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BONOBO - [20TH] DIAL M FOR MONKEY
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[20th] Dial M For Monkey
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ZEN80XX
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Vinyl record
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Downbeat Electronica, Leftfield & Trip Hop - 2x12" 2003 LP Repressed on Clear Vinyl + MP3 download code in die-cut sleeve - 20th Anniversary Copies
Reissue of Bonobo's Dial 'M' for Money from 2003. Simon Green aka Bonobo presents nine perfectly formed tracks on a perfectly formed album. No huge, bloated, over-conceptualised rottage for the monkey man. He gets in, does what he has to do, gets out. From the opener, 'Noctuary', with its creepy stoned-Hammer feel, through the headnod sitar-funk of 'Flutter', on into the Rhodes-meets-Gamelan of 'D Song', the first third of the record sets out the tone for what is to follow - all beautfiully melodic and perfectly assembled but with enough of a creeping undertow to stop the music becoming empty or saccharine. 'Change Down' is all double bass folk and cut-up drums, 'Wayward Bob' is a devilish waltz, while single 'Pick Up' is a straight funk 'n' flute throw down. 'Something For Windy' sounds like a dub of a postman on his rounds, 'Nothing Owed' is epic pastoralia, while 'Light Pattern' rounds things off with what sounds like the theme to the best TV programme never made. With all instruments played, sampled and sequenced by Green's own fair hand, there is a consistency here, both within the tunes and across the record that crate diggers can only dream of. There is real development, the building of moods and feelings, a genuine attempt to make great music which is incidentally computer music. He may make a monkey of himself, but he's no musical mug…
Now a globally renowned world music innovator, Simon Green, aka. Bonobo's second album Dial M For Money turns 20 this week. As such it gets a special limited edition reissue from Nina Tune which serves as a welcome reminder of its seductive charms. This version has all new anniversary artwork and a special clear vinyl pressing with a rotating view mechanism built into the sleeve. The emotionally intense and richly layered sounds mix up hypnotic electronic machines with organic acoustic instruments as moods go from life affirming and celebratory to existential worries. Jazz, soul, funk and more all feature in this modern classic.
Reissue of Bonobo's Dial 'M' for Money from 2003. Simon Green aka Bonobo presents nine perfectly formed tracks on a perfectly formed album. No huge, bloated, over-conceptualised rottage for the monkey man. He gets in, does what he has to do, gets out. From the opener, 'Noctuary', with its creepy stoned-Hammer feel, through the headnod sitar-funk of 'Flutter', on into the Rhodes-meets-Gamelan of 'D Song', the first third of the record sets out the tone for what is to follow - all beautfiully melodic and perfectly assembled but with enough of a creeping undertow to stop the music becoming empty or saccharine. 'Change Down' is all double bass folk and cut-up drums, 'Wayward Bob' is a devilish waltz, while single 'Pick Up' is a straight funk 'n' flute throw down. 'Something For Windy' sounds like a dub of a postman on his rounds, 'Nothing Owed' is epic pastoralia, while 'Light Pattern' rounds things off with what sounds like the theme to the best TV programme never made. With all instruments played, sampled and sequenced by Green's own fair hand, there is a consistency here, both within the tunes and across the record that crate diggers can only dream of. There is real development, the building of moods and feelings, a genuine attempt to make great music which is incidentally computer music. He may make a monkey of himself, but he's no musical mug…
Now a globally renowned world music innovator, Simon Green, aka. Bonobo's second album Dial M For Money turns 20 this week. As such it gets a special limited edition reissue from Nina Tune which serves as a welcome reminder of its seductive charms. This version has all new anniversary artwork and a special clear vinyl pressing with a rotating view mechanism built into the sleeve. The emotionally intense and richly layered sounds mix up hypnotic electronic machines with organic acoustic instruments as moods go from life affirming and celebratory to existential worries. Jazz, soul, funk and more all feature in this modern classic.
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