Who like them?? I personally love them
What do you think? ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQpclIzUwLk
that's one of my favourites
Loved Demon Days. The other two albums not as much.
Certainly curious to hear what the next album sounds like.
The first album was and still is fantastic. I come back to it all the time. Party due to my love of Del Tha Funky Homosapien.
Demon Days I don't listen to all that much any more, and wasn't super into when it came out (though the B sides from that era are the best... "Bill Murray" feat. The Bees anyone???)
And I was obsessed with Plastic Beach when it came out. I cried when I saw them and Little Dragon playing Fire Ants at the Roundhouse, it was beautiful. But I'm never really in the mood to listen to it these days, though I still think it's great.
Definitely excited to hear some new stuff.
Like the first album a lot. Demon Days is great, especially the first half. Not a fan of Plastic Beach at all (except the Mos Def song. I think it is one their best songs). Have not really listened to anything else, oddly enough. I should probably get on that...
I love all 3 albums, although I don't listen to Demon Days as much as the two others. I can't wait for the new one, especially with all the featurings it will feature.
anyone knows about the instagram/twitter stories?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB7HGGK_OPw
here you can watch them all
i've found this cool mix on internet
https://clyp.it/4bdu1bnb
Quote from: Enjoyed on Oct 30, 2016, 19:08
The first album was and still is fantastic. I come back to it all the time. Party due to my love of Del Tha Funky Homosapien.
Demon Days I don't listen to all that much any more, and wasn't super into when it came out (though the B sides from that era are the best... "Bill Murray" feat. The Bees anyone???)
And I was obsessed with Plastic Beach when it came out. I cried when I saw them and Little Dragon playing Fire Ants at the Roundhouse, it was beautiful. But I'm never really in the mood to listen to it these days, though I still think it's great.
Definitely excited to hear some new stuff.
Have you ever heard the Deltron 3030 first album?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf9OAFML_Eg
this is my favourite (hope you like it)
Yeah. I love Deltron.
Saw them at Glastonbury a couple of years ago. They did Clint Eastwood too...
(https://media.tenor.co/images/eb0cbaf90e734cee08fab99c0cff8655/raw)
Also isn't Bill Murray very similar in structure to Sound Check (Gravity)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECKf3fq8PK0
Errrrrmmmm....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDUrpPvU1_4
OK...?
Yeah... I don't know that this immediately grabbed me. In fact, it left me with a bizarre taste in my mouth, as the saying goes.
More post-modern art-house poetry reading. Less pop music.
Disappointing.
Blur comeback album was kinda meh (especially after hearing the two new songs they did for the "ParkLive" dvd). Every Gorillaz album has come through...BUT I really just want a follow up to The Good, The Bad, & The Queen.
Quote from: MadPooter on Jan 20, 2017, 04:42
More post-modern art-house poetry reading. Less pop music.
Disappointing.
Yeah. Lots of people are trying to argue that this is typical of Gorillaz and that we shouldn't be worried about the rest of it. And to be fair, there have been a few in between 'singles' that were a little odd.
But this is their first offering from the new album. It needs to be compared to Clint Eastwood, Feel Good Inc. and Stylo. And it's not as good as anyone of those (not that they're the best either).
It's freakin' weird and not very interesting and doesn't bode well, honestly.
In terms of sounding like Gorilaz...It sounds more like a b/g-side. That said, it still sounds like something that they/Albarn would write.
As for why they lead off with it...and releasing it the day before the Inauguration... no hidden meaning from an artistic standpoint in my mind (aong with the fact they reference it in the descriptor). I'm more amazed that the record execs allowed it. Actually, I'm more amazed they allowed the Spongebob clip at the end.
Reminds me of the late 90's watching MTV2 at 2AM. The internet was still new, so seeing weird music videos like this on cable TV would blow away my sheltered little brain. As a matter of fact, "Let Forever Be" "Afrika Shox" and "Rabbit in Your Headlights" were gateways into introducing electronic music, and beyond.
