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May 6, 2024 · Damon Albarn (born March 23, 1968, Whitechapel, London, England) is an English musician who found fame as the front man for the rock band Blur and as the main creative force behind the pop group Gorillaz but was also noted for his eclectic output as a composer, producer, and collaborator. Albarn, whose parents were involved in London’s ...
How much does Damon Albarn weigh? Damon Albarn weighs 163 lbs (74 kg). What shoe size does Damon Albarn wear? Damon Albarn’s shoe size is 11.5 US (11 UK, 45 EU).
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Damon Albarn is an an English-Icelandic singer and songwriter who gained fame as frontman of rock band Blur, though as of late, Albarn has been more active as a member of Gorillaz, Africa Express, Electric Wave Bureau and as a solo artist. He has released two solo albums named Everyday Robots and The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows.
Past projects of him include Albarn & Benediktssen, Malian Musicians, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Monkey, DRC Music and Rocket Juice & The Moon.
Born in Whitechapel, London England, Albarn's early life was spent living in Leytonstone with his parents Hazel and Keith and his sister Jessica. His family then lived in Turkey for a few months. When he turned ten, his family moved to Colchester, Essex, England due to the needs of his father's teaching career. Albarn then attended Stanway Comprehensive School. He met future Blur guitarist Graham Coxon at school and found they both liked similar bands, such as the Jam, the Kinks, and the Human League.
After finishing secondary school, Albarn moved to London to attend the East 15 Acting School, losing contact with Coxon. He concluded after one year's stay that he was a terrible actor and instead took up writing and performing music. Some of the songs he wrote in his early recording days later became Blur songs, such as "Birthday" on their debut album, Leisure. At the age of fifteen, he won an award for "Young Composer of the Year".
Blur
In 1987, Albarn would stumble into a studio called The Beat Factory in order to record demos, forming a short partnership with owner Marijke Bergkamp, forming and joining various groups. In 1988, Albarn enrolled at Goldsmiths College in New Cross, London, England; he took a part-time course which he claims he did "just to get on campus" - coincidentally the same college childhood friend Graham Coxon was studying at. Damon would join a band called Circus in 1988, comprised of a friend of his he knew from East 15, Eddie Deedigan, and his friend Dave Brolan. The band could continue to expand and grow until Dave Rowntree ends up joining, alongside Graham Coxon later on. A series of arguments leads all of the other members besides Damon, Dave, and Graham leaving, resulting in Alex James joining on bass. They'd rename themselves to Seymour, before playing a handful of concerts and recording tapes - but then they signed to Food Records in 1990, under the condition that their name be changed to "Blur". As of now, Blur has released eight full-length albums, five of which went to #1 in the United Kingdom and all of which reached the top 15. Albarn has written the lyrics to nearly every song released by the band since their formation. They released Leisure, Modern Life is Rubbish, Parklife, The Great Escape, Blur, and 13 in the 90s, as well as Think Tank in 2003. The band then went on hiatus, with Albarn publicly stating he was waiting for the return of Graham Coxon, who originally left the band prior to the release of Think Tank, to produce more Blur material; however, Coxon has refused to return, and Albarn stated in September 2005 that he will play guitar on the next Blur record. Albarn Quoted, "If Coxon won't return then I'll be playing guitar but it'll just be fast punk songs. Why don't I get another guitarist? Because there's none better than Coxon." In 2009, Blur reunited with Coxon returning as their official guitarist after nearly a decade. They released the singles "Fools Day", "Under The Westway" and "The Puritan" from 2009-2012 and eventually released The Magic Whip in 2015. In 2023, various dates for festivals were announced in which Blur would be playing at, and in May 2023, Blur's ninth studio album The Ballad of Darren would be announced.
Solo Career
Albarn released Mali Music in 2002. As the name suggests, the album's recording sessions were done in Mali and in collaboration with Malian Musicians, a trip he made to support Oxfam in 2000. He has also visited Nigeria to record music with African drummer Tony Allen. Albarn says he would like to produce a Blur album in Baghdad as he "likes the Iraqi style of music". He also released Democrazy in 2003, a collection of demos he recorded while staying in hotel rooms on the U.S. portion of Blur's tour for Think Tank. Albarn has also appeared on other unrelated works. His song "Closet Romantic" appeared on the soundtrack for Trainspotting alongside an early Blur recording, "Sing". Fatboy Slim's 2004 release Palookaville featured Albarn's vocals on the song "Put It Back Together". Albarn provided the voiceover intro and backing vocals in the song "Time Keeps On Slipping" for the rap concept album "Deltron 3030". The album was produced by Dan the Automator, who also produced the Gorillaz debut album. Albarn also composed the score with collaboration by Michael Nyman for the 1999 movie "Ravenous" with Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle. It is described as "an eerie mix of symphonic orchestrations and clunky ragtime" which went arguably well with the movie's cannibalistic themes. In 2012, he released the soundtrack to his opera Dr. Dee, and in 2014 he released his first official full length solo studio album Everday Robots, which was followed up by The Nearer The Fountain, More Purer Stream Flows.
Albarn had a long-standing relationship with Elastica frontwoman Justine Frischmann. His involvement with her profoundly influenced his songwriting in Blur in the late 1990s. "Beetlebum," the opening track and chart-topping hit single from Blur, is said to be about Frischmann's heroin addiction. 13, Blur's sixth album, presents strong overtones brought about by their break-up. He now lives in Notting Hill, London with artist Suzi Winstanley and their daughter Missy who was born in 1999.
Albarn is openly anti-war and has spoken out against wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2002 he took out full-page advertisements in the NME challenging the need for war, along with Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, which they paid for personally.
In 2005, Albarn, among others, criticized the London Live 8 concert for not featuring enough black artists; this resulted in the addition of Ms. Dynamite, Snoop Dogg, and Youssou N'Dour to the programme. Albarn said he didn't want to perform in the concert because he thought it was too "exclusive" and may have been motivated by self-gain.
In the nineties, he spent a good deal of time in Reykjavík and for a time he became something of a permanent fixture in the "Kaffibarinn", a bar/café of which he was part owner. All its regular patrons were full of stories of his drinking abilities, considered somewhat impressive even by the local Icelanders. His current relationship with the bar is unknown.
•••Someone described “Merrie Land” as a bad acid trip. Having had a few of those in my lifetime, I can accept that. - Damon Albarn, Q magazine.
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•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.
•He is left-handed.
•He is a fan of Chelsea FC.
•He isn't the speaking voice of 2-D, instead, Kevin Bishop provides the speaking voice, with Nelson de Freitas being the previous voice actor.
•His Zodiac Sign is Aries.
•Atsushi Ōkubo (A Japanese manga author) named the main character (Maka Albarn from Soul Eater) after him.
Solo albums
•Democrazy (2003)
•Dr. Dee (2012)
•Everyday Robots (2014)
•The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (2021)
Collaboration albums
Damon Albarn. Music Department: Ravenous. Damon Albarn was born in Whitechapel Hospital, London. He was the son of Keith (a former luminary of England's late-1960s psychedelic rock scene that yielded Soft Machine and others) and Hazel (a stage designer for Joan Littlewood's theatre company).
Damon Albarn was born on 23 March, 1968 in Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom, is a Singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist. At 52 years old, Damon Albarn height is 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm). Damon Albarn.
