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 in any respect, but a bit of bit I might think about with Damon Albarn.”
“Did I actually say that?” Koze says, snickering. “I don’t actually know him, however as an inventive determine he is sort of a position model for me, how you 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 just 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 launched himself. They drank champagne and spoke concerning the writings of Hermann Hesse, and Albarn showed Koze that he speaks a bit of German. Albarn might properly have aged with dignity as Koze says, however shortly afterward, Billie Eilish brought the Gorillaz frontman onstage during 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 favorite individual to comply with on Instagram?
DJ Koze: I don’t have Instagram but if I did, perhaps Damon Albarn. I’m not gay at all, however slightly bit I might imagine with Damon Albarn. He’s a nice guy and he has an excellent angle.
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