Koze has worked with some huge names, including Damon Albarn, on Music Can Hear Us’ lead single, “Pure Love.” In 2015, Koze stated, “I’m not gay at all, but a bit bit I might think about with Damon Albarn.”
“Did I actually say that?” Koze says, snickering. “I don’t really know him, however as an inventive figure he is like a position model for me, how one can get previous with dignity, be so open-minded, the way you spend every single day of your life making music, and naturally, the musical genius, his expression, how he sings. For me he has a magic voice. It simply hits me.”
He met Albarn at Coachella in 2022. They have been in adjoining trailers, and, with Koze having remixed a Gorillaz monitor in 2019, Albarn introduced himself. They drank champagne and spoke concerning the writings of Hermann Hesse, and Albarn showed Koze that he speaks slightly German. Albarn might nicely have aged with dignity as Koze says, however shortly afterward, Billie Eilish brought the Gorillaz frontman onstage throughout her headlining set and some of her fans mistook him for her dad.
DJ Koze interview x Rolling Stone, March 2025 [X]
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Bonus, from Koze’s 2015 Q&A
Rolling Stone: Who’s your favourite individual to comply with on Instagram?
DJ Koze: I don’t have Instagram but when I did, perhaps Damon Albarn. I’m not gay in any respect, however a bit bit I might think about with Damon Albarn. He’s a nice man and he has a very good angle.
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