Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
Album out now: ffm.to/da_tntftmpts
The Tower of Montevideo - available now: ffm.to/da-thetowerofmontevideo
Subscribe: bit.ly/damonalbarnsubscribe
The Tower of Montevideo is the new track from the new album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows. Inspired by Palacio Salvo, an iconic 1920s building in Uruguay, it explores Albarn’s melancholic wonder at this part of South America, where Rio De La Plata meets the South Atlantic, a place he has described as both “familiar and utterly otherworldly.”
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, the new studio album - released by new label home Transgressive Records.
Originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland, this last year has seen a return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks. Further exploring themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth.
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Artist / Band:
Damon Albarn (Vocals, Piano)
Mike Smith (Md, Keys, Saxophone)
Seye Adelekan (Bass, Vocals)
Simon Tong (Guitar)
Karl Vanden Bossche (Percussion)
Izzi Dunn (Cello)
Ciara Ismail (Viola)
Nina Foster (Violin)
Sarah Tuke (Violin)
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The Tower of Montevideo - Sublime Boulevards Performance Film
An Up The Game Production.
Director: Toby L
Producer: Rachel Bashford
Executive Producer: Josh Connolly
Director Of Photography: Nicolas Booth / Harvey Glen
Steadicam: Bom Jackson
Jib: Robert Ballantyne-Evans
Rolling Spider: Harvey Glen
Rolling Spider: Michael Eshun Mensah
Editor: Alex Townley
Colourist: Philip Hambi
Post House: Mpc
Sound Mix: Matt Butcher
Production Manager: Ella Woollgar
1st Ad: Ty Hack
Runner: Rosie Jane Meyer
1st Ac: Toby Miles
1st Ac: Louis Sharman
2nd Ac: Jay William Whittingdon
Trainee: Dan Howe
Lighting Designer: Squib & Dan at Cassius Creative
Gaffer: Jazz Bhalla
Spark: Johnjoe Besagni
Spark: Krunel
Neg Earth: Lewis Willding
Neg Earth: Edward Swygart
Dit: luke Kneafsey
Covid Testing: Airmedic
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Damon Albarn is managed by Eleven Management.
Tour Manager: Rebecca Travis
Stage Manager/Drum Tech: Sean Brady
Live Music Supervisor: Stu Lowbridge
Foh Engineer: Matt Butcher
Monitor Sound: Dave Guerin
Sound Technician: James Kerridge
Guitar Technician: Buddy Goulding
Damon Technician: Sam Egglent
Album out now: ffm.to/da_tntftmpts
The Tower of Montevideo - available now: ffm.to/da-thetowerofmontevideo
Subscribe: bit.ly/damonalbarnsubscribe
The Tower of Montevideo is the new track from the new album, The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows. Inspired by Palacio Salvo, an iconic 1920s building in Uruguay, it explores Albarn’s melancholic wonder at this part of South America, where Rio De La Plata meets the South Atlantic, a place he has described as both “familiar and utterly otherworldly.”
The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows, the new studio album - released by new label home Transgressive Records.
Originally intended as an orchestral piece inspired by the landscapes of Iceland, this last year has seen a return to the music in lockdown and develop the work to 11 tracks. Further exploring themes of fragility, loss, emergence and rebirth.
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Artist / Band:
Damon Albarn (Vocals, Piano)
Mike Smith (Md, Keys, Saxophone)
Seye Adelekan (Bass, Vocals)
Simon Tong (Guitar)
Karl Vanden Bossche (Percussion)
Izzi Dunn (Cello)
Ciara Ismail (Viola)
Nina Foster (Violin)
Sarah Tuke (Violin)
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The Tower of Montevideo - Sublime Boulevards Performance Film
An Up The Game Production.
Director: Toby L
Producer: Rachel Bashford
Executive Producer: Josh Connolly
Director Of Photography: Nicolas Booth / Harvey Glen
Steadicam: Bom Jackson
Jib: Robert Ballantyne-Evans
Rolling Spider: Harvey Glen
Rolling Spider: Michael Eshun Mensah
Editor: Alex Townley
Colourist: Philip Hambi
Post House: Mpc
Sound Mix: Matt Butcher
Production Manager: Ella Woollgar
1st Ad: Ty Hack
Runner: Rosie Jane Meyer
1st Ac: Toby Miles
1st Ac: Louis Sharman
2nd Ac: Jay William Whittingdon
Trainee: Dan Howe
Lighting Designer: Squib & Dan at Cassius Creative
Gaffer: Jazz Bhalla
Spark: Johnjoe Besagni
Spark: Krunel
Neg Earth: Lewis Willding
Neg Earth: Edward Swygart
Dit: luke Kneafsey
Covid Testing: Airmedic
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Damon Albarn is managed by Eleven Management.
Tour Manager: Rebecca Travis
Stage Manager/Drum Tech: Sean Brady
Live Music Supervisor: Stu Lowbridge
Foh Engineer: Matt Butcher
Monitor Sound: Dave Guerin
Sound Technician: James Kerridge
Guitar Technician: Buddy Goulding
Damon Technician: Sam Egglent
