The New Breakfast Snob - Gettin’ Damonic w/ Sonrisa - July 14, 2012

The New Breakfast SnobThe New Breakfast Snob – Gettin’ Damonic w/ Sonrisa – July 14, 2012

This week on the Snob, Sonrisa of The Crunge  fills in for Allan with a two-hour snapshot of the broad scope of vocalist/instrumentalist/composer/producer Damon Albarn's career thus far. Playlist and podcast info (and a video of Mr. Albarn reading the Fantastic Mr. Fox) after the jump.

A Key to Damon's Involvement in Each Project:

(V) = Vocals

(SV) = Spoken Vocals

(BV) = Backing Vocals

(I) = Instrumentalist

(P) = Producer

(C) = Composer

An entertaining glimpse of Albarn's involvement in a literacy campaign.

Some factoids:

[1] In addition to Dan the Automator adopting the alias Nathaniel Merriweather for the Lovage project, Damon Albarn's vocal track is credited to nom de guerre Sir Damien Thorne VII of the Cockfoster's Clan.

[2] Albarn, (DJ) Danger Mouse, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong collaborated for album The Good, The Bad & The Queen. They decided, however, to keep this super group nameless.

[3] The Fall was recorded entirely on Albarn's iPad while on tour.

[4] Rocket Juice.. is an afro-funk project by Damon Albarn, Flea (bass, Red Hot Chili Peppers) & Tony Allen (a Nigerian drummer).

[5] The barely noticeable backing vocals Albarn provided for this track are credited to 2D of Gorillaz. Albarn has several collaborations with the trip-hop legends, including vocals on "Saturday Come Slow" off 2010 release Heligoland and a remix of the group's iconic "Angel" this first track on Mezzanine (1998).

Some bonus tracks I couldn't squeeze in to the snob today. Advisory: Some didn't make the cut due to FCC restrictions (explicit content) – I'm lookin' at you, Snoop.

Time Keeps On Slipping – Deltron 3030 (V) â–º  Min Yaati Kalbou Lil Melah – Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra (P) â–º Bang – Blur off the band's first record Leisure (1991) (V, C) â–º

Glacier – Damon Albarn & (C) Sumthing Like This Nice – Snoop Dogg feat. Gorillaz (V) â–º Awfully De[EP] – Roots Manuva (P) â–º Mr. Whippy – The Good, The Bad, and the Queen feat. Eslam Jawaad off the Herculean single B-side (C)

And now, the playlist…