{"product_id":"bonobo-fragments-limited-color-vinyl-140g","title":"Bonobo - Fragments 2LP (Indie Exclusive Red Marbled Vinyl) ( VINYL )","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product-body with-border-separator__start-separators pt-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-readmore-expanded=\"true\" data-readmore=\"\" id=\"product-description\" class=\"js-readmore\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFragments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the most emotionally intense record that he - aka Simon Green - has ever had to make. It’s no surprise that it’s also his masterpiece. The album features Jamila Woods, Joji, Kadhja Bonet, Jordan Rakei, O’Flynn 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 Green’s escape into the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFragments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusical themes began to arise through Green’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“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 centerpiece, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA 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 O’Flynn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt'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 isn’t just in the uptempo rhythms: even the most introspective and melancholic pieces have joy in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbutton data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-readmore-toggle=\"product-description\" class=\"read-more-link\"\u003eClose\u003c\/button\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"pt-3\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"pt-0\" aria-label=\"Video\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"12- Redeye Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56731819671925,"sku":"5054429152944","price":5.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8300\/2485\/files\/418466379729.jpg?v=1770887592","url":"https:\/\/warmvibevinyls.com\/products\/bonobo-fragments-limited-color-vinyl-140g","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}