tegerstrand, Magnus Törnerud, Sebastian Ullmark, Oskar Wetterqvist, Erik Östblom
First basses: Jonas Andersson, Filip Backström, Nils Bergel, Rickard Carlsson, Daniel Dahlborg, Oloph Demker, Nils Edlund, Erik Hartman, Lars Johansson Brissman, Elis Jörpeland, Jan Magnusson, Johan Morén, Tobias Neil, David Nogerius, Stein Norheim, Jacob Risberg, Stefan Simon, Henrik Stolare, Tor Thomsson, Håkan Tribell, Gunnar Wall, Fredrik Wetterqvist, Kristofer Zetterqvist, Samuel Åhman
Second basses: Gustav Alberius, Lars Annernäs, Emil Bengtsson, Anders Bergendahl, Peter Bladh, Max Block, Ludwig Engblom Strucke, Stefan Ernlund, Fredrik Hoffmann, Boris Klanger, Adam Liifw, Andreas Lundquist, Marcus Lundwall, Joakim Lücke, Johan Muskala, Björn Niklasson, Mattias Nilsson, Elias Norrby, Ola Olén, Carl Sandberg, Magnus Schultzberg, Anand Sharma, Isak Sköld, David Stålhane, Jesper Stenson, Stefan Wesslegård, Gustav Åström
Choir Conductor: Cecilia Rydinger
Choir Engineer: Erland von Heijne
Choir Arrangement: Peter Gabriel with Dom Shaw and Cecilia Rydinger
BVs: Ríoghnach Connolly
LVs: Peter Gabriel
Orchestral Arrangement: John Metcalfe with Peter Gabriel
From the New Blood Orchestra
Violins: Everton Nelson, Richard George, Natalia Bonner, Cathy Thompson, Debbie Widdup, Odile Ollagnon, Ian Humphries, Louisa Fuller, Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, Charles Mutter, Marianne Haynes
Violas: Bruce White, Rachel Roberts, Fiona Bonds, Peter Lale
Cellos: Ian Burdge, Caroline Dale, Tony Woollard, Chris Worsey, William Schofield, Chris Allan
Double bass: Chris Laurence, Lucy Shaw, Stacey Watton
Orchestra Conductor: John Metcalfe
Orchestra Leader: Everton Nelson Sheet Music Supervisor Dave Foster
Orchestra Contractor: Lucy Whalley and Susie Gillis for Isobel Griffiths Ltd
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.
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