Bonobo (musician)

Bonobo, 2013

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The North Borders   DE 72 04/12/2013 (1 week)   CH 39 04/14/2013 (4 weeks)   UK 34  silver 03/30/2013 (4 weeks) migration   DE 11 01/20/2017 (4 weeks)   AT 15th 01/27/2017 (2 weeks)   CH 5 01/22/2017 (4 weeks)   UK 5  silver 01/20/2017 (4 weeks)   US 59 02/04/2017 (1 week)

Bonobo is the stage name of Simon Green (born March 30, 1976 in Leeds ), an English producer , composer , musician and DJ . He uses a variety of instruments in his pieces. It can be classified in the genre downtempo .

Live and act

Simon Green grew up in rural Hampshire . His father was involved in the British folk scene. Green learned to play guitar and piano at an early age .

Green's bonobo career began in Brighton around 2000 . His first two singles were remixed by Amon Tobin ( Scuba , 1999) and Mr. Scruff ( Terrapin , 2000) . In 2000 his debut album Animal Magic was released on the British label Tru Thoughts . Just a year later, Bonobo signed a contract with Ninja Tune . His breakthrough came in 2006 with Days to Come . The album was voted album of the year by listeners to Gilles Peterson's famous music show on BBC 1 , among others .

He has performed at major festivals such as Glastonbury and Coachella .

style

Bonobo's music is characterized by the combination of live instrumentation with electronic sounds. At concerts he is usually accompanied by a live band and plays bass himself. He often works with female vocalists (including Speech Debelle , Erykah Badu , Andreya Triana , Bajka , Szjerdene ), and occasionally with male singers. He also appears as a solo DJ , and Ninja Tune has released two of his DJ mixes so far.

His music is usually classified as downtempo , but it also contains elements of acid jazz , ambient and other subgenres of electronic music, as well as hip-hop and soul .

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

• Animal Magic (Tru Thoughts, 2000; Ninja Tune, 2001)
• Dial 'M' for Monkey (Ninja Tune, 2003)
• Days to Come (Ninja Tune, 2006)
• Black Sands (Ninja Tune, 2010) (UK:silver)
• The North Borders (Ninja Tune, 2013)
• Migration (Ninja Tune, 2017)

Live albums, EPs, remix albums

• One Offs… Remixes & B-Sides (Tru Thoughts, 2002)
• Live Sessions EP (Ninja Tune, 2005)
• Solid Steel Presents Bonobo / It Came from the Sea (DJ Mix-CD, Ninja Tune, 2005)
• Nightlite: Zero db Remix EP (Ninja Tune, 2006)
• Live at Koko (DVD, Ninja Tune, 2009)
• Black Sands Remixed (Ninja Tune, 2012)
• Late Night Tales (DJ Mix, Ninja Tune, 2013)
• The North Borders Tour. - Live (Live album, Ninja Tune, 2014)
• Flashlight EP (Ep, Ninja Tune, 2014)

Video albums

• Live at Koko (2009)
• The North Borders Tour. - Live (Live album, Ninja Tune, 2014)

Soundtracks

Computer games

• Pick Up & Flutter in SSX on tour
• Nightlife in the UEFA Champions League 2006-2007
• Scuba , remixed by Amon Tobin in Need for Speed: Undercover
• The Fever & Kiara in Sleeping Dogs

advertising

• Ketto for Citroën C4 Picasso
• Days To Come by Adult Swim
• Recurring for Xtreamer - Home Theater PC
• Transmission 94 for Oil of Olaz
• Kota for BT Group

Film and television, radio

• Flutter as the title melody in jPod
• Eyesdown in The Newsroom
• If You Stayed Over & Control in Lost
• Kong in House of Cards
• Terrapin in A Taste of My Life on the BBC
• Silver in The L Word - When women love women
• Between the Lines in Dr. House
• Recurring in Gossip Girl
• Walk In The Sky & The Fever in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Silver in Crazy, Stupid, Love.
• All in Forms in House at the End of the Street
• Turtle in Poppy Shakespeare
• Black Sands in The Value of Man

swell

1. ↑ Chart sources: Chart discography DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
3. ↑ Biography at Ninja Tune , accessed January 25, 2017.

Web links

• Official website bonobomusic.com
• Bonobo at Discogs (English)
• Bonobo at Ninja Tune
• Bonobo at Allmusic (English)
• Bonobo at laut.de