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	Damon Albarn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Damon Albarn, born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London, is a English vocalist and keyboardist who initially gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur.
		Albarn also composed the score with collaboration by Michael Nyman for the 1999 movie "Ravenous" with Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle.
		Albarn has on numerous occasions used the alias "Dan Abnormal" (an anagram of his name), most famously in the title of a hit song on Blur's 1995 album The Great Escape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Damon_Albarn (1050 words)

	Blur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With Damon Albarn's wry lyrics and 'mockney' vocals, Graham Coxon's remarkable guitar work and the group's pop mastery, Blur were one of the leaders of the Britpop movement.
		It was lyrically dominated by the end of Albarn's turbulent relationship with Justine Frischmann, Elastica frontwoman, as well as their battles with heavy heroin and alcohol addictions provoked by that relationship.
		In 19 October 2005 Albarn disclosed information for Xfm about the band's next material for an "aggressively laid back" Blur EP to be released sometimes this year and the likelihood of some low key gigs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blur (2376 words)

	Damon Albarn \| Blur \| The Gorillaz
		Damon Albarn, Angela Rippon, Ruby Wax, Tilda Swinton, Stephen Frears, Helen Fielding, Harold Pinter and Tony Benn are among those who are making sure the campaign to keep the PO open gets plenty of press.
		Albarn and 3-D are working with CND and the 'Stop The War' coalition, who are organising an awareness campaign at the potential perils of such a strike.
		Damon Albarn was raised in Leytonstone by parents Hazel and Keith.
	www.mynottinghill.co.uk /nottinghilltv/faces-damon.htm (1908 words)

	The New Yorker: The Critics: Musical Events
		Albarn, who writes the band’s songs and plays almost all the instruments, could now make music with whomever he pleased, and without the problems that plague live groups—members who show up hung over at rehearsals or photo shoots, or who simply quit.
		Albarn’s triumph is in preventing his friendly tootling from becoming cloying; he succeeds no doubt partly because he co-produced the Gorillaz albums with hip-hop artists, the first one with Dan (The Automator) Nakamura, the second with Brian Burton, a.k.a.
		Albarn didn’t appear at the front of the stage until the end of the show, when he joined a Chinese zither player, Zeng Zhen, to perform a delicate song called “Hong Kong.” Albarn, dressed in a fl short-sleeved Fred Perry shirt and baggy jeans, looked more like a stagehand than the evening’s mastermind.
	www.newyorker.com /critics/music/articles/051128crmu_music (991 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Albarn's artistic roots are directly traceable to his parents, a pair of ex-hippies with cultural interests.
		Albarn's transformation from Essex pop star to cultural globalist is traceable to the moment when, at the peak of Britpop, he realised that he had lost faith in the mythical undercarriage of "Englishness" which had carried the band's work up to that point.
		Albarn was the first pop star to voice disgust at the Government's imposition of university tuition fees, which he saw as a massive disincentive to young people hoping to attend university.
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /music/features/article324507.ece (2038 words)

	Gorillaz-Unofficial Damon Albarn Biography
		Damon Albarn created the concept of the Gorillaz with Jamie Hewlett when they were living together in a flat in London in 1997.
		Damon is the musical director of Gorillaz; he writes all the basic ideas for the songs (though sometimes collaborators are co-credited, and also some songs do come together in the studio), he decides which artists will appear on Gorillaz songs and he oversees all studio work for Gorillaz songs.
		Damon also provided the voice of 2D at the Gorillaz Phase One live shows, but does not do the 2D speaking voice.
	www.gorillaz-unofficial.com /biography/damonalbarn.htm (678 words)

	defining blur - damon albarn.
		Damon flew to Mali in July 2000 to work for Oxfam's 'On the Line' campaign, which was set up by Channel Four broadcaster Jon Snow and aims to highlight countries situated along the Meridian line and the positive links between the West and the developing world.
		It was Damon's first solo score, and he also contributed five solo tracks to the soundtrack: One Day At A Time, Kevin On A Motorbike, Dying Is Easy (see here for lyrics!), Chase After Gallery and Bank Job.
		Damon Albarn appears on track "Ten eleven" on the Terry Hall/Mushtaq album "The Hour Of Two Lights" from 2003, where he sings and plays melodica.
	hem.passagen.se /bryony/blurdamon.html (1020 words)

