Damon Albarn - Who Is Dr Dee? (An Interview with Ben Woolley)

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12 жыл бұрын

An interview with Ben Woolley discussing the history of Dr Dee. Dr Dee, a new studio album by Damon Albarn is out now- Order it here: smarturl.it/DamonAlbarnDrDee Discover more at dr-dee.info
"...a charming burst of folk-pop... and reminders of Albarn's gift with melody" The Guardian -- (4/5)
"The life of Dee...is beautifully sketched." -- MOJO (4/5)
"...the most compelling record that Albarn has made since Blur's 13" -- UNCUT (8/10 stars)
"possibly his most musically sophisticated and melodically rich work to date" THE TIMES
"a beautifully realised song cycle" The Sun-- 4½/5 stars
"A genuinely inventive work covering English identity, Imperialism and the occult." CLASH
"...one of the most dazzling works of recent years." -- RECORD COLLECTOR (5/5 stars -- Album Of The Month)
"these delicately woven ballads rival anything in the Blur or Gorillaz canon ...spellbinding music." THE TIMES
Dr Dee is 18 tracks of songs and music inspired by the life of John Dee, mathematician, polymath and advisor to Elizabeth I. Described by Albarn as 'strange pastoral folk', 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.
Dr Dee was recorded late last year in Albarn's West London studio and also in Salford with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The album was mixed by Valgeir Sigursson in Reykjavik.
Damon Albarn Dr Dee Live at One Fest, UK 14th April - onefestuk.com/
Watch Damon Albarn's Dr Dee Opera Live at the London Coliseum June 25 -- July 7, tickets from £15 Details here bit.ly/DrDeeENO
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@drviz 12 жыл бұрын

The background scenery in this is amazing. I love Damon Albarn.

@vacuumreality 12 жыл бұрын

we can all agree that damon albarn for the modern age is kind of what john dee was for the elizabethan epoch.

@jerdrick8621 Жыл бұрын

No way

@2111Grim 12 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@JamesSaintFiacre 7 жыл бұрын

Wish Damon would somehow bring this to New York or New England. It'd fit perfectly here!!! :(

@Hanoszka 3 жыл бұрын

Can we please appreciate how deeply spiritually erotic this album is? The stage that the opera took place on was in a shape of heptagram, 7-handed seal, which is associated with Kabbalistic Netzah, Venus, and is used as a seal of Babalon. John Dee has worked with the spirit Madimi, who got him to practice sexual magick and swap wives with Edward Kelly. Later her mother, Babalon (who some might know as Whore of Babylon) came to teach and guide him. Don't be fooled, these were no sweet Christian angels that taught him the basis of what later became a Golden Dawn, most famous order of ceremonial magick.

@jerdrick8621 Жыл бұрын

The fact that you take John Dee's name and make an opera about him doesn't make your music good. Damon being so pretentious about doing this.