mxdwn.co.uk » Bonobo https://www.mxdwn.co.uk all that matters in music in the UK Tue, 12 May 2026 22:27:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Bonobo Releases Video for ‘Shadows’ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-releases-video-for-shadows/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-releases-video-for-shadows/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:45:12 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=52266 Following the release of his album Fragments, Bonobo has dropped a music video for the album track “Shadows”. Released on Ninja Tune last Friday, the new album features huge artists including Joji, Jordan Rakei, who features on “Shadows”, and Miguel-Atwood Ferguson. Watch the video for “Shadows” below:

Described by the artist as “old school, Detroity, Moodymann and Theo Parrish-inspired”, Fragments pays tribute to the glory days of deep house. The track ‘Shadows’ itself sounds ripped from Parrish’s First Floor, with signature rising synths and click-clack drums, though Rakei’s vocals make the track sound much more updated than Parrish’s debut, released over 20 years ago. The track writhes in nostalgia yet upholds all the glossy elements of modern house.

The surreal music video is a dizzying collection of snapshots; shadows, silhouettes, and crowds meander and duplicate themselves into grids and gauzes. It is hard to tell if Mr. Rakei himself makes an appearance in the video, all the more adding to the music video’s disorienting feel.

Directed by BWTV, the video for “Shadows” emulates their previous video-making styles, comprising of distorted clips in a retro style, though typically such clips will be overlayed on footage of artists. Their video for Man of Moon’s “Strangers” video read like a broken VCR tape, whose real had been sunburnt only in the best, most aesthetically pleasing spots. Their style befits artists like Bonobo, whose staccato deep house drums befit the choppy visual style.

Bonobo’s Fragments album is his first in four years, since 2017s Migration that landed him a number one spot on the dance album charts. Certain album singles that were release prior to Fragments went on to see huge popularity and acclaim, with “Rosewood” alone earning a number three spot on Spotify’s Best Electronic Songs of 2021.

Speaking on the album, Bonobo discusses the sonic influences that went into this project: “It’s all come full circle now — that emotional rave music. I think there’s some really fun stuff happening at the moment; this resurgence of breakbeat, like the slow, deconstructed junglist kind of stuff.” In an interview with DJMag for their cover feature last year, Bonobo praises Overmono with spearheading this new, welcome trend in UK dance: “They’ve done some amazing stuff. I love that approach to it, where it’s stripped down but emotional… it’s almost a throwback to people like Mike Paradinas, that Rephlex era of breakbeats. That was something I was into.” 

Listen to Bonobo’s Fragments below:

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-releases-video-for-shadows/feed/ 0 Bonobo Shares New Single ‘Otomo’ Featuring O’Flynn https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-shares-new-single-otomo-featuring-oflynn/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-shares-new-single-otomo-featuring-oflynn/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:11:59 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=48175 Bonobo released his latest single “Otomo” from the upcoming, seventh studio album Fragments. The album is out on 14th January and can be pre-ordered here.

The new, dynamic single features O’Flynn, who co-produced it and turned Bonobo’s sample of a “Bulgarian choir – called 100 Kaba-Gaidi - into a dramatic breakdown and beat drop“. The new track is the most groovy hip-shaking one that the producer ever put on tape. “The song coming together also helped to remind Green of the sense of dancefloor abandon and surging crowds that he had so crucially missed” states the press release.

Simon Green (aka Bonobo) said on the new release in a statement: “Otomo’ began with a sample of a Bulgarian choir. Melodically it was working well but needed a dynamic shift. I asked my friend O’Fllynn for input. He sent it back with a dance floor ready drum section. It’s one of my favorites from the album. I’ve been playing it all year in my dj sets, there’s already a huge response and a feeling of immediate familiarity”.

O’Flynn added: “Simon messaged me last year with a track he was working on and asked for some feedback. I took a punt and asked for the stems to try some ideas on. The tune had this big choir sample and chords in – I went to work trying to contrast that choir with something much harder to try and change the context, using the choir and chords as this kind of relief to this big percussive 808 drop. Luckily Simon liked what I did and we developed the tune from there”.

