The only permanent contributors to the project are the creators, Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn. The pair enlist collaborators as they see fit, and to date the project has involved a bewildering array of artists. The pair have always been equally influential in the direction of the project and continue to be so with the promotion for the second album. For a more or less complete list, see this site (http://www.gorillaz-unofficial.com/b...realpeople.htm).
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