Peter Gabriel

One by One

The eighth song from o\i and the longest, released on July 29 at the full moon. It brings back Mozo, the outsider who first appeared on Gabriel’s 1977 debut: torn apart and back from the dead, he rebuilds himself piece by piece, which Gabriel likens to kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold. It comes from a brain show he is developing. Tchad Blake’s Dark-Side Mix followed at the new moon on August 13.

Written and produced by Peter Gabriel. Manu Katché (drums), Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (electric and acoustic guitar), Katie May (acoustic guitar), Abe Rounds (percussion), Josh Shpak (flugelhorn, French horn), Evan Smith (saxophone, flute), Faye Dolle (synth strings); rhythm programming by Mike Elizondo, Charles Hughes and Gabriel; Peter Gabriel (piano, synths, synth brass, rideout bass, vocals). Recorded at Real World Studios, Bath, The Beehive, London, and Phantom Studios, Gallatin, Tennessee; mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios. Single artwork: David Altmejd, Pieces. Sources: petergabriel.com, Louder. Photograph: a small stoneware sake cup mended with kintsugi, its cracks filled with gold, July 1, 2016, by Haragayato, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons. This tinted crop is shared under the same licence.