Nirobi & Barakas

Nirobi is Tru Thoughts A&R and label co-owner Robert Luis(Rob Luis) and Barakas (aka Simon Green) is better know to many as Bonobo; the first artist to record an album for Tru Thoughts and now signed to Ninja Tune. Although Robert had recorded a number of tracks which appeared on the first Tru Thoughts compilation ‘When Shapes Join Together’ the success of the label meant that he concentrated on his DJ work and running the label rather than make music…but when you have artists like Quantic, TM Juke, Nostalgia 77 and Diesler recording for you there was no rush to get in the studio. DJ’ing regularly with Bonobo at Tru Thoughts club nights they both discussed making some tracks as DJ specials to play out in their sets. The only remit being the tracks have to rock the dancefloor! A few weeks later they recorded the tracks, and having both been inundated with people asking what the tracks were whenever they played them out, Mr Luis took a leaf out of P Diddy’s book and decided to release them himself (but thankfully didn’t add a rap in the style of a 8 year old)! ‘Bungee Jump Against Racism’ is their debut 12” release for Tru Thoughts. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.