Phoner to Arizona explained
Phoner to Arizona |
Border: | yes |
Artist: | Gorillaz |
Album: | The Fall |
Released: | 24 December 2010 |
Recorded: | 3 October 2010 in Montreal[1] |
Genre: | Techno |
Length: | 4:14 |
Label: | Parlophone |
"Phoner to Arizona" is the opening track from Gorillaz's fourth studio album The Fall.[2] The song is mostly an instrumental with distorted vocals and was recorded entirely on Gorillaz co-founder Damon Albarn's iPad during the American leg of the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour in October 2010.[3] [4] The video—a compilation of footage and images taken from the tour and the phase—was posted on YouTube on 22 December as a way to promote the album.[5]
Personnel
- Damon Albarn – vocals
- Stephen Sedgwick – mixing, recording
- Geoff Pesche – mastering
Notes and References
- Web site: The Fall – Gorillaz. thefall.gorillaz.com. 4 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110102174007/http://thefall.gorillaz.com/. 2 January 2011. dead.
- Web site: Sample 18 seconds of Gorillaz's free iPad album, The Fall. Consequence of Sound. 27 December 2010. ALEX YOUNG. 19 December 2010.
- Web site: Gorillaz to release new album free on Christmas Day . The Guardian. 27 December 2010. Sean Michaels. 10 December 2010.
- Web site: The New Gorillaz Single Doesn't Necessarily Not Sound Like Something Damon Albarn Made on His iPad While on Tour. Vulture. 27 December 2010. Amos Barshad. 24 December 2010.
- Web site: Gorillaz – Phoner To Arizona. YouTube. 26 December 2010. 22 December 2010.