Gorillaz team up with Korg for remix app

Following the release of their iPad album The Fall, Gorillaz and Korg develop a remix app.

Korg, you may well know, is a legendary electronic instrument company responsible for a generation of sounds.

They've joined forces with imaginary band Gorillaz to create a beatbox for the iPad via the iELECTRIBE synthesizer engine.

The app has 128 Gorillaz sounds and 64 preset grooves from the rather minimalist new Gorillaz album The Fall.

The Fall has been mooted as the final album from the cartoon band.

Check it out at the Gorillaz' website here and get tweaking the virtual knobs.

Would you like to dance?

Friday is a day of the week that is representative of an awful lot of different things.

At the end of a week in which most of the control of the trajectory of my short-term financial dealings has been removed from me, I just want to indulge in a bit of mindless dancing. That being said, it has been a surprisingly positive week. All the more reason for dancing, I say.

So this sexy-disco remix will do nicely.

Gorillaz - Dare (DFA remix) [via YouSendIt for 7 days]

Gorillaz

Okay, so the performance by Gorillaz last night was hit and miss. I didn't particularly enjoy the first 30-40 minutes. I was singing along, but it lacked that essential connection you need. The bass apparently was non-existent. As was Mos Def due to tragic personal circumstances. Which would I have been my personal highlight. I adore him.

But when they were whacking out the guest appearances toward the end it really got an awful lot better. I disliked Damon Albarn, a lot. I don't know why. He doesn't normally irritate me that much, but I suppose it has something to do with normally being around that dick Coxon.

Anyway, I digress. Gorillaz might have got panned by the Guardian. But I've never trusted that paper after they gave reference to tytoc collie in a Blog Roll Call. Questionable fools. I thought for all the pressure that was on them to replace U2 and orchestrate all of those guests, it was pretty great.

But I sure am glad I didn't shell out £50 to go see them on tour in the autumn. The whole illusion being broken of the real-life band. The lack-lustre performance in many parts. The lack of co-ordination. I'd rather keep my money. But as a Gorillaz fan, I felt a pang of pride.

I've been singing this all day.

Gorillaz Ft. Mos Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Sweepstakes [via YouSendIt for 7 days]