Monkey - journey to the West

"There can't be many multimedia projects that are quite as satisfying and entertaining as this phantasmagoria of myth, music and mummery ... Throughout, there's a subtle accommodation between Chinese and European traditions, a gentle tug-o'-war between oriental folk and classical music modes, European electropop and avant-garde, nowhere more dramatically than in the marvellous "Monkey Bee", which builds through Chinese chant-song and glacial keyboard glissandi to a pounding art-rock climax. There's more than enough going on here to satisfy the most jaded of palates".

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"Som en fuldbyrdet globalist bevæger Damon Albarn sig frit og ubesværet mellem kulturer, fortid og nutid, myte og lavpraktisk virkelighed, mellem Kina, kitsch og kunst, mellem opera og pop samt håndterer en instrumentpark, der spænder fra den klassiske kinesiske strengeviolin, pipa, til en af de første syntetiske lydkilder, ondes martenet. Det er stor popkunst".

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