Today, Bonobo, who is known as Simon Green, has released “Talk to Me”, which is collaboration with Nicole Miglis (previously of Hundred Waters) and is the latest offering from his forthcoming album, Distance in Static, ahead of its release on September 11, through Ninja Tune. The ditty represents one of the earliest tracks from the record with the demo originating shortly after the release of his Fragments’ album and an early version of the track actually appearing in Green’s 2023 Boiler Room set from DGTL Amsterdam.
“The choral sound that it starts with, the sort of reverb of ooh and ahs. That’s me and Nicole in a backstage corridor in Vienna on the ‘Fragments’ tour. She was doing her vocal warm-ups and I just sort of interrupted her by joining in and harmonizing and recording it on my phone. You can actually hear our tour manager in the background shouting “10 minutes”. It’s all still in the recording used on the record. I made the original version in a backstage green room, and also in a hotel room in Milan – it was called Milano for ages – and then finished on the tour bus over the next few days. It was something that existed in demo form for a few years,” said Green.
“Talk to Me” is the latest in a number of singles released ahead of the album’s arrival, alongside “Always on Your Side” featuring Joy Crookes and “Fire on the Water” featuring Arooj Aftab demonstrate Green’s adept skill for working with vocalists, sitting alongside additional standout collaborations with the likes of Nilüfer Yanya, Ichiko Aoba and Aanya Martin. Elsewhere, album tracks like the previous singles “Drift” and “Me and You” and “Uncasually”, which is named after the online handle of a close friend of Green who passed away last year, perfectly encapsulate the album’s club-focused leanings.
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