
Damon Albarn the wonderful mind behind Gorillaz, Blur, and the supergroup called The Good, The Bad, and The Queen has shifted his focus to something new lately: Chinese Opera. Albarn provided the musical score to the Chinese opera entitled, Monkey: Journey To The West, which is based on a classic Chinese opera. Albarn has also released a short TV spot for the Chinese olympics featuring the animation work of Jamie Hewlett (half of the creative mind behind Gorillaz) and it is pretty amazing. Check it out: