Peter Gabriel<\/b> recently released “And Still,” the eleventh and penultimate track of his upcoming album i\/o<\/i>. <\/p>\n
The first version of “And Still” to be released is the “Dark-Side Mix,” by Tchad Blake<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the song, Gabriel said, “I wrote a song for my dad a number of years back, which I was actually able to play him, which was ‘Father, Son’. When my mum died, I wanted to do something for her, but it’s taken a while before I felt comfortable and distant enough to be able to write something.”<\/p>\n
“I was trying also to write a little bit in the style of the music that my parents responded to, so I think there is some music from the 40s probably that had an influence on the song,” he added. “In the middle I wanted to write my mum a beautiful melody. She loved classical music, so we have a beautiful cello playing there. It took a while to get that right, it can’t be too emotional or too underplayed, but I think we got there in the end.”<\/p>\n
“And Still” has been a stand-out moment in the recent i\/o tour, with the cello part played by Ayanna Witter-Johnson<\/b>. In the studio recording, the solo cello comes courtesy of the New Blood Orchestra<\/b>‘s Ian Burdge<\/b>.<\/p>\n
This October full moon release comes with artwork from artist Megan Rooney<\/b> and one of her trademark large-scale paintings “And Still (Time).”<\/p>\n
“And Still” comes with differing mix approaches. The “Dark-Side Mix” by Tchad Blake was released on the full moon on October 28. Mark ‘Spike’ Stent<\/b>‘s “Bright-Side Mix” and Hans-Martin Buff<\/b>‘s “Atmos mix (In-Side Mix)” will be released in mid-November on the next new moon.<\/p>\n
Gabriel’s highly-anticipated album i\/o<\/i>, which is a collection of a dozen songs, will be released on December 1. It is available for pre-order at https:\/\/lnk.to\/PG21<\/p>\n
(Photo: Nadav Kander) <\/p>\n