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Peter Gabriel: New Blood

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Label: Real World Records
Released: 2011.10.10
Time:
 76:09
Category: Progressive Rock
Producer(s): Peter Gabriel, John Metcalfe
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.petergabriel.com
Appears with: Genesis, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Tony Levin, David Rhodes
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] The Rhythm of the Heat [from Peter Gabriel, 1982] - 5:41
[2] Downside Up (featuring Melanie Gabriel) [from OVO, 2000] - 3:52
[3] San Jacinto [from Peter Gabriel, 1982] - 6:58
[4] Intruder [from Peter Gabriel, 1980] - 5:07
[5] Wallflower [from Peter Gabriel, 1982] - 6:25
[6] In Your Eyes [from So, 1986] - 7:13
[7] Mercy Street [from So, 1986] - 5:59
[8] Red Rain [from So, 1986] - 5:16
[9] Darkness [from Up, 2002] - 6:10
[10] Don’t Give Up (featuring Ane Brun) [So, 1986] - 6:40
[11] Digging in the Dirt [from Us, 1992] - 4:57
[12] The Nest that Sailed the Sky [from OVO, 2000] - 3:54
[13] A Quiet Moment [previously unreleased] - 4:48
[14] Solsbury Hill (bonus track) [from Peter Gabriel, 1977] - 4:35

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Peter Gabriel - Vocals, Arranger, Composer, Liner Notes, Producer

Melanie Gabriel - Vocals on [2]
Ane Brun - Vocals on [10]

Tom Cawley - Piano, Vocals
Joby Burgess - Percussion

New Blood Orchestra:
John Metcalfe - Arranger, Mixing, Orchestration, Producer, Viola
Ben Foster - Conductor
Louisa Fuller - Leader Violin
Ian Belton - Violin
Natalia Bonner - Violin
Philip Gallaway - Violin
Richard George - Violin
Morgan Goff - Viola
Timothy Grant - Viola
Martin Burgess - Violin
Catherine Bradshaw - Viola
Richard Bissell - Horn
Fiona Bonds - Viola
Ian Burdge - Cello
Sarah Burnett - Bassoon
Reiad Chibah - Viola
Nick Cooper - Cello
Andrew Crowley - Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet
Rebecca Crowley - Viola
Caroline Dale - Cello
David Daniels - Cello
Alun Darbyshire - Oboe
Alison Dods - Violin
Phillip Eastop - Horn
Richard Edwards - Bass Trombone, Tenor Trombone
Mark Frost - Bass Trombone
Peter Hanson - Violin
Clare Hayes - Violin
Nicholas Holland - Cello
Tracy Holloway - Tenor Trombone
Richard Hosford - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet,
Ian Humphries - Violin
Dan Jenkins - Tenor Trombone
Magnus Johnston - Violin
Helen Kamminga - Viola
Michael Kidd - Horn
Patrick Lannigan - Double Bass
Chris Laurence - Double Bass
Simon Lewis - Violin
Roger Linley - Double Bass
Rita Manning - Violin
Eliza Marshall - Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo
Steve Morris - Violin
Simon Munday - Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet
Charles Mutter - Violin
Alice Neary - Cello
Everton Nelson - Violin
Odile Ollagnon - Violin
Emma Parker - Violin
Chris Pitsillides - Viola
David Powell - Tuba
Richard Pryce - Double Bass
Simon Rayner - Horn
Jonathan Rees - Violin
Nicholas Roberts - Cello
Roland Roberts - Violin
Steve Rossell - Double Bass
Ben Russell - Double Bass
Laura Samuel - Violin
William Schofield - Cello
Jackie Shave - Violin
Kathy Shave - Violin
James Sleigh - Viola
David Stewart - Bass Trombone
Jackie Thomas - Cello
Cathy Thompson - Violin
Jon Thorne - Viola
Jonathan Tunnell - Cello
Vicci Wardman - Viola
Richard Watkins - Horn
Bruce White - Viola
Deborah Widdup - Violin
Chris Worsey - Cello

