{"id":315,"date":"2006-10-06T19:10:06","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T18:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2006-10-06T19:10:06","modified_gmt":"2006-10-06T18:10:06","slug":"bonobo-days-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"bonobo &#8211; days to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">despite following the whole <EM>ninjatune<\/EM> vibe  for a few years, i have to admit that i never fell under the spell of  <STRONG>bonobo, <\/STRONG>it was a little to <EM>just there<\/EM> for me,&nbsp;a  friend lent me his previous album and it just drifted over me. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">this time around things are somewhat different. for  a start, he has drafted in an free soul exotic singer who goes by the name of  <EM>bajka<\/EM> on 4 of the 11 tracks, giving the album a consistent flow that is  very welcome. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">her vocal style suites the sumptous backing  brilliantly, and for anyone who recalls the unique vocals of massive attacks  <STRONG>nicolette<\/STRONG>, then there are similar aspects within her tones  here.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">of course the music is as you&#8217;d expect, lush  production,&nbsp;real world instrumentation (lots of flute and clarinet solos),  warm bass lines, and i guess a subtle nod to the world of jazz, but without too  much of the chin stroking, though <EM>on your marks<\/EM> gets rather close for  my own tastes.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">as well as the tracks with bajka, which are my  overall favourites, there is a wonderfully laid back and sublime piece of  music,&nbsp;with strings, brushed drums and a deep deep dub bass line featuring  labelmate <STRONG>fink<\/STRONG> on vocals, <EM>if you stayed over<\/EM> which is  just fantastic and the best thing on the album by far, though the big fat  fretlass bass line on album closer <EM>recurring<\/EM> definitely gives a plendid  chill up the spine extra with its 70&#8217;s spy drama atmosphere.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">for those that want mood filled beats, laid back  vibes, a touch of jazz then this album is going to be one for your  wishlist.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>note<\/EM> : catch the full live band on  tour.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ninjatune.net\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; despite following the whole ninjatune vibe for a few years, i have to admit that i never fell under the spell of bonobo, it was a little to just there for me,&nbsp;a friend lent me his previous album and it just drifted over me. this time around things are somewhat different. for a start, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}