Damon Albarn is better without Blur

I wish the Dean of Melbourne "Con"servatorium of Music had told me that I could become Damon Albarn if I continued studying ethnomusicolagy.

H1 = First Class Honours = I heart Music Cultures of Asia

I could have done 2nd, 3rd and 4th year Ethnomusicology subjects too but I thought there was no future in studying world music.

I've just been looking at an extremely high resolution picture of my hero. Click it... it's massive. I get a bit gooey when I think about him. Even when he's covered in tomato.

For a Britpop sun of a gun, he's released some seriously out there sh*t. Travelled the world, researched his arse off, immersed himself in African and Asian music cultures and written produced some amazing music.

BLUR told everyone (a couple of months ago) that they're reforming... I don't know whether to lose my shit in excitement or crack the shits out of disappointment)

Damon, doesn't need Blur...

Here's a reverse chronological 5 song tour of Damon "tomato lover" Albarn and some of the amazing music he's written and played since. He don't need Blur.


Heavenly Peach Banquet - Monkey
One of the best songs written last year. Full stop. It's From his Chinese Opera. "Monkey - Journey To The West"
Continues my love of songs where I can't understand the words... I actually found a translation to the words while researching this... a little disappointing... its about a garden full of tasty Peaches. But it's wayyyy better than anything made by 'the presidents of the USA' Oh Yes the music is blissful. Blithful.

Kingdom Of Doom - The Good The Bad and The Queen
take 1 part Blur add, 1 part The Clash (Paul Simonon), add to one part Afro Beat Legend (Tony Allen, Fela Kuti etc...) and one part The Verve (Simon Tong)... This is a supergroup I'd love to cook to breakfast with. mournful, acoustic, afro, dub, pop, ballad - never heard anything like it.

The Last Living Souls - Gorillaz
Gorillaz first album was good... but had some filler. Gorillaz 2nd album was ridiculously freakin awesome... produced by Danger Mouse... this is the first track off that album... it sets the tone for a hip-hop, rock, pop, jazz, gospel, cartoon musical adventure. I think this is where Damon entered the stratosphere. The Live DVD of the album is a feast for the eyes too.

Niger - Mali Music
In 2000 Mr. Albarn traveled to Mali as an ambassador for Oxfam, along the way meeting and playing with dozens of musicians.

"He recorded his collaborations and returned to his London studio with more than 40 hours of music. "I spent two years figuring out how I could turn it into something that would satisfy me as a musician but also make some kind of cross-cultural link" - BBC

Then released this dreamy album in 2002.

Coffee and TV - BLUR
Back to his roots. Nuff Said. Pretty wickid but he's moved on.