Tagged: Damon Albarn
Hear a Song From Damon Albarn’s Opera, Dr. Dee
“The Marvelous Dream” is our first taste of Damon Albarn’s opera, Dr. Dee. The production is inspired by Queen Elizabeth I’s medical advisor, John Dee and, as you can hear from this preview, it’s opera … read more »
Bobby Womack, “Please Forgive My Heart” MP3
It’s not like we were sitting around hoping for the day that Bobby Womack would do an entire album produced by Richard Russell and Damon Albarn, but now that it’s a thing that exists, we’re … read more »
Gorillaz: Digging Further
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are back in action, collaborating with James Murphy and Andre 3000 and designing shoes for Converse. Below, read our profile on their Gorillaz project, from 2001′s Summer Music issue, FADER … read more »
Video: Gorillaz, James Murphy and Andre 3000, “DoYaThing”
Comics artist and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett directed the video for Damon Albarn, James Murphy and Andre 3000’s collaboration for Converse, “DoYaThing.” It imagines the animated team cohabiting in a ruined, IKEA-furnished flat, with Chuck … read more »
Gorillaz f. Andre 3000 and James Murphy, “DoYaThing” MP3
Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn got Andre 3000 and James Murphy into a London studio last September to record fast-funk freakout, “DoYaThing” for Converse’s Three Artists, One Song series. 3000 delivers a euphoric, minute-long freestyle, rhyming … read more »
Stream: Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and James Murphy, “DoYaThing”
A 30-second clip of “Do Ya Thing,” the Damon Albarn, James Murphy and Andre 3000s collaboration for Converse’s Three Artists, One Song series is now available for your previewing pleasure. Stream below, and watch behind … read more »
Stream Damon Albarn’s Lana Del Rey Remix
This light club remix of Lana Del Rey‘s “Born to Die” by Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn ultimately lingers, with “who cares” hands in the air, on the phrase let’s go get high. It … read more »
Stream Tracks from Damon Albarn’s New Album
It only took five days for Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn and the sundry crew of miscellaneous super-producers he assembled—Actress, Dan The Automator, Marc Antoine, Jnerio Jarel and Richard Russell among them—to complete Kinshasa One Two. … read more »
Damon Albarn Doesn’t Want To Play Huge Shows with Gorillaz Anymore
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz have spent 2010 on a large-scale tour supporting their album Plastic Beach. Sometimes they’re joined by some of the albums featured guests like Paul Simon, Snoop Dogg and … read more »
Interview: Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz
We sat down with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the masterminds behind the ever-expanding Gorillaz, and two affable chaps with great taste in footwear. They’d just arrived in New York after a volcano-depleted but still … read more »
