... overviews of concerts in Second Life and Fortnite, as well as musical avatars such as Gorillaz and Hatsune Miku, and Cook’s own experience of recording historical performances in reconstructed VR settings. Throughout, Cook expounds the view that such musical performances...

...This chapter discusses audiovisual performances by Gorillaz, a cartoon band formed by the pop musician Damon Albarn and the cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, The first study approaches the hit song Clint Eastwood form narratological and phenomenological angles in light of the group's...

...Gorillaz are a music visual project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. The chapter discusses the concept of Gorillaz, and how they made popular music innovative, virtually. Analysis of the hyperreal members includes a description of their multiple identities drawing on intertextual...

... Underground and Madonna, and analyses new techniques and intermedialities employed by the animated pop group Gorillaz. Co-presence of performer and spectator is an enduring generic convention in pop performance, proposing a shared experience, a sense of ‘being there’ in the moment. Gorillaz contribute...