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With Gorillaz, Albarn explored genres he had not explored with Blur, such as hip-hop, dub and Latin music, a process he described as liberating: "One of the reasons I began Gorillaz is I had a lot of rhythms I never thought I could use with Blur. A lot of that stuff never really seemed to manifest itself in the music we made together as Blur."
Gorillaz are a British virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl.While watching MTV, Hewlett came up with the idea to create the band, and later commented, "If you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell – there's nothing of substance there.
The first Gorillaz EP was released in 2000 followed by the first album, Gorillaz in 2001. In 2005, their second full studio album, Demon Days was released. [8] In January 2006, Hewlett's artwork for Gorillaz was shortlisted for the Design Museum's Designer of the Year award. In May 2006, he was named the Designer of the Year 2006.
At one point, the song's name was "I Can't Go for Billie Jean", as a reference to the aforementioned Michael Jackson song and Hall and Oates' song. [ 51 ] De La Soul had previously appeared on Gorillaz previous albums Demon Days and Plastic Beach on the songs " Feel Good Inc. " and " Superfast Jellyfish " respectively, and appear on the album's ...
One of Damon Albarn's goals during the production of Humanz was to represent female artists more thoroughly. Speaking in an interview, Albarn listed Bobby Womack, Ike Turner, and Ibrahim Ferrer as examples of musical "patriarchs" who he'd already collaborated with; Albarn desired to collaborate with "matriarchs" as well, believing it necessary for an album titled "Humanz".
Song Machine centers around the adventures of British virtual band Gorillaz and the various events they experience through their haunted headquarters at a newly revamped and relocated Kong Studios, which contains various portals through which the band visit the guests and transport them to Kong, while recording music for their newest project, Song Machine.
Gorillaz were formed in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. In 2001, the band released their first studio album, Gorillaz , followed by Demon Days in 2005, Plastic Beach in 2010, The Fall in 2011, Humanz in 2017, The Now Now in 2018, Song Machine, Season One: Strange ...
In the November 2007 issue of Q, when asked what his top priority for 2008 was, Damon Albarn replied "Well, I'm doing the next Gorillaz thing, but it won't be called Gorillaz." [ 2 ] In the February 2008 Gorillaz-Unofficial interview, Hewlett elaborated on this, saying "I think the idea behind it is that it's like how the Who presented their ...