Animal Magic - Bonobo

Advantages: Generally excellent, varied, really wide appeal, no bad tracks
Disadvantages: slightly too chilled out for some

...hearing Silver and Gypsy from Animal Magic I was hooked. The album's ten tracks (including intro) are all completely different, from the uber-chilled out Kota to the more lively tracks such as the pretty bass orientated Sugar Rhyme. Having said that, they all follow a fairly relaxed theme, perfect for summer evenings with mates or post surfing... Unfortunately, this album is really difficult to describe and I recommend that you listen to a track ...
...me this is what sets Animal Magic above Melody AM by Röyksopp, Mishaps Happening by Quantic or Hotel by Moby. On that note, this album would, in my opinion, be loved by anyone that likes Moby, Röyksopp or any other chillout type music. Also worth looking into along the same lines as Bonobo would be Quantic (mentioned above, another artist on the Tru Thoughts label). Price: £11.99 (at HMV in the dance section, I would have been prepared to pay £20...) ... Read review

Advantages: Excelent Taste, Varied Tunes, Superb Fusion
Disadvantages: Makes you Chillout even if you don't want to

...awareness growing from this, a feeling for the song form and the gradual build which raises it way above the work of many of his contemporaries and cries out for him to achieve the kind of mainstream success that has talent has long hinted at.. Bonobo's debut album, "Animal Magic," was released by Brighton label TruThoughts just as the journalistic vogue for "chill out" music began to peak, the Observer said "anyone in search of the ultimate summer chill-out album should buy this debut." Having rejected the advances of more than one major label, Green decided to sign with Ninja Tune and for them he produced "Dial M For Monkey," a brooding and intricate record which not only continued his move away from traditional sampling techniques, but broadsided the idea that he only made music for people to listen to in transcendental bubble bath yurts... Read review

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