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...date - with or without its resident guitar slinger. Despite the new breakthrough, Albarn says, "I don't mind if I'm still called Britpop. We are British and we are popular. It's actually quite an apt description." The band had recently pursued side-projects, notably Albarn's virtual dub band Gorillaz, which sold 5 million albums and allowed him to collaborate with an international mix of musicians. Some influences naturally stuck. "You can't help but move on from whatever point you last made music," says Albarn. "It maybe came out more than it would have done if Graham...
...Both Gray and Ball disavow any knowledge of the mess of buttons and samplers that sit behind drummer Olly Peacock onstage, from whence come the skittish beat of “Detroit Swing 66” and the manic piano riff of “Army Dub.” But perhaps the most impressive element of the show is the band’s ability to reproduce the rich vocal harmonies from their albums live with near-Beach Boys faithfulness and beauty...
...title just about says it all. For all those who remember the blissful summer pop anthem of 2001, “Clint Eastwood” and its accompanying animated video, your favorite cartoon musicians are back—and this time they’ve brought friends. Dub remixes have a long and honorable history (for another classic see Mad Professor’s remix of Massive Attack’s “Protection”), and Laika Come Home leaves one wondering why everyone doesn’t go for a dub restyling of their albums...
...titles (fully a third of which contain the word “dub”) are the titles of the original music from the Gorillaz album. Yet the songs bring out entirely different aspects of the songs, turning them all into bouncy, bass-heavy, tripped-out…well, dub. “Clint Eastwood,” which was fairly dublike to begin with, is reincarnated here as “A Fistful of Peanuts.” It retains little to tie it to its pop-song parent, featuring new vocals from Spacemonkeyz Earl 16 and U Brown...
...College of Art. Though it has since fallen into abeyance, Toneburst set a precedent for leftfield electronics in Boston’s house and techno-centric club scene. The group hosted DJ and live performances that culminated in a self-produced disc of excursions into hip-hop, jungle and dub...