Gorillaz' new album may be released before Christmas, according to Damon Albarn. Blur's former frontman, who also recently unveiled a project with Tony Allen and Flea, said he recorded the album on his iPad, "in hotel rooms across America".
Albarn said in an interview with the NME that he hoped the 고릴라즈 record would be the first made on an iPad. "I fell in 사랑 with my iPad as soon as I got it, so I've made a completely different kind of record," he said. "It's ironic, being the sort of technophobe and Luddite that I am." Albarn has previously described the Plastic 바닷가, 비치 follow-up as a "love letter to America", and again he emphasised its US influence. "It sounds like an English voice that has been put through the vocoder of America," he said. "More American-sounding than Blur ... I'm going to try and put it out before Christmas."
고릴라즈 have just finished their first US tour in about a decade, playing gigs that gather up all sorts of the band's 프렌즈 and collaborators. "Everyone gets on really well, which is ridiculous really, if 당신 think about the logistics," Albarn said. "Lou Reed and Kano and Bashy and Bobby Womack all hanging out together." In the new issue of Australia's Rip It Up magazine, 고릴라즈 co-founder Jamie Hewlett shared Albarn's wonder. "It's weird on this tour going into catering and there's De La Soul's Maseo having a huge bowl of 오트밀 죽, 죽 for his breakfast and Bobby Womack at the back having an egg," he said.
While Albarn is already on the record about a "Tony Allen-centred" album with Flea, it seems the singer is working on yet another secret project. (Clearly, he didn't follow our advice.) "I'm doing something 다음 년 about a subject that's really close to my heart," Albarn told the NME. "I'm not telling 당신 what it is." This mysterious "something" could mean the album with Allen, but Albarn has described that record as "three-quarters finished".
더 많이 likely, the secret is what's described in the recent interview with Hewlett. "Oxfam want us to go to Congo and see what's happening there and do a project based on that," the artist said. "I don't know what it is yet – it will obviously be 음악 and visuals – but we'll have to experience it first and come back with an idea. We're going with Oxfam, so they'll look after us – hopefully we don't have our heads chopped off."
Albarn said in an interview with the NME that he hoped the 고릴라즈 record would be the first made on an iPad. "I fell in 사랑 with my iPad as soon as I got it, so I've made a completely different kind of record," he said. "It's ironic, being the sort of technophobe and Luddite that I am." Albarn has previously described the Plastic 바닷가, 비치 follow-up as a "love letter to America", and again he emphasised its US influence. "It sounds like an English voice that has been put through the vocoder of America," he said. "More American-sounding than Blur ... I'm going to try and put it out before Christmas."
고릴라즈 have just finished their first US tour in about a decade, playing gigs that gather up all sorts of the band's 프렌즈 and collaborators. "Everyone gets on really well, which is ridiculous really, if 당신 think about the logistics," Albarn said. "Lou Reed and Kano and Bashy and Bobby Womack all hanging out together." In the new issue of Australia's Rip It Up magazine, 고릴라즈 co-founder Jamie Hewlett shared Albarn's wonder. "It's weird on this tour going into catering and there's De La Soul's Maseo having a huge bowl of 오트밀 죽, 죽 for his breakfast and Bobby Womack at the back having an egg," he said.
While Albarn is already on the record about a "Tony Allen-centred" album with Flea, it seems the singer is working on yet another secret project. (Clearly, he didn't follow our advice.) "I'm doing something 다음 년 about a subject that's really close to my heart," Albarn told the NME. "I'm not telling 당신 what it is." This mysterious "something" could mean the album with Allen, but Albarn has described that record as "three-quarters finished".
더 많이 likely, the secret is what's described in the recent interview with Hewlett. "Oxfam want us to go to Congo and see what's happening there and do a project based on that," the artist said. "I don't know what it is yet – it will obviously be 음악 and visuals – but we'll have to experience it first and come back with an idea. We're going with Oxfam, so they'll look after us – hopefully we don't have our heads chopped off."
I've been a 팬 of 고릴라즈 since its birth. In fact, back in 2006 all my CDs were stolen from my car. I was left with one CD in my stereo, Demon Days. I listened to that on repeat for yearssssss.
Anyways, I'm a designer and illustrator and am looking to pay homage to the greatest band ever 의해 adding to their universe. I'm creating my own animated band. I think it would be awesome if they could have some sort of battle of the bands against Gorillaz. 음악 비디오 to battle it out. Maybe a VR battle. 또는 just a twitter battle I guess lol. Obviously they are the very best, but it could create some great story.
What do 당신 think? Could it be done? Would that fit in the 고릴라즈 world?
Anyways, I'm a designer and illustrator and am looking to pay homage to the greatest band ever 의해 adding to their universe. I'm creating my own animated band. I think it would be awesome if they could have some sort of battle of the bands against Gorillaz. 음악 비디오 to battle it out. Maybe a VR battle. 또는 just a twitter battle I guess lol. Obviously they are the very best, but it could create some great story.
What do 당신 think? Could it be done? Would that fit in the 고릴라즈 world?