- 2023-03-07
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MUSIC
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Peter Gabriel Releases New Song “Playing For Time (Dark-Side Mix)”
British singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel released a new song “Playing For Time (Dark-Side Mix)” on March 7, 2023.
The song is the third single off of his upcoming tenth studio album “i/o”. It was written and produced by Peter Gabriel.
The track was recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire and The Beehive in London, and features Tom Cawley on piano. The orchestral arrangement, by Ed Shearmur, was recorded at British Grove Studios in London with a number of players who previously featured in the New Blood Orchestra.
Peter Gabriel said of the song, “'Playing For Time' is a song that I have been working on for a long time and have performed live, without lyrics, so some people may be familiar with it. It's been an important song for me. It's about time, mortality and memories and the idea that each of us has a planet full of memories which get stashed inside the brain.”- 6swOrAJGBWw
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He continued, “It is more of a personal song about how you assemble memories and whether we are prisoners of time or whether that is something that can actually free us. I do think it's good to push yourself towards more bold or interesting experiences because then you will have richer memories to feed you when you get to my age. You also get taught by every meaningful experience that you go through.”
His thoughts about time were, in part, influenced by the work of the Long Now Foundation, and Danny Hillis's extraordinary invention, The 10,000 Year Clock, which is an idea designed to try and encourage us to think long-term.-
Peter Gabriel said, “I'm sure that if we have a chance of surviving the existential problems that we now face we have to start thinking much bigger and longer to make some real headway. So, I think what they do is enormously valuable and there are some amazing talks on their website, so for those that want a deep dive into the role of time and long-term thinking, the Long Now Foundation is a wonderful place to start.”
Photo by York Tillyer - source : Spotify
