The Monkey Crew. Highly inspirational.

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I know I've mentioned the word 'Fall' for multiple times on twitter, but I believe it has to be said just one more time. Although the album itself, at first glance, didn't seem as something valuable to me and was considered as the 'AGAIN Albarn has made something dull-ish', the true value of the concept unwraps itself only after a day or two of listening to it. Of course, Gorillaz has always been a very abstract and vague project right from the start - four digital muppets with somebody behind them. The debut was one of those things that has the potential of the group shining through the plastic cover, but that isn't just there yet. It had a few genius breakthroughs such as 'Latin Simone' and 'Dracula', but in whole it wasn't something I'd want to listen to from one end to another. 'Demon Days' though was the IT they were searching for. Electronic, free and completely awesome. The album that brought Gorillaz fame and the 100% song-rate I'd been waiting for. It was the thing that didn't ask you to open iTunes for the whole playback of the amazing number of !!!23!!! songs. Then came the grand phase of nothingness and complete desperation of the fans of the wild monkeys. 5 years passed and the 'Plastic Beach' was released just at my birthday. The greatest gift for me and I believe to millions of fans all 'round the world. The big buzz was highly boosted by the internet page, the whole 'island plot' and the mysteriousness of the pre-released single 'Stylo'. The many, many, many compilations Albarn had drummed up seemed very posh at start, but when reveled, didn't live up to their names. It was good, but it had gotten away from the luck formula of DD. Little more electronic and native-feel like. Interesting, but not genius. And to my surprise - the same year Damon drummed up the multi-collabed beach, he released something made 100% on iPad. That seems like something that should bring a more intimate feeling, shouldn't it? And there it was - a little misunderstood, elettronic and very less vocal like. It's not Gorillaz of their regular meaning. It's not 1001 people sharing the same job. And that's why it's so interesting. It's nothing about the good old guys/girls who used to sing'n'rap in the mic. It's Art in it's most true meaning. It's the new thing, the new standard for anything even remotely connected with electronic music or Gorillaz. Grab it while you can. Gorillaz - Fall