Bonobo - Black Sands
Influenced by the divergent, bass-driven strands of the UK electronic music scene at that time, Green artfully fitted those evolving sounds into his own wider vision. The record’s lasting importance stems from the depth that he found in those combinations, rattling two-step rhythms and heavy pressure sub-bass twinned with carefully crafted songwriting and lush, brightly-realised instrumentation.
It’s a record that’s both timeless and wonderfully of its time. From ‘Kiara’, which weds cinematic, string-laden composition with chopped up vocals and luminous synth arpeggios, to ‘Eyesdown’, where subterranean swells of bass meet Andreya Triana’s warm, peerless vocals, the album is effortlessly multi-faceted. Listening back a decade later, it still sounds just as beguiling, emotive and transportive as it did the first time round.
TRACKLISTING
A1. Prelude
A2. Kiara
A3. Kong
A4. Eyesdown (feat. Andreya Triana)
B1. El Toro
B2. We Could Forever
B3. 1009
C1. All In Forms
C2. The Keeper (feat. Andreya Triana)
C3. Stay The Same (feat. Andreya Triana)
D1. Animals
D2. Black Sands
PRODUCT DETAILS
Artist: Bonobo
Label: Ninja Tune
Condition: New
Genre: Electronic
Format: Vinyl LP
Cat Number: ZEN140
Released: 2020