{"product_id":"bonobo-distance_in_static","title":"Distance In Static","description":"\u003cp\u003eBonobo’s Distance in Static is British producer Simon Green’s eighth studio album, released September 11, 2026, through Ninja Tune. Its 14 tracks connect downtempo, house, ambient music, jazz, and soul, combining live instrumentation with processed samples and increasingly club-focused rhythms. Guests including Arooj Aftab, Joy Crookes, Nilüfer Yanya, Ichiko Aoba, and Nicole Miglis introduce contrasting vocal styles, with lyrics in English, Urdu, and Japanese extending the record’s international scope. Its central theme is connection: Green describes the title as listening for a distant signal through noise, an idea reflected in voices emerging from electronic textures and older recordings finding new contexts. He has suggested that it may be his final “traditional” Bonobo album, meaning the familiar album-and-tour format rather than a definitive retirement from recording. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dawn” opens with weathered orchestral textures before “Cycles” introduces a stronger electronic pulse, while “Fire on the Water,” featuring Arooj Aftab, brings Urdu vocals into a dense, hypnotic setting. “Drift” builds toward expansive dancefloor release, and “Talk to Me” gives Nicole Miglis’s voice a more meditative backdrop. Joy Crookes’s “Always on Your Side” supplies a soulful counterpoint to the club tracks, while “Me and You” constructs its playful rhythm around a sample of a 1950 Malawian field recording. Near the close, “Equinoctial,” featuring Ichiko Aoba, and “Mercury,” featuring Kanako Yamamoto, return the emphasis to delicacy and atmosphere. The result balances meticulous sonic detail with accessible momentum, although its polished beats and familiar emotional crescendos sometimes make the cultural and instrumental variety feel more carefully arranged than genuinely exploratory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP - Indie Exclusive - Blue Pastel Vinyl","offer_id":67965469360442,"sku":"41008","price":56.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":67982178713914,"sku":"41007","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP","offer_id":67982187757882,"sku":"41006","price":53.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-11-12_at_9.00.52_PM.jpg?v=1794560411","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/bonobo-distance_in_static","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}