Plastic Beach

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Noodle then grabs her briefcase and opens it, revealing a gun, and passes the crew member while heading out, presumably to face the pirates. It features guest appearances by such artists as Snoop Dogg, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, Mark E. Also absolutely no pops, warping, distortion, or complaints whatsoever with the vinyl, which is a really attractive bright red. According to Mojo magazine's Danny Eccleston, the album reprises the "combination of stupid-fresh pop melody, 21st-century hip hop substructure and catholic cast of collaborators" featured on Demon Days, [29] while Miles Marshall Lewis of The Village Voice observed "funky electroclash" and hip hop elements in the music. British garage rock band The Horrors were invited to play on the album after Albarn heard their 2009 album Primary Colours.

Damon Albarn got the idea for Plastic Beach while on a beach next to his house: "I was just looking for all the plastic within the sand", he said. A new picture of the band was published on 9 December 2009 on the cover of the UK edition of Wired magazine. His full length debut on Daptone Records is equal parts raw feeling and elegance and exudes confidence and charm. The labels on sides B and D have a smaller gap at the top between the outer white text compared to other releases. We've started work– I've done a lot of visuals and Damon's done a lot of music but we haven't figured out how they're going to fit together.

Russel's ident has him stomping off of the edge of a pier and diving into the ocean, presumably headed to Plastic Beach for reasons unknown. The first time Albarn went to Mali, he was taken to a landfill where he observed how differently rubbish was dealt with compared to England; he had previously visited a landfill outside London to record the sound of seagulls for the album.

Over its 40 years in business, PIAS has grown to be one of the largest independently-owned music groups in the world, carving out its own in-house recorded music division PIAS [Recordings]. Out of the 13 short clips, only two of the clips had audio that would eventually end up on the album. Purchased a copy of this record yesterday, and have just noticed that the Matrix/Runout on my copy is slightly different (BB28469-01 A5 instead of A1).Music [ edit ] Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon features on the track "Empire Ants", with instrumental support from the whole group. The minimix is an eight-minute composition of songs from the album, a number of which had not been previously released. Lawrence Vaughan of DIY saw it as combining " world music and a more subdued lo-fi electronic sound. He added, "I suppose what I've done with this Gorillaz record is I've tried to connect pop sensibility with .