The world’s favourite cartoon band The Gorillaz completely decimated the pyramid stage at the Glastonbury festival this weekend, with their amazing visuals by Jamie Hewlett and guest performers De La Soul, Mick Jones and Paul Simonen of The Clash, Bobby Womack, Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, Kano, Bashy, Mark E. Smith, Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and the Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music joining frontman and Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn taking from the 1st album to Plastic beach, this is definitely worth the watch!

Check out the special version of “Clint Eastwood” featuring Snoop Dogg Who also performed a dope set at Glastonbury earlier..CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT) and watch the full concert after the jump…

Clint Eastwood ft Snoop Dogg

Orchestral Intro

Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach

Last Living Souls

O Green World

Kids With Guns

Stylo

On Melancholy Hill

Rhinestone Eyes

Broken

Empire Ants

Dirty Harry

White Flag

Superfast Jellyfish

DARE

Glitter Freeze

Some Kind Of Nature

El Manana

Cloud Of Unknowing

Pirate Jet

To Binge

Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey’s Head

Feel Good Inc

The Gorillaz turned London on its head over the last week with performances on Jools Holland and then their live concerts at The Roundhouse featuring Mos Def, De La Soul, Kano, Bashy, Bobby Womack and Little Dragon. (Snoop Dogg wasn’t there but he was present via a pre-recorded video segment.

Watch the full concert below courtesy of MTV after the jump:

Hot off the press…

“Plastic Beach is set to arrive in Camden as the music of Gorillaz is performed over two nights at London’s Roundhouse on April 29th and 30th.”

With the announcement of two Gorillaz shows in London (their first full UK performance since Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House in 2005), expect performances from a selection of Gorillaz musicians and affiliates including Damon Albarn, Bashy, De La Soul, Mick Jones, Kano, Little Dragon, Mos Def, National Orchestra for Arabic Music, Gruff Rhys, Shaun Ryder, Paul Simonon and Bobby Womack.

“With songs from all 3 albums (Gorillaz, Demon Days and Plastic Beach) the Roundhouse dates will include full production, featuring video animation, artwork and film by Jamie Hewlett.

“Gorillaz latest album Plastic Beach recently debuted with chart success around the world, including #2 positions in the US and UK, and #1 chart positions in Australia and Austria. The album went to #1 in the Billboard Alternative Chart, and #1 in digital charts in USA, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon and Mick Jones, amongst others, are currently playing live rehearsals to members of the Gorillaz fan club. The first show was in Portsmouth last night they also play Bristol, Trinity, Cambridge, Brighton, Birmingham and Lincoln.”

GORILLAZ LONDON DATES:

THURSDAY 29th APRIL + FRIDAY 30th APRIL @ LONDON ROUNDHOUSE

Zane Lowe just premiered a new track from the Gorillaz on his Radio 1 show featuring De La Soul & Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), ‘Superfast Jellyfish’, taken from the forthcoming album Plastic Beach which will be released on March 8th.

LISTEN HERE:

The Gorillaz takeover continues. Loving the cover artwork featuring images of all the guest artists on the Plastic Beach album including Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Snoop Dogg, De La Soul, Kano, Bashy & more.
Look out for a world exclusive interview feature in the latest issue of Q magazine hitting shelves next week.

“Plastic Beach will be the last Gorillaz album ever released. You’ve heard it from me…direct.” – Murdoc Niccals

So says Gorillaz’ bass player in Q’s world exclusive feature on the star-studded return of Britain’s favourite animated heroes. Featuring new artwork by Jamie Hewlett, behind-the scenes photos plus interviews and quotes from Damon Albarn’s many collaborators and, of course, a unique look into life on “the most deserted spot on the planet”. Q 284 is simply too good to miss.

Mick Boogie and Terry Urban join forces on this mixtape celebrating 20 Years of De La Soul featuring Talib Kweli, Phife Dog, Colin Munroe, U-N-I, Tanya Morgan, Kardinal Offishall + Big Pooh, among many. Click the cover to download for free!

