Bonobo
The duke of downtempo electronic music
Dancing like there’s no tomorrow while also listening deeply and intently: Bonobo’s music triggers multiple sensations at all times.
Simon Green likes going places; he sees as much value in obscure field recordings as an earworm-R&B hook. For it takes loving music in all its shapes and forms to be a pioneer in early-millennium downtempo and deep house. Names like Damon Albarn and Erykah Badu have tapped into the Bonobo-verse, and at Best Kept Secret, so will we.
What's Bonobo's secret?
A finely tuned mix of curiosity and pure skill, honed by decades of DJing. Green has an uncanny instinct for picking up a certain musical element and allowing that to work in harmony within a bigger musical ecosystem. And the results often speak for themselves.