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Be part of 'Scratch My Back' Remix 'Not One Of Us'
Peter Gabriel's 'Not One of Us' is taken from one of Q Magazine's top 100 Greatest British Albums. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, this album of May 1980 features Jerry Marotta and Phil Collins drumming, the guitar of Robert Fripp, David Rhodes, Paul Weller and XTC's Dave Gregory. The album produced the 1980 hit single "Games Without Frontiers", and the anthemic "Biko".
'Not One Of Us' is made available here as part of Peter's 'Scratch My Back' project of reciprocal covers. On the record of the same name Peter has covered 'The Book of Love' by The Magnetic Fields, in return Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic fields chose to cover 'Not One Of Us'. In the spirit of the project Peter is making his original version available to the wider world here on Real World Remixed.
Remixes of 'Not One Of Us' will be part of a competition - details of which we can't yet reveal.
First 'Scratch My Back Double A-Side is out
Peter Gabriel's cover of 'The Book of Love' and Stephin Merritt's of The Magnetic Fields' reciprocal cover of 'Not One Of Us' are released today as a 'Digital 45' on iTunes.
It should be in all iTunes stores, but the method of linking internationally seems to be eluding us at present. We've added a couple of links, but a search elsewhere on 'the book of love / Not one Of Us' should get you there.
Remixes
With mixes for previous tracks, like these recent 'Hotpicks' of Shock The Monkey and 'Games Without Frontiers', what can we expect when 'Not One Of Us' goes up on the full moon?
Peter Gabriel Scratch My Back Podcast -episode 3
In this third instalment of the 'Scratch My Back' podcast series Peter talks about songs nine to twelve on the record: 'I Think it's Going to Rain Today' (Randy Newman),'Après Moi' (Regina Spektor), 'Philadelphia' (Neil Young) and 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' (Radiohead)
Charlie Winston's 'Like a Hobo' Available to Remix at realworldremixed.com
We have been a little slow in making updates to Real World Remixed recently, but that's about to change. We've added a new sample pack today, Charlie Winston's 'Hobo', one of the biggest hits of last summer in France, and that's just the start of a flurry of activity.
Coming up in the next few weeks we are going to have the first in a new series of packs and competitions from Peter Gabriel.
'Not One of Us' will be made available here at the same time as it is released as the first 'double a-side' from his collaborative 'Scratch My Back' project.
The 'double a-side' will see Peter's cover of The Magnetic Fields song 'The Book of Love' and their, or more precisely Stephin Merritt's version of 'Not One of Us' released as the first pair of songs from 'Scratch My Back'
More details will be coming soon, particularly on the competition. In the meantime, we hope you like Charlie Winston's 'Hobo'
"The gorgeous Like a Hobo - a No 1 single in France - goes the whole pensive hog, with minor chords and whistling, while Tongue-Tied, a flirtation with jazz that's partly sung in Suffolk-accented French, is a showcase for Winston's excellent band. A worthy contender for la petite sensation de 2010 in the UK." The Guardian
Guo Yue visits Wiltshire
Renowned Chinese flautist, composer, author and chef, Guo Yue, will be leading workshops in Wiltshire schools. In celebration of Chinese New Year, Yue will be playing music, telling stories and introducing students to many aspects of Chinese culture and contemporary tradition, connecting past and present.
Guo Yue will be bringing over 15 exquisite flutes (including a rare flute made from white jade) to The Wiltshire Music Centre on Friday 5 February at 8pm. Through his performance and against a background of striking images, Guo relates his own experiences of growing up in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. As this moving and personal story of life and death unfolds Guo reveals how he turned to nature to find meaning and truth.
The Centre offers an intimate 300 seat auditorium with lots of free parking right outside. To find out more, or to book tickets visit Wiltshire Music Centre's website or call Wiltshire Music Centre's box office on 01225 860100.
Peter Gabriel's Blue Moon update
It's not often, in-fact, only once in a blue moon, that you'll find us making a second Full Moon Club video update in a month. Add into that mix that this is the last day of the year, the end of the first decade of the 21st Century and you've got something as unusual as a well preserved wisdom tooth from a Buff Pekin.
Along with this month's update we are also bringing you part two of our 'Scratch My Back' podcast series, that's a first chance to hear excerpts from tracks five to eight on the album - 'Listening Wind', 'The Power Of The Heart', 'My Body is a Cage' and 'The Book of Love' with introductions from Peter.
Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back
In this first instalment of a mini podcast series introducing 'Scratch My Back', Peter talks about the first four tracks from the album, and we hear excerpts from the final studio masters.
Peter Gabriel will release his 'Scratch My Back' album project on February 15th 2010 on Virgin Records. The album is the first part of a series of song exchanges in which Peter and other leading artists reinterpret each others songs. In this first installment we hear excerpts from, and the stories behind Peter's recordings of Heroes, The Boy In The Bubble, Mirrorball and Flume.
One of the greatest Christmas albums I've ever heard - Solomon Burke
It's the time of year when when The Blind Boys of Alabama's 'Go Tell It On The Mountain" comes into it's own.
As the great Clarence Fountain says in this film about the making of the album "Buy this CD and it will bring you joy"
With guest appearances from with genre-crossing guest vocal appearances by Solomon Burke, George Clinton, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Shelby Lynne, Les McCann, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, and Tom Waits you know it's going to be something special.
