― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 10 July 2003 13:28 (twenty years ago) link
― paul c, Thursday, 10 July 2003 13:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Thursday, 10 July 2003 14:07 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 10 July 2003 17:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Leee (Leee), Thursday, 10 July 2003 19:33 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 10 July 2003 19:45 (twenty years ago) link
i like this dude
― and what, Friday, 11 April 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Trip Hop was 12 years ago!
― Snowballing, Friday, 11 April 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
nice solid steel mix
01 Bonobo - Solid Steel Intro 02 Diesler - Sandcastles 03 Bonobo - Flutter 04 Karminsky Experience - Exploration 05 Bonobo - Pick Up 06 Flevans - Hey Mr Bundle 07 Black Grass - Score 08 Solid Steel Players - Les Fingres 09 Belgradeyard Sound System - Munchies' (I-wolf ft DJ Collage remix) 10 Paul Murphy - Soul Call 11 King Seven - Hidden 12 Bonobo - Recurring 13 Bonobo - Change Down / The Sugar Rhyme 14 Jazz Juice - Marra Bossa 15 Cannonball Adderly - Introduction 16 Hugo Maldoro - I Know a Little Cuban 17 Trouble Man - Change is What we Need 18 Amon Tobin - Easy Muffin 19 Savath & Savalas - Paths in Soft Focus 20 Super Numeri - Otters Pond
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 11 April 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
new album is dope, guys
― Nhex, Monday, 19 April 2010 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Black Sands is really nice, just getting into it.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Friday, 17 September 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
It really is good! No one else feeling it?
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Sunday, 19 September 2010 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
hard to think of other albums i've liked as much this year
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 September 2010 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it has a singer which makes me think it's going to be as awful and morcheebaish as the last one
― bike chain dust? (lukas), Sunday, 19 September 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah, it's way subtler and more textured than Morcheeba.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Sunday, 19 September 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Bit miffed Black Sands never got more recognition on this board. I still play it all the time.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
it got in the top 100 last year? i think Bonobo may have gone under the radar cos of their association with the early-2000s chill out scene, at least that's why i didn't get round to checking it at the time.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 November 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
His new one, Northern Borders, had a sneak release today.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 22 March 2013 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, it's called The North Borders
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 22 March 2013 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone else been playing it? It doesn't have the cinematic grandeur of Black Sands, and neither does it break any new ground. His style might be suffering from diminishing returns slightly. But there's some lovely stuff here (Emkay, Jets, Know You, Pieces) and it's as beautifully produced as usual.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
Playing live within the next couple of weeks in N.America. Any reports/reviews? Anyone know the live set-up for this tour (ie number of musicians, instrumentation, etc.)?
― peepee, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 14:52 (ten years ago) link
Bumping thread to see if I can get info to convince me to trek over to see him/them live tomorrow.
― peepee, Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
so he's super popular now, huh? sold out here on a sunday, no mean feat. looks like live drums, vocals, bass, mallets, keys, and horns. i don't know though, seems kinda corny, like sub-cinematic orchestra jazzy hip-hop circa '02. turns out the production is the most interesting part.
― shit tie (Jordan), Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
not that i ever saw cinematic orchestra live, but it turns out they were fucking awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSYER-mK7U
― shit tie (Jordan), Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link
i once saw cinematic orch live .. absolutely brilliant.despite hating jazz styled grooves, my wife loved it.was a very special evening.and for support : bonobo.albeit as a dj set only, but still very laid back and cool.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
Seems like his DJ sets are very different from his live perfs. he is playing here in sf tomorrow and gonna check it out.
this boiler room mix is special.
https://soundcloud.com/bonobo/boiler-room
― oscar, Saturday, 26 October 2013 00:45 (ten years ago) link
his live show is great
― Nhex, Saturday, 26 October 2013 01:49 (ten years ago) link
New tune "Kerela" sounds pretty but fairly unispired on first listen. Worried he more or less ran out of ideas after Black Sands.
― chap, Thursday, 3 November 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Open to being proven wrong come January though!
― chap, Thursday, 3 November 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
New album's nice if unremarkable - He's great live. Really don't recommend anyone watch the video for Kerala as it's literally headache-inducing.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
It's nice as background music but nothing really stands out.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 18 January 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link
A few pretty tunes, but some of it's going a bit EDMish. Seems more and more likely that Black Sands was his peak.
― chap, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 08:50 (seven years ago) link
#5 in the Albums chart.
That seems surprisingly high to me
― groovypanda, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Never underestimate the power of middlebrow electonica
― ewar woowar (or something), Sunday, 22 January 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
^ Was reminded of this by hearing Jamie XX "In Colour" in Starbucks today.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Sunday, 22 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
Have Ninja Tune been pushing this album?
His only other album to chart before was the previous one at #29.
Black Sands and all preceding it never even dented the top 100
― groovypanda, Monday, 23 January 2017 08:56 (seven years ago) link
I've seen a fair bit of promotion on social media. Plus I feel like his word of mouth popularity has grown a lot in the last couple of years. Seems like everyone you meet likes Bonobo these days.
― chap, Monday, 23 January 2017 10:28 (seven years ago) link
6 music/laverne playing tracks off the album, session for laverne this friday ...
― mark e, Monday, 23 January 2017 11:39 (seven years ago) link
I was surprised. I'd have put it down to a low sales week but then The Flaming Lips are down at about 37 when you'd have thought fanbase plus low sales would uave seen them much higher. This is the first Bonobo album I've checked out, pleasant enough.
― michaellambert, Monday, 23 January 2017 11:59 (seven years ago) link
If you enjoy it you should go back to Black Sands and Days to Come, both much better than this imo.
― chap, Monday, 23 January 2017 12:14 (seven years ago) link
possible answers as to how he now hits the proper charts
http://mixmag.net/feature/bonobo-cover-feature/10
― mark e, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link
http://www.bonobo.org/bonobos/what-do-bonobos-sound-like/?utm_source=Bonobo+News+-+Feb+2013&utm_campaign=Bonobo+News+Feb+2013&utm_medium=email
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 4 October 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
Bonobo's sound engineer heard Anna Lapwood (Royal Albert Hall's resident organist) practice after one of their shows & shouted "toccata in B minor!" - the next day, she played in the finale of his show:
https://www.tiktok.com/@annalapwoodorgan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMEdqx3MdZA
― StanM, Friday, 27 May 2022 06:31 (one year ago) link