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A repress of the critically-acclaimed ‘Black Sands’ – Bonobo aka Simon
Green’s celebrated breakthrough record – on Eco Mix double vinyl.
Influenced by the divergent, bass-driven strands of the UK electronic music
scene at that time, Green artfully fitted those evolving sounds into his own
wider vision. The record’s lasting importance stems from the depth that he
found in those combinations, rattling two-step rhythms and heavy pressure
sub-bass twinned with carefully crafted songwriting and lush, brightly-
realised instrumentation.
It’s a record that’s both timeless and wonderfully of its time. From ‘Kiara’,
which weds cinematic, string-laden composition with chopped up vocals and
luminous synth arpeggios, to ‘Eyesdown’, where subterranean swells of bass
meet Andreya Triana’s warm, peerless vocals, the album is effortlessly multi-
faceted. Listening back a decade later, it still sounds just as beguiling,
emotive and transportive as it did the first time around.
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