	CMT.com : Damon Albarn : Biography
		The frontman for Brit-pop icons Blur, singer Damon Albarn was born March 23, 1968, in London.
		Albarn later studied drama before joining the little-known synth pop outfit Two's a Crowd; at 15, he also won the regional heat in the Young Composer of the Year contest.
		With 1994's Parklife, Albarn's songs revealed an altogether new sophistication, his wry social commentaries and clever melodies evoking the great British pop tradition of bands like the Kinks and the Jam; the album made Blur the most popular and most influential band in England and captured a rabid cult following abroad as well.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/albarn_damon/bio.jhtml (311 words)

	Chris' Music Snobbery: My Time with Damon Albarn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Damon Albarn is hugging me and he won't let go.
		All I could think of, "Did Damon Albarn just plant a smooch on me?" I'm actually glad he did it, not many guys can say that they got a kiss from another guy, who happend to me a major rock star.
		When Damon was done talking with the birds, he walks by and we grab hands in the bro handshake form and he said, "I hope you had a good time.
	musicsnob.blogs.friendster.com /chris_music_snobbery/2006/04/my_time_with_da.html (1887 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Albarn criticises Live 8 concerts
		However Albarn said it was the "greatest oversight" not to include many fl and world music artists on the bill for the London gig.
		Albarn also said there should be "some kind of tariff" on record companies.
		Albarn, who released an album with musicians from Mali in 2002, said he had not been asked to play at Live 8.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/4079644.stm (497 words)

	Why We Love Blur --- Ink Blot Magazine
		The sun was setting spectacularly over the fields of Pilton, and Damon Albarn was on top of the world.
		That was Damon at the peak of his powers, charming the world, lovable and gregarious and charismatic in all the ways "indie" bands weren't supposed to be.
		Parklife became the Bible of Britpop and Damon became the poster boy and chief pundit.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /We_Love_Blur.htm (703 words)

	Afel Bocoum/Damon Albarn/Toumani Diababte - Mali Music on Honest Jons \| International - Department [musica obscura] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Way back in the Summer of 2000, Damon Albarn (of Blur and Gorillaz fame) headed off to Mali in conjunction with Oxfam's 'On The Line' project, which focused on life and culture along the Greenwich Meridian.
		The recordings, which Albarn joined in on using a battered melodian, collects a the various sounds of the club, concerts, street corners, bars, and boats of Bamako (the capital city) and its surrounding villages.
		As Albarn states quite bluntly, his goal is to get everyone into the music of Mali, and with an album as remarkable as this, he may very well get his wish.
	www.musicaobscura.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/departments/page_number/1/startprod/1/endprod/12/Department_id/18/detail_id/2250.htm (251 words)

	Band Members: Damon Albarn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Damon Albarn was born on March the 23rd, 1968, in London.
		When Damon was ten, the family moved to Colchester.
		Damon went to a drama school called "East 15" and he once won a regional heat of a "Young Composer of the year" competition.
	www.expage.com /damblur (160 words)

	Gorillaz are back and animated as ever - ALTERNATIVE ROCK - MSNBC.com
		Albarn: The album exists kind of in the nighttime entirely except for the last song, which kind of alludes to a new day.
		Albarn: Yeah, last year I switched on the radio and I thought the loudest bleep out there was Brian’s so I reined him in.
		Albarn: The whole Gorillaz concept is one for mavericks; it’s a way for people who never have a chance to work together being able to ally behind the cartoons.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/8134568 (904 words)

	gorillaz_news: Damon Albarn releases 'Democrazy'
		The album, which is to be released on Albarn’s own label, Honest Jon’s, is limited to just 5,000 copies.
		Albarn goes on a UK tour with Blur later this month to promote the band's latest album ’Think Tank’.
		Damon records an album's worth of demoes; some 'definitely' intended for Gorillaz album two
	gorillaz-news.livejournal.com /4244.html (295 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Timeline: Blur v Oasis after Britpop
		As Blur played the 1999 Reading Festival Damon Albarn told the audience that he and Alex James had taken ecstasy before they appeared on BBC One show Top of the Pops in the early 1990s.
		Damon Albarn formed hiphop act Gorillaz with artist Jamie Hewlett DJ Dan "The Automator" Nakamura and rapper Del Tha Funkee Homosapien.
		Damon Albarn set up his own record label Honest Jon's and named its first release Mali Music his collaboration with African musicians Afel Bocoum Toumani Diabate and Ko Kan Ko Sata Doumbia.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/4151510.stm (1683 words)

	SPIN.com: Damon Albarn Extends the Olive Branch
		Following in the footsteps of recent band reconciliations like the Pixies, Damon Albarn of Blur is trying to lure Graham Coxon back to the fold.
		Albarn has been busy with the Gorillaz while Coxon is busy launching a fairly successful solo career.
		Albarn shouldn’t hold his breath, though, as Coxon told NME earlier this year that a Blur reconciliation is, “Not in the cards.”
	www.spin.com /features/news/2005/05/05162005_blur (133 words)

