Damon Albarn and Kaktus Einarsson team up for joyful new single ‘Gumbri’
nme.comDamon Albarn and Kaktus Einarsson have joined forces for the new single ‘Gumbri’, from Einarsson’s upcoming album ‘Lobster Coda’.
Check it out below.The collaboration follows years of the pair working together, beginning in 2007 when a then-15-year-old Einarsson played trumped on the Gorillaz track ‘Stop The Dams’ from their compilation album ‘D-Sides‘.
Then, in 2014, he flew from his native Iceland to London to work on Albarn’s debut solo album ‘Everyday Robots‘, and two years later Albarn remixed Ballerina in the Rain’, a track from Einarsson’s band Fufanu.‘Gumbri’, seems them team up for their first track together as solo artists, and marks the first single from ‘Lobster Coda’, which will be released October 25.
You can pre-order here.Einarsson says the idea to collaborate was spurred “after one or two margaritas on New Year’s Eve”. In a press release, the musician said: “We were chatting about music, the future and playing some demos.
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