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Bonobo, the stage name of Simon Green (born 30 March 1976), is a British musician, producer and DJ.

Green has recorded and performed solo DJ sets under the name Barakas, and together with Robert Luis from Tru Thoughts as Nairobi and Barakas.[1]

History

Bonobo's first release was in October 1999 with the song "Terrapin" on the Tru Thoughts compilation When Shapes Join Together [2]. He released his debut albumAnimal Magic on Tru Thoughts in 2000[3]. With this album, completely self-produced and mainly self-instrumented, he became one of the "new downtempo pioneers"[4]and his chilled, beat-driven music captivated press as well as many major labels.

In 2001, Bonobo was signed to Ninja Tune and in 2003, after one album of remixes on Tru Thoughts in 2002, he released Dial 'M' For Monkey. In 2005, Bonobo contributed to the Solid Steel series, with his Bonobo Presents Solid Steel: "It Came From The Sea", the release date was scheduled for October 10, 2005, but was released a week early[5], the mix features several exclusive tracks as well as remixes and re-edits.

His third album, entitled "Days to Come", was released on October 2, 2006, the first single from the album was "Nightlite", featuring vocals by Bajka[6]. Following the success of "Days to Come" his tracks have appeared in a number of media-related items. Days To Come was voted Best Album of 2006 by Gilles Peterson's listeners[7].

The song "The Keeper" featuring vocals by Andreya Triana was released in September 2009 as the lead single from his fourth album "Black Sands", released in March 2010[8].

[edit]Style

Bonobo uses a wide variety of samples in his music combined with heavy, often complex basslines. His music generally develops linearly - with new elements such as basslines or percussion coming in one after the other. In Days to Come, he mixes this sonic background with the clean yet distinctive vocals of Bajka, who often uses harmony to build up a multifaceted sound.

Whilst often touring solo, and performing DJ sets, in 2004 Bonobo opted to follow the growing trend amongst electronic acts of playing with a full band. The band plays live renditions of studio material, with a singer, keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist, string section, electronics, and drummer[9]. Simon Green mainly plays bass guitar, and leads the band from the middle.

[edit]Discography

Bonobo concert at Club Babylon in Istanbul (Feb 2008)

[edit]LPs

[edit]Other releases / EPs

[edit]DVD

  • Live at Koko (Ninja Tune - ZENDV119, 23/03/2009)

[edit]Songs in soundtracks

  • The tracks "Pick up" and "Flutter" from the Dial 'M' For Monkey album, were featured in the snowboarding game SSX on Tour[10].
  • The track "Nightlite" appeared on the soundtrack of the game UEFA Champions League 2006-2007[11].
  • In 2007, Bonobo's track "Ketto", was featured in the Citroën C4 Picasso advertisement[12].
  • Bonobo's track "Flutter" is the opening title theme to CBC Television's sitcom jPod.
  • The track "Recurring" was used in a surfing film broadcast on Fuel TV[13].
  • "Flutter" also appeared in the 3rd episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Nathan Barley.
  • "If You Stayed Over" appeared in the "The Economist", the 3rd episode of series 4 of the TV show Lost[14] and in "Control", the 10th episode of season 5 of the TV show Rescue Me.
  • The fifth episode in the 3rd series of the BBC Two show A Taste of My Life featured Bonobo's track "Terrapin".
  • In the autumn of 2008, Cartoon Network used the instrumental version of the title track from Days To Come in an advert for their Adult Swim programming portion. Many other songs from that album were also used on Adult Swim's commercial bumps.
  • The track "Silver" was used in the series 4 episode "Luck be a Lady" of the American television drama seriesThe L Word.
  • In 2008, the episode "Last Resort" of the American TV series House featured the song "Between The Lines", from the Days To Come album.
  • The track "Between the Lines" was featured in the 1st season of the Showtime series Californication.
  • The track "Terrapin" was used recurrently in the musical score of Benjamen Walker's radio drama Your Radio Nightlight (later renamed Theory of Everything) on the NPR network. "Terrapin" was first featured under the opening act of the episode Noa Noa, Part II.
  • In May 2009, Film4 used the track "Flutter" in an advert for a series of films due to be broadcast on the channel.
  • In July 2009, the track "Recurring" was used in the official promo video for Xtreamer media center device[15]
  • The track "Recurring" is featured in the first season of the American teen drama seriesGossip Girl.
  • The track "Transmission 94" was used in an Olay skin cream advert.
  • The remix by Amon Tobin of the track "Scuba" appears in the Electronic Arts video game Need for Speed: Undercover.
  • The tracks "Walk In The Sky" and "The Fever" from the album Days To Come were featured in series 7 episodes of 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
  • The episode where the Tony character recovers his personality in Series 2 of the Channel 4 TV series Skins features the track "Ketto".
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