Peter Gabriel recently shared “Put The Bucket Down,” the second track from his forthcoming album, o\i.

Written and produced by Gabriel, the first version to be heard is the Bright-Side Mix by Mark “Spike” Stent. Tomas Saraceno created artwork for “Put The Bucket Down.”

“As a side project, I am working on a show with the brain as the central core and there are a number of songs, some on i/o and some on o\i that will be part of that,” Gabriel said. “This is one of those and it’s a point in the narrative where we can both read and write thoughts and the person singing is not sure whether he has his own thoughts or not. Is he inside his own mind or inside someone else’s?”

He added, “I started building rhythmic elements around what I call a lop-sided loop and got quite excited. When we had the band play it, it really came to life so that feels good for me. The band and me working away is the bulk of the song, but when we were in the orchestral sessions I asked John Metcalfe to come up with a part – it was scribbled out on the day in the studio – which is ridiculously simple, but it serves the song nicely.”

“We’re also blessed with horn players. I was very lucky on the last record to play with Paolo Fresu and then Josh Shpak on the tour and they’ve both done a version of the instrumental melody on this too.”

Tchad Blake’s Dark-Side Mix of “Put the Bucket Down” will be released later this month.

Source: RTT Music News