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THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

ADAM BUXTON

APR 20

EP.269 - JAMIE HEWLETT & DAMON ALBARN AKA GORILLAZ

Adam talks with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz about not giving a f**k, being born in the 60s and growing up in the 70s and 80s, duetting with Mark E Smith and Lou Reed, why Damon isn't as impressed by Van Morrison and Coldplay as Adam is, partying too hard with Ant and Dec, trying to get The Spice Girls into Stockhausen, Dads, the new Gorillaz album 'The Mountain' and the experience of trying to make peace with mortality in India that inspired it. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 22nd January, 2026 THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM SAILY 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code buxton at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/buxton ⛵ NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/buxton Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up' Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee' Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS GORILLAZ - THE MOUNTAIN TOUR 2026 DAMON ALBARN'S SONGWRITING ROUTINE, USING GARAGEBAND TO CREATE BLUR SONGS ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2023 (YOUTUBE) DAMON ALBARN: STUDIO TOUR, 'CRACKER ISLAND' COACHELLA - APPLE MUSIC - 2023 (YOUTUBE) DAMON ALBARN - THE CULTURE SHOW SPECIAL - 2014 (YOUTUBE) DAMON'S STUDIO 13 (WEBSITE WITH STUDIO PICS AND GEAR LIST) THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SUPPORT ACTS ANNA B SAVAGE - THE GHOST - 2022 (YOUTUBE) THE CINDYS - ETERNAL PHARMACY - 2026 (YOUTUBE) TALIABLE - SCRUB - 2025 (YOUTUBE) CLÉMENTINE MARCH - FIREWORKS - 2025 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1h 25m
07/11/2023

Damon Albarn

Over the course of his 35-year career, Damon Albarn has reached international fame with two very different bands. In 1988, Damon created the rock band Blur with three friends in his native London. Blur started out as what Damon calls a “classic art school band.” They quickly moved to the forefront of the ‘90s Britpop explosion along with their formal rivals, Oasis. After a series of successful albums with Blur, Damon started Gorillaz in 1998 with cartoonist Jamie Hewlett. Dubbed as the world’s first virtual band, the Gorillaz rotating lineup includes collaborations with De La Soul, Stevie Nicks, Bobby Womack and Lou Reed. The band pulls influence from electronic music, hip-hop and world music, and over the last 25 years, Gorillaz has been wildly successful—selling over 30 million albums worldwide. Despite having found such success, Damon has never stopped exploring his artistic potential. He’s written an opera, released solo and side projects, and recently, he reunited with Blur to release the band’s latest album called The Ballad Of Darren. On today’s episode Leah Rose talks to Damon Albarn about what it’s like for Blur to headline international music festivals in 2023. Damon also reveals how Gorillaz are about to undergo a major paradigm shift. And he explains how, according to family lore, John Lennon and Yoko Ono first met at his dad’s counterculture art gallery in London. You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite Damon Albarn songs HERE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

43 min
11/22/2021

S2 EP7: Damon Albarn

S2 EP7: Damon AlbarnJoining me to discuss his travel and holiday stories this week is the brilliant musician - Damon Albarn. With the nights drawing in and summer feeling like a distant memory ‘Life’s A Beach’ everyone’s favourite travel podcast is back to give you all the vitamin D you need. More celebrity passengers unpack their travel suitcases dishing the dirt on their holiday high-jinks. Buckle up, sit back and enjoy the inflight entertainment!! Boy it’s great to be back!Thanks, Alan. xxPlease subscribe and review. Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: hello@keepitlightmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

46 min
11/11/2021

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn joins Zane in studio to talk about his new album, ‘The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows'.

41 min
02/07/2022

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn is a man whose whole creative ethos is based on change. His career spans over three decades now, with thirty albums released. His band Blur have released 8 studio albums, with Park Life released in 1994 the same year that Oasis released Definitely Maybe. It defined an era, making Blur synonymous with the 90s and the term Britpop. As co-founder of Gorillaz with Jamie Hewlett he has sold over 25 million records worldwide. He is prolific collaborator, forming various bands, like The Good, the Bad & the Queen with Paul Simonon of the Clash, Simon Tong of the Verve, and Tony Allen of Fela Kuti and Rocket Juice And The Moon, again with Tony Allen and flea from Red Hot Chilli Peppers. He’s worked with the Strokes, Bobby Womack, De La Soul and so many more! Damon has also created film scores, composed an opera, written music for a musical called Wonderland and is one of the people behind the Africa express movement, a platform for exchanges between African and western musicians. Damon is 53 now, with a grown up daughter and spends him time between London and Devon and Iceland, where he has just received Icelandic citizenship. He is as busy as ever. His latest solo album The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows, has had rave reviews and is out now. You can buy it here: https://damonalbarn.ochre.store/?ffm=FFM_bc82b474204774cc44f23dbfe8711498 We met at Damon’s studio in Tottenham before Christmas and had a lovely meandering conversation starting with Damon as a teenager going through bullying in school, moving to rural Essex, the start and the end of Blur, the inception of Gorillaz, social media addiction, metal detecting, and being witchy … Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

40 min
FEB 19

GORILLAZ in Studio!

Klein/Ally Show: The Podcast

13 min
03/03/2023

Damon Albarn

Zane travels to London to catch up with Damon Albarn at Studio 13 to talk about the making of Gorillaz latest album, “Cracker Island”.

47 min
FEB 19

HOUR 3- Gorillaz in Studio, Klein's Tooth Fairy Note and MORE

Klein/Ally Show: The Podcast

33 min
JAN 16 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Gorillaz

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett talk The Mountain.

40 min
06/29/2023 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Blur

Damon Albarn joins Zane to talk "St. Charles Square."

1h 7m
09/27/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Gorillaz: The Cracker Island Interview

Damon Albarn talks through the band’s LP Cracker Island.

49 min
10/07/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Gorillaz

Damon Albarn talks making and collaborating on Cracker Island.

14 min
FEB 12 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

War Child Records: Damon Albarn

Damon talks working with Grian Chatten and Kae Tempest on Flags.

8 min
03/03/2023 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Damon Albarn

The mastermind behind Gorillaz joins to talk Cracker Island.

1h 2m
10/24/2020 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Damon Albarn

Elton John talks “Strange Timez” with the Gorillaz leader.

1h 4m
11/14/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Blur

Damon Albarn talks about Blur's 'Parklife' anniversary plans.

1h 60m

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