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音樂鬼才Peter Gabriel定于10月10日發行繼去年的翻唱專輯《Scratch My Back》之后的最新作品《New Blood》，這張唱片中的全部12首歌都是對Gabriel早前經典曲目的再造——吉他、貝司和鼓退居其次，而Gabriel組建的46人New Blood Orchestra則來到前臺。此外，Gabriel這次的合作伙伴還包括音樂人John Metcalfe和Ben Foster。



彼得蓋布瑞爾（Peter Gabriel），不但是樂團主唱，而鍵盤、敲擊樂、直笛、以及合成樂器都是拿手絕活。 Peter Gabriel是1970年代紅極一時的搖滾樂團「創世紀」（Genesis）的團長，鼎鼎大名的搖滾樂巨星Phil Collins則是樂團的鼓手。就搖滾樂的領域而言，創世紀樂團讓所謂的「激進搖滾樂」（Progressive Rock）成為更華麗、更具戲劇性的樂風。



在當代的搖滾音樂史上，Peter Gabriel可說是一位極為特立獨行的藝人，他從早期的非主流前衛曲風，發展到後來成為一位流行音樂巨星，最後更成為一位世界音樂的愛好者，其創作歷程的變遷與發展可說是精彩紛呈



New Blood is the forthcoming ninth studio album by British rock musician Peter Gabriel, to be released on October 10, 2011. The album will consist of orchestral re-recordings of various tracks from throughout Gabriel's career. The album is going to be a continuation of the project Gabriel began with his previous album Scratch My Back, which was orchestral covers of other artists' songs. The idea for the album came about after work was done re-arranging Gabriel's songs for orchestra for the second half of shows during the New Blood Tour (2010.) For this album Gabriel will continue to work with arranger John Metcalfe. The album was announced by Gabriel himself during the October update of his Full Moon Club and was preceded by the release of a new orchestral version of the song "Washing Of The Water" along with a cover of The Magnetic Fields song "The Book Of Love" as a double a-side single.