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Peter Gabriel's Full Moon Club update for February 2023, where he discusses the launch of The Court, the second track to be taken from the forthcoming album I/o.

Listen to the full track The Court here from Sunday 5 February: https://lnk.to/PG21

‘I had this idea for ‘the court will rise’ chorus, so it became a free-form, impressionistic lyric that connected to justice, but there’s a sense of urgency there. A lot of life is a struggle between order and chaos and in some senses the justice or legal system is something that we impose to try and bring some element of order to the chaos. That’s often abused, it’s often unfair and discriminatory but at the same time it’s probably an essential part of a civilised society. But we do need to think sometimes about how that is actually realised and employed.’

Written and produced by Peter Gabriel, The Court was recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire and The Beehive in London, and features contributions from Brian Eno alongside Tony Levin, David Rhodes and Manu Katché, as well as backing vocals from Peter’s daughter Melanie Gabriel. The orchestral arrangement is by John Metcalfe with Peter Gabriel and was recorded at British Grove Studios in London with a number of players who previously featured in the New Blood Orchestra.

Cover photo: The Burning of Lifting the Curse, 2022, by Tim Shaw
Photography by Steve Tanner.
Tim Shaw - https://www.timshawsculptor.com

The song is partly inspired by the work of NAMATI whose mission is to provide people around the world access to justice they may not otherwise be able to afford. ‘I recommend you check them out,’ says Gabriel. ‘They do a brilliant job assembling teams around the world to help with different issues.’
NAMATI - https://namati.org

The deep-dive Peter mentions in the film will be available to subscribers over on Bandcamp: https://petergabriel.bandcamp.com/subscribe

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