So I agree, the song doesn't "do it for me". But I thought it was interesting.
so there is this (already sold out): http://pitchfork.com/news/68488-gorillaz-launch-their-own-festival-announce-first-show-since-2012/
new song out tomorrow, or later today for ya peeps on the other side of the pond
http://pitchfork.com/news/72181-new-gorillaz-song-coming-tomorrow/
Quote from: Bosco on Mar 23, 2017, 03:14
so there is this (already sold out): http://pitchfork.com/news/68488-gorillaz-launch-their-own-festival-announce-first-show-since-2012/
new song out tomorrow, or later today for ya peeps on the other side of the pond
http://pitchfork.com/news/72181-new-gorillaz-song-coming-tomorrow/
I think it's the one that leaked a few days ago. It was ok. Better than Hallelujah Money, much more musical than it, but still not on the level I expect from Gorillaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVaBvyzuypw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0PUQCvIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W44NWYwa1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSivlaSVk1k
Wow.
Much more encouraging.
And shit. That Spirit House video was insane. I'm definitely going to be revisiting that to see more. Very clever.
yeah, this is gonna be interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8DnW-FrErA
Got tickets for the Chicago show! Looks like tickets sold-out instantly everywhere.
Anybody do the Humanz listening party experience?
Album has leaked. 20 Tracks.
I don't love the album, but fantastic production.
There are a couple of tracks that I like on it that sound more like the classic "Gorillaz" sound (Andromeda, Sex Murder Party, Saturnz Barz). There are a couple of tracks that are too generic (Strobelite), and a couple that stray too far away from what I might expect the Gorillaz to sound like, and not in a good way (Carnival, Hallelujah Money).
Finally! Deluxe edition CD has leaked in MP3 and FLAC
The album is growing on me.
Ascension in particular. It has that Feel Good, Inc. vibe about it.
Although, I was watching The Big Short last night and Feel Good, Inc. came on during part of the film. That is an extraordinary track, and I think it clearly set a bar with me.
Still not a fan of Strobelite. Meh.
There's a lot of meh on the album for me.
Andromeda is still great (harmonies at 2:47 are absolutely the highlight of the album). And I like Saturnz Barz and We Got The Power a lot. Ascension is growing on me too. And I really enjoy Busted and Blue, without any guests crowding Damon doing his thing.
Glad I didn't chuck a whole lot of money at tickets and deluxe albums though. I'll stick to jamming out to Rock The House.
Yeah, I'm just not feeling much from this album. The good stuff is few and far between. At the moment, it's on the bottom of my Gorillaz album list. I think I like The Fall more. I dunno, it just doesn't feel like Gorillaz to me. Their albums always felt like they had a flow to them. This feels more like a collection of tracks.
Through my first listen, and I thought my overall experience was better than Plastic Beach. It has no strong single, but I'm pretty happy with it.
Wish Ben Mendelssohn was used even more. Would have been awesome to utilize him in story telling mode like Dennis Hopper. And I'll say it again, check him out on Netflix's first season of 'Bloodline'. You won't regret it.
https://twitter.com/liamgallagher/status/857738280384823296
I think I've given the album a few good listens and I don't know that I really want to listen to it anymore.
I found myself wanting to skip through a *lot* of it the last time through, sadly.
At the end of the day it's nice to hear new music, and especially new music from the Gorillaz.
But also at the end of the day, Sick Boy's words echo in my mind...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQD-dXfHrvk
Quote from: Bosco on Apr 28, 2017, 18:16
And I'll say it again, check him out on Netflix's first season of 'Bloodline'. You won't regret it.
Great show! Can't wait for the final season
I just want more of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj48tmz6QLo
Super-Duper Box Set on it's way...
http://pitchfork.com/news/73354-gorillaz-humanz-box-set-features-14-unreleased-songs/
Amazon US has a pre-sale price of $499.99, which seems really excessive.
https://www.amazon.com/Humanz-Super-Deluxe-GORILLAZ/dp/B06XW1PXHM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494194869&sr=8-1&keywords=gorillaz+box+set
QuoteThe Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set of the new Gorillaz album 'Humanz' is presented across 14 individual pieces of different coloured 12" vinyl, packaged in individually art-worked sleeves. Each piece of vinyl features an album track, backed with an exclusive alternative version. The box also includes a 54-page, cloth-bound, foil-blocked, hardback book featuring exclusive Gorillaz artwork by Jamie Hewlett plus a download card, all housed in a bespoke 12" vinyl case.