Richard Chappell - Engineer, Mixing
Richard "Dickie" Chappell - Engineer
Steve Orchard - Engineer
Tobias Fröberg - Engineer
Scott Barnett - Assistant, Engineer
Tony Cousins - Mastering
Olga Fitzroy - Assistant, Pro-Tools
Mark Claydon - Assistant
Fiona Cruickshank - Assistant
Marc Bessant - Design
Steve Gschmeissner - Cover Photo
Rachael Henley - Project Coordinator
Annie Parsons - Project Coordinator
Rob Bozas - Publishing Coordinator
Sophie Beck - Publishing
Jon Berry - Publishing
Adam Campbell - Publishing
Jo Harbutt - Publishing
Amanda Jones - Publishing
Ian Wallace - Publishing
Sara White - Publishing
Dave Foster - Copyist
Tiff Pike - Management
Mike Large - Management
Michael Thomas - Management
Robbie McIntosh - Marketing, Project Manager
Leila Stacey - Organizer

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Recorded at 2010 in the Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire; Ladbroke Temple; AIR Lyndhurst Hall, Hampstead; Studio IndieKing, Stockholm.



Almost every one of Peter Gabriel’s best-laid plans winds up going awry, and so it was with Scratch My Back, his 2010 collection of orchestral covers of some of his favorite songs. He had hoped to have the artists he covered return the favor by interpreting his songs but that project never got off the ground, so he pursued New Blood, an album where he turned that orchestra upon his own songs. New Blood is in every way a companion piece to Scratch My Back; it’s cut from the same aesthetic cloth, it's austere and cerebral without being chilly, it finds emotion within intellect. Some songs aren’t considerably different tonally than the original versions -- this is particularly true of the So material, with “Mercy Street” and “Red Rain” seeming no different in their transition from Synclavier to symphony -- but the ones that are heavily reworked, such as “San Jacinto” and “Intruder,” are startling, rearrangements that seem to give the songs a new set of bones. New Blood isn’t always as astonishing but that’s fine: the faithful adherence to melody on “Don’t Give Up” and “In Your Eyes” functions as something of a palate cleanser, and even when the album isn’t risky it’s always quietly absorbing.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - AllMusic.com



New Blood is the ninth studio album by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 10 October 2011. The album consists of orchestral re-recordings of various tracks from throughout Gabriel's career. The album is a continuation of the project Gabriel began with his previous album Scratch My Back, which was orchestral covers of other artists' songs. The idea for the album came about after work was done re-arranging Gabriel's songs for orchestra for the second half of shows during the Scratch My Back Tour of 2010. For this album Gabriel continues to work with arranger John Metcalfe. Gabriel originally planned on re-recording the songs with home-made instruments, however he didn't find the range and tone of expression available in existing instruments. For this project Gabriel selected the songs which he felt would make the most interesting journey, instead of simply his hits. The album also has a new Gabriel song, "A Quiet Moment", which originated in Gabriel's desire to separate "Solsbury Hill", re-made only due to huge demand, from the rest of the album. Originally there was to have been three minutes of silence separating "Solsbury Hill", but as it was thought that this would confuse people, Gabriel decided that "A Quiet Moment" would work better.

In The Independent, Andy Gill gave the album three stars out of five and commented, "The prevailing tones are of awed wonder – the aspirant nobility of Downside Up, the dancing woodwind of San Jacinto and In Your Eyes – or expectant tension, most notably in the emotional storm-surges of Red Rain and The Rhythm of the Heat." Writing for the Evening Standard, Pete Clark awarded the album four stars out of five and stated, "In typical Gabriel fashion obvious choices have been avoided: no Sledgehammer or Biko here. Instead, he and arranger/composer John Metcalfe have opted for songs that might best benefit from the grown-up treatment. Mostly, it is a great success." In The Word, David Hepworth claimed the album was more successful than Scratch My Back, writing "John Metcalfe's stern string arrangements frame the drama of songs like San Jacinto, In Your Eyes and Red Rain, though there is a tendency for any rhythmic strings to sound like Bernard Hermann soundtracks to Hitchcock movies. Good for an open-topped car ride across the Yorkshire Dales while you're playing hide and seek with the sun."