O’Flynn shared in a statement how to be asked for feedback from Green caught him off guard: “So I had this driving force and pressure to come up with something that could take the idea in a new direction and hit the high bar Simon sets with all his productions”.

You can listen to “Otomo” below.

Last month the producer released singles “Rosewood” and “Tides” featuring Jamila Woods. The second track has been described as “blissfull’ by Clash and has been single of the week in The Observer.

The upcoming album will feature other musicians like Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakel and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Talking about his work process Bonobo shared with Rolling Stone:  “Usually part of the process is you work on something and you go out and play it that weekend”. That way, “you can really tell when a tune dies on the dancefloor. It’s invaluable.” You think, ‘this is it, this is the club track! Then it falls flat.’” And on the flip side, “some things really get a big reaction when you’re least expecting it” – he continues.

Bonobo heading on a live tour next year, headlining three nights at the Royal Albert Hall. More tour dates can be found in the previous mxdwn article.

Photo Credit/Press Shot – Grant Spanier

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-shares-new-single-otomo-featuring-oflynn/feed/ 0 Bonobo Unveils New Single ‘Rosewood’ from the Upcoming Album ‘Fragments’ and Announces World Tour 2022 https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-unveils-new-single-rosewood-from-the-upcoming-album-fragments-and-announces-world-tour-2022/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-unveils-new-single-rosewood-from-the-upcoming-album-fragments-and-announces-world-tour-2022/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2021 11:25:15 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=44269 Simon Green, aka Bonobo returns with his seventh studio album Fragments that is out on 14th January via Ninja Tunes. British producer shared the first single from his upcoming record, called “Rosewod”. You can listen to it below.

The new album will feature guest artists like Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakei, O’Flynn and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. The upcoming release has been described by the artist as his most emotionally intense work to date. “It’s about the dancefloor in many ways about how I remembered all over again how much I loved crowds and movement and people connecting with each other” – said Bonobo in a statement. 

Fragments is fated to be “one of the crossover electronic records of the year“. “Its electronic sounds are more powerfully hypnotic, the beauty of acoustic instruments is more exquisitely realised, the two are interwoven more totally – and the songs are unforgettable.” The album has been produced during hard times of pandemic when as many artists “he was struggling to get his ideas out“. “From just pushing a kickdrum around on a computer screen, going off, making a cup of tea, then pushing it round some more” – he explains the process “it was chaotic but you could exert some degree of control over just how chaotic it should be“. 

Bonobo started off his music journey in 1999 by making trip-hop music which quickly expanded to more upbeat tracks. From small clubs in Brighton, he accelerated into huge arenas filled with a live band and worked alongside big musical names like Erykah Badu, Ólafur Arnalds and Jon Hopkins. He has done remixes for Michael Kiwanuka, Gorillaz, George Fitzgerald and London Grammar.

Green has received three Grammy nominations, sold-out London’s Alexandra Palace three times as well as Denver’s Red Rock Amphitheatre. He played all major festivals from Glastonbury through Lollapalooza, Primavera Sound and Fuji Rock to Coachella. His last album Migration from 2017 reached the top 5 in UK Charts.


The producer also announced a world tour next year which will begin in mid-February in the USA and ends up in mid-May in the UK. The tour will end with three shows at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

See full EU and UK tour dates below. Tickets, along with the pre-order option of the new album are available here.

20/04/22 – AFAS Live, Amsterdam, NL
21/04 – Edel-optics.de Arena, Hamburg, DE
23/04 – UFO im Velodrom, Berlin, De
24/04 – Palladium, Cologne, De
25/04 – TonHalle, Munich, De
26/04 – Xtra, Zurich, CH
28/04 – Le Centquatre, Paris, FR

3/05 – The Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
4/05 – O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
6/05 – Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
7/05 – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
8/05 – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
16/05 – Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
17/05 – Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
18/05 – Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-unveils-new-single-rosewood-from-the-upcoming-album-fragments-and-announces-world-tour-2022/feed/ 0 Bonobo Collaborates With Olafur Arnalds on New Single ‘Loom’ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-collaborates-with-olafur-arnalds-on-new-single-loom/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-collaborates-with-olafur-arnalds-on-new-single-loom/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:19:52 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=24561 Bonobo has collaborated with Olafur Arnalds on ‘Loom’, the fourth single to be released from Arnalds’ upcoming album some kind of peace, due for release on November 6 via Mercury KX. The English musician, producer and DJ has been a friend of Arndalds’ for a few years. ‘Loom’ came together after a camping trip in the Icelandic Highlands, which you can almost hear as the setting.

