Bonobo - Black Sands
Bonobo - Black Sands
[Ninja Tune, 2010]
The fourth album by Simon Green gives the world the best of him. I’ve never followed him closely, having only a general awareness that Bonobo is quite a good artist on Ninja Tune. My attention was drawn the most when he wrote a soundtrack to JPod TV show (based on the book by Douglas Coupland), his Flutter became my perfect ringtone.
Now, Black Sands is firmly in my playlist. It’s so glycerine, soft, flowing, pliant… A gorgeous Eyesdown with Andreya Triana. She also appears on The Keeper - a bit reminding of Thievery Corporation with its mellowness. All In Forms, a pure chill, somewhat Moby-like. The album as a whole is the highest standard for downtempo without getting too cliche-like and repetition. Dark satin lake surface - there are inhabitants there, movements hidden under the mirror of the lake. Chill out zone that stretches around you like a shell, wherever you are.
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