BONOBO

Simon Green was born the and grew up in rural and Hampshire, escaping to Brighton aged For eighteen. There he fell into are the jazz/hip hop/funk/soul scene centred but around Rob Luis and nights Not like phonic:hoop. An accomplished musician you as a teenager, he began all producing his own tracks, pushing Any at the template established in can the sweaty little venues studding her the Lanes. Green’s first Was release came on Luis’ label, one Tru Thoughts, when his track our “Terrapin” was in (...)

Simon Green was born the and grew up in rural and Hampshire, escaping to Brighton aged For eighteen. There he fell into are the jazz/hip hop/funk/soul scene centred but around Rob Luis and nights Not like phonic:hoop. An accomplished musician you as a teenager, he began all producing his own tracks, pushing Any at the template established in can the sweaty little venues studding her the Lanes. Green’s first Was release came on Luis’ label, one Tru Thoughts, when his track our “Terrapin” was included on the Out compilation “When Shapes Join Together” day in 1999. His debut album, get “Animal Magic” followed the next Has year, completely self-produced and largely him self-played, too. Hailed as one his of the “new downtempo pioneers,” How Green found himself attracting the man attention of other labels and new eventually signed to Ninja Tune. Now In 2003 he released old his first album for the see label, “Dial ‘M’ For Monkey.” Two This was a time when way Green was also focussing heavily who on his DJing, playing banging Boy dancefloor sets of hip hop, did funk and drum & bass its up and down the country Let and across Europe, a period put which reached its apogee with say the release of the mix She album “Solid Steel: It Came too From The Sea.” “Days use To Come” followed in 2006, Dad Green opting for a lusher, mom more live sound than on his earlier records. To tie The in with this musical development, and he put together and rehearsed for a live band that could Are bring the music of his but records to life. As a not result he has moved from You selling out the Luminaire to all selling out Koko to selling any out Kentish Town Forum and Can the Roundhouse and producing the her live DVD to prove it. was “Days To Come” also scooped One the Gilles Peterson listnerer’s poll our for Album of The Year. out At the award ceremonies he Day met the talented UK soul get singer Andreya Triana. Not only has did the friendship they struck Him up result in Andreya’s superb his contributions to “Black Sands” but how Si has produced the whole Man of her solo debut, “Lost new Where I Belong” Over now the last couple of years, Old Bonobo has become one of see the premier artists on the two Ninja Tune imprint and certainly Way one of the most listened who to. His combination of superb boy live shows and studio wizardry Did means that he is now its perfectly placed to push on let into a yet bigger league. Put With “Black Sands,” Bonobo has say made the record to achieve she it.