The Church of Albarn

Devoted to Damon Albarn, the highest celestial being. Prayers every Sunday Sunday.

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Damon Albarn / BLUR / Christmas 1992

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DJ Koze about Damon

Koze has worked with some big names, including Damon Albarn, on Music Can Hear Us’ lead single, “Pure Love.” In 2015, Koze said, “I’m not gay at all, but a little bit I could imagine with Damon Albarn.”

“Did I really say that?” Koze says, snickering. “I don’t really know him, but as an artistic figure he is like a role model for me, how you can get old with dignity, be so open-minded, how you spend every day of your life making music, and of course, the musical genius, his expression, how he sings. For me he has a magic voice. It just hits me.”

He met Albarn at Coachella in 2022. They were in adjacent trailers, and, with Koze having remixed a Gorillaz track in 2019, Albarn introduced himself. They drank champagne and spoke about the writings of Hermann Hesse, and Albarn showed Koze that he speaks a little German. Albarn may well have aged with dignity as Koze says, but shortly afterward, Billie Eilish brought the Gorillaz frontman onstage during her headlining set and some of her fans mistook him for her dad.

DJ Koze interview x Rolling Stone, March 2025 [X]

+ Bonus, from Koze's 2015 Q&A

Rolling Stone: Who’s your favourite person to follow on Instagram? DJ Koze: I don’t have Instagram but if I did, maybe Damon Albarn. I’m not gay at all, but a little bit I could imagine with Damon Albarn. He’s a nice guy and he has a good attitude.

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Damon pls come home

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Blur gig in Dunoon, 1995 photos by Paul Postle [X]

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photo by Paul Postle [X] 15 Oct 1997, Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington. Previously unpublished.

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Never before seen photo of Damon from the last gig of Blur’s seaside tour. 20 September 1995, Ocean Room, Great Yarmouth photographer: Paul Postle [X]

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Damon Albarn

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damon albarn on the cover of NME Magazine (1994)

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HE WALKS ON WATER HE HAS RISEN

(IN WATER, WHATEVER, DON'T @ ME)

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From Missy's Instagram story

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GET THAT NEW FIT GRANDPA

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Blur - Reading Festival 1991

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damon albarn backstage at wembley arena (1995)

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I’m throwing rocks at him

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Damon photographed by Tom Sheehan from Japanese magazine InRock (February 1997), scan by @damonalbarn

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They are chanting at him now: "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus," they sing, and Damon just stands there staring out at them, like a kid at Christmas, half elated, half overwhelmed and lost. -Louise Wener, Just For One Day

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Damon Albarn, 1994 | Photo by Steve Pyke (Getty Images)

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photo by Naoki Kimura