Damon Albarn's Microphones

A modified 527B was used for Albarn’s distorted vocals on the Escape to Plastic Beach Tour, as stated by Albarn’s longtime FOH engineer Matt Butcher in this July 15, 2019 article by Entec Sound and Light.

Although Butcher described his microphone selection as “very standard”, one departure from the norm was a Shure 527B CB-style mic with a modified push-to-talk switch that was used for distorted vocal sounds on songs such ‘Stylo’ and ‘Rhinestone Eyes’. “I’m a great believer in getting the right sound at source,” said Butcher.

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Used for Albarn's vocals on Gorillaz's "Charger", as mentioned by recording engineer Stephen Sedgwick in this July 2017 Sound on Sound interview about the production of Humanz.

“I recorded Damon’s rough vocals with a Neumann KMS105 condenser, which sounds pretty good and doesn’t pick up a lot of sound from the room, so it works great if there are other people around and he quickly wants to lay down some ideas. But when it came to recording his final vocal takes I used the Flea 47, which is a really great-sounding Neumann U47 clone. I usually recorded it via a Chandler LTD1 mic pre, and then either a Distressor or a Tube-Tech CL1B compressor."

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You can see Damon using this microphone throughout this video, and he uses this mic very often in other live concerts with Blur, or the Gorillaz

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** YouTube - Inside The Song with Graham Coxon from Blur - "Song 2" ** Graham: "Damon would've been leaning up... just over here i'd imagine, with a '57"

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You can see the Shure SM7B during the first Song Machine episode ‘Momentary Bliss’ at 1:15

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Used for Albarn's vocals on Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood", as mentioned by producer Tom Girling in the September 2001 Sound on Sound article "Recording 'Clint Eastwood'".

''We used the Neumann TLM170 for Damon's vocal, and we hired some gear when we went to Jamaica, so I think he probably went through an 1176 as well, or perhaps a Distressor," explains Tom. "We used a Neve 1073, which is an EQ with a mic amp on as well, so the mic was plugged straight into that, and then after that I think it was the 1176 and straight into Logic."

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October, 2021. Damon Albarn performs No Distance Left to Run on Later... with Jools Holland.

No need for a timestamp its there from beggining to end.

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In 0:00, i can see Coles 4038.

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In this 1999 South Bank Blur documentary, Damon was shown recording the vocals to So You starting at 4:20.

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This Mic is listed in the studio 13 site

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In a TikTok video by Mia, Damon Albarn is seen using a Shure KSM8 Dualdyne microphone during a Gorillaz concert in Italy.

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