Bonobo

Fifty percent of what I've worked on is never going to get heard, but I think the important thing is just working.

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You know, the one thing I've learnt or value from back in the day is the restraint and discipline you get when…

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Every record I've made, I've mixed and engineered at home.

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As a club DJ, it's more about the room and the whole immersive experience of the club. In a live show, the…

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It's one of those things that always astounds me, when I make a record and it connects with people.

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For me, the energy when I'm DJ'ing should be about the dance floor and not about the person performing.

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I'm just a music fan.

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There were a lot of labels in the '90s that were fashionable for a time and then crashed.

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If something is done really well then the question of live vs. DJ vs. instruments vs. drum machines doesn't matter - it's…

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New York is great in your twenties.

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My taste is developing constantly, and it goes in whatever direction it wants to go in - the music follows.

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I think nostalgia is kind of dangerous in music.

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For me, I really like listening to music really loud.

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I'm always just referencing whatever I'm listening to or wherever I am musically.

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I'm not keen on terms like 'lounge' or 'chill out.'

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My parents and two sisters were great musicians but my family's approach to music was always way more academic than mine. They…

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I'm always trying to find new things that I haven't done before.

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I was in bands, like everyone else, when I was 16, 17; I was a little skater listening to Dead Kennedy's and…

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I struggle with arrangements. I take forever doing them. It gets to a point where I've been playing around with things on…

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That's when things get exciting - when you're outside the comfort zone, trying different things.

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I record a lot of stuff on my phone when I'm out and about and regularly use the recordings in my tracks.

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I never used to be able to work on the road, I was always strictly in the studio. But not everything's gotten…

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I do really long DJ sets - I play for five or six hours sometimes - but the live shows are a…

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People think about L.A. as being sunny and relaxed, but there's a darker side to it. There's people living in tents under…

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The only criteria I have with every new album is to keep moving on from what I've done before.

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