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A thread for collecting info on Gorillaz Sound System. reviews, pictures etc to be added here.

old logo (2007-2009)



new logo (November 2009 onwards)




Official website

http://www.gorillazsoundsystem.com (private site, viewing by prospective clients by invitation only)

Official biography

""Once upon a time, the Earth was ruled by manufactured pop and chaos reigned. From the chaos came Gorillaz: four intrepid heroes united as one, come to save us all... And following along behind, carrying the record box and wearing the headphones, came Gorillaz Sound System, the world's premier audio-visual party experience! Providing toe-tapping tunes and eye-popping Gorillaz visuals, G.S.S. is guaranteed to make any party go with a swing. Previous engagements for this funn -fuelled collective include spots at the launch of Dom Pérignon Oenothèque at the Langham Hotel, Berlin Fashion week party and the official Road to the MTV Awards at London's Bloomsbury Ballrooms. The hard-dancing partygoers at a G.S.S. bash are the only recommendation they need, but this lot also come with bona fide celebrity endorsement: "G.S.S. are the only people I'd trust to entertain my amigos apart from myself. The way I look at it, this is kinda like the Pope giving his blessing to another parish. And anyway I can't get the records out of those little paper cases, my nails are too long." Murdoc Niccals, Satanist Svengali and bass slayer of Gorillaz. If you have a party problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them; maybe you can hire... The G-Team."

Official press release for Creamfields described the act thus: "20 old school projectors projecting 360-degree Gorillaz visuals, and 4 DJs will DJ on the night "in Gorillaz Sound System gear".

Permanent Members:-

Up the Moscow show, (March 2009),
Nelson De Freitas (MC)
Remi Kabaka (DJ/drums/percussion)
Roland Hamilton (visuals)
DJs and vocalists varied.

From November 2009,
Remi Kabaka (drums / percussion)
DJ Kofi aka Kofi Obafemi (DJ)
Pauli aka Paul Stanley-McKenzie (drums)
Roland Hamilton (visuals)


other people who have performed as part of the sound system:-

Jose Carretas AKA Jodo ( http://www.myspace.com/joecarretas ) - DJ in first version of GSS
DJ Guy C ( http://www.myspace.com/djguyc ) - DJ in first version of GSS
Rosie Wilson - vocals
unknown female vocalist - vocals
Killa Kella - beatboxer


Number of DJs / projectors / performers has varied depending on the size of the event.

Official pictures (from the Bloomsbury Ballroom date)





Official mp3 samples

http://www.gorillazsoundsystem.com/swf/mp3/WebMix1.mp3
http://www.gorillazsoundsystem.com/swf/mp3/WebMix2.mp3
http://www.gorillazsoundsystem.com/swf/mp3/WebMix3.mp3



dates

23/10/07 Bloomsbury Ballroom, London, UK (private party - MTV Send Off Party) first date
27/02/08 Langham Hotel, London, UK (private party - Dom Pérignon Oenothèque Launch Party)
15/05/08 Festival House, Cannes, France (private party - 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People' launch)
23/08/08 Lovebox Weekender, Dublin, Republic Of Ireland (festival date)
24/08/08 Creamfields Festival, Liverpool, UK (festival date)
05/09/08 Telekom Slovenije event, Ljubljana, Republic Of Slovenia (one day festival)
18/10/08 Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria (festival date - Electronic Beats)
08/11/08 Creamfields Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina (one day festival)
15/11/08 Creamfields Festival, Santa Luzia, Brazil (one day festival)
22/11/08 Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia (festival date - Global Gathering)
23/11/08 The Esplande, Perth, Australia (festival date - Global Gathering)
29/11/08 City Pacific Doomben Racecourse, Ascot, Australia (festival date - Global Gathering)
30/11/08 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia (festival date - Global Gathering)
19/12/08 Rockhal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (festival date - ELECTRICITY)
20/12/08 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium (festival date - Exit '08 )
13/03/09 Expocentre Na Krasnoy Presne Showrooms, Moscow, Russia
06/11/09 la Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest, Romania (Windows 7 launch event)
11/12/09 Otto Santral, Istanbul, Turkey
12/12/09 312 Arena, Ankara, Turkey
31/12/09 Skopje Fair, Skopje, Macedonia
06/03/10 Tae Kwon Do Stadium, Athens, Greece (FAQ newspaper party)
19/03/10 Dubai Festival City, Dubai (festival date - Elements festival)
05/06/10 Gane HaTa'arucha, Tel Aviv, Israel (supporting Placebo - other acts on the bill too) - CANCELLED
03/07/10 Gdynia, Poland (festival date - Opener Festival)
15/07/10 Porto, Portugal (festival date - Marés Vivas 2010) - CANCELLED
25/07/10 Huntingdon, UK (festival date - Secret Garden Party)
12/08/10 Budapest, Hungary (festival date - Sziget Festival)
15/08/10 Burgas, Bulgaria (festival date - Spirit Of Burgas Festival)
26/08/10 Targu Mures, Romania (festival date - Peninsula Festival)
05/09/10 Merritt, Canada (festival date - Electric Mountain Festival) - CANCELLED


also this appearance, dates unknown:-

Unknown venue, Berlin, Germany (private party in Berlin Fashion Week)

hey i just had a thought/
you know how they were planning that whole 3D world tour and it got scrapped cause it was too expensive? maybe this was like what came from that, a live show w/ visuals that has prerecorded stuff but with DJs too

OMG THAT'S TOTALLY NEVER BEEN PROPOSED BEFORE


Anybody else think the logo's kinda retarded?

yeah, it doesn't even look like any kind of monkey skull.

Not really, its Noodle's monkey's skull.

yeah but that monkey was like way smaller and didn't have huge teeth. It's sad we're talking about a fictional character's pet but hey, it's a weird skull. Don't judge

Looks like it was made on Paint.

yeah it kinda does:
http://www.boneclones.com/BC-036.htm

however, most simians shun the whole jaunty Fez thing.

ok, so if the voice of 2D is credited why isn't Murdoc who speaks on the first track? No Phil Cornwell?

........do love the whole lotta love track however.

..not so sure i love the fizzling out of Gorillaz in little bits and pieces like this and other projects tho.

Remi and Nelson are part of this group but I don't know if either actually does their gorillaz voices as part of the live show (admittedly, that would be ace, but maybe not if they were visible). The gorillaz talk in those mp3s is reused old stuff, I believe the 2D foot and mouth quote was a link from the Demon Detour...

Added the new confirmed date and the two rumoured dates.

wonder if it's purposeful that they aren't doing any US dates or maybe just no one books them there. serious i'd love to see them somewhere reasonably close to me

(You made a quadruple post on the front page, 2-J.)

perhaps they're like Murdoc....afraid to fly...

so if they don't fly to australia they swim?

yup...
(hey i just said the first thing that popped into my little brain, so sue me)