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█ Artist..........: Bonobo █
█ Title .........: Black Sands █
█ Genre ..........: Trip-Hop █
█ Source .........: CDDA █
█ Type ...........: Album █
█ Rls date........: 25-07-2010 █
█ St date.........: 00-00-0000 █
█ Size ...........: 69,5 MB █
█ Tracks .........: 12 █
█ Quality ........: Lame 3.97 █
█ Label ..........: Ninjatune █
█ Website ........: n/a █
█ Catalog Number..: n/a █
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█ T R A C K S L I S T █
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█ 01 Prelude 01:18 █
█ 02 Kiara 03:50 █
█ 03 Kong 03:58 █
█ 04 Eyesdown (Feat. Andrea Triana) 05:26 █
█ 05 El Toro 03:44 █
█ 06 We Could Forever 04:20 █
█ 07 1009 04:30 █
█ 08 All In Forms 04:52 █
█ 09 The Keeper (Feat. Andrea Triana) 04:49 █
█ 10 Stay The Same (Feat. Andrea Triana) 04:45 █
█ 11 Animals 06:45 █
█ 12 Black Sands 06:49 █
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█ 55:06 min █
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█ N O T E S █
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█ Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his fourth, most eagerly-anticipated and █
█ most accomplished album to date, the magnificent 'Black Sands.' Green proves █
█ once and for all with 'Black Sands' that he is an artist and producer with his █
█ sights set on much higher prizes than to rule any dusty subgenre of dance █
█ music. This is a record of epic reach and massive emotional pull, all held █
█ together by Green's understanding of composition and arrangement of live █
█ instruments (most of them also played by him) as well as his complete mastery █
█ of the tricks and techniques of the digital age. 'Black Sands' is the most █
█ contemporary record he has ever made. █
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█ Opening track 'Kiara' sets out Bonobo's stall quickly. Yes, there is an █
█ exquisite string refrain, reminiscent of Chinese art movies, but Green places █
█ this within the context of a thumping beat, deep synths and cut up vocals. █
█ 'Kong' seems closer to the soul-jazz template which has long influenced the █
█ Bonobo sound but each further listen showcases both the intricacy of his █
█ productions and the subtlety with which he achieves them. The skipping beat of █
█ 'Eyesdown' and the way he weaves Andreya Triana's vocals through layers of █
█ sub-bass show Green making his own moves with the influences of two-step. 'El █
█ Toro' brings a Brazilian flavour but without losing any of the hard snap of the █
█ beats. 'We Could Forever' combines high-life guitar lines with punishing, █
█ melancholy bass. First single, 'The Keeper' shows Green and Triana coming █
█ through with their most intense, emotional soul jam. 'All In Forms' once again █
█ combines a shimmering beauty with some serious beat 'n' bass action. 'Wonder █
█ When' showcases Andreya Triana's voice again, this time in the context of a █
█ polyrhythmic finger snapper which will lead to euphoric scenes on the █
█ dancefloor. 'Animals' sounds like Joy Division jamming with Steve Reich and a █
█ bloco band. Title track 'Black Sands' finishes the album with a perfectly █
█ judged, melancholy waltz, waves of horns swelling up to the kind of finale that █
█ sings in your ears even after it has stopped. █
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█ Since Simon Green's last album, 'Days To Come', he has become one of Ninja █
█ Tune's biggest artists worldwide, with over fifteen million plays on Last.FM █
█ and a series of sell out tours with his live band which have moved from venues █
█ such as the Luminaire to the Kentish Town Forum and the Roundhouse. This █
█ combination of superb live shows and studio wizardry means that he is now █
█ perfectly placed to push on into a yet bigger league. With 'Black Sands', █
█ Bonobo has made the progressive record to achieve it. █
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