In 2013, Gabriel uploaded pictures of himself and Ged Lynch in the recording studio. However, as of March 2012, Gabriel announced on his video updates that he has been working on twelve "brand new" song ideas. In the last quarter of 2008, Gabriel (via his monthly Moon Club Video Updates on his official website) mentioned that he has been back in the studio on a more regular basis, shifting focus toward the recording of I/O and his covers project Scratch My Back (which was released in 2010). It's good sometimes to let go of your crutches." He also said of a tour possibility: "I would like to try maybe just me and a percussionist, or a percussionist and bass. He also talked about the possibility of completing the songs, arranging them for a band, touring first and only then recording and releasing them. Originally the album was set to be released in 2004, or 18 months apart from Up, yet extensive touring (the Growing Up Live and Still Growing Up Live tours in 20) pushed the release far ahead.Īccording to a Rolling Stone magazine article from 2005, Gabriel had 150 songs in various stages, which he had been working on with engineer Richard Chappell and percussionist Ged Lynch. After the Secret World Live World Tour, Gabriel spent much of the 1990s writing new material, and in interviews circa 2002 he said that four albums would come out of this period of writing (he reportedly wrote and prepared over 130 songs during this time, of which ten were selected for Up). The history of I/O is closely connected to that of making the album Up, which notoriously took Gabriel almost 10 years to complete, with some of the songs being first recorded during the Us recording sessions. It has continued to be developed through 2021, and is currently being recorded. It was initially intended to be the follow-up to his 2002 album, Up. I/O is the working title of a planned studio album by British musician Peter Gabriel.