Damon Albarn – The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:50 minutes | 445 MB | Genre: Folk, Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Transgressive
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows was originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland. This last year has seen Albarn return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks which further explore themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth. The result is a panoramic collection of songs with Albarn as storyteller. The album title is taken from a John Clare poem Love and Memory.
Albarn says “I have been on my own dark journey while making this record and it led me to believe that a pure source might still exist.”
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Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:39 minutes | 899 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
Everyday Robots, the first fully-realised Damon Albarn solo album, features twelve songs that invite the listener into Albarn’s world for a genuine “one-to-one”. They are the most soul-searching and autobiographical since his musical journey began. This album is quite clearly about his experiences, from early childhood right through. Ghosts of Albarn’s boyhood in Leytonstone and Colchester walk hand-in-hand with reflections on life and love, on nature versus technology. The album was recorded in Albarn’s 13 Studio in London and produced by Richard Russell, head of XL Recordings.
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Damon Albarn – Dr Dee (2012/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:13 minutes | 494 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
Damon Albarn is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the lead singer of the British rock band Blur and co-founder, vocalist, instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz. “Dr Dee” is a soundtrack for “Dr Dee: An English Opera”. This 18 track work inspired by the life of John Dee (1527-1608), mathematician, alchemist, philosopher and advisor to Elizabeth I. Described by Albarn as “strange pastoral folk,” the music of Dr Dee is a fitting companion to the end of another Elizabethan age. The album combines Albarn’s voice with early English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds.
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