I personally like the album, but this feels like R.A.M. all over again...
Got my tickets for their two shows in Paris in November! It is one of the few remaining "big" bands on my bucket list.
nice job. I get them in July! :P
Join Telekom Electronic Beats and Gorillaz for Humanz Live on June 20th at 9:30pm CET direct from Cologne, Germany.
360⁰:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gahuORlmzY
2D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5hYHFxkKW8
"We haven't played this track since 2001"
5/4 :o I hope they keep playing it during the rest of the tour
And some other tracks from the first album too hopefully
Looks like these videos got taken down :(
Quote from: MadPooter on Jun 20, 2017, 23:41
Looks like these videos got taken down :(
It was a live stream so maybe this is a legal thing not to share it after the show.
Nearly forgot about this, but tomorrow for me!
I dig that newer track "Sleeping Powder" too.
Del showed up for Clint Eastwood
need I say more???!!!
New Album out June 29th
The Now Now
James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco is a producer on the album.
(https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5b101942fdfb234f26101413/master/pass/Gorillaz-The-Now-Now.jpg)
Two of the tracks from the new album:
https://youtu.be/E5yFcdPAGv0
https://youtu.be/68JpPpSc7bs
heads up, more tour dates stateside this fall as well
Oh shit James was the producer? Damn. Hotness factor increases.
Unlike the last few albums, Albarn will be the primary focus on vocals for this album. I'm anticipating another great one.
Really dig 'Humility' and I continue to applaud the wide range of styles and influences they incorporate. Such a fun and great project band.
Also, Damon finishing up the second The Good, the Bad & the Queen Album.
New tracks are much better than anything on Humanz. Humanz was a big disappointment, a forgettable record. This has that Gorillaz vibe.
Humility is growing on me.
But Lake Zurich... Is it even Gorillaz? It sounds nothing like anything they've done. And not in a 'ah cool, they're trying something new' way but rather a '... this could be anyone' way.
I'm keen to hear a Gorillaz that is less polluted by guest spots. I still think their/his first album is by far the best, and back then it was basically just Del on the guest front. But this just feels like Damon trying something new, and looking to use Gorillaz as an output for it. It doesn't really feel like Gorillaz to me at all, whereas Humanz, as boring and not great as it was, at least felt like a Gorillaz album.
The first album is definitely their best. But they haven't sounded like Gorillaz since Plastic Beach. These 2 new tracks sound more Gorillaz than anything on Humanz. Does it make these new tracks amazing? No. But they're a bit more Gorillaz-ish at least. I still won't rank them above anything from their first 3 albums. I didn't hear Gorillaz at all with Humanz. Humanz was a mess of collaborations and felt like it had no direction. But so far, nothing has topped their debut.
This is great. Feeling it way more than anything in a long while
The work of Dan the Automator very much worth delving into if you guys are so infatuated with the debut album.
I will second that !!
Lake Zürich sounds nice and has this Tei Shi's Basically feeling to it.
Quote from: Csar on Jun 03, 2018, 09:22
Lake Zürich sounds nice and has this Tei Shi's Basically feeling to it.
Not hearing that at all myself. It sounds more like a single on DFA or Deewee. Very Italo.
I love Lake Zurich, and if Gorillaz taught us anything it's that no two Grorillaz tracks sound alike.
Quote from: Ben_j on Jun 04, 2018, 06:30
I love Lake Zurich, and if Gorillaz taught us anything it's that no two Grorillaz tracks sound alike.
But what about "People" from D-Sides and "Dare" from Demon Days?
:P
;)
Quote from: neorev on Jun 04, 2018, 19:35
But what about "People" from D-Sides and "Dare" from Demon Days?
:P
;)
That's two versions of a same track :P
Quote from: Enjoyed on Jun 03, 2018, 17:27
Not hearing that at all myself. It sounds more like a single on DFA or Deewee. Very Italo.
