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MH-042 Bibio - Ovals And Emeralds  Take the layered, unhurried folk exuberance of a Bibio album, replace the source material with something that brings to mind calliopes and cymbalophones, cast it in sepia tone, run it through organ grinder speakers and you’ve got the limited edition EP, Ovals And Emeralds. Marrying musical sincerity with electronic jousting Bibio constructs a sweetly disorienting wall of whirs and electronic moans to create a soundtrack well suited for a gauzy aquarium carnival. Released exclusively on emerald green vinyl, the album packaging is appropriate to its beautiful yet disorienting feel. Dark at times, Ovals and Emeralds is still Bibio, rollicking and full of musical motion. For all your killer-clown-goes-electro-folk kicks, kids, step right up. |
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| File this one under 'repeat listening' – indeed, Ovals & Emeralds needs to be given time to reveal its full detail. - Cyclic Defrost / Amidst the wall of sound are faded music boxes and rich bonsai soundscapes that hypnotize you like a demented carnie at the circus gates. - The Decibel Tolls / Bibio strikes again! - The Music Lobby |
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| Following the gorgeous Vignetting the Compost album on Mush, Bibio has quietly released a follow-up EP digitally with the promise of a vinyl release soon (just don't bother asking him when right now). This isn't the forward-thinking hip-hop stuff he's going to be debuting soon on Warp, just more acoustronic folk with carnival undertones. "Oval Emerald Vertigo" is the most gorgeous carnival music I've ever heard, and it's all done without a guitar which is a change for Bibio. The carnival theme runs throughout the EP, as with the title of "The Death Of A Trapeze Artist", where the guitar comes back with, but with a mix so low it almost sounds like it's playing in the background somewhere. "Carosello Ellitico" starts with a music box and transcends into an almost orchestral mix of guitar and more robust strings. "Polycoulraphon" sounds like the music of a carnival ride rapidly decaying from years of neglect. It's nice to hear Bibio carry a theme through this EP, and it's very satisfying listen. Bibio strikes again! - The Music Lobby |
