| Bananaz on ThisisLondon website, Ceri quotes - reminder of showing tomorrow (and new Saturday date) |
[posted by 2-J on Friday 10 July 2009|00:04am] |
To tie in with the London screening of Bananaz today (Friday) ( at Kensington Odeon, London 6pm) website thisislondon has a short article with a few quotes from director Ceri Levy. There is also the sad confirmation that the film won't get a wider release, with an Odeon spokeswoman saying: "The film had an online premiere and that went towards the decision as to why it wouldn't be screened. It was already out there."
Ceri says: ""It's kind of weird but in this day and age cinemas don't want to spend money on anything if it doesn't have explosions and battles and isn't a sure fire hit. People should be able to see films that are slightly obscure or left of centre. It's a tragic shame - and Bananaz looks fantastic on a cinema screen. It's nice to do the Notting Hill festival. I filmed all the tours around the world by jumping on the tour bus so it became part of the tour expenses,". Check out the full piece on the thisislondon website here
UPDATE: The Odeon Kensington has listed another showing, Saturday 11th July at 14:30. Get tickets for any of the three dates here.
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| The Horrors work on a track for Gorillaz third album |
[posted by 2-J on Monday 6 July 2009|00:15am] |
theres.a.bomb.in.the.lasagna sends the news that the UK band The Horrors have worked on a track that may appear on Gorillaz' third album, (working title: Plastic Beach, scheduled for release in the first half of 2010).
A member of the band comments in this video on youtube: "Funnily enough we actually recorded a track with Damon recently which is possibly going to be used on the next Gorillaz record. And we met Jamie... so yeah, maybe there is a possibility of that happening." (this comment is made at around 0:50 on the video).
Damon played a track by The Horrors on his Radio 1 takeover show earlier this year, a show which he hinted would give many clues as to some of the artists which would feature on Gorillaz album 3. Read more about The Horrors on Wikipedia here. Check out their latest videos on Youtube:- Who Can Say | Sea Within A Sea .
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| Bananaz showing at Kensington Odeon London - 10th July (UPDATE 05/07/09 - NEW SCREEN TIMES) |
[posted by 2-J on Wednesday 24 June 2009|14:20pm] |
Gorillaz documentary film Bananaz will get a screening to open the Notting Hill Film Festival on 10th July at the Kensington Odeon in London. (UPDATE: Ceri Levy informs us that the screening will begin at 7pm on the day)UPDATE #2:- We have received updated information about the screening. It will take place at 6pm on 10 July and there will be an additonal screening on 15 July at 10:30pm.
You can now buy tickets by following this link.
And on a related noted, the magazine Loaded has a short review of Bananaz on their website here.
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| Gorillaz track to feature in next Dance Dance Revolution game |
[posted by 2-J on Wednesday 24 June 2009|14:10pm] |
mrpane911 sends the news that a Gorillaz track will feature in the latest (and forthcoming - due out November 2009) game in the popular Dance Dance Revolution franchise. The game will be released on Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Wii and XBox 360. News item on Joystiq.com here, Wikipedia entry here
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| Happy Birthday Murdoc! |
[posted by 2-J on Saturday 6 June 2009|15:39pm] |
Murdoc Niccals, Gorillaz bass player, turns 43 today! Happy birthday Murdoc!
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| Happy (belated) birthday Russel! |
[posted by 2-J on Saturday 6 June 2009|15:04pm] |
Russel Hobbs, world-famous Gorillaz drummer, turned 34 on June 3rd. Happy Birthday Russel!
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| Ceri Levy Bananaz interview on BBC World Service - listen again online / third album mention |
[posted by 2-J on Saturday 6 June 2009|14:50pm] |
Ceri Levy, Bananaz director, was interviewed on the BBC World Service on its daily arts show Strand on Thursday (June 4th). You can listen to the interview online on the BBC site here - well worth a listen.
