Big Blue Ball
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| Big Blue Ball | ||
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| Studio album by Various Artists | ||
| Released | June 24, 2008 | |
| Recorded | 1991 - 1993 | |
| Label | Real World, EMI | |
| Producer | Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger, Stephen Hague | |
Big Blue Ball is an upcoming album by multiple artists which grew from "recording weeks" at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the early 1990's.
In production for more than 15 years, "Big Blue Ball" is a project featuring several artists from all around the world working together. According to Gabriel, the initial recording was finished in three years during the early '90s, but "the tapes were left in a mess and it's taken this long to sort out." Producer Stephen Hague was finally called in to sort out the project.
Guests featured on the album will include Sinead O'Connor, Karl Wallinger (of World Party), Natacha Atlas, and Papa Wemba. Gabriel will take the lead vocals on several tracks on the album. A mix of western, African, and Asian musicians are also included.[1]
Big Blue Ball will be launched in America thanks to a venture-capital trust initiative. Bosses at London-based firm Ingenious have raised more than $4 million (GBP 2 million) to help promote his latest release in the US. The venture capitalists, Gabriel, and his Real World Limited partners, have created a new joint venture company, High Level Recordings Limited, to oversee the release of the album. The new album deal covers the North America territory, where Gabriel is currently out of contract. The worldwide distribution of the album will be dealt by EMI.[2][3]
The first track released from the project was Whole Thing. It is included on the soundtrack album for the TV series Long Way Down , released 3rd December 2007.
A limited edition of 1000 copies of the album will be released on blue vinyl, from Ryko Distribution.[4]
[edit] Track listing
- "Whole Thing (Original Mix)" (featuring Francis Bebey, Alex Faku, Tim Finn, Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger, Andy White)
- "Habibe" (featuring Natacha Atlas, Hossam Ramzy, Neil Sparkes)
- "Shadow" (featuring Juan Cañizares, Papa Wemba)
- "altus silva" (featuring Joseph Arthur, Ronan Browne, Deep Forest, James McNally, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Vernon Reid)
- "Exit Through You" (featuring Joseph Arthur, Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger)
- "Everything Comes From You" (featuring Richard Evans, Joji Hirota, Sevara Nazarkhan, Sinead O’Connor, Guo Yue)
- "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" (featuring Billy Cobham, Peter Gabriel, The Holmes Brothers, Wendy Melvoin, Arona N’diaye, Jah Wobble)
- "Forest" (featuring Levon Minassian, Arona N’Diaye, Vernon Reid, Hukwe Zawose)
- "Rivers" (featuring Vernon Reid, Marta Sebestyen, Karl Wallinger)
- "Jijy" (featuring Arona N’Diaye, Rossy, Jah Wobble)
- "Big Blue Ball" (featuring Peter Gabriel, Manu Katché, Karl Wallinger)
[edit] Links
Official Site : Big Blue Ball at Realword Records
[edit] References
- ^ http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002950818 — Gabriel Has A 'Ball' With Long-Gestating Album by Nigel Williamson, 4 August 2006. billboard.com
- ^ http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article1294871.ece — Gabriel Deals a Blow to the Record Business by Paul Durman, 21 January 2007. timesonline.co.uk
- ^ http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/gabriel%20calls%20on%20venture%20capitalists%20to%20help%20album%20launch_1019918 — Gabriel Calls on Venture Capitalists to Help Album Launch, 24 January 2007. contactmusic.com
- ^ http://www.rykodistribution.com/artist_title.php?artist_id15477&media_id=26171 — Big Blue Ball (Limited Edition 150 Gram Blue Vinyl: 2LP) rykodistribution.com
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