‘Loom’ is both gentle and urgent, built around one repetitive refrain. It builds intensely, and then everything falls away, leaving the piano and a whisper of unintelligible lyrics. It carries the listener along at every turn.

Speaking of the whole experience of putting together ‘Loom’, Arnalds says, “I am a long time fan of Bonobo and have been fortunate enough to get to know Simon as a friend in the last few years. Last year we spent a couple of days in the studio, after traveling and camping in the Icelandic highlands, with no intention other than to spend some quality time with music. Later, as I started working on the album, I kept coming back to that one piece, ‘Loom’, as it felt like the perfect album opener. We kept working on it remotely early this spring and the end result is something I’m incredibly proud of.”

Bonobo (real name: Simon Green) said this, “’Loom’ was one of the pieces we worked on together during that time. It was a real honour to create something with Ólafur. A friend and someone I admire greatly.”

‘Loom’ is almost completely the other end of the spectrum to Bonobo’s previous collaboration: ‘Heartbreak’, with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. First shared at the end of September, this is a disco-driven, 70s inspired, NYC track through and through, and you can hardly imagine it in the Icelandic highlands. In fact, ‘Heartbreak’ will become the first 12” to be shared on Bonobo’s new label OUTLIER, on November 13. His consistent versatility is inspiring.

Bonobo has certainly been stirring these last few months – until recently, his latest project was his own studio album, Migration, released in 2017. Now, as of October, he has shared two new collaborations, a record label, and even a recent remix of Mercury Prize winner Michael Kiwanuka’s ‘Final Days’ – Bonobo’s first remix since 2016.

Arnalds is also busy in the run up to some kind of peace; he has shared ‘Woven Song’, ‘We Contain Multitudes’ and ‘Back To The Sky’ (a collaboration with JFDR) already. some kind of peace will come out on November 6. Fans won’t have to wait long to see it live (virtually, anyway); he has been announced as the closing act of the first night of Iceland Airwaves’ online festival, Live From Reykjavík, on November 13 at 11pm.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-collaborates-with-olafur-arnalds-on-new-single-loom/feed/ 0 The Warehouse Project Announce 2018 Line-Up https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-warehouse-project-announce-2018-line-up/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-warehouse-project-announce-2018-line-up/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:52:41 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=7940 Annual Manchester event The Warehouse Project has announced it’s line-up for 2018. It was announced a day prior that this would be the final year of the Project at it’s Store Street location, as well as several dates at Manchester’s Albert Hall. The programme will bring the very best in Dance, Hip-Hop, and Electronic music to the city.

A future location for the Warehouse project is yet to be announced, but fans will be hugely excited by the epic, 12 week programme that has been announced today. You can buy tickets for all dates here, when tickets go on sale at 9am on July 27. The full list of performers can be seen below.

The most high-profile performers include the likes of Four Tet, Deadmau5, Underworld, and Pusha T. there will also be closing parties on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day- titled End of Store Street, with full details of the location’s last hurrah yet to be announced.

