Peter Gabriel and his suitcase full of cassette tapes.

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Peter Gabriel’s suitcase full of rhythms

In the early 80s, Gabriel carried around a suitcase full of cassette tapes on which he had recorded snippets of drums from other cultures, television programs, and other random noise that he’d “stolen” to use as the basis for his own works.

Here he is talking about his songwriting process on the English TV program The South Bank Show in 1981:

(Thx, Kirby!)