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Back to: Archive · 2000 Damon's a lone arranger from the NME, 11 November 2000. Damon Albarn has spoken of his plans to record a solo project in aid of Oxfam, and his hopes of taking Blur out on tour. Speaking to Tim Lovejoy on London radio station XFM last week (November 2), Albarn said a recent visit to Mali inspired the idea of a charity compilation. He said: "I'm making a record at the moment, not really for Oxfam, but the profits from it, if there are any profits, not presuming that anyone will buy it, but if they did then we're definitely gonna work in conjunction with Oxfam and the projects that I saw when I was out there (Bamaco in Mali). "I'd never been to Africa before, so I was just dumbstruck when I arrived. It's very poor, but also they're very resourceful. On the second day when I was there I went to the big market, which is a recycling market. Imagine going to a land tip, but everything there has all been divided into little piles and they're using everything that's been thrown away again to make something else. I was told by somebody there when I told him how much I earn in a year, that it was... the equivalent to one tenth of the wage given to Malian workers per annum..." Albarn said the album was being recorded "during the days instead of going to the Q Awards." Albarn also talked about Blur's future plans. He said the band kept together via "text message", and were "definitely going to consider touring again". Blur plan to return to the studio later in the year to continue work on their next studio album. |