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Monkey Journey to the West (It’s Beijing Time)

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http://www.myspace.com/monkeyjourneytothewest

Created as a promo for BBC Sport’s Olympics coverage, “Monkey” is the new creation of Damon Albarn (lead singer of the band Blur) and Jamie Hewlett, the pair behind the virtual art-pop supergroup Gorillaz.

The animated video is based on the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West as well as the alt-rock opera Monkey: Journey to the West, which premiered at Manchester International Festival in 2007 and it follows Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy as they travel to Beijing.

The Monkey album will be released 18.08.2008 (USA 23.09.2008).

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Written by Ilari Valbonesi

August 8th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

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