Editing Peter Gabriel (section)

== WOMAD and other projects ==
Gabriel's interest in [[world music]] was first apparent on his third solo studio album. According to Spencer Kornhaber in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' in 2019: "When Peter Gabriel moved toward 'world music' four decades ago, he not only evangelized sounds that were novel to Western pop. He also set a radio template: majestic, with flourishes meant to read as 'exotic,' and lyrics meant to change lives."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/coldplay-everyday-life-album-review-vague-saviors/602605/|title=Coldplay Would Like to Save the World With Vagueness|website=[[The Atlantic]]|first=Spencer|last=Kornhaber|date=26 November 2019|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=28 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128181950/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/11/coldplay-everyday-life-album-review-vague-saviors/602605/|url-status=live}}</ref> This influence has increased over time, and he co-founded the [[World of Music, Arts and Dance]] (WOMAD) festival in 1982.<ref name="Lynskey 2007">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/26/peter-gabriel-30-years-womad |title=Peter Gabriel on 30 years of WOMAD – and mixing music with politics |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 July 2012 |access-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419075048/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/26/peter-gabriel-30-years-womad |archive-date=19 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Gabriel said:

{{blockquote|The first time I really got into music from another culture was as a result of the shifting of [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]], which I used to wake up to. I'd lost it on [[medium wave]] and was groping around in the morning on the dial, trying to find something that I could listen to, and came across a Dutch radio station who were playing the soundtrack from some obscure [[Stanley Baker]] movie called ''[[Dingaka]]''. That had quite a lot of stuff from—I think it was—Ghana. I can't remember now, but it really moved me. One of the songs I heard on that was a thing called '[[Shosholoza]]', which I recorded on the b-side of the '[[Biko (song)|Biko]]' single.<ref>[[Capital London|Capital Radio]] interview with [[Alan Freeman]], broadcast October 1982; transcribed in Gabriel fanzine ''White Shadow'' (#3, p. 13) by editor Fred Tomsett</ref>}}

Gabriel created the [[Real World Studios]] and record label to facilitate the creation and distribution of such music by various artists, and he has worked to educate Western culture about such musicians as [[Yungchen Lhamo]], [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] and [[Youssou N'dour]].

In the 1990s, with Steve Nelson of Brilliant Media and director Michael Coulson, he developed advanced multimedia CD-ROM-based entertainment projects, creating ''Xplora'' (the world's largest-selling music CD-ROM), and subsequently the ''[[Peter Gabriel: Eve|EVE]]'' CD-ROM. ''EVE'' was a music and art adventure game directed by Michael Coulson and co-produced by the [[Starwave]] Corporation in Seattle; it won the Milia d'Or award Grand Prize at the Cannes in 1996.

In 1990, Gabriel lent his backing vocals to Ugandan political exile [[Geoffrey Oryema]]'s "Land of Anaka", appearing on Oryema's first studio album ''Exile'', released on Gabriel's Real World label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://realworldrecords.com/artists/geoffrey-oryema/|title=Geoffrey Oryema – Real World Records|website=Realworldrecord.com|access-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031501/https://realworldrecords.com/artists/geoffrey-oryema/|archive-date=31 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1994, Gabriel starred in [[Breck Eisner]]'s short film ''Recon'' as a detective who enters the minds of murder victims to find their killer's identity.

Gabriel helped pioneer a new realm of musical interaction in 2001, visiting [[Georgia State University]]'s Language Research Center to participate in keyboard jam sessions with [[bonobo]] apes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (This experience inspired the song "Animal Nation", which was performed on Gabriel's 2002 "Growing Up" tour and was featured on the ''[[Growing Up Live]]'' DVD and ''[[The Wild Thornberrys Movie]]'' soundtrack.) Gabriel's desire to bring attention to the intelligence of primates also took the form of ApeNet, a project that aimed to link great apes through the internet, enabling the first interspecies internet communication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=172|title=Peter Gabriel goes ape for research project|work=Top40-Charts.com|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115158/http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=172|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gabriel was one of the founders of on Demand Distribution ([[OD2]]), one of the first online music download services. Prior to its closure in 2009, its technology had been used by over 100 music download sites including MSN Music UK, MyCokeMusic, Planet Internet (KPN), Wanadoo and CD WOW!. OD2 was bought by US company Loudeye in June 2004 and subsequently by Finnish mobile giant [[Nokia]] in October 2006 for $60&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 {{!}} Nokia Museum |url=https://nokiamuseum.info/category/launching-year/2006/ |access-date=26 February 2021 |website=nokiamuseum.info |language=en-US}}</ref>

