Simon Green, known as Bonobo, is a British electronic musician and producer from Brighton, active since the late 1990s, known for blending electronic, downtempo, ambient, world and jazz-influenced sounds.

Stage name Bonobo; born and raised in Brighton; early releases on Tru Thoughts and later on Ninja Tune; relocated to the United States (New York then Los Angeles) as noted in DeBaser reviews; career spans from debut Animal Magic (2000) through albums such as Black Sands, The North Borders, Migration, and Fragments.

Four DeBaser reviews (Animal Magic, Days To Come, Migration, Fragments) track Bonobo's evolution from downtempo and trip-hop roots toward ambient, world-infused and club-oriented electronic music. Critics praise melodic craft, live-electronic blends and vocal collaborations. Common criticisms target occasional over-polished production and occasional predictable song forms.

For:Fans of electronic, downtempo, ambient and world-influenced music; readers who follow album-by-album critical perspectives on production and collaboration.

 Living in Southern California, especially coming from the U.K., the whole landscape around here is kind of strange and weird and wonderful and just there to explored. And it’s a good way of having experiences that don’t involve travel or getting amongst crowds of people. I really took the opportunity to get out — and also just exploring L.A. There was this unique situation of not having any traffic, and being able to just traverse the city and find your corners.

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 This album is simply amazing, and its mind deserves further exploration by listening to the subsequent releases (always at high levels).

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 After a brief intro, the title track is so powerful that there’s a risk of immediately hitting repeat instead of continuing to listen to the album.

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