Who Are We Talking To? is the latest song to be released from the forthcoming Peter Gabriel album, entitled o\i.
Written and produced by Peter Gabriel, the first version of Who Are We Talking To? to be released is the Dark-Side Mix, which this month is by Mike Elizondo.
“There is some sort of message, but it’s got to be served on a danceable platter,” comments Gabriel. “Absolutely the references are from funk and soul and people like Marvin Gaye, Fela Kuti and Curtis Mayfield creating beautiful rhythmic vehicles to deliver their message. There’s a lot from that history that fed into this.
We have Leo Nocentelli again on guitar adding his unique corner of funk to some of these grooves. David Rhodes originally did a really nice funky pattern that we’ve also integrated. I asked Mike Elizondo to have a go with the Dark-Side mix on this one and I think he’s done a great job.”
The cover art for Who Are We Talking To? is called ‘Bloques’ by Spanish artist Juan Genoves.
The album o\i will be released on 27 November and is currently available to pre-order on 4CD and a choice of 2LP formats.