Spotted at 2dopeboyz

25^TH AUGUST 2009

SOULCULTURE.CO.UK PRESENTS:

AALIYAH REVISITED TRIBUTE EP

Eight years to the day after the tragic passing of Aaliyah Dana Haughton, the original princess of R&B, ten of today’s progressively soulful artists have recorded interpretations of their favourite Aaliyah songs for Aaliyah Revisited – a 2009 tribute EP internationally curated by urban-music-and-culture online magazine SoulCulture.

Available immediately as a free download package, Aaliyah Revisited contains eight songs featuring indie soul artist and occasional Brand New Heavies vocalist Sy Smith (currently providing backing vocals for American Idol), Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Marsha Ambrosius, rising London soul talents Tawiah and Baby Sol, NYC-based beauty creator Jesse Boykins III, Danish R&B/Soul sensation Jonas, saccharine Basement Jaxx vocalist Vula, London-based producer Black Einstein, plus international future starlet Nikko Gray with California’s ‘cosmic conductor’ AFTA-1.

Producer Colin Emmanuel of Black Einstein, who has worked with the esteemed likes of Eric Roberson, De La Soul, Beenie Man, KRS-One and Beverley Knight, enthuses, “I was – and am – a huge Aaliyah fan. She is one of my all time favourite female artists… whose output holds a very special place in my musical makeup… I rate her as a vocalist, not because she had an amazing voice, but because she knew exactly how to use her voice to the best results. Sometimes in the studio we’ll say ‘it needs an Aaliyah harmony.’ A very classy act; she was able to be sexy without having to put everything out there like most of today’s acts.”

“I feel quite honoured to have been able to do [Aaliyah Revisited] – not only because of my respect for Black Einstein and the other artists on the tribute but because Aaliyah was a teen icon and one of my idols as a teen,” says up-and-coming Londonite singer Baby Sol. “Aaliyah exuded confidence and her sexy yet understated persona was just so appealing. She was a bit of a tomboy which I related to but wasn’t afraid to glam it up as she grew into herself. I was growing with her…”

“I remember my brother having a poster of Aaliyah on his wall when she first came out and looking at her stomach thinking, ‘Wow wee, I want that stomach!’ I feel the same way now years later!” reminisces British soul artist Tawiah, who performed across the States last summer on tour with Grammy Award winning producer Mark Ronson.

To succinctly explain this EP’s existence, we turn to former Floetry member Marsha Ambrosius for the last word: “Aaliyah exuded confidence, she touched many people in such a short time and her legacy lives on through the wonderful music she gave us.”

For these reasons, we revisit.

DOWNLOAD Aaliyah Revisited directly from http://www.mediafire.com/?w2x2wvyjddm

TRACKLIST & INFORMATION

1. If Your Girl Only Knew (Syberized) – produced & performed by Sy Smith (Recorded & Engineered by: Grant Nicholas at Rumbo Studio C, Winnetka, CA)

2. Are You That Somebody – performed by Tawiah, produced by Jodi Milliner

3. I Care 4 U – produced & performed by Jesse Boykins III

4. It’s Whatever – produced by Black Einstein ft. Baby Sol

5. A Million Preludes – performed by Marsha Ambrosius

6. One In A Million – performed by Jonas

7. Rock The Boat – performed by Vula, produced by Jodi Milliner

8. ESP (A 4 Page Suite) – produced by AFTA-1 ft. Nikko Gray

DOWNLOAD LINKS: Mediafire | zSHARE | SendSpace

Artwork credits: Gabriielle.com | RizeOfTheRobotz | RealDownToMars Photography credits: Tamar Nussbacher (Tawiah) | Samuel Morton (Baby Sol) | Tya Anthony (Sy Smith) | PhotoByTone.com (Jesse Boykins III)