Category : Damon Albarn

Mkomazi Wild Dog: an exhibition by Olly & Suzi, Leica...

Mkomazi Wild Canine: an exhibition by Olly & Suzi, Leica gallery London (February 2017)

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Tony Allen “Cosmosis” feat. Ben Okri and Skepta [X]

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – playful and potent collaboration

(Parlophone)Damon Albarn is the melodic anchor to this pioneering album that balances idea with funThe Now Now (2018) was a type of Gorillaz albums that distributed with the hip hop-led collaborations that have typically defined this band of ink and...

Gorillaz: Song Machine Season One: Strange Timez review – the poignant sound of social distancing

(Parlophone)Damon Albarn’s cartoon band mark their 20th anniversary with a document whose star friends – Elton John, Robert Smith and St Vincent amongst them – are folded right into a fluent, sensible entireDamon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s Gorillaz p...

Sarathy Korwar, Flying Lotus and FKA twigs among 2020 AIM awards winners

Unbiased Music awards for artists outdoors main label system additionally honour Moses Boyd, Arlo Parks, Yaeji and AJ TraceyFlying Lotus, FKA twigs and Sarathy Korwar are among the many winners at this yr’s Unbiased Music awards, an occasion recognis...

Tony Allen obituary

Masterful drummer and co-creator of Afrobeat, the fusion of funk, jazz and African types that he pioneered with Fela KutiOn 12 and 13 March there were two live shows in the Church of Sound collection at St James the Great Church in Clapton, east Lond...

Tony Allen: the Afrobeat maverick who blazed a trail across the globe

The Nigerian musician was a restless creator who embraced the physicality of drumming and innovated till the top Tony Allen’s 10 best tracksNews report: Afrobeat co-founder Tony Allen dies aged 79Few musicians can claim to have invented a revolutiona...

Tony Allen: the Afrobeat pioneer's 10 finest recordings

From simmering dancefloor fillers to defiant resistance anthems, we decide one of the best of the legendary drummer’s tracksNews report: Tony Allen, Afrobeat co-founder, dies aged 79Take heed to a playlist of Ammar’s alternatives: Related: Tony Allen...

Gorillaz: Reject False Icons review – a swing through Damon Albarn's circus

Denholm Hewlett’s documentary is a quick scrapbook of behind-the-scenes moments captured on the band’s recording periods and on a world tourIt’s shocking, given the virtual pop-band conceit, that there wasn’t a full-length animated Gorillaz film year...

Live Forever: The Oasis Musical – we reveal the leaked script

Noel Gallagher has claimed an Oasis musical is ‘inevitable’ – we imagine a supersonic script that’s already prepared for the stage Scene 1Int. Burnage. Terrace front-room set recycled from Shameless. LIAM sits on a sunken couch consuming lasagne, pau...

Africa Express: Egoli review – an end-to-end party album

(Africa Categorical)Five albums in, and Africa Express – Damon Albarn’s cross-cultural collaboration engine – has pitched up in Johannesburg, often known as Egoli in Xhosa. It might be the most effective iteration but of this speed-dating pop writer’...

Africa Express presents EGOLI review – a collaboration to stir the senses

(Africa Categorical)Damon Albarn’s collective decamp to Johannesburg for a wealthy and rewarding reminder of the eclecticism of non-western popNow 13 years in the tooth, Damon Albarn’s Africa Express is a pleasant concept, an try and create a degree...