Damon Albarn - Composer - Share This..

Damon Albarn was born in London in 1968. As a member of Blur alongside Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, Damon released seven albums including Parklife, Modern Life is Rubbish and most recently Think Tank. At the forefront of Britpop, Blur went on to win 4 Brit Awards.

In 2000, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett created the most successful virtual band ever, Gorillaz. Their multi platinum debut album Gorillaz sold in excess of 5 million copies world wide. In 2005  Gorillaz released their second album Demon Days and went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration.

January 2007 saw the release of The Good, The Bad and the Queen, a collaboration with Paul Simonon, Simon Tong, and Tony Allen. The album was widely lauded and awarded Best Album by Mojo Magazine and also topped the end of year album poll in the Observer Music Monthly.

Monkey: Journey to the West is Albarn’s first full length composition for opera. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have produced the titles for the BBC's coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games. Damon Albarn also works with record label Honest Jons and collaborates with Africa Express. He lives in London.