DJ Damon Albarn Spins New Gorillaz On Radio 1

Blur are indeed entering the studio, and yesterday head monkey Damon Albarn journeyed into BBC Radio 1 to guest DJ on Zane Lowe's show. During the two-hour set he played other folks' songs (Dead Prez, Eagles Of Death Metal, Omar Souleyman, the Horrors) as well as some Gorillaz material: "Broken," "Electric Shock," and "Stylo/Binge." We found the Gorillaz tracks sans their bookends, because it's too early in the morning to deal with the Horrors:

"Broken" (Demo)

"Electric Shock" (Demo)

"Stylo/Binge" (Demo)

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are scheduled to head to Syria in March to start recording the third Gorillaz album. He explained his reasoning ("a real fascination with Arabic orchestral music") on the show yesterday. You can get the full playlist at Zane Low's page. If you scroll, you'll also find the podcast.

[Damon "Puffy" Albarn image via Zane Lowe]

Posted at 9:48 AM by brandon
Tags: Blur | Damon Albarn | Gorillaz

16 Comments

hopefully for the gorillaz, demo is an arabic word for "song not NEAR done yet cause its still boring."

Posted by: annie onymous at 01/15/09 12:44 PM  | Reply
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hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Oh my god, I bet you write your own music and are in no way an armchair quarterback.

Posted by: lordofendsville  in reply to annie onymous's comment at 01/15/09 8:38 PM  | Reply
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actually my work does appear on more cds than you own. obviously i cant prove this, being the intarwebz and all, but its true.

Posted by: annie onymous  in reply to lordofendsville's comment at 01/16/09 11:17 AM  | Reply
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"my work is on more cds than you own and i have a sega genesis with 100 games"

Posted by: BRAAAAAAAINSSss  in reply to annie onymous's comment at 06/24/09 8:15 PM  | Reply
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right, cuz consumers don't get to have an oppinion on the art they consume. Instead, we have to like everything they produce.

Posted by: flim flam  in reply to lordofendsville's comment at 01/16/09 10:05 PM  | Reply
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not at all, but let's face it, there are opinions worth sharing followed by a din of pointless dribble.

Posted by: lordofendsville  in reply to flim flam's comment at 01/16/09 11:30 PM  | Reply
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Is that Santogold on Electric Shock? Sounds like it could be...

Posted by: robah at 01/15/09 2:24 PM  | Reply
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I'm not sure if that is but maybe it will be by the time the album comes out.

Posted by: Comehomenow  in reply to robah's comment at 01/15/09 4:30 PM  | Reply
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Eh, it's more like The Go! Team than Santogold... but I can hear the reasoning.

Anyway, Albarn & Hewlett can do no wrong-- hell, I even bought and thoroughly enjoyed the Journey to the West opera soundtrack.
I wonder if they'll ever make that Gorillaz feature film...

Posted by: Versh  in reply to robah's comment at 01/15/09 6:04 PM  | Reply
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What about Blur? I thought they were back in the studio... will they be done by March?

Posted by: Jesse at 01/15/09 3:40 PM  | Reply
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uh didn't albarn say like four years ago that gorillaz "broke up"?

Posted by: grover at 01/15/09 7:12 PM  | Reply
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Didn't Damon Albarn make brit-pop what it is today with offering Blur's self-titled while Oasis was still wanking on that some ol' jam? Enough speculation. Listen to the dude.

Posted by: lordofendsville at 01/15/09 8:40 PM  | Reply
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How grose does he look now!

Posted by: Jakobi at 01/16/09 12:57 AM  | Reply
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These demos are rad! Can't wait for some new Gorillaz, <3 me some Damon

Posted by: Goose at 01/16/09 3:06 PM  | Reply
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damon albarn hasn't failed me yet.

Posted by: la la landon at 01/16/09 7:47 PM  | Reply
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Sublime.

Posted by: CRUX at 01/21/09 6:59 AM  | Reply
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