As part of the interview, the presenter refers to an interview with Eslam Jawaad broadcast on a previous edition of Strand the week before. According to the presenter, Eslam spoke about how some of the Gorillaz' third album had been recorded in Syria, already (fans may remember Damon saying that he was going to Syria in April to record material for the third album, during his Radio 1 appearance in January).
Finally - as previously reported on Gorillaz-Unofficial, Ceri has a Twitter account twitter.com/bananazceri and has been answering questions posed by fans on Twitter, so if there's something you'd like to ask him sign up and pose your question.
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| Review of Bananaz in The Sun |
[posted by 2-J on Saturday 6 June 2009|14:48pm] |
The UK national paper The Sun reviewed Bananaz in its 5th June edition. Bananaz was awarded 4 stars out of 5, and given a positive review. Check out the review on The Sun's website here.
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| Bananaz general release on DVD |
[posted by 2-J on Monday 1 June 2009|15:16pm] |
Bananaz, Gorillaz' documentary movie is generally released on DVD this week and is already available from many retailers worldwide. ( If your local store doesn't have it you could grab it from Amazon, who ship worldwide: Amazon UK | Amazon USA. All the DVDs are region free and there are PAL and NTSC DVDs available - the PAL/NTSC thing isn't an issue if you just want to watch the DVD on your PC)
With the official release the DVD extra content is finally revealed in full.
There is around 62 minutes of extra footage on the DVD not featured in the main 92-minute film.
The first 50 minutes of bonus footage is comprised of 8 short pieces linked with interview material from Damon and Jamie (and a few other random clips as well). These are:-
CLINT EASTWOOD: The full 2001 Radio 1 session version, with footage of the band performing intercut with shots from the Clint Eastwood video and Gorillaz pictures.
LIVE IN JAPAN: A collection of footage from Gorillaz' 2001 trip to Japan, including clips of Damon and Jamie being interviewed by Japanese journalists, clips from the concerts behind the screen, and various band members shopping and eating in Japan.
LET'S GET DIRTY REMIX: Footage of Dan The Automator and Damon in the studio, recording the Gorillaz remix of Redman's 'Let's Get Dirty' including Damon playing guitar.
THE SNEEZE: clips of Jamie recording the Moose's sneeze for the 19/2000 video, but at the end of the sequence Jamie reveals Damon has insisted on doing the sneeze himself so their work will have to be scrapped.
D12: A long sequence of members of D12 arguing in the studio during the recording of the track 911, followed by parts of the 2002 performance of 911 live in New York (as seen from behind the curtain), which included Terry Hall as well.
HELLO AMERICA: footage of Phil Cornwell recording the audio for the Phase One Gorillaz thanks speech, followed by Damon and Jamie interviewed before and after failing to win the MTV Award they were up for (which went to Mudvayne).
BILL MURRAY FEATURING THE BEES: lots of footage of the recording of the track Bill Murray, including all the members of the band The Bees. Nelson De Freitas is also seen in the studio.
FOOD CHAIN: Footage of the recording of the unreleased Gorillaz song 'Snakes And Ladders' a contender for the Demon Days album, which featured Roots Manuva. The basic music track (without Damon's vocals) and Roots Manuva rap from Snakes and Ladders was used on the Martina Topley-Bird B-Side 'Soldier Boy'.
After the 50 minutes is up there is then a further bonus extra, a 12 minute sequence of Jamie and members of the 2002 North American tour band (including Cass, Haruka and Jamal Grey) visiting Teotihuacan (an Aztec ruin) in Mexico. Mostly it's the tour guides talking.
There are no other extras or commentaries on the disc.
Gorillaz-Unofficial reviewed the film in July 2008 (you can read the review and interview with Ceri Levy the director here) and with the lovingly-compiled extra footage included we rate this DVD a 9/10! (one mark off for no commentary with Damon and Jamie!!).
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| Gorillaz track to feature in Guitar Hero 5 |
[posted by 2-J on Monday 1 June 2009|14:39pm] |
Jag was the first to send this in:- a Gorillaz track is set to feature in Guitar Hero 5, according to the official Guitar Hero 5 site here. A track by Damon Albarn's band Blur is also set to feature.