Gabriel is co-founder (with [[Brian Eno]]) of a musicians union called Mudda, short for "magnificent union of digitally downloading artists".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2004/02/04/mudda-eno-and-gabriel-behind-music-manifesto/|title=MUDDA – Eno and Gabriel Behind Music Manifesto|date=5 February 2004|website=Synthtopia.com|access-date=29 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828094453/http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2004/02/04/mudda-eno-and-gabriel-behind-music-manifesto/|archive-date=28 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Crabbyappleton |date=27 January 2004 |title=Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno unveil 'MUDDA' digital manifesto |url=http://www.myce.com/news/Peter-Gabriel-and-Brian-Eno-unveil-MUDDA-digital-manifesto-7607/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811213508/http://www.myce.com/news/Peter-Gabriel-and-Brian-Eno-unveil-MUDDA-digital-manifesto-7607/ |archive-date=11 August 2016 |access-date=29 September 2016 |website=Myce.com}}</ref>

In 2000, Gabriel collaborated with [[Zucchero]], [[Anggun]] and others in a charity for kids with [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]]. Erick Benzi wrote words and music and Patrick Bruel, Stephan Eicher, Faudel, Lokua Kanza, Laam, Nourith, Axelle Red have accepted to sing it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Axelle Red age, hometown, biography|url=https://www.last.fm/music/Axelle+Red/+wiki|access-date=26 February 2021|website=Last.fm|language=en}}</ref>

In 2003, Gabriel contributed a song for the video game ''Uru: Ages Beyond Myst''.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 September 2004 |title=Peter Gabriel Gets Myst-ified |url=https://ign.com/articles/2004/09/23/peter-gabriel-gets-myst-ified |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418152855/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/23/peter-gabriel-gets-myst-ified |archive-date=18 April 2016 |access-date=29 September 2016 |website=IGN.com}}</ref> In 2004, Gabriel contributed another song ("Curtains") and contributed voice work on another game in the [[Myst]] franchise, ''[[Myst IV: Revelation]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ign.com/articles/2004/09/23/peter-gabriel-gets-myst-ified|title=Peter Gabriel Gets Myst-ified|date=23 September 2004|website=IGN.com|language=en-US|access-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418152855/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/23/peter-gabriel-gets-myst-ified|archive-date=18 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2005, Gabriel and broadcast industry entrepreneur [[David Engelke]] purchased [[Solid State Logic]], a manufacturer of mixing consoles and digital audio workstations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Gabriel and David Engelke purchase Solid State Logic |date=21 June 2005 |url=http://broadcastengineering.com/audio/Ssl-purchase-music-20050621/ |access-date=19 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404030937/http://broadcastengineering.com/audio/Ssl-purchase-music-20050621/ |archive-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, the company was sold to the [[Audiotonix]] Group.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weiss |first=David |date=5 March 2018 |title=Who Bought SSL? Inside the Acquisition That Surprised the Console World |url=https://sonicscoop.com/who-bought-ssl-inside-the-acquisition-that-surprised-the-console-world |access-date=22 March 2024 |publisher=SonicScoop}}</ref>

In May 2008, Gabriel's [[Real World Studios]], in partnership with [[Bowers & Wilkins]], started the Bowers & Wilkins Music Club—later known as Society of Sound—a subscription-based music retail site. Albums are currently available in either [[Apple Lossless]] or [[FLAC]] format.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Breen |first=Christopher |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/146352/bandw_and_real_world_launch_music_club.html |title=B&W and Real World Launch Music Club |magazine=PC World |date=27 May 2008 |access-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624035237/http://www.pcworld.com/article/146352/bandw_and_real_world_launch_music_club.html |archive-date=24 June 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gabriel is one of the founding supporters of the annual global event [[Asteroid Day]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/asteroid-day-takes-aim-our-cosmic-blind-spot-threats-above-n383496 |title=Asteroid Day Takes Aim at Our Cosmic Blind Spot: Threats From Above |publisher=NBC News |date=29 June 2015 |access-date=29 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630073253/http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/asteroid-day-takes-aim-our-cosmic-blind-spot-threats-above-n383496 |archive-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>