Peter Gabriel is back! His new studio record “i/o” has been available since Friday (December 1st) – and in several mix versions. There hasn’t been a new album from the Genesis old master since 2002. In the lunar cycle, new songs were released month after month, including “i/o”, which gave the long player its title.
But what does “i/o” mean?
“i/o” refers to the input/output ports on the back of electrical devices. That was the spark of inspiration that led Gabriel to write about the things we put in and pull out of ourselves.
Ultimately, the song is about how everything is connected and that we are all part of a whole. Peter Gabriel said: “I’m probably not getting any wiser as I get older, but I have learned a few things and it makes sense to me to think that we are not these little independent islands as we like to think, but part of a whole. If we look at ourselves as somehow messed up but connected individuals, as part of a larger whole, then maybe there is something to be learned from that?
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