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Bonobo's music transcends genres. The Brighton-born, New York-based producer and DJ has a discography spanning jazz, garage, soul, deep house and trip-hop. No wonder then that the 'downtempo' tag (or any tag for that matter) often gets his goat.
With his 2010 album Black Sands, Bonobo revolutionised the face of electronic music. His soundscapes — the masterful use of beats, textures and refinement of everyday sounds like train doors opening, coins falling in water, or the scrunching of plastic bottles — gave the digital generation the organic, uplifting music it was looking for. This is electronic music with both heart and intellect.
Fresh off concluding his sold-out The North Borders tour in London's Alexandra Palace, Bonobo preps for his Mumbai visit and gives an exhaustive interview:
175 shows in 30 countries, and still counting. What took you so long to decide to come to India?
I don't know really. It's crazy because I have loved India all my life. I wanted to take a year off from college and travel to India. So India was on the top of my list, somewhere I always wanted to go. It's just that we've been going non-stop with the live show since last April. We've pretty much gone twice around the world. I'm just glad we are finally making it to India. It's going to be exciting.
I heard you gave up your apartment in NYC and are technically homeless since you've been on the road for so long.
You've heard right! We've been going non-stop with the live show since last April. Out of six months, I've only lived in my apartment for two weeks. So I did give up my apartment because it made no sense to have one. I filled my suitcase, have been living off it and on the road. In January, I am going to rest a bit and head to California.
Any horror stories from your tour other from that time you got robbed in Ukraine?
In terms of horror stories, nothing beats the Ukraine story. It was the worst experience on tour. It was such a powerless situation cause the hotel denied that anything happened, that anything was missing. I kind of felt they were behind it. Even the police didn't help much because there were no leads. However, I think it was still brilliant that we played our show and with half our instruments.
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