Damon Albarn - Dr Dee - "What’s a rock songwriter — Damon Albarn, of Blur and Gorillaz — doing composing an opera about an Elizabethan alchemist? The best answer might be: conjuring."

Damon's new album, Dr Dee, is out now

Dr Dee is 18 tracks of songs and music inspired by the life of John Dee, mathematician, polymath and advisor to Elizabeth I. Described by Albarn as ‘strange pastoral folk’, Dr Dee is a fitting companion to the end of another Elizabethan age. The album combines Albarn's voice with early English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds.

Dr Dee was recorded late last year in Albarn’s West London studio and also in Salford with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The album was mixed by Valgeir Sigursson in Reykjavik.

Dr Dee will be available on CD, vinyl and as a digital download.

Discover more at the official website http://dr-dee.info

July 4th, 2011 at 5:06AM

"What’s a rock songwriter — Damon Albarn, of Blur and Gorillaz — doing composing an opera about an Elizabethan alchemist? The best answer might be: conjuring."

Jon Pareles reviews Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee for the New York Times

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