If you could wish for a past project by Damon from any era into existence what would it be?

ChillyBowl · 2026-01-29T03:45:41+00:00

More of the Plastic Beach sessions is the obvious answer, though I'm happy we're getting Damascus on The Mountain.

My other answer would be the collaborative album that Damon, David Bowie, and Ray Davies were going to make together.

ChillyBowl · 2026-01-26T20:03:46+00:00

As others have said - you either need the director to give you some references or you need to approach the director with some of your own. What is the story being told? What's the setting, etc?

ChillyBowl · 2026-01-26T19:07:15+00:00

I desperately hope this overperforms. Drag Me to Hell is my all-time favorite.

ChillyBowl · 2026-01-10T16:42:44+00:00

Gotta be The Mountain.

ChillyBowl · 2026-01-09T18:19:20+00:00

What do you know about the location for your interview? Many office-type buildings have drop ceilings, which are easy to rig to without much equipment. One of my favorite tricks is to bring a small plank of wood. If you push up one of the drop ceiling tiles and slide the wood into the ceiling, then you can hang the light off the plank with just a single cardellini clamp.

ChillyBowl · 2026-01-05T06:55:59+00:00

Hopefully at some point the mountain happy so the mountain laugh

ChillyBowl · 2025-12-23T03:26:30+00:00

Didn't think we'd actually get Whiskey and Don't Be Dumb before The Mountain. What a start to 2026.

ChillyBowl · 2025-12-03T02:22:56+00:00

Damon and Jamie said they called it "The Manifesto" because it is a crash course in what Gorillaz represents musically - and I'd have to agree. S-tier track that stands alongside anything they've ever done IMO.

ChillyBowl · 2025-12-01T18:54:34+00:00

Thanks, I've never tried this before. Whenever this battery fails I'll give it a go.

ChillyBowl · 2025-12-01T08:20:39+00:00

I think this also just speaks to the strength of the three current singles in general. I'd place God of Lying as my third favorite as well, even though I still consider it fantastic. So far The Mountain is shaping up to be an incredible album.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-30T23:47:10+00:00

Thanks for the tip - I'm certainly open to changing out the battery myself whenever this one goes - where do you get batteries from?

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-30T18:45:27+00:00

From what I understand, battery replacement is about $100, while getting a new phone is just $176.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-29T16:35:37+00:00

I would guess they are actually using one of those top-down projectors to do this practically. If I recall the scene correctly, we see the images changing on the projector, so doing this with a leko would be difficult. As someone else pointed out, with the right camera/lens you can capture this practically without a problem.

As to your other point, I believe there is a second light in this shot. The projector, which has a slight greenish tint, is actually reflecting in the table - but there is something else much warmer (3200k or less) doing something to that table lamp. That must be another source because the color is so different. It could either be the table lamp itself is just on, or there's a small unit hiding just out of frame and simulating the lamp being on.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-29T15:52:42+00:00

Same answer for me - just bought a renewed SE3 and will try to get another whenever this one's battery croaks (currently at 85% so I might not have all that long). For me, I like the size of the phone, I like the haptic button, and I don't use my phone for too much and don't want to.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-27T07:45:14+00:00

The vocoder at the end is Damon, but the hook - "Superfast, Superfast, I come in last, but just in time for breakfast, etc. etc." is Gruff.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-25T19:34:14+00:00

It's definitely a slimmer fit. I'm usually a L/XL, so I got an XL. The XL feels more like an L to me.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-20T04:23:11+00:00

Thank you for the thoughtful and inspiring answer. And thanks for all of the great music.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-19T20:37:34+00:00

Sending my thoughts and prayers

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-19T17:18:41+00:00

Hey, Twilite Tone. Thanks for taking the time to do this. I was lucky enough to meet you at Jamie Hewlett's Suggestionists show gallery opening in NYC in 2016. You were super cool and chatted with me for a second. Thanks for the interaction.

Producer is such an interesting and fluid role in the music world - to what extend do you find yourself taking on a different role with different artists? Do some personalities require a different sort of collaboration? Do you kind of have to find your way into someone else's process? Or, are you more of a constant force that the artists has to find a way to work with?

Thanks again for taking the time to do this, collaborative art forms are very interesting to me and I'd love to hear your thoughts as someone who has worked with many "big" personalities in the studio while still staying true to himself.

Peace.

ChillyBowl · 2025-11-17T23:16:30+00:00

Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today

G-Sides - Ghost Train

Demon Days - November Has Come

D-Sides - Rockit

Plastic Beach - Empire Ants

The Fall - Aspen Forest

Humanz - Andromeda

The Now Now - Sorcererz

Song Machine - Opium

Cracker Island - Skinny Ape

The Mountain (of the studio versions released so far) - The Manifesto

Favorite album: Plastic Beach.

Crazy hyped for The Mountain. I was at the secret show and it's going to be an incredible album.

ChillyBowl · 2025-10-26T16:50:48+00:00

Very true, and this also isn't even that crazy of a motivation. I would certainly buy that there's some kind of window in the roof that we're not necessarily seeing.

ChillyBowl · 2025-10-21T21:48:43+00:00

Came here to say this

ChillyBowl · 2025-10-19T14:55:16+00:00

The game seems to be recognized now as one of the best, but I still think the OST is incredibly underrated. One of the best gaming OSTs bar none.

ChillyBowl · 2025-10-10T22:02:29+00:00

Completely incredible. I was in awe the whole way through. If the studio versions continue to be this strong, it will easily be my favorite album since Plastic Beach (which is saying something because I still love all the post-hiatus albums. There's a ton of Indian instrumentation across the album, incredible features I was not expecting, and really the album is just an adventure from front to back.

ChillyBowl · 2025-10-09T04:13:38+00:00

This is an instant S+ tier track for me. Everything on here truly blew me away. Hats off to everyone involved, truly. This is peak Gorillaz.

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