Description
BONOBO Fragments (2022 UK/EU limited edition 12-track double vinyl LP pressed on Red Marbled Vinyl Fragments is a series of 12 sonic affirmations, featuring some of the hardest and most hip-shaking grooves that Simon Green has ever created. The ballads are perfectly placed throughout; they capture a world in flux and glow with hope. Coaxing the ideas out initially took some hard work. The constantly-touring Green creates best while on the move; theglobal shutdown forced him to stand still; including the singles Rosewood, Tides, Otomo, Shadows and From You. Picture sleeve with printed inners, download voucher. This copy includes a Bleep Exclusive Autographed print! The sleeve remains in the open shrink and shows minimal wear. The vinyl are Near Mint ZEN279)
TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Fragments is the most emotionally intense record that he – aka Simon Green – has ever had to make. Its no surprise that its also his masterpiece. The album features Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakei, OFlynn and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Born first out of fragments of ideas and experimentation, the album ultimately was fused together in a burst of creativity fuelled by both collaboration and Greens escape into the wild.
Fragments is a series of 12 sonic affirmations, featuring some of the hardest and most hip-shaking grooves that Green has ever created. The ballads are perfectly placed throughout; they capture a world in flux and glow with hope. Coaxing the ideas out initially took some hard work. The constantly-touring Green creates best while on the move; the global shutdown forced him to stand still.
Musical themes began to arise through Greens exploration of modular synthesis, recordings he had made of harpist Lara Somogyi, his work with arranger and string player Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, his own playing of the Fender Rhodes and more, as the album was created, recorded and mixed by Green over the past two years. The album also came into focus as he sought refuge on solo adventures into nature, away from the shutdowns and wild fires and into the blazing California desert.
Tides, featuring Chicagoan singer and poet Jamila Woods, acted as a catalyst, and the album began to click into place around it. I knew I had a centrepiece, I knew how it was all going to sound, he says. Working with arranger and string player Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, musical themes began to emerge. Recording orchestral musicians in actual studios helped bring the songs out of the box even more.
A rhythmic framework started to come together too: the structures of UK bass music and rave began to seep into beats that would become tracks like Otomo (eventually co-produced by OFlynn and featuring a sample of the Bulgarian choir 100 Kaba-Gaidi), and Sapien. The old school, Detroity, Moodymann and Theo Parrish inspired Shadows was recorded with friend Jordan Rakei. Rosewood, Closer and Counterpoint each start with an ecstatic snap to them, but snake down surprisingly different paths. Somogyi’s harp and Atwood-Ferguson’s strings mingle together on the beatless Elysian. Two ballads flesh out the second half of the record: Day by Day featuring Kadhja Bonet and From You featuring Joji.
It’s about the dancefloor in many ways, about how I remembered all over again how much I loved crowds and movement and people connecting with each other, Green reflects. But the positivity isnt just in the uptempo rhythms: even the most introspective and melancholic pieces have joy in them.
Side 1:
1. Polyghost
2. Shadows
3. Rosewood
Side 2:
1. Otomo
2. Tides
3. From You
Side 3:
1. Closer
2. Age of Phase
3. Elysian
Side 4:
1. Counterpart
2. Sapien
3. Day by Day
Artist – Bonobo (click link for complete listing)
Title – Fragments (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release – 2022
Original Year of Release – 2022
Format – 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
Record Label – Ninja Tune
Catalogue No – ZEN279 (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United Kingdom (UK)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info – Deleted, Picture Sleeve, Autographed
Barcode – 5054429152944
Condition – This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No – OBN2LFR887243
GENRES
00s Artists, Dance.
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