News · 25 August 2026

Bonobo Collaborates With Nicole Miglis on New Single 'Talk To Me'

The UK artist's forthcoming new album 'Distance in Static' arrives next month.

Bonobo (Simon Green) - photo by Ryohei Ambo

The rollout for Bonobo's forthcoming album Distance in Static, out Friday 11 September via Ninja Tune, continues with the release of new single, 'Talk to Me'.

Following the previously released 'Always on Your Side' featuring Joy Crookes, 'Fire on the Water' featuring Arooj Aftab, 'Drift' and 'Me and You', Bonobo's latest is a collaboration with Nicole Miglis (previously of Hundred Waters).

An intoxicating tune that originated as a demo from the Fragments recording sessions, an early version of the track first appeared in Bonobo’s 2023 Boiler Room set from DGTL Amsterdam.

Discussing the track, Bonobo says, "The choral sound that it starts with, the sort of reverb of 'ooh' and 'ahs'. That's me and Nicole in a backstage corridor in Vienna on the Fragments tour. She was doing her vocal warm-ups and I just sort of interrupted her by joining in and harmonising and recording it on my phone. You can actually hear our tour manager in the background shouting '10 minutes'. It's all still in the recording used on the record. I made the original version in a backstage green room, and also in a hotel room in Milan – it was called Milano for ages – and then finished on the tour bus over the next few days. It was something that existed in demo form for a few years."

The single is accompanied by a music video directed by Charlie France that features footage of Bonobo and Miglis performing in different venues across the world.

Recorded in studios across the world, including Neil Young’s legendary Broken Arrow Ranch in California, Distance in Static includes collaborations with Nilüfer Yanya, Ichiko Aoba, Nicole Miglis (Hundred Waters) and Aanya Martin.

The album also features singing in English, Urdu and Japanese, along with historic Iranian samples and guzheng recordings that sit alongside Bonobo's own meticulously processed instrumentation.

‘Talk to Me’ by Bonobo feat. Nicole Miglis is out now. Listen here. Distance In Static drops Friday 11 September via Ninja Tune. Pre-order here.