About this item

Bonobo is an artist who explores elements of instrumental hip-hop, electronica and ambient with live instrumentation and enjoys an illustrious career with a sea of collaborators ranging from Erykah Badu and Andreya Triana to Rhye and Nick Murphy.

His highly textural aesthetic translates into an ethos that looks to introduce a more open musical palette without losing sight of its past. His mix supports 10 exclusives or unreleased tracks, including 2 from himself and another from his rare pop-up alias Barakas. Employing the multi-instrumental arrangements of his own work in this 74 minutes of house, techno, electronica and breakbeat, each track exudes character and allows animated melodies to wander and develop, all the while grounded by an acute sense of harmonic progression and rhythmic precision.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Featuring a diverse range of artists and genres, it becomes clear where the mix of instrumental hip-hop, traditional electronica and house meet in the euphoric middle-ground Bonobo treads. A superb compilation and a fascinating timeline of Bonobo's considerable influences with the dance floor as the focus.

TRACK LISTING

CD:
1 Bonobo - Flicker
2 Bonobo - Boston Common
3 Poté - Jacquot (Waters Of Praslin)
4 Alex Kassian - Hidden Tropics
5 Âme - Nia
6 Durante - Maia
7 Dark Sky & Afriquoi - Cold Harbour
8 Bonobo - Ibrik
9 Olsen - Femenine
10 O’Flynn - TKOTN
11 TSHA - Sacred
12 Will Saul - By Your Side
13 Titeknots - Buzzard Walk
14 Dan Kye - Focus
15 Barakas - Roach
16 R. Lyle - Perpetrator
17 Rhone - Mirapolis (Laurent Garnier Remix)
18 Throwing Snow - Rheged
19 Nepa Allstar - The Way
20 DJ Seinfeld - Stargard
21 Earth Trax & Newborn JR Ft. Annjet - If You (Club Mix)
22 John Beltran - Collage Of Dreams

LP:
A1. Bonobo - Flicker
A2. Poté - Jacquot (Waters Of Praslin)
A3. Durante - Maia
A4. Dan Kye - Focus
B1. Dark Sky & Afriquoi - Cold Harbour
B2. Bonobo - Ibrik
B3. Olsen - Femenine
C1. TSHA - Sacred
C2. R. Lyle - Perpetrator
C3. Throwing Snow - Rheged
C4. DJ Seinfeld - Stargard
D1. Nepa Allstar - The Way
D2. Bonobo - Boston Common
D3. Âme - Nia
D4. O’Flynn - TKOTN