Peter Gabriel Shares Song Co-Conceived With Skrillex: ‘He Was Trying to Encourage Me to Write a Song About Staying Up All Night’
Written by djfrosty on October 2, 2023
In the realm of perhaps surprising collaborations, Peter Gabriel‘s latest song, “This Is Home” had some input from Skrillex.
In a statement released with the song, out Friday (Sept. 29), Gabriel noted that “I’d had a call from Skrillex, who’s a very talented musician, and I thought it would be interesting to see what he had in mind, so he came to my home studio and we sat down and talked and tried to evolve bits and pieces and it was mainly for this song.
“He was trying to encourage me to write a song about staying up all night in a night club and that sort of thing, but that’s not really my life so I made it more about family and home and I like it. Though we took the song in this other direction it was an interesting experience nonetheless, and I think it is good for me to be taken outside my normal comfort zone sometimes.’
The final product is indeed more domesticity than drops, with the gentle love song featuring orchestral arrangements and contributions from a Swedish male voice choir. The song does have some electronic world bonafides, however, with the first released being the (Dark-Side Mix) by producer Tchad Blake. Listen below.
“This Is Home” is the tenth track from Gabriel’s forthcoming album, i/o.
Gabriel is currently on tour in the United States, with shows happening through October 21. Meanwhile Skrillex had a busy weekend playing Australia’s Listen Out festival in Sydney, then flying around the world to play a Sunday night set at Portola in San Francisco.
Listen to “This Is Home” (Dark Side Mix) below.