Description

The Mountain” is Gorillaz ninth studio album, a collection of 15 new tracks featuring a stellar list of artists andcollaborators including Bizarrap, IDLES, Omar Souleyman, Sparks and Yasiin Bey to name a few, as well as the voicesof Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Dennis Hopper, Mark E. Smith, Proof and Tony Allen. Produced by Gorillaz, JamesFord, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr. and Bizarrap (Orange County), “The Mountain” was recorded in London,Devon, Miami, Jaipur, Mumbai, New Delhi and Rishikesh and features artists performing in five languages: Arabic,English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba. The artwork for “The Mountain” sees Jamie Hewlett distinct, yet ever-evolving,style illustrate the world of Gorillaz with an ever more detailed and beautiful intricacy across a series of hand-drawnillustrations. Circumstances find Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, 2D and Noodle in India, where our heroes areimmersed in the rhythms of mystical music-making as they navigate the mountainous terrain of this thing called life.