| Bibio is described as an artist who creates soundtrack music, which means it sounds like the perfect music you would hear in a film. I definitely agree, but how does Bibio do it? One has to figure out who Bibio is, and that’s not a problem. His name is Stephen Wilkinson, and has been known for combining electronic production with natural and found sounds. The end result is something that sounds like something you’d find in an art film, or if you are a fan of music found in surf films/videos, his music would be perfect for them. Ovals And Emeralds (Mush) are structured songs if not pieces of sound, as is the case with “The Death Of A Trapeze Artist” which sounds like meditation or mourning or both, recorded without the aid of rhythm. Other songs sound distant and foreign, whether that’s due to the type of samples he uses or his style of production (fans of tape hiss, this one is for you) I’m not sure, or maybe a combination of both. Electronic music for much of the 90′s had become simply “electronica”, and this goes back to its roots where it was about experimentation. In the process of those experiments, one discovers the pulse of the sounds. This is the sound of discovery, an earthy-type of electronic music, which may make you forget that it is electronic based. - This Is Books Music |
