Gorillaz will release their 'Song Machine' collaborations as an expanded album and add a glittering list of collaborators to the tracklist
They will also be performing a live show in December with songs from ‘Song Machine: Season 1 - Strange Timez’
by Jemima SkalaGorillaz are releasing their ongoing ‘Song Machine’ collaborations together as an album. The album, entitled ‘Song Machine: Season One - Strange Timez’, will be released on October 23.
Their most recent ‘Song Machine’ episode saw Gorillaz collaborate with Robert Smith on ‘Song Machine: Strange Timez’. and will see Gorillaz collaborating with a myriad of different artists across a whole spectrum of genres.
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‘Song Machine: Season 1 - Strange Timez’ will be 17 tracks. As well as collating the previous ‘Song Machine’ collaborations with ScHoolboy Q, Octavian, Skepta and Tony Allen, Peter Hook and Georgia, slowthai and Slaves, and Fatoumata Diawara, the album will see Gorillaz collaborating with a myriad of different artists across a whole spectrum of genres.
The feature list includes: Beck, Elton John, Kano, Leee John, Roxani Arias, St Vincent, 6LACK, CHAI, EARTHGANG, Goldlink, Joan As Police Woman, JPEGMAFIA, Moonchild Sanelly and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
If that wasn’t enough, on December 12 and 13, Gorillaz will perform a live show with songs from ‘Song Machine: Season 1 - Strange Timez’. The performance will be streamed across the world, available in three different time zones.
For more information on ‘Song Machine Live’, click here.
Jemima Skala is Mixmag’s Weekend Editor. Follow her on Twitter
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