A few pretty tunes, but some of it's going a bit EDMish. Seems more and more likely that Black Sands was his peak.
― chap, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 08:50 (seven years ago) link
#5 in the Albums chart.
That seems surprisingly high to me
― groovypanda, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
Never underestimate the power of middlebrow electonica
― ewar woowar (or something), Sunday, 22 January 2017 22:40 (seven years ago) link
^ Was reminded of this by hearing Jamie XX "In Colour" in Starbucks today.
― Everything Moves Towards The Sun (Ross), Sunday, 22 January 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
Have Ninja Tune been pushing this album?
His only other album to chart before was the previous one at #29.
Black Sands and all preceding it never even dented the top 100
― groovypanda, Monday, 23 January 2017 08:56 (seven years ago) link
I've seen a fair bit of promotion on social media. Plus I feel like his word of mouth popularity has grown a lot in the last couple of years. Seems like everyone you meet likes Bonobo these days.
― chap, Monday, 23 January 2017 10:28 (seven years ago) link
6 music/laverne playing tracks off the album, session for laverne this friday ...
― mark e, Monday, 23 January 2017 11:39 (seven years ago) link
I was surprised. I'd have put it down to a low sales week but then The Flaming Lips are down at about 37 when you'd have thought fanbase plus low sales would uave seen them much higher. This is the first Bonobo album I've checked out, pleasant enough.
― michaellambert, Monday, 23 January 2017 11:59 (seven years ago) link
If you enjoy it you should go back to Black Sands and Days to Come, both much better than this imo.
― chap, Monday, 23 January 2017 12:14 (seven years ago) link
possible answers as to how he now hits the proper charts
http://mixmag.net/feature/bonobo-cover-feature/10
― mark e, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link
http://www.bonobo.org/bonobos/what-do-bonobos-sound-like/?utm_source=Bonobo+News+-+Feb+2013&utm_campaign=Bonobo+News+Feb+2013&utm_medium=email
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 4 October 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
Bonobo's sound engineer heard Anna Lapwood (Royal Albert Hall's resident organist) practice after one of their shows & shouted "toccata in B minor!" - the next day, she played in the finale of his show:
https://www.tiktok.com/@annalapwoodorgan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMEdqx3MdZA
― StanM, Friday, 27 May 2022 06:31 (one year ago) link