L'Histoire de Melody Nelson (Import) TemporarilyUnavailable hip-hop's enigmatic impresario Kanye West

hip-hop's enigmatic impresario Kanye West returned

Bonobo manages to create here a whole new approach to "soulful beats" music: ALICE COLTRANE is as much an inspiration here as DJ SHADOW

with writers such as Wyndham Wallace musing that the likes of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds and Berlin pianist Nils Frahm sit comfortably alongside the rowdy post-rock of Codes In The Clouds

& Violent Soho

L'Histoire de Melody Nelson (Import) TemporarilyUnavailable hip-hop's enigmatic impresario Kanye WestThe Velvet Underground gave rise to a new era of rock music, and elements of this influence are audible in Gainsbourg's classic album from 1971. There is a string of more current musical stalwarts who hold their hands up to being influenced by Melody Nelson, and it often features in the annals of Q and Mojo. This version is digitally remastered and the booklet contains extra photos and text.