Peter Gabriel

Peter's new 13-track album o\i will be yours on November 27th. o\i is available as two double LPs: one for the Bright-Side mixes and one for the Dark-Side mixes, as well as four disc CD including both mixes and a hard cover CD book. Available to pre-order now. lnk.to/PG24

The Bright-Side Mix of Who Are We Talking To? is out now on November's New Moon. The cover art for this track is ‘Bloques’ by Spanish artist Juan Genovés. Listen now lnk.to/PGS45

Exclusive to HMV in the UK, coloured vinyl varients of o\i - Bright-Side mixes in green opaque and Dark-Side mixes in purple opaque. Make sure to pre-order for release on November 27th. Pre-order o\i now. lnk.to/PG24

"The artwork this month is by Spanish artist Juan Genovés. We got stuck on this one because I was trying to find something that represented polical movements without being of one particular movement. It wasn't easy to find something that felt right. When I saw ‘Bloques’, it seemed like it was perfect for the song." - pg The full video is available to watch on YouTube now. youtu.be/u-JKnSsB6yA

"David Rhodes also did a nice funky thing that we merged together and we asked Mike Elizondo to have a go on the mix for the Dark-Side which I think he's done a great job on. Mike's a huge fan of Tony Levin's bass playing but he said "I hear something, would it be ok for me to try putting some bass in?". I always think if you're working with people, let them do their thing." - pg Watch the full video, out now on YouTube. youtu.be/u-JKnSsB6yA

"The references are from Funk and Soul. Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield - these are people who use that to deliver a message so I think there's a lot from that history that fed into all of this. We have Leo Nocentelli on guitar adding his unique corner of Funk to some of these grooves." - pg The full video is available to watch on YouTube now. youtu.be/u-JKnSsB6yA

“Sometimes things take time. Most people do stuff a lot faster - but I have no problem with understanding my own process. Some things will mature and evolve spontaneously and some will just stay hidden away in a box until their moment in the light appears.” - pg Pre-order o\i now. lnk.to/PG24 Includes art by Nadav Kander, Berndnaut Smilde, Shirin Neshat, Tadashi Kawamata, Cortical Labs.

"This month the track is 'Who Are We Talking To?'. I love albums that take me to different places, different moods and different rhythms. Different environments, if you like, musically." - pg Watch the full video on YouTube now. youtu.be/u-JKnSsB6yA

“The catalyst for ‘Don’t Give Up’ was a photograph I saw by Dorothea Lange (Migrant Mother), in the book ‘In This Proud Land’, which showed the dust-bowl conditions during the Great Depression in America. Without a climate of self-esteem it’s impossible to function” - pg Don't Give Up was released 40 years ago #onthisday as the second single from Peter's album 'So'. It features the guest vocals of Kate Bush.

“Who Are We Talking To? was conceived as something that might encourage activism. It might be naive, but I still believe that people have real power for change if they can get together in large enough numbers. Politicians will respond - democracy or not.” - pg The cover art for this track is called ‘Bloques’ by Spanish artist Juan Genovés. Who Are We Talking To? (Dark-Side Mix) is out now. Listen now lnk.to/PGS45

Aardman are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a new show at Lightroom in London, called Larger Than Life. The 50-minute show, on four 11-metre walls, tells the story of how Aardman’s legendary films and characters are built, one tiny, hand-crafted move at a time. Included is a short section of the video for Sledgehammer, as you can see in this photo courtesy of Aardman’s co-founder Sir David Sproxton!

"‘Sledgehammer’ was obviously a big track from that record and that was, in part, homage to the music that I grew up with." - pg The music video for Sledgehammer won nine awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year as well as Best British Video at the 1987 Brit Awards.

“I'm attracted to stuff that is going against the rules in an unconventional way. If you're used to seeing art in a museum or on walls and here it is tumbling over the walls, that feels like a more interesting, adventurous and unlikely context. I wasn't aware of Tadashi Kawamata's work before seeing this image but this was the thing that got me excited and I thought it was brilliant for this song.” - pg Watch the full video on YouTube. youtu.be/_KhG0ppmews

"When I told him I wanted to be shot, smoking a cigarette under-water, he was not in the least fazed. He found a place in London - an old Seventies disco with coloured lights and a mini pool in the centre of it. I jumped into this pool to get filmed, only to discover that the lights had shorted and received quite a shock." - pg 📸 Terry O’Neill

“When I saw The Nest at Amos Rex, I fell in love with it. To me, the wall is is there big and solid, a bit like death and these messy human chairs are falling over the wall and somehow they spill over the top. It's a sort of David and Goliath moment, that these chairs can get up and over. It's funny, but it's also hopeful and against unbelievable odds.” - pg The wonderful artwork for Face the Wall is titled The Nest by Tadashi Kawamata. Watch the full video on YouTube now. youtu.be/_KhG0ppmews

“The way John Metcalfe and I work together changes very much from song to song. Sometimes there'll be ideas that I will have tried out on synths with different sounds and maybe defined a few melodies and other times, he'll come up with a whole new concept. He's a brilliant writer, arranger and I love his own work as a composer” - pg Watch the full video, out now on YouTube. youtu.be/_KhG0ppmews