The new schedule gets underway on September 22, before wrapping up

 

Saturday 22 September: 17:00 – 05:00 – Store Street-
Welcome to the Warehouse

SETH TROXLER
DIXON
PEGGY GOU
MALL GRAB
MIDLAND b2b
ROMAN FLUGEL
DJ SEINFELD
CALL SUPER
LONE
WILLOW
OR:LA
DEKMANTEL SOUNDSYSTEM
KRYSKO & GREG LORD
ZUTEKH DJS

Friday 28 September: 21:30 – 05:00 – Store Street
25 Years of the Essential Mix (highlights to be broadcast on Radio 1)

THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS
PETE TONG
JACKMASTER & EATS EVERYTHING – ’93 SPECIAL
ARTWORK
B.TRAITS
JASPER JAMES b2b HARRI
HAAi
THEO KOTTIS
KRYSKO b2b GREG LORD
LEWIS BOARDMAN
ZUTEKH DJs
HOLLY LESTER
ANDREW HILL
JONJOSE & CELINO

Saturday 29th September: 20:00 – 05:00 – Store Street
Soldardo Present Higher

SOLARDO
CLAUDE VON STROKE
HEIDI
PAUL WOOLFORD
DENSE & PIKA
SEB ZITO
DE LA SWING
MASON MAYNARD
PIRATE COPY
MASON COLLECTIVE
SOLA RECORDS:
HUXLEY
DEL-30
ELI BROWN
OLLI RYDER & LUKE WELSH

Wednesday 3 October: 19:00 – 23:00 – Gorilla
Ross From Friends– LIVE

Friday 5 October: 21:30 – 05:00 – Store Street
Metropolis Birthday

ANDY C – 3 Hour set
HYPE & HAZARD
NOISIA
SERUM & VOLTAGE
DANNY BYRD
NORTH BASE B2B MOLLIE COLLINS

Room 2:
GOLDIE – ANYTHING GOES
TODDLA T
SPECIAL REQUEST
DONAE’O
REDLIGHT
BARELY LEGAL
TS7
SAMMY VIRJIL
THE STEPPAHS
FRANKEE D
MCs: TONN PIPER, EKSMAN, MC AD, TRIGGA

Room 3:
MADE IN MANCHESTER:
ROWNEY & PROPZ / MARK XTC B2B PROPHECY
BOU  / SONIC B2B SILVER / DAWN RAID
SAPPO B2B MARK OD  / NIKKI EUPHONIQUE
JACK BANNER B2B KAZ  / BASS JEDI
INDIK B2B JAZZY LIONES B2B NEMESIZ
HOSTED BY MCS
TODDLAH / BIC / LONGMAN / HARRIBO / DIAMOND

 

Saturday 6 October: 14:00 – 00:00 – Store Street
Four Tet & Friends- All day long

FOUR TET
FOUR TET b2b BEN UFO
ANTHONY NAPLES
JOSEY REBELLE
FLAVA D
WILLOW
COURTESY
TARAVAL
BATHING (LIVE)
BAKE
HIDDEN SPHERES
SPACE AFRIKA
CERVO & CONTOURS

Friday 12 October: 21:30 – 05:00 – Store Street
Annie Mac Presents…

ANNIE MAC
MALL GRAB
HONEY DIJON
CASSIUS
MELLA DEE
MOXIE
CHAOS IN THE CBD
HONEY SOUNDSYSTEM
SEVERINO
BIG MIZ
SAOIRSE
GIDEON (NYC DOWNLOW)
BRAME & HAMMO
WILL TRAMP
HOLLY LESTER

Saturday 13 October: 14:00 – 02:00 – Store Street 
Rush Hour

HUNEE
ANTAL
MOODYMANN
GERD JANSON
SOICHI TERADA x KUNIYAKA x SAUCE81 – LIVE
SADAR BAHAR
DJ NOBU
SAN PROPER
SASSY J
SANDRIEN
JORDAN GCZ
DJ OKAPI
JON K
MAFALDA
MARGIE
KRYSKO & GREG LORD
HIGH HOOPS

Thursday 18 October: 19:00 – 23:00 – Albert Hall 
Jon Hopkins

Friday 19 October: 21:30 – 05:00 – Store Street 
Patrick Topping presents

PATRICK TOPPING- 3 hour set
GREEN VELVET
PAUL JOHNSON
MELÉ
DJ HAUS
DIXON AVENUE BASEMENT JAMS
K-HAND
ELLIOT ADAMSON
B2B MANPOWER
ALEX VIRGO
RICHIE STEEDMAN & BEN WOOD

 

