Gorillaz have shared the latest single from new album The Mountain. “The Manifesto” features the Argentine rapper Trueno, as well as a freestyle from the late D12 member Proof, recorded in his early days as a rapper. Check it out below.
“The Manifesto” also features an illustrious cast of musicians, including sarod players Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash, the longstanding Indian wedding band Jea Band Jaipur, bansuri player Ajay Prasanna, and the Vijayaa Shanker–led Mountain Choir. Gorillaz’s fictional drummer Russell Hobbs said in a press release, “As space dust we are here forever and that’s a mighty long time. This is a musical meditation infused with light. A journey of the soul, with beats…”
Gorillaz introduced the new album with “Happy Dictator,” featuring Sparks. Idles, Kara Jackson, Yasiin Bey, Omar Souleyman, Anoushka Shankar, Black Thought, and the late Tony Allen and Mark E. Smith also feature on the Cracker Island follow-up.
