Recent Articles about Damon Albarn
Interview: BEAK>
Electronic Beats editor-in-chief Max Dax sits down with the band, led by straight talking iconoclast Geoff Barrow, to talk Can, the “fucked” film industry and why bands today are responsible for making dead music. – more
Drei Tage Wacht (Gdansk, day one)
7:57 am Entering RE5800 at Berlin Ostbahnhof. Falling asleep. 9:49 am Changeover at Szczecin train station to TLK 81104/5 towards Gda?sk G?ówny. The sweltering heat inside the six person compartment is already unbearable in the early morning hours, probably thanks to the (at least in Berlin) often discussed continental climate. The following 5-and-a-half hour long – more
Actress – R.I.P
R.I.P will be the name of Actress’s third album. Actress is the pseudonym of Darren Cunningham who’s skitzoid rhythms are dense with purple haze and paranoid ticks. His first album, Hazyville which was released on his Werk discs, hinted at some of the oddness to come but his record for Honest Jon’s – Splazsh was – more
DRC Music releases Oxfam benefit album
Damon Albarn has been travelling again. It’s not been the first time for the Blur- and Gorillaz main man to go to Africa – as a co-owner of record label Honest Jon’s he has dug through local archives and collaborated with native artists again and again. In July this year, Albarn made his way to the – more
Damon Albarn scores new film by Jessica Albarn
Jessica Albarn recently rose to fame with her extraordinary book, The Boy in the Oak, and we can now confirm the illustrator and artist has teamed up with director Luke Losey to adapt the book into a short film. It doesn’t stop there either. The short is narrated by none other than Jude Law, scored – more
Damon Albarn frontrunner to curate London Olympics
Gorrilaz and Blur front man Damon Albarn, 41 is reportedly a front-runner for organising London’s 2012 Olympic opening ceremony. Albarn is no stranger to highbrow culture, his recent foray into opera whilst providing the music and animation for BBC’s coverage of Beijing’s 2008 Olympics prove that his inventive and contemporary vision might just be the – more
Scott Walker documentary released
A former pop star now known for his dramatic and bleak solo albums, Scott Walker has inhabited almost every conceivable corner of the music industry. From ‘60s rocker heartthrob to TV personality to reclusive shut-in to eccentric solo artist, this little-known 66-year-old luminary is still recording music for the au courant label 4AD. The new – more
KANO
KANO HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THE LEADING LIGHTS OF URBAN MUSIC IN THE UK. NOW, WITH HIS NEW ALBUM LONDON TOWN, FEATURING COLLABORATIONS FROM STAR LINE-UP CRAIG DAVID, KATE NASH AND DAMON ALBARN, HE’S ABOUT TO TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM. “My mum Melrose is my biggest hero. She was a single parent raising – more