Saturday 20 October: 19:30 – 05:00 – Store Street 
Curated by Daniel Avery

MARCEL DETTMANN
DAPHNI
DANIEL AVERY
BLAWAN
AVALON EMERSON
CALL SUPER
DR RUBINSTEIN
SKEEMASK
ANASTASIA KRISTENSEN
HAAi
PEACH
IDA
RE:NI
JOHN LOVELESS
MEANS&3RD

Friday 26 October: 21:30 – 05:00 – Store Street 
WHP HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
presented by TQD & MY NU LENG

ROOM 1:
MY NU LENG
TQD ft FLAVA D, DJ Q & ROYAL T
MIKE SKINNER
DUB PHIZIX & STRATEGY
P MONEY
SIR SPYRO
CHIMPO
EMERALD

ROOM 2:
Maraki vs Butterz:
BUSHBABY
FINEART
DISMANTLE
ELIJAH & SKILLIAM
CHAMPION
SHARDA

ROOM 3:
SWING TING:
ANZ
CHRYSTAL & CARMEL
FINN
RONIN
FLORENTINO
SAMRAI
PLATT
MC FOX

Saturday 27 October: 18:00 – 05:00 – Store Street
WHP vs Motion

ROOM 1:
ALAN FITZPATRICK
CHRIS LIEBING
DENSE & PIKA
PAN-POT
SAM PAGANINI
EM WILLIAMS | ELLIE STOKES

ROOM 2 – FUSE
ARCHIE HAMILTON
ENZO SIRAGUSA
RICH NXT
ROSSKO
SEB ZITO
TOM RIO

ROOM 3 – Bitch, Please!
ANNA WALL
JAMES DYER & JACK SCALES
KRYSKO & GREG LORD
WILLIAM DJOKO
ZEN ZERO

Friday 2 November: 19:30 – 04:00 – Store Street  
Underworld
& special guests to be revealed.

Saturday 3 November: 19:30 – 05:00 – Store Street
Knee Deep

ROOM 1:
HOT SINCE 82
KERRI CHANDLER
SKREAM
YOUSEF
LA FLEUR

ROOM 2:
APOLLONIA – 4 HRS
DYED SOUNDOROM, SHONKY, DAN GHENNACIA
KIM ANN FOXMAN
LAUREN LO SUNG

ROOM 3:
PBR STREETGANG
KRYSKO
GINA BREEZE
OLLI RYDER & LUKE WELSH

Saturday 3 November: 16:00 – 01:00 – Mayfield Depot 
Bonobo Presents: Outlier

BONOBO (DJ)
GEORGE FITZGERALD – LIVE
GILLES PETERSON
PALMS TRAX
SHANTI CELESTE
JOSEY REBELLE
NOW WAVE DJS

Tuesday 6 November: 19:00 – 23:00 – Mayfield Depot 
Fever Ray

Thursday 8 November: 19:00 – 23:00 – Mayfield Depot 
Bugzy Malone

Friday 9 November: 19:00 – 23:00 – Mayfield Depot 
Bugzy Malone

Friday 9 November: 21:30 – 06:00 – Store Street 
Adam Beyer presents DRUMCODE

ADAM BEYER
ADAM BEYER b2b MACEO PLEX
AMELIE LENS
ENRICO SANGUILIANO
IDA ENGBERG
LAYTON GIORDANI
MAETRIK – LIVE
WEHBBA
GREG LORD
LUCA DE-SANTO
RUDOSA
TRANSCODE

Saturday 10 November: 17:30 – 01:00 – Mayfield Depot 
BICEP – Live
LEON VYNEHALL – Live
JUJU & JORDASH
MARIE DAVIDSON
HAMMER

Saturday 10 November: 21:00 – 04:00 – Store Street 
WHP presents DJ EZ & Hannah Wants

ROOM 1:
DJ EZ
HANNAH WANTS
SHADOW CHILD
KLOSE ONE
JESS BAYS
resident

ROOM 2:
TODD EDWARDS
JACK SWIFT
TOM SHORTERZ
DEVSTAR
ROOM 3
CAAL & TECHNIK
NIGHTWRK
HAZE

Friday 16 November: 21:30 – 04:00 – Store Street 
Above & Beyond presents Common Ground

