Artist Review

Bonobo

arctic, biting, bleak, brisk, cool, glacial, ,wintry... Chill ... is what i'm looking for...

For those of you who are not used to Bonobo or his unique and custom sound I would like to introduce you to a DJ that I would have to consider in my top 10 music best loved sounds. Bonobo, the stage name of 'Simon Green' (born 30 March 1976), is a musician, producer and DJ that gives every song a unique blend of sounds that come together to form albums that flabbergast. The music is composed with a wide variety of ambient samples juxtaposed with heavy, often complex basslines. His music generally develops linearly - with new elements such as basslines or percussion coming in one after the other.

6 albums deep Bonobo released his new album Black Sands this year on the Ninja tunes label. This album shows a gun-slinger at the top of his game. A man who can drop a violin to a sax which evokes a musical aura of emotion when you let your ears feed. His heroin sound delivers an 'instrumental' approach that can not be easily overlooked with skittering beats, piano rhythms and butter smooth tones that will make no room feel alone... I've always relied on artists to deliver album after album which maintains the same sound but can deliver it to us in a different fashion time and time again. And that my dears is Bonobo....

OCT2