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100
Migration is the acid test for electronic music in 2017, and sets a standard that will be undeniably difficult to beat, let alone match.
90
Jazz-heavy, experimental but rooted in beats, ‘Migration’ plays with your emotions in a way that befits a post-break up period — and is yet another fine offering from the Ninja Tune mainstay.
84
A wonderful trip into Green's mindset, the beautiful and evocative nature of the album speaks on a personal level to those who have migrated or seen first hand the highs and lows that come from moving to another part of the world.
80
An extremely reflective record, just a few shades more tranquil than his last two albums, but easily matching their well-produced splendour.
80
Migration represents another step forward in Bonobo’s musical development, keeping what was already strong in his music but adding more colour and depth.
80
Migration is an intricate, fine-tuned return to form, one that both soothes and thrills.
80
Inspired by his experiences as a nomadic musician rather than global issues surrounding migration, the record shares the same melancholic intensity of Jon Hopkins’ Immunity, but its head remains in the clouds rather than the club.
73
All told, Migration is an impressive improvement over The North Borders, and easily the most listenable record of Bonobo’s fifteen-plus year career. It’s a record with equal appeal for electronic music fans and general listeners, something you could put on anywhere.
70
The record will likely serve newer fans of Bonobo better than those that maintain a stronger fondness for his earlier work, but his journey is a fascinating one and only time will judge its permeance.
70
At its best, Migration pushes up against if not quite transgresses the boundaries of a genre that holds tranquility in too high a currency, managing at times to be totally arresting in spite of such limitations.
70
Bonobo's ability to immerse the listener in a gorgeous electronic escapism is better than ever.
70
Migration is a sparkling, crisp display of Green’s ability to completely immerse a listener, and it’s strong as it’s ever been.
70
With Migration, Green blends the unexpected with the familiar and emerges with some of his most affecting work yet.
60
Migration is not an edgy, crunching album. It’s soundtrack-like, slick and touches many bases with an LA gloss reflecting the current location of our emigre; it will be massive.
60
For an album centred on migration – inspired by the many people, places and things he’s has experienced over the past three years – you’d hope there’d be more new ideas injected in to Simon’s music. As it is however, ‘Migration’ feels disappointingly close to home.
48
It keeps Bonobo afloat without doing anything new that might alienate fans. In that sense, it's like a faded photocopy of its predecessor, with hints of what made it great along with a lot of grainy grey.
Migration - 5/5 ❤
Break Apart - 4/5
Outlier - 5/5 ❤
Grains - 4/5
Second Sun - 4/5
Surface - 3/5
Bambro Koyo Ganda - 5/5 ❤
Kerala - 5/5 ❤
Ontario - 3/5
No Reason - 5/5 ❤
7th Sevens - 3/5
Figures - 5/5 ❤
Bonobo's 2017 album is a real mix of styles and sounds. It's an interesting listen but not a very consistent one. Most of what he does on the album is good, I'm just not sure it blends together the best on this thing. Favorite tracks are Migration, Kerala and Ontario.
Bonobo is quite the widely known name in the downtempo/electronica world for some time now, not incorrectly acknowledged as one of the most consistent artists in that music spectrum. On Migration, though, the producer sounds a bit out of hand. Sure, most of the songs here do present a considerable ammount of emotion and life to his instrumentals, but not rarely do we get a handful of tracks that, honestly, don't fall far from the countless soundcloud works from anonymous producers out there, as ... read more
Imo The North Borders was a lil step down in composition quality compared to the previous two records.
Luckily, this one got back to the track, it's really great, one of the best in the Bonobo discog.
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Track List
| 1 | Migration 5:27 | 90 |
| 2 | Break Apart 4:34 feat. Rhye | 78 |
| 3 | Outlier 7:55 | 90 |
| 4 | Grains 4:28 | 73 |
| 5 | Second Sun 3:43 | 78 |
| 6 | Surface 4:11 feat. Nicole Miglis | 62 |
| 7 | Bambro Koyo Ganda 5:02 feat. Innov Gnawa | 91 |
| 8 | Kerala 3:57 | 91 |
| 9 | Ontario 3:52 | 60 |
| 10 | No Reason 7:28 feat. Nick Murphy | 95 |
| 11 | 7th Sevens 5:07 | 66 |
| 12 | Figures 6:08 | 88 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 1 minute
Year End Lists
| #8 | / | Hypebeast |
| #15 | / | Mixmag |
| #19 | / | The Skinny |
| #20 | / | The Independent |
| #23 | / | Double J |
| #32 | / | BLARE |
| #34 | / | Fopp |
| #50 | / | Uproxx |
| #64 | / | Rough Trade |
| / | Esquire (UK) |
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Added on: November 3, 2016