	Rolling Stone : Damon Albarn Goes Gorillaz
		Focused around Albarn in the role of "2D," a vocalist plagued by migraine headaches, and featuring the imaginary "Noodle," a ten-year-old Japanese guitarist who Federal Expresses herself to the band, Gorillaz recorded their full-length album in Jamaica during Blur's 2000 hiatus.
		Albarn and Nakamura first collaborated on Dan The Automator's 2000 single "Deltron 30/30." Nakamura is also known for his production on the 1996
		Fans will be happy to learn that Albarn has said that he intends to go back to the songwriting aesthetic achieved on their smash 1994 album Parklife.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5931648/damon_albarn_goes_gorillaz (240 words)

	BBC - 6 Music - Blur's "stupid" new album
		Damon Albarn says the sound of the Blur album will be different to previous releases, because he's now playing guitar.
		Speaking to a Hong Kong radio station - Gorillaz were recording their War Child track in the city - Albarn also talked about another album he's working on.
		Damon Shouldnt worry about the new blur album, no matter how 'stupid' it is theres always gonna be one person who love's anything Damon Comes up with, If Damon has anything to do withit, then its nothing but alround brillience!!!
	www.bbc.co.uk /6music/news/20050928_albarn.shtml (304 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Mali Music: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This CD was constructed in layers--after Albarn had edited down his 40 hours of raw material, he created collages with new melodies and beats and then sent his tapes back to Mali, where extra vocals and instrumental work were added.
		Albarn is clearly motivated by a love of Malian music but he's not afraid to mess with it when he feels the need.
		Albarn mainly contents himself with orchestrating the whole thing and playing simple melodica melodies, with just the occasional understated vocal thrown in.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000636ZT (1079 words)

	Damon Albarn: Democrazy: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		But as much as the fates have smiled on Blur's frontman, no amount of conceit warrants the release of half-baked ideas masquerading as songs, even if that release is mercifully limited to a homegrown 10-inch vinyl pressing of 5,000 copies.
		The 14 tracks that constitute Albarn's Democrazy are symbolic of both his creative process and celebrity hubris.
		It's not as though there's a shortage of Albarn releases in the world, and besides, his omnipresence neutralizes any mystique that might kindle interest in how a Blur song is born.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/a/albarn_damon/democrazy.shtml (282 words)

	Blur News - Blur Talk - Think Tank - Blur - Damon Albarn - Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines - Blur Blur News
		Blur and Gorillaz singer, Damon Albarn, is writing a stage musical based on life in London's Notting Hill, to be performed at London's National Theatre some time next year.
		Singer Damon Albarn has revealed that with no sign of Coxon rejoining his old band, Blur will record the follow-up to 'Think Tank' without an additional guitarist.
		Albarn was recently quoted as saying he’s waiting for Coxon to rejoin the band before thinking about a new Blur record.
	www.blurtalk.com (1487 words)

	Damon Albarn Height - Albarn's
		Damon Albarn's height is 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
		Albarn could definitely straighten up and Law probably could too.
		Images are © to their respective owners and are used in researching and to illustrate and comment upon perceived differences in celebrity heights.
	www.celebheights.com /s/Damon-Albarn-2388.html (429 words)

	Closet Romantic
		Damon & Alex...originally part of a bigger picture, but I cropped it.
		Damon head shot...his eyes look especially lovely here.
		The cover picture (of Blur, with Damon featured) is really good, and the article is good, too.
	www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/Towers/8986 (243 words)

	Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) : interview
		Prior to the phenomenon that was Gorillaz, chirpy mockney Essex boy Damon Albarn was of course best known as Blur's front man - and for having arguments with Oasis.
		Albarn assumes the mantle of the proud father.
		For someone with a musical career as fascinatingly varied and successful as his, Damon Albarn really doesn't need to be shown the way.
	www.musicomh.com /interviews/damon-albarn.htm (1711 words)

	X-clusive: Damon Albarn On Band Aid
		As well as helping out serving tea and biscuits to the assembled musical masses (Bono’s idea apparently), Blur frontman Damon Albarn took time out to speak to Xfm about the continued support Band Aid, and Africa needs from everyone.
		Speaking to Xfm during the recording of Band Aid 20 at Air Studios in North London last night, Albarn explained why he came down to the session and why he sees the Band Aid single as only a starting point for musician’s involvement in Africa.
		Albarn also explained his hopes that the day itself will represent the reinvention of a more politicised musician.
	www.xfm.co.uk /article.asp?id=53836 (358 words)

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