Damon Albarn: Dr Dee Out 5/8

NEW ALBUM FROM UK MUSICAL CHAMELEON

Dr Dee, a new studio album by Damon Albarn, will be released May 8 by Virgin Records on CD and vinyl or as a digital download.

Dr Dee is an 18 track work inspired by the life of John Dee (1527-1608), mathematician, alchemist, philosopher and advisor to Elizabeth I. Dee is a singular enigma: an Englishman so influential that he defined how we measure years, so quintessential that he lives on in Shakespeare’s words; yet so shrouded in mystery that he’s fallen from the very pages of history itself.

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.

Check out the album trailer below. Albarn will perform songs from the album Dr Dee at OneFest in the UK on April 14th alongside singers and musicians featured on the album, including Madou Diabate. Click here for more information.

Dr. Dee Tracklisting

1) The Golden Dawn

2) Apple Carts

3) Oh Spirit Animate Us

4) The Moon Exalted

5) A Man of England

6) Saturn

7) Coronation

8) The Marvelous Dream

9) A Prayer

10) Edward Kelley

11) Preparation

12) 9 Point Star

13) Temptation Comes In The Afternoon

14) Watching the Fire That Waltzed Away

15) Moon (Interlude)

16) Cathedrals

17) Tree Of Life

18) The Dancing King

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