Bonobos (band)

Bonobos
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Dub, rock, reggae
Years active	Since August 2001
Labels	Teenage Symphone/Dreamusic
Website	bonobos.jp
Members	Chunho Sai Yasuyuki Sasaki Natsuko Morimoto Bondo Tsuji Izumi Matsui

Bonobos is a Japanese dub band from Osaka that was formed in August 2001. Its members include Chunho Sai (guitar, vocals), Yasuyuki Sasaki (guitar), Natsuko Morimoto (bass), Bondo Tsuji (drums) and Izumi Matsui (percussions). The band released its first full-length album Hover Hover (2004), followed by two more albums Electlyric (2005) and a, un (2006). It has also released an extended play, Golden Days (2005). Its latest effort is a greatest-hits compilation album Pastrama – The Best of Bonobos (2008).

Members

• Chunho Sai (born August 13, 1975) – lead vocals, guitar
• Yasuyuki Sasaki (born June 1, 1978) – guitar
• Natsuko Morimoto (born September 12, 1978) – bass
• Bondo Tsuji (born February 25, 1979) – drums
• Izumi Matsui (born May 31, 1980) – percussion

Discography

Albums

• Hover Hover (March 3, 2004)
• Electlyric (June 1, 2005)
• あ，うん (a, un) (May 24, 2006)
• オリハルコン日和 (April 15, 2009)

Extended plays

• Golden Days (November 23, 2005)

Compilations

• Pastrama – The Best of Bonobos (January 30, 2008)

Singles

• "Mojiki Fuyu ga Kuru"
• "Water"
• "Ano Kotoba, Ano Hikari"
• "Konnya-wa Groove Me"
• "Thank You for the Music"
• "Beautiful"
• "Standing There ~Ima, Soko ni Ikuyo~"

See also

• 2001 in music
• List of dub artists
• List of Japanese musicians

External links

• bonobos.jp, the band's official website
• Bonobos at AllMusic