«I grew up listening to Peter Gabriel and it was an honor to work with him on both I both on my music. After immersing myself in the making of TemporaryI still had some ideas that I wanted to develop together with him. Jason brought incredible energy to the entire project. Everything, including Peter's suggestion to entrust the mix to Mike Elizondo, fell into place at the right time.”
This is how XL producer and record producer Richard Russell presents Beyond the Brilliant Hazenew single from his project Everything Is Recorded performed by Gabriel with American rapper Jason Mills, aka Idk.
“After the writing sessions I had with Richard for the Everything Is Recorded project, there were some ideas that hadn't been used but that we both felt were worth exploring further,” Gabriel says in a press release. «Richard sent me some material he had been working on and I rewrote the melodic section I had originally proposed for the song. I always like it when people blend very different elements together, something Richard often does in his work. Involving Idk was an inspired choice that added strong musical contrasts to the song. I'm happy to finally see this work reach the public”
«Working with Peter and Richard» says the rapper «was a real honor. I was happy to receive a response from Richard and even more surprised when I discovered that the song involved Peter. But I've been doing this job long enough to know that when something unexpected happens, you have to be ready to give it your best shot. The result is a splendid confusion of contrasts.”
