Music
New Gorillaz album out before Christmas, recorded on an iPad
by Ciaran Thompson
November 12, 2010
The latest issue of British music mag NME contains a cover story interview with Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn who says he’s recorded a new album while on the road in North American with the help of his iPad.
“I’m going to try and put [it] out before Christmas,” Albarn said. “It’s a studio album made in hotel rooms across America. I’ve made it on an iPad. Which is ironic, being the sort of technophobe and Luddite that I am. But I fell in love with my iPad as soon as I got it, so I’ve made a completely different kind of record.”
In addition to catching on with the latest and greatest in music making technology, Albarn also said the sound of the next Gorillaz album will be slightly different than what we’ve heard thus far. “It’s probably more American-sounding than Blur. It sounds like an English voice that has been put through the vocoder of America.”
The band’s third LP Plastic Beach was released in March.
