Peter Gabriel's Four Kinds of Horses 2023-05-06 by Fernando Alves STAFF | 5 Comments | Yesterday, May 5th, on the flower full moon Peter Gabriel released the bright-side mix of ‘Four Kinds of Horses’, the fifth track from his upcoming album i/o. You can stream it below.
Written by Peter Gabriel and produced by Peter Gabriel and Richard Russell, 'Four Kinds of Horses' was recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire, The Beehive and Copper House in London.
Peter Gabriel comments: "Four Kinds of Horses actually began on Richard Russell’s project ‘Everything Is Recorded’. He’s a friend (and founder of XL Records) and he asked me to pop in to his studio. I came up with some chords, melodies and words on top of a groove he was working on. We tried a few things that didn't altogether work and so it laid dormant for quite a while. Then I started playing around with it again and changed the mood and the groove and something else began to emerge with a better chorus."
There were a number of things that triggered ideas for the song as it developed, including the Buddhist parable of the Four Kinds of Horses, which describes different ways a student can approach their spiritual practice. There is also a focus on “the interesting overlap of religion and peace on the one hand and violence and terrorism on the other. There was also a wonderful film by Hany Abu-Assad called ‘Paradise Now’ which shows two young men who end up being trained to become terrorists and it's a real insight into where the head goes."
As well as Russell, who set things in motion, Four Kinds of Horses also features Brian Eno on synths which “sounded like electric worms to me,” says Gabriel. “As soon as I heard one I thought they would make a great three dimensional wall paper of sound and asked Brian to create eleven more.” John Metcalfe again provides string arrangements, “beautiful work and as the song progresses, the strings play a key role” and backing vocals from Peter’s daughter Melanie, “another lovely moment for a dad.”
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PETER!
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Hahah It wouldn't be an official Peter Gabriel thread without a Jethro bump ;)
Cheers mate
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Yes indeed. You're right, my friend! Thanks for showing this!
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Can’t believe we’re getting to hear i/o finally
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sweet!
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