Bonobo's back with "Kerala", the Brandy-sampling first taste of new album Migration

"Kerala", the first track written for the LP (way back in 2014), features a sample of R&B artist Brandy towards the end. The video stars British actress Gemma Arterton.

Bonobo (aka Simon Green) teams with some stellar names on the record, including Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), Rhye's Michael Milosh, Hundred Waters' Nicole Miglis, and Moroccan band Innov Gnawa. The album also features found sounds from across the globe, including elevators from Hong Kong, rain from Seattle, a tumble dryer from Atlanta, and a fan boat engine from New Orleans.

Migration, as Green says, is about "The study of people and spaces.... It’s interesting how one person will take an influence from one part of the world and move with that influence and affect another part of the world. Over time, the identities of places evolve. ”

“My own personal idea of identity has played into this record and the theme of migration,” Green adds. “Is home where you are or where you are from, when you move around?”

Green's sixth record as Bonobo was announced less than two hours into the year and will follow up acclaimed 2013 LP The North Borders - a bunch of murals appeared in London and Los Angeles this week to tease the release.

Tracklist:

1. Migration
2. Break Apart (feat. Rhye)
3. Outlier
4. Grains
5. Second Sun
6. Surface (feat. Nicole Miglis)
7. Bambro Koyo Ganda (feat. Innov Gnawa)
8. Kerala
9. Ontario
10. No Reason (feat. Nick Murphy)
11. 7th Sevens
12. Figures

February 2017

15: Hamburg, DE - Docks
16: Berlin, DE - Columbiahalle
17: Cologne, DE - Live Music Hall
18: Frankfurt, DE - Batschkapp
20: Amsterdam,NL - Paradiso
21: Groningen, NL - Oosterpoort
22: Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg
25: London, UK - O2 Academy Brixton
27: Dublin, IE - Vicar St.

March 2017

01: Leeds, UK - O2
02: Manchester, UK - Apollo
03: Gateshead, UK - Sage
04: Bexhill, UK - De La Warr Pavilion
07: Brussels, BE - AB
08: Paris, FR - Olympia
09: Strasbourg, FR - La Laiterie
10: Lyon, FR - Transbordeur
12: Zurich, CH - Volkshaus
13: Milan, IT - Fabrique
15: Barcelona, ES - Razzmatazz
16: Madrid, ES - La Riviera