indie-only blue vinyl version with 2 unique printed inner sleeves, and 4 postcard inserts - “I want to reinforce this idea that you can be more than one thing,” Green explains. It’s that duality – of live artist and DJ, introspective composer and club-focussed selector – that sits at the heart of latest album ‘Distance in Static’, a record that is full of depth, detail and emotion; both beautiful and banging; quintessentially Bonobo, yet pushing beyond the contours of what a Bonobo album has traditionally been.
A large portion of the record was created at Neil Young’s legendary Broken Arrow Ranch studio in Woodside, California – an environment Green describes as deeply immersive and creatively transformative. A pivotal track to emerge from these Ranch sessions was the enchanting “Fire on the Water”, featuring Arooj Aftab, who travelled down from her NYC base to record what became a breakthrough moment during the album’s creation. Evolving, almost accidentally, from a rough acoustic guitar loop recorded while Green was testing studio inputs one morning. Elsewhere, tracks like “Drift” and “Me and You” perfectly encapsulate the album’s club-focussed leanings, with both quickly emerging as firm fan favorites in Green’s recent DJ sets.
| A1 | Dawn |
| A2 | Cycles |
| A3 | Fire On The Water |
| A4 | Drift |
| B1 | Talk To Me |
| B2 | Uncasually |
| B3 | Always On Your Side |
| B4 | Youth’s Fountain |
| C1 | Shokoufeh |
| C2 | Can’t You See |
| C3 | ID700 |
| D1 | Me And You |
| D2 | Equinoctial |
| D3 | Mercury |