Wikipedia.org



PETER GABRIEL hat sich durch sein innovatives Schaffen als Songwriter, Sänger, Videoproduzent und Verfechter für Weltmusik ein weltweites Renommee erarbeitet. Nach überaus erfolgreichen Jahren bei Genesis verfolgte GABRIEL seit 1976 eine Solokarriere, die ihn zu einem der abwechslungsreichsten Popstars weltweit werden ließ. Zahllose Studio- und Livealben, sowie immer modernere und interkulturell gefärbte Projekte und GABRIELs einmaliges Videoportfolio haben ihn zum einem Allround-Künstler gemacht, der sich noch immer genug Energie für seine politischen Engagements behalten konnte. Neben allen Initiativen, die GABRIEL ihre Geburt verdanken, wären auch die Videokultur als technisches sowie Pop- und Weltmusik als kulturelle Phänomene ohne den Ex-Genesis-Frontmann um eine Reihe bezaubernder Beiträge ärmer. In der Zwischenzeit blieb genug Kreativität übrig, um nicht nur zwei Serien mit insgesamt sieben einzigartigen Konzeptalben zu veröffentlichen, sondern auch diverse Filmsoundtracks zu komponieren und einzuspielen. Wie kaum ein anderer versteht es GABRIEL immer wieder, seine eigenen musikalischen Wurzeln mit neuen Trends zu experimentellen Musikstücken zusammenzubauen und dabei andere Künstler, die bei weitem nicht nur aus der Musikszene kommen, mit einzubeziehen, zu fördern und zum Wohle seiner eigenen Arbeit zu engagieren. Sein langjähriges Engagement bei Amnesty International sowie die Gründung einer eigenen Menschenrechtsorganisation namens Witness.org, die sich vor allem auf den Bereich von Video- und anderen neuen Technologien stützt, ist aus seiner Vita ebenfalls nicht mehr wegzudenken. Des Weiteren hat er Elders.org gemeinsam mit Nelson Mandela im Jahre 2007 gegründet. Der nun aktuellste Beitrag der kreativen Genies GABRIEL ist die Vertonung und Verfilmung seines jüngsten Live-Orchesterprojekts "New Blood". In "New Blood" führt GABRIEL fort, was vor knapp zwei Jahren mit dem Coverprojekt "Scratch My Back" begann: Die Adaptation seines charakteristischen Stils auf Orchesterformat. Dieses Mal jedoch covert GABRIEL nicht Kollegen wie Paul Simon oder David Bowie, sondern seine eigenen Klassiker. Auf die gleichnamige Tour folgend, kommen die atemberaubende neue CD "New Blood" sowie die DVD "New Blood Live In London" (sowohl in 2D- als auch 3D-Version) im Oktober in die Plattenläden. Das Konzert wird als DVD, Blu-Ray und 3D-Blu-Ray erhältlich sein. Zusätzlich gibt es eine Multimedia-Deluxe-Edition, die ein exklusives Photobuch enthält. Die 3D-Version des Films wird außerdem weltweit in ausgesuchten Kinos zu sehen sein. GABRIEL wird mit "New Blood" einmal mehr dem Ruf gerecht, für weit mehr als nur Musik zu stehen, nämlich für ein künstlerisches Gesamtkonzept, mit dem Anspruch, das Publikum über deren Ohren hinaus zu fesseln und zu faszinieren!

Amazon.de



"Eine Art Best-Of mit Orchester-Bearbeitung."

Stereoplay, November 2011



"...Songs von diversen Gabriel-Alben in neu arrangiertem, klassischen Mantel, opulent und intim zugleich."

Audio, November 2011



"Ein weises, großartiges Alterswerk eines großartigen Musikers."

Stereo, Dezember 2011



"Wenn man den Albumtitel New Blood wörtlich mit “frisches Blut”, also neuen Einflüssen und Herangehensweisen übersetzen möchte, kann man Peter Gabriel nur gratulieren – radikal “neuer” hat man seine Songs noch nie gehört."

Good Times, Dezember 2011 / Januar 2012
 

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