Before we hear Gorillaz, we hear the bansuri. The first track on the British band’s new album 'The Mountain' opens with the voice of the bamboo flute originating from the Indian subcontinent.
The flute charts a winding course through the drone of the tanpura, the sitar, and the drumming of the tabla. It leads us to the dead: the late Dennis Hopper’s muffled voice closes the song, repeating, “The mountain, the mountain / All good souls come to rest.”