ABOVE & BEYOND
AMY WILES
BEN BOHMER
GRUM
JOSEP
OLIVER SMITH
SPENCER BROWN
+ ANJUNA HQ TAKEOVER

Saturday 17 November: 21:00 – 04:00 – Store Street
Mau5trap present
DEADMAU5
& Special guests

Friday 16 November: 21:00 – 04:00 – Albert Hall 
Sonny Fodera Solotoko at the Albert Hall

SONNY FODERA
DANNY HOWARD
MAT.JOE
GENE FARRIS
SAFRON STONE

Friday 23 November: 21:00 – 05:00 – Store Street 
Sulta Selects

DENIS SULTA
MODESELEKTOR DJ SET
MIDLAND
TOM TRAGO
SHANTI CELESTE
BAMBOUNOU
& ECLAIR FIFI
BABA STILTZ
COURTESY
JAMIE 3:26
SPENCER PARKER
PEACH
SALLY C
CROMBY
DART

Saturday 24 November: 14:00 – 02:00 – Store Street 
Paradise- Day & Night

ROOM 1:
JAMIE JONES
RICHY AHMED b2b ALAN FITZPATRICK
PATRICK TOPPING
KiNK – LIVE
MARK JENKYNS

ROOM 2:
PAUL WOOLFORD
MARQUIS HAWKES
MATT TOLFREY
DENNIS CRUZ
EAST END DUBS

ROOM 3:
ANNA WALL
BEN STERLING
PAOLO FRANCESCO

 

Friday 30 November: 21:30 – 05:00 – Store Street 
MK Area 10

MK
DISCIPLES
LEE FOSS
WAZE & ODYSSEY
RIVA STARR
JOSH BUTLER
WILL CLARKE
PROK & FITCH
ELI & FUR
KC LIGHTS
ELI BROWN
BOOTS & KATS

Saturday 1 December: 17:30 – 06:00 – Store Street
AVA x WHP 

SVEN VATH
BICEP
DJ KOZE
PEGGY GOU
CHARLOTTE DE WITTE
SUNIL SHARPE
HAMMER
SAOIRSE
NEZ
SWOOSE & CROMBY
TIMMY STEWART
KERRIE – LIVE
QUINTON CAMPBELL
GREG LORD
HOLLY LESTER
JIKA JIKA!
HIGH HOOPS

Friday 7 December: 21:00 – 06:00 – Store Street 
Jackmaster & Numbers presents Mastermix Allnighter

JACKMASTER
OMAR S
BEN UFO b2b JOY ORBISON
HELENA HAUFF
DJ STINGRAY
AVALON EMERSON
LENA WILLIKENS
SPENCER
WILLOW
SAOIRSE
BRYAN KESSLER
KRYSKO
ZUTEKH DJS
BLASHA & ALLATT
MANAMI BABA

Saturday 8 December: 19:00 – 03:30 – Store Street
Sounds of the Near Future

PUSHA T
AJ TRACEY
SLOWTHAI
CLAMS CASINO
CHILDREN OF ZEUS
FLOHIO
SUSPECT
STRIPES
VEGYN
ALEXANDER NUT
MARTELO
MARTHA (NTS)
SKENGDO x AM
KENNY ALLSTAR
TIFFANY CALVER
METRODOME & BLACK JOSH
JETSSS
RICH REASON
NOW WAVE DJS

Friday 14 December: 21:30 – 05:00 – Store Street 
WHP & Kaluki Presents All Night Long

JOSEPH CAPRIATI
100% JC

EATS EVERYTHING
ALL NIGHT LONG

SKREAM
OPEN TO CLOSE

Saturday 15 December: 16:00 – 04:00 – Store Street 
We Still Believe

THE BLACK MADONNA
THE BLACK MADONNA b2b HONEY DIJON
MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE
HONEY DIJON
KRYSTAL KLEAR
JAYDA G
BRADLEY ZERO
CRAZY P SOUNDSYSTEM
OCTO OCTA – LIVE
LOVEFINGERS
HAAi
PEACH
GIDEÖN
KRYSKO & JAMES HOLROYD
GRAINGER
WILL TRAMP & JAMIE BULL
GINA BREEZE
BLOOM DJS

