The Mountain CD + Black 2LP

The Mountain is Gorillaz 9th studio album. The album is a collection of 15 new tracks featuring artists and collaborators including Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Asha Bhosle, Asha Puthli, Bizarrap, Black Thought, Gruff Rhys, Idles, Jalen Ngonda, Johnny Marr, Kara Jackson, Omar Souleyman, Paul Simonon, Sparks, Trueno and Yasiin Bey as well as the voices of Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Dennis Hopper, Mark E. Smith, Proof and Tony Allen. Produced by Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton, Remi Kabaka Jr. and Bizarrap Orange County, The Mountain was recorded in London, Devon, Miami, Jaipur, Mumbai, New Delhi and Rishikesh and features artists performing in five languages Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish and Yoruba. The artwork for The Mountain sees Jamie Hewletts distinct, yet everevolving, style illustrate the world of Gorillaz with an ever more detailed and beautiful intricacy across a series of handdrawn illustrations. Circumstances find Murdoc Niccals, Russel Hobbs, 2D and Noodle in India, where our heroes are immersed in the rhythms of mystical musicmaking as they navigate the mountainous terrain of this thing called life.