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It also includes collaborations with Joy Crookes, Nil\u00fcfer Yanya, Nicole Miglis, Ichiko Aoba and Aanya Martin.<\/p>\n<h2>Recording at Broken Arrow Ranch<\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Fire on the Water\u2019 was recorded at <strong>Neil Young\u2019s Broken Arrow Ranch<\/strong> in California, where Bonobo (Simon Green) spent several weeks working on the album. Green invited Aftab from her home in New York to collaborate on the track, which began as a simple guitar loop he captured while testing equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen that song happened, that\u2019s when I could first see an album coming into shape,\u201d Green said. \u201cWe were both like, \u2018Oh, this is really special\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aftab added: \u201cI had the dreamiest time making this song with Simon in the Redwoods. He is a boyish joy and a beautiful soul. The lyrics, written by my dear friend Yasra Rizvi, live in that tender place where time keeps moving but desire remains. 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