Review: Bonobo - Dial M For Monkey (or) please wait system is initializing

Posted on 23 March 2006 | 2 Comments

I only recently discovered the downtempo music of Brighton, England’s Simon Green (aka Bonobo). He infuses organic atmospheric tones with catchy little melodies and ties them together with thumping beats. Equal parts chilled-out hip-hop, weighty jazz, broken beats, Latin, funk, and soul, his most recent full-length Dial M For Monkey is a great multi-layered and mesmerizing album. Because Green played all the instruments and did all the sampling and sequencing for the album, there is a cohesiveness that is often missing from instrumental hip-hop and electronic releases. Put on a fire, pour a glass of wine, put this on the stereo, and just relax.

Dial M For Monkey was released in 2003 by the Ninja Tune label, while they released his Live Sessions EP just last year.

MP3 | Bonobo – Wayward Bob Dial M For Monkey
MP3 | Bonobo – Nothing Owed Dial M For Monkey

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1 K. - 784 days ago OOooo Bonobo is awesome glad you could discover him. Check out Solid Steel at Ninjatune.com they might have some Bonobo live sets there.
2 obifromsouthlondon - 695 days ago don't know what it is about brighton and the really cool artists. must be the water
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