Saturday 15 December: 19:00 – 23:00 – At The Apollo  
Sasha- Refracted Live

SASHA

Wednesday 26 December: 21:30 – 04:00 – Store Street 
CRU Cast:

SKEPSIS
DARKZY
MR VIRGO
BRU-C
TS7
LAZCRU

 

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/the-warehouse-project-announce-2018-line-up/feed/ 0 Bonobo Talks LA, Britain and New Album, ‘Migrations’ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-talks-la-britain-and-new-album-migrations/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-talks-la-britain-and-new-album-migrations/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:32:28 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=5658 Simon Green, better known as Bonobo, has given an interview to The Independent from his current base in LA. Green covers a host of topics including his new album Migration (which is slated for release on 13th January), life in LA, and what it’s like to look back at his homeland from the other side of the pond.

Green isn’t alone in having ditched London for LA, he explains that, ‘There are so many people here,’ including Jon Hopkins whom Green enlisted to work on Migration’s title track. He actually paints quite a picture of the chilled Californian lifestyle for exiled Brits, revealing, ‘we were hanging out and I was playing him ideas… I created all the little loops that it starts with – they’re all randomly generated – and set them at random and had Jon improvise. And that was the idea… to have the pianist improvising to this algorithm. We did about three takes from start to finish and kept it as it was.’ Indeed, Green compares this relaxed and creative atmosphere favourably with his previous home in New York, saying, ‘It feels like there are more reasons to be here [in LA], not just musical ones, for the soul as well. There’s a good vibe here at the minute, it’s having a moment.’ The rest of California has also had an impact on Green who loves Death Valley and has used it in the artwork for his new music, ‘because it’s so alien compared to where I’m from. From being in the UK… well all the places I’ve lived have had quite lush landscapes. And this is Martian… I’m trying to get amongst it as much as I can.’

In terms of the sound of his new music, Green seems to want Bonobo to move sonically just as he has moved geographically, renouncing his earlier jazz influences because, I don’t know if it’s where my head is at right now,’ and adding, ‘I’m always trying to find new things that I haven’t done before. I felt like I had a genuine learning curve on this record, diving into aspects of production that I’d not really understood before. I had a lot of people coming through the studio as well, which is the other thing about LA, there’s this exchange of ideas which I hadn’t had for a while. We were just messing around and trying to learn some stuff.’

Green talks effusively about his new home, but how does he feel about the one he left? He’s returning soon to rehearse before heading out to Europe for his upcoming tour, and he reflected on the direction Britain has taken since he left, saying, ‘Fabric, Brexit… it’s hard to get a proper perspective and I feel a sort of guilt, like I should be standing there with my people. I was back at the Hydra a few weeks ago and that still felt like a proper rave though. The will to still go out is there, and that’s important.’

Of course, Fabric has now re-opened, and Bonobo’s forthcoming sixth album will be on us before we know it, on the 13th January, so the future is not all doom and gloom.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-talks-la-britain-and-new-album-migrations/feed/ 0 Bonobo to Release New Album in 2016 https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-to-release-new-album-in-2016/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/bonobo-to-release-new-album-in-2016/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:06:41 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=3023 DJ and producer Bonobo aka Simon Green has announced plans to release a new album in 2016.

The Brighton native electronic artist announced his plans for a new album via a straight to the point tweet, which you can see below:

Bonobo was pretty quiet over 2015, with his last release dropping a little over a year ago now with 2014’s Flashlight EP. His last album, however, was back in 2013, with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful North Borders, which brought together Burial vibes and Mount Kimbie-esque percussion in an album that sounded as intelligent as the name Bonobo implies.

This will be his sixth studio album, and although very little is known about it, the assumption is that it will follow the rest in being released on Ninja Tunes Records.

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