Albarn says he would like to produce a Blur album in Baghdad as he "likes the Iraqi style of music". He has also visited Nigeria to record music with African drummer Tony Allen. As the name suggests, the album's recording sessions were done in Mali, a trip he made to support Oxfam in 2000. In 2021, Song Machine was put on hold and season one was followed up by the EP Meanwhile.Īlbarn released Mali Music in 2002.
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On January 2020, Gorillaz launched the critically acclaimed audiovisual project Song Machine a web series consisting of singles and music videos released as episodes each month throughout the year. Humanz was immediately followed up by The Now Now, which was received positively by critics and featured no guest vocalists, except for Hollywood, which featured Jamie Principle and Snoop Dogg. Smith, Paul Simonon and Mick Jones of The Clash, Kano and Bashy, and Little Dragon.Īfter the band's longest hiatus to date, Plastic Beach was followed up by the album Humanz in 2017 to mixed reception with guests like Grace Jones, Carly Simon, Danny Brown and Kelela, Shelley FKA DRAM, Vince Staples, and various others. Five years after Demon Days, Gorillaz released the less successful studio albums Plastic Beach and The Fall in 2010, featuring contributions from artists like Bobby Womack, Lou Reed, Mark E. Gorillaz and Demon Days have done well in both the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as their respective hit singles " Clint Eastwood", " Feel Good Inc.", " 19-2000 ", " DARE", " Dirty Harry" and " El Mañana/Kids With Guns". Their music has featured contributions from Danger Mouse, Simon Tong (who also played guitar for Blur in live performances), Miho Hatori, Snoop Dogg, Sweetie Irie, De La Soul, Bootie Brown, MF Doom, Redman, Tina Weymouth, Roots Manuva, Neneh Cherry, Rosie Wilson, Martina Topley-Bird, Dennis Hopper, Ike Turner, and Del The Funky Homosapien among others. With an initially ambiguous line-up, the group has released five full-length studio albums to date. Since then, Albarn has been primarily focused on Gorillaz and the others have been focused on other ventures, but have mentioned that they're open to the idea of another Blur record.Īlbarn formed the virtual cartoon rock band Gorillaz with Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett in 1998. They released the singles "Fools Day", "Under The Westway" and "The Puritain" from 2009-2012 and eventually released The Magic Whip in 2015. In 2009, Blur reunited with Coxon returning as their official guitarist after nearly a decade. Why don't I get another guitarist? Because there's none better than Coxon." See the "Next album" section of the main Blur article for more information. Albarn Quoted, "If Coxon won't return then I'll be playing guitar but it'll just be fast punk songs. He had publicly stated he was waiting for the return of Graham Coxon, who originally left the band prior to the release of Think Tank, to produce more Blur material however, Coxon has refused to return, and Albarn stated in September 2005 that he will play guitar on the next Blur record. Albarn has written the lyrics to nearly every song released by the band since their formation. Before long the band was signed to Food Records and changed its name to Blur.Īs of today, Blur has released eight full-length albums, five of which went to #1 in the United Kingdom and all of which reached the top 15. With the addition of Dave Rowntree, the band began playing as "Seymour". After recording a number of demo tapes together, the two formed "the Circus," at which point Coxon introduced Albarn to Alex James.
In 1988, Albarn enrolled at Goldsmiths College in New Cross, London, England he took a part-time course which he claims he did "just to get on campus". At the age of fifteen, he won an award for "Young Composer of the Year". Some of the songs he wrote in his early recording days later became Blur songs, such as "Birthday" on their debut album, Leisure. He concluded after one year's stay that he was a terrible actor and instead took up writing and performing music. He met future Blur guitarist Graham Coxon at school and found they both liked similar bands, such as the Jam, the Kinks, and the Human League.Īfter finishing secondary school, Albarn moved to London to attend the East 15 Acting School, losing contact with Coxon. Albarn then attended Stanway Comprehensive School. When he turned ten, his family moved to Colchester, Essex, England due to the needs of his father's teaching career. His family then lived in Turkey for a few months.
Born in Whitechapel, London England, Albarn's early life was spent living in Leytonstone with his parents Hazel and Keith and his sister Jessica.
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