Albarn Opera Box-Set Due

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's spectacular new opera project 'Monkey: Journey To The West' is set to be released as a very special limited edition box-set.

The project has been one of the most innovative of the year, featuring a host of trapeze artists, musicians and other performers working under the tutelage of a top Chinese director. The Gorillaz duo have earned acclaim for the project, and the new box set looks to be the perfect stocking filler - if you're quick enough to get one!

The new box set is packed to the brim with spectacular goodies. Housed in a hand-made, black cloth-bound gold-foiled box, each edition contains four Hewlett designed prints, an 84-page art book, two LPs and a card the entitles you to a digital version of the album. Did we mention that some of the above will be signed by the artists themselves? Yes they will.

In addition to this, the beautifully crafted boxset will contain six bonus tracks no otherwise available. A visually stunning work, the new box set is the perfect way to remember one of 2008's most ambitious projects.

'Monkey: Journey To The West' limited edition box set is available to pre-order now from the Vinyl Factory site.