More information on Guitar Hero 5 on Wikipedia here. The game will be released on XBox 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii and is set to be released on September 1, 2009. Gorillaz-Unofficial will post the Gorillaz track information as soon as it's released.
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| Gorillaz third album working title 'Plastic Beach' according to De La Soul; more album info |
[posted by 2-J on Friday 29 May 2009|17:02pm] |
The current issue of Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Pos from De La Soul. You can check it outline here. Pos talks about De La Soul's new Nike mix tape album and also chats about the third Gorillaz album.
Pos says that the working title of Gorillaz' third album is 'Plastic Beach'. He says that De La Soul have contributed to two tracks which are in contention for the album's final tracklisting, the working titles for these are "Sloped Tropics" and "Electric Shock" (the latter of which, fans will remember, was premiered in demo form earlier this year on BBC Radio 1). Pos also adds: "From what we've heard, it sounds amazing. To me, quite honestly, it sounds better than the last album."
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| New Murdoc interview in this week's NME |
[posted by 2-J on Wednesday 27 May 2009|16:01pm] |
This week's NME (Kasabian cover) has an interview with Murdoc to coincide with the release of Bananaz on DVD (available from June 1st).
Murdoc mentions that he's "been scooting all around the world again, grabbing bits and pieces of the big, dirty sonic jigsaw to make a third 'Rillaz-style bad-boy soundtrack." He's "commandeered the talents of some very, VERY special cats this time. Not just like N-Dubz or something... real old school talents". "It's even got a donk on it!" he adds, finishing by saying "It's still in the oven, but as soon as this baby's cooked I'm sure you'll smell it a mile off... yeah, baby!"
To read the full thing, including Murdoc's thoughts on the Blur reunion, check out the scan by clicking 'Read More' below.
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| Q magazine reviews Bananaz (4 stars) |
[posted by 2-J on Wednesday 27 May 2009|15:59pm] |
The UK music magazine Q has a positive review of Gorillaz' documentary movie Bananaz in this month's issue. Check out the scan by clicking 'Read More' below.
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| Mention of Damon continuing to record Gorillaz 3rd album |
[posted by 2-J on Wednesday 27 May 2009|15:57pm] |
The UK's Daily Star newspaper has an (indirect) mention of Gorillaz' 3rd album in today's edition. The small article mentions that Damon has let the band Magistrates use his studio but, as Magistrates singer Paul Usher is quoted as saying "While recording, Damon came in and was like: 'I need the studio back for half an hour to record a Gorillaz track.". Check out the news on the Daily Star website here.
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| 2D's 31st birthday |
[posted by 2-J on Saturday 23 May 2009|23:59pm] |
2D, Gorillaz singer and keyboard player, is 31 today (May 23rd). Happy birthday 2-D!
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| EDITORIAL |
"OF DRUMMERS, GHOSTS AND EXISTENCE"
"This is why, after reading the recent interview with Mr. Hewlett, I was stunned. He said, “But I don’t know if I accept the idea he’s underused. He has had quite a lot happen to him." For a good ten minutes, I sat, rocking back and forth in my chair. How could it be that Russel Hobbs was not an underused character? Sure, he speaks in Rise of the Ogre, in interviews. Sure, he went though the emotional pain of first witnessing the death of his best friend, then being possessed by him, then having his soul ripped from his body-but still. Why does Jamie think that Russel is just as equally used as, say, Noodle?
Once I started to ponder the idea further, however, I realized something"
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| UPCOMING... |
BANANAZ
Feature length documentary film (92 minutes duration) taking a behind-the-scenes look at the Gorillaz project, featuring footage shot over 7 years. Made in cooperation with the Gorillaz co-creators. Online premiere (streaming video) on babelgum.com on 20 April. Worldwide DVD release first week of June.
GORILLAZ' THIRD ALBUM
Currently in the making. Anticipated 2010 release.
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