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Bonobo is awesome, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes him around here. I also like Boards Of Canada, Ulrich Schnauss and even Helios, but their music is tiring and even soulless compared to that of Bonobo. For me, the music he presented on Animal Magic is THE chillout music (his later output is more uptempo, but equally good (or even better - Dial M For Monkey)). I also love the way he adds vinyl hum and clicks and pops to his recordings, probably to make material even more warmer than it would normally sound (or maybe the CDs are mastered from vinyls, but I highly doubt in that). It seems to be his practice to release a new album every three years, so I think we can expect a new material from him this year (since his latest album Days To Come was released in 2006). I just hope it won't feature so much vocals as Days To Come. Similar to Bonobo are iso68 (very nice last year's album Space Frames) and Pushmipulyu (also awesome album 133 Thursdays from 2007).
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