Well, parts of the bassline and beat reminded me of it a bit somehow.
I'm much more excited about The Good, The Bad, & The Queen.
Another newbie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40xG4bMr9F4
I like what I'm hearing but it really feels like I'm listening to another band, featuring Damon Albarn. This could be a Space Dimension Controller jam.
are we not going to address the fact that Ace from PPG is the new guy behind the bass?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCet4yrfp4o
Pretty ready for this album now actually.
Quote from: Conn6orsuper117 on Jun 08, 2018, 08:08
are we not going to address the fact that Ace from PPG is the new guy behind the bass?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZmPvenOhhY
Quote from: Enjoyed on Jun 16, 2018, 17:59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCet4yrfp4o
Pretty ready for this album now actually.
Dang, that's really good.
I mean... We have most of the album at this point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E
I'm getting some Basement Jaxx/Bugz in the Attic vibes on this one. From the guest vocals at least (not including the SNOOP).
Episode 2. Enjoying this Song Machine jaunt!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLKZKmdZEjM
How is it I'm having to kill a kitten for this...
Gorillaz & Peter Hook!!!
And clear nods to the Star Guitar video too. I love this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKXloFW_ZCA
loving song machine so far.
I nabbed the episode 3 print, but really wish I had got the episode 2 print.
Gorillaz coming after Born in The Echoes with the Beck & St Vincent collabs on the same album.
I bought the Almanac which comes with the Song Machine Season 1.
BUT there is a deluxe version with 7 extra tracks. Feeling a little swindled.
BUT also very excited for the tons of Hewitt artwork that will come in the almanac.
BRING ON OCTOBER.
I've become a bit of a sucker for the song machine merchandise.
that $250 box set is fucking ridiculous though. eff that. no.
Kevin x Damon. Don't know why this seemed like something that would never happen but, wow. Not disappointed AT ALL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJa-VFwPpYA
New album out in February :music
Quote from: Enjoyed on Sep 01, 2022, 02:12
Kevin x Damon. Don't know why this seemed like something that would never happen but, wow. Not disappointed AT ALL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJa-VFwPpYA
New album out in February :music
I love this track, I wonder if Kevin did only vocals or also some guitar
Quote from: Ben_j on Sep 01, 2022, 08:53
I love this track, I wonder if Kevin did only vocals or also some guitar
Definitely sounds like he had a hand in the production too. It's very Slow Rush sounding in places.
Quote from: Enjoyed on Sep 01, 2022, 17:26
Definitely sounds like he had a hand in the production too. It's very Slow Rush sounding in places.
Yes, he definitely did the guitar riff, probably the bass line too
https://bsky.app/profile/stereogum.bsky.social/post/3llfllpilg22c
I'll be honest, the Gorillaz project has lasted longer than I thought it would. I'm sure Damon wants to keep it evolving with young contemporary music artists, but any chance the Chems can be a featuring legacy artist that collaborates on the new album?
Time is ticking on a Damon/Chems collaboration and they largely hold the same audience, so why not?
I can't articulate why, but for some reason it makes way more sense in my head for there to be a Chemical Brothers track featuring Damon Albarn, than a Gorillaz track feat The Chemical Brothers.
Perhaps it's the guest vocal aspect of the typical Gorillaz features? Besides a few specific cases of brass bands / world music artists - I can't think of a Gorillaz collab that hasn't utilized the vocal performance of the guest. I think Damon (and his studio collaborators) want to be largely in charge of the production, with space made to highlight the talent of the guests. I feel like that's maybe a harder thing to do with two stalwart electronic producers who also want to be leading the production. I could be wrong though!
But, it's always fun to speculate or make a new Gorillaz collaboration wish list.
To continue the sharing of resources... Maybe Aurora could be a fun guest?
I'd also love to see Roísín Murphy on there. DJ Koze (https://bfan.link/DJ-Koze-Damon-Albarn-pure-love) could have already made introductions! (Oddly, I don't think it would be as weird to see him as a guest for Gorillaz - again, can't fully explain why!)