Monday, July 16, 2018

Gorillaz





















Artist:  Gorillaz
Origin:  Essex, England
Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Rap, Alternative Hip Hop, Rap Rock, Trip Hop, Electronica

Original line-up:

Damon Albarn:  Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Percussion, Melodica
Jamie Hewlett:  Illustration, Visuals, FX

Simon Katz:  Lead Guitar
Junior Dan:  Bass
William Lyonell:  Rhythm Guitar
Cass Browne:  Drums, Percussion

Gorillaz are an English Virtual Band created in 1998 by Musician Damon Albarn and Artist Jamie Hewlett.  The band's 2001 debut album Gorillaz sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book Of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band.  The band has won other awards, including one Grammy Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award, three Brit Awards.














Title:  The Now Now  (2018)
Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Rap, Alternative Hip Hop, Rap Rock, Trip Hop, Electronica
Label:  Parlophone/Warner Bros.
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Humility (feat. George Benson) (3:18)
 2.  Tranz  (2:43)
 3.  Hollywood (feat. Snoop Dogg and Jamie Principle) (4:53)
 4.  Kansas  (4:08)
 5.  Sorcererz  (3:00)
 6.  Idaho  (3:42)
 7.  Lake Zurich  (4:14)
 8.  Magic City  (4:00)
 9.  Fire Flies  (3:53)
10. One Percent  (2:21)
11. Souk Eye  (4:35)

Personnel:

Damon Albarn:  Vocals, Guitar, Synthesiser
James Ford:  Drums, Bass, Guitar on Tracks:  1-3, 5, 8-11, Synthesiser  on Tracks:  1, 4-7
Remi Kabaka:  Percussion on Track 7

Additional Musicians:

George Benson:  Guitar on Track 1
Karl Vanden Bossche:  Percussion on Track 3
Snoop Dogg:  Vocals on Track 3
Jamie Principle:  Vocals on Track 3
Junior Dan:  Bass on Track 5
Abra:  Additional Vocals on Track 5
Graham Coxon:  Additional Guitar on Track 8

The Now Now is the sixth studio album by Gorillaz, released on June 29, 2018 by Parlophone/Warner Bros., featuring George Benson, Snoop Dogg and Jamie Principle.  The album reached No. 1 on Swiss Albums Chart and No. 2 on US Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart/US Billboard Top Alternative Albums Chart/Belgian Albums Chart.

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