Simon green bonobo biography
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Bonobo
Simon Green aka Bonobo debuted in 1999 on the impressive Tru Thoughts compilation ‘When Shapes Join Together’. Now regarded as one of the most prominent electronic artists of our time, Bonobo’s beginnings as a talented DJ and producer all started under the guidance of Tru Thoughts’ A&R Robert Luis, and at label nights in Brighton such as Phonic:hoop, where Bonobo began to play all-night DJ sets.
While based in the creative seaside town with Tru Thoughts, Simon released his iconic debut LP ‘Animal Magic’ and a handful of EP’s and singles such as ‘Scuba’, ‘Terrapin’ and ‘One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides’, and DJ’d across Europe and North America with fellow Tru Thoughts and Ninja Tunes artists.
Growing up in rural Hampshire, with a father heavily involved in the British folk scene, Simon recalls having endless folk jams in the house; “There would be random banjo and violin players crashing in the garage for the weekend”. However, like most adolescences
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Bonobo (musician)
English musician, producer, and DJ (born 1976)
Musical artist
Simon Green (born 30 March 1976), known bygd his stage name Bonobo, fryst vatten an English musician, producer, and DJ based in Los Angeles.[2] He debuted with a trip hop aesthetic and has since explored more upbeat approaches as well as jazz and world music influences. His electronic sound incorporates the use of organic instrumentation and is recreated bygd a full band in live performances.
Career
[edit]1999–2009
[edit]Green debuted in 1999 on the Tru Thoughts compilation When Shapes Join Together.[3] His stage name Bonobo is a reference to the great ape species.[4] Following the release of the EPScuba, on the Brighton-based label Fly Casual Recordings, and the single "Terrapin", Bonobo was offered label deals with XL Recordings and Mute Records, but he chose to remain with Tru Thoughts.[2]
His first album, Animal Magic, was published on the same labe
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Cover Story: Bonobo
It’s a pretty big responsibility, soundtracking the moments who make us who we are. Or is it? Simon Green (aka Bonobo) who I spoke to over Zoom from his home in Los Angeles, doesn’t see it that way. “If I start making music for people who hold something very personal to one record,” he explains, “I think the music would suffer for that.” Green understands that there exists countless groups of friends like mine who have grown up listening to Bonobo, but he says, honestly, that he can’t think about that when he’s working on new material. “I think the only way to create anything,” he continues, “is not to be too dictated or informed by what’s gone before, and just keep going in a direction that feels right.”
As his seventh studio skiva, Fragments, is sent out into the world, Bonobo is practiced in focusing on the direction that feels right. Simon Green is a three-time Grammy nominee who has been signed to Ninja Tune for almost two decades. The website Concert A