Song Machine
Song Machine is an audiovisual project by British virtual band Gorillaz. It is a music video web series consisting of a collection of music videos and singles that are released monthly by the band as episodes of the series, with each episode featuring additional guests. Each episode is released with accompanying interludes called "Machine Bitez", a series of skits consisting of short conversations and interviews with Song Machine's guests from Gorillaz' virtual band members. The project was officially launched on 30 January 2020. Season one of Song Machine consists of 9 episodes and was released as an album titled Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez on 23 October 2020. A second season was announced in 2020, though it was later scrapped in favor of Cracker Island.
| Song Machine | |
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Song Machine title card | |
| Genre | Music video |
| Created by | Gorillaz |
| Directed by | Jamie Hewlett Tim McCourt Max Taylor |
| Voices of | Phil Cornwell Kevin Bishop Haruka Abe Remi Kabaka Jr. |
| Theme music composer | Gorillaz |
| Opening theme | "Song Machine Theme Tune" |
| Composer | Gorillaz |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jamie Hewlett |
| Producers | Eva Dahlqvist Samia Ahmed Laurence Moss Lisa A. Smith Skye van der Walt |
| Animators | Venla Linna Simone Cirillo Setareh Seto Diego Porral Amanda Holm Alvise Zennaro Tim McCourt Marc Valls Peter Baynton Kristian Antonelli Pierre Rutz Mattieu Petit |
| Editor | Jamie Hewlett |
| Camera setup | Camera phone; single-camera |
| Running time | 4–6 minutes |
| Production companies | The Line Gorillaz Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | YouTube |
| Release | 30 January – 24 December 2020 |