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Two years after they returned to the scene with The Now Now, an album without any featuring artists, Gorillaz are going back to what they love doing best: collaborations. The singles were released sporadically throughout 2020 with a high-flying lineup. Damon Albarn released one song per month, with the whole thing making up Season 1 of Song Machine. The album opens with the brilliant and highly relevant track Strange Times featuring Robert Smith. Damon says that he worked with the singer from The Cure entirely over email. “What I gave Robert was something very vague. He completely and utterly made it what it is” he said. It’s a masterpiece that’s perfectly fitting for the pandemic. In the long guestlist we find Beck on The Valleys of the Pagans, Leee John on the soulful The Lost Chord and the sweet high notes of Imagination, Peter Hook and the young singer Georgia on the post-punk song Aries, Fatoumata Diawara on the hypnotic Désolée (where Albarn even sings in French) and the raunchy punk rap of Momentary Bliss with slowthaï. The more you listen to it the more you can appreciate its richness. That’s what makes the album so good: it brings together incongruent artists who take the songs in a whole range of different directions. You never know where you’re going next. The Gorillaz lead you through a whole array of styles, adding a common varnish to each layer. The Deluxe edition includes six new tracks including MLS with JPEGMafia and the excellent Opium by the Southern duo EarthGang who are signed to J Cole’s label Dreamville. This is an eclectic, profound and very large scale project that’s stamped with Albarn’s impeccable production. And we’ve even got Season 2 and a Netflix documentary to look forward to! © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
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Robert Smith, featured artist (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, songwriter, producer) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, live drums, songwriting, producer) - Additional musicians : Etta Albarn Teulon, Trumpet - Technical : Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Beck Hansen, featured artist (vocals, writer) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, live drums, songwriting, producer) - Technical : Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Leee John, featured artist (vocals, writer) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, live drums, songwriting, producer) - James Ford, Writer - Technical : Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Schoolboy Q, featured artist (vocals, songwriting) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, live drums, songwriting, producer) - Additional musicians : John Smythe, guitar, songwriting - Weathrman, keyboards, bass, synthesizer - Prince Paul (Paul Huston), producer, backing vocals, songwriting - Quincy Hanley, writer - John McNeill, writer - Joel McNeill, writer - Elvin "Wit" Shahbazian, writer - Technical : Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer - Elvin “Wit” Shahbazian, Engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
St Vincent, featured artist (vocals) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - A. Clark, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Elton John, featured artist (piano, vocals) - 6LACK, featured artist (vocals) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr., writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Matt Doughty, engineer - Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr., engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Georgia, featured artist (drums, percussion) - Peter Hook, featured artist (bass, bass, vocals, songwriting) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Additional musicians : James Ford, producer, percussion, drum programmer, Synthesizer, live drums - P2J, additional producer, drum programmer - - Peter Hook, Writer - Richard Isong, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
Octavian (Godgi), featured artist (vocals, songwriting) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
Kano (Kane Brett Robinson), featured artist (vocals, songwriter) - Roxani Arias, featured artist (vocals, songwriter) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - M. Williams, Writer - M. Middlebrooks, Writer - D. Gayle, Writer - Mike Will Made-It, Producer - Marzeratti, Producer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Fatoumata Diawara, featured artist (vocals, songwriting) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Composed by Damon Albarn, Fatoumata Diawara, James Ford, Remi Kabala Jr. - Davide Rossi, string Arranger - Additional musicians : James Ford, keyboards, percussion, balafon percussion, co-production, songwriting - Isabelle Dunn, cello - Alice Pratley, violin - Ciara Ismail, violin - Nicola Hicks, viola - Sebastien Blanchon, horn - Zither, live drums - Augustin Ledieu, backing vocals - Vanina de Franco, backing vocals - Neima Naouri, backing vocals - Emmanuel Laniece, backing vocals - - Nora Fedrigo, electronics - Sylvain Bellegarde, background vocals) - Technical : Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Sylvain Mercier, engineer - Adrien Libmann, engineer - Davide Lasala, engineer - Andrea Fognini, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
Slowthai, featured artist (vocals, songwriting) - Slaves, featured artist (guitar, vocals, live Drums) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Mike Dean, Writer - Laurence Vincent, Writer - Tyron Frampton, Writer - Isaac Holman, Writer - Mike Dean Mwa, Co-Producer, Drum Programming - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
EarthGang, featured artist (vocals) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Richard Isong, Writer - O. Fann, Writer - E. Parker, Writer - P2J, Producer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Joan As Police Woman, featured artist (Producer, Vocals) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Joan Wasser, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Goldlink, featured artist (Vocals) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - R. Nielson, Writer - D. Carlos, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Moonchild Sanelly, featured artist (vocals) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - S. Twisha, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
JPEGMafia, featured artist (vocals) - Chai, featured artist (vocals) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - B. Hendricks, Writer - K. Obata, Writer - M. Obata, Writer - Y. Matsui, Writer - Y. Mizutani, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited.
Tony Allen, featured artist (vocals, drums, Writer) - Skepta, featured artist (vocals, songwriting) - Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, vocals, instrumentation, songwriting, director, producer) - A&R Producer (Remi Kabaka Jr., drum programming, percussion, songwriting, live drums, producer) - Stella Page, Strings - Ciara Ismail, Strings - Kotono Sato, Strings - Izzi Dunn, Strings - J. Adenuga, Writer - Samuel Egglenton, engineer - Stephen Sedgwick, mixing engineer - John Davis, mastering engineer
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
Album review
Two years after they returned to the scene with The Now Now, an album without any featuring artists, Gorillaz are going back to what they love doing best: collaborations. The singles were released sporadically throughout 2020 with a high-flying lineup. Damon Albarn released one song per month, with the whole thing making up Season 1 of Song Machine. The album opens with the brilliant and highly relevant track Strange Times featuring Robert Smith. Damon says that he worked with the singer from The Cure entirely over email. “What I gave Robert was something very vague. He completely and utterly made it what it is” he said. It’s a masterpiece that’s perfectly fitting for the pandemic. In the long guestlist we find Beck on The Valleys of the Pagans, Leee John on the soulful The Lost Chord and the sweet high notes of Imagination, Peter Hook and the young singer Georgia on the post-punk song Aries, Fatoumata Diawara on the hypnotic Désolée (where Albarn even sings in French) and the raunchy punk rap of Momentary Bliss with slowthaï. The more you listen to it the more you can appreciate its richness. That’s what makes the album so good: it brings together incongruent artists who take the songs in a whole range of different directions. You never know where you’re going next. The Gorillaz lead you through a whole array of styles, adding a common varnish to each layer. The Deluxe edition includes six new tracks including MLS with JPEGMafia and the excellent Opium by the Southern duo EarthGang who are signed to J Cole’s label Dreamville. This is an eclectic, profound and very large scale project that’s stamped with Albarn’s impeccable production. And we’ve even got Season 2 and a Netflix documentary to look forward to! © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:00
- Main artists: Gorillaz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., © 2020 Gorillaz Partnership Under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited., ℗ 2020 Gorillaz Partnership
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