Peter Gabriel has released a new song every month on the full moon in 2023 from his upcoming album i/o, and has played nearly song from it live on this year’s tour. But only now has he revealed full details of the album which will be out December 1.
The album is available in two distinct mixes: The Bright-Side Mix by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, and the Dark-Side Mix by Tchad Blake. “We have two of the greatest mixers in the world in Tchad and Spike and they definitely bring different characters to the songs,” Gabriel says. “Tchad is very much a sculptor building a journey with sound and drama, Spike loves sound and assembling these pictures, so he’s more of a painter.”
i/o includes contributions from Brian Eno, regular collaborators Richard Chappell, Oli Jacobs, Katie May and Richard Evans, as well as the Soweto Gospel Choir, Oprhei Drängar, the New Blood Orchestra led by John Metcalfe, Richard Russell, Tom Cawley, Josh Shpak, Paolo Fresu, Linnea Olsson, Melanie Peter, and Ríoghnach Connolly (The Breath).
The album is available as individual double albums for the Bright Side and Dark-Side mixes, a double-CD set, a 2-CD / Blu-ray edition with a Dolby Atmos mixes, and a deluxe 4-LP / 2-CD / Blu-ray set. Preorders are up, and you can listen to the Bright Side and Dark Side mixes of the album’s first 10 songs below.
Peter Gabriel’s i/o tour wraps up this week with Texas shows in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. Those dates are below.
1. Panopticom
2. The Court
3. Playing for Time
4. i/o
5. Four Kinds of Horses
6. Road to Joy
7. So Much
8. Olive Tree
9. Love Can Heal
10. This Is Home
11. And Still
12. Live And Let Live
i/o The Tour 2023 North America
Wednesday, 18 October Austin, TX
Thursday, 19 October
Saturday, 21 October
See pictures from Gabriel’s Madison Square Garden show below.
