Bonobo - Dial 'M' for Monkey

Bonobo - Dial 'M' for MonkeySimon Green aka Bonobo presents nine perfectly formed tracks on a perfectly formed album. No huge, bloated, over conceptualised rottage for the monkey man. He gets in, does what he has to do, gets out. From the opener, 'Noctuary', with its creepy stoned Hammer feel, through the headnod sitar funk of 'Flutter', on into the Rhodes meets Gamelan of 'D Song', the first third of the record sets out the tone for what is to follow all beautfiully melodic and

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Dan Carey aka Mr Dan is one of the UK’s best known and most highly-rated producers

and lock so tight with Rodney’s vox that they actually achieve more than anyone could hope for

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The free-rolling exuberance of “Pack of Wolves”

is dedicated to Andreya’s mother who raised her during tough times

New Orleans legend David Shirley on drums and the weird and wonderful Colin Stetson also really brought the heat to the table

and unreleased ideas into a series of mixes that have now been further refined into the Kaleidoscope Companion and presented alongside the original album on quadruple vinyl

but also in the pop world at large

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