Making up the number is a 100-piece Chinese vocal choir. Albarn totted up the figures by adding, "That, plus the orchestra, goes to about 130 musicians."

Albarn kept the name that the album would be released under close to his chest, but did suggest that it might be linked to the opera, Monkey, that he helped to produce last year. "It's not an opera, it's a proper record," he cryptically told 6 Music. "There's something of monkeys in it."

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