Bonobo by Grant Spanier
Bonobo released his ‘Fragments’ album at the start of this year.
This coming July will bring the return of international artists to Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival, with Bonobo, Jack White and Halsey leading the way.
Also on the bill are the likes of Fontaines D.C., Foals, Arlo Parks and Dinosaur Jr., while Bonobo will immediately lead Dawes and Hiatus Kaiyote on the Friday.
“Fusing cinematic tones, bass sounds, 2-Step, rave and even a Bulgarian choir, it’s a work which thematically addresses the times but isn’t daunted by them; Shadows, with its refrain ‘Save me from the unknown’, is warm in its uncertainty, whilst the wispy house of Rosewood pushes the BPM to the red zone; this is made to make bodies move, to be embraced,” our Fragments review reads.
“It’s a statement, a call which finds a response is the haunted garage beats of Sapien and Closer’s urgent pickup, whilst From You echoes the trippy futuristic R&B of Frank Ocean, and Counterpart bubbles with the vogueish shades of acid house.”