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Remi Kabaka Jr. (born 11 April 1970) is a British record producer, art director, and percussionist best known as the drummer and producer for British virtual band Gorillaz. He became a music producer for the band in 2015 after several years of providing the voice of Russel Hobbs and was listed as an A&R producer alongside Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett in the 2019 documentary Gorillaz: Reject False Icons. In 2007, Kabaka created the audiovisual collective Gorillaz Sound System.

Career

Along with his work with Gorillaz, Kabaka has collaborated further with the band's frontman Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett on other projects including DRC, Africa Express and Bobby Womack's album The Bravest Man in the Universe.

Kabaka is also a manager of Steve Lazarides's London art gallery, which regularly exhibits work by the artist Banksy.

Personal life

Kabaka lives in London and is in a long-term relationship with Ciorsdan.

References

1. "Remi KABAKA - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
2. PORTER, MR. "MR REMI KABAKA - The Look - The Journal - MR PORTER". MR PORTER.
3. Hewlett, Denholm (24 December 2019). Gorillaz: Reject False Icons (Director's Cut) (Motion picture). YouTube: Gorillaz. Event occurs at 23:32. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
4. "Gorillaz announce new album Humanz". Musicweek.com.
5. "Gorillaz - Humanz (Album Review) - Cryptic Rock". crypticrock.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
6. "Africa Express Album Featuring Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Nick Zinner Getting Deluxe Edition | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
7. "8 Things You Didn't Know About Remi Kabaka". JUICE Singapore. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
8. "Meet Remi Kabaka, Voice of Gorillaz' Russel & Co-Producer of 'Humanz'". Highsnobiety. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
9. "Openings: "Still Here, A Decade of Lazarides" (London) « Arrested Motion". ArrestedMotion. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
10. Collins, Lauren (7 May 2007). "Banksy Was Here". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
11. "Remi Kabaka Jr". Discogs. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

External links

• Remi Kabaka Jr. on Twitter
• Remi Kabaka at IMDb

• 1970 births
• Living people
• Black British musicians
• British people of Nigerian descent
• British record producers
• Gorillaz members
• Parlophone artists
• Warner Records artists
• Virgin Records artists