Peter Gabriel recently released “I Belong to the Sky,” the latest song from his forthcoming album, o\i.

“I Belong to the Sky” is written and produced by Gabriel. The first mix to be released is the Bright-Side Mix by Mark “Spike” Stent.

The Dark-Side Mix of I Belong to the Sky will be released on the next new moon.

“It’s another song which has taken a while to grow,” says Gabriel. “It was a candidate, in some form, for the i/o record, but didn’t get finished off, but it was always one of my favourites”.

He adds, “The starting point of the song was the timpani tom-tom pattern which was inspired by an old film called Jazz on a Summer’s Day and also a wonderful drummer called Chico Hamilton. I think he was the pioneer of the use of timpani sticks on the toms and I always loved that sound; calm and hypnotic. It set a really strong mood for me and the song grew up around it.”

“Visualising… how dreams leave their nest, is the main topic of the song,” according to Gabriel. “One of the things I love about this track is that these amazing musicians let themselves loose and really take off – with Manu (Katché) driving. It’s just great.”

The cover art for “I Belong to the Sky” is called “Nimbus de Toekomst 1, 2019” by Berndnaut Smilde, with a photo by Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk.

Source: RTT Music News