Koze has worked with some massive names, together with Damon Albarn, on Music Can Hear Us’ lead single, “Pure Love.” In 2015, Koze stated, “I’m not gay at all, but just a little bit I might imagine with Damon Albarn.”
“Did I actually say that?” Koze says, snickering. “I don’t really know him, however as an inventive determine he is like a position mannequin for me, how one can get previous with dignity, be so open-minded, the way you spend day-after-day of your life making music, and of course, the musical genius, his expression, how he sings. For me he has a magic voice. It just hits me.”
He met Albarn at Coachella in 2022. They have been in adjacent trailers, and, with Koze having remixed a Gorillaz monitor in 2019, Albarn launched himself. They drank champagne and spoke concerning the writings of Hermann Hesse, and Albarn showed Koze that he speaks slightly German. Albarn might properly have aged with dignity as Koze says, but shortly afterward, Billie Eilish brought the Gorillaz frontman onstage during her headlining set and some of her followers mistook him for her dad.
DJ Koze interview x Rolling Stone, March 2025 [X]
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Bonus, from Koze’s 2015 Q&A
Rolling Stone: Who’s your favorite individual to comply with on Instagram?
DJ Koze: I don’t have Instagram but if I did, perhaps Damon Albarn. I’m not homosexual in any respect, but a bit bit I might think about with Damon Albarn. He’s a pleasant man and he has a superb angle.
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