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MH-263 Bibio - Vignetting The Compost  Seamlessly amalgamating nature and electronics, Vignetting The Compost, the third full-length release from Bibio, channels instruments and vocals from a bygone era through a futuristic digital portal. History may credit Edison with the phonograph but, in truth, the first such device mysteriously washed up on the shores of England in 1876… playing Bibio. Vignetting The Compost is at once timeless and innovative; 60s-esque folk guitar and mechanic manipulations of sounds whose instruments of origin are less important than the feelings they evoke, layer upon each other with ease and intricacy. Just when you expect to hear Nico’s moan escaping your stereo, Bibio himself comes through with a voice that could have sung next to her on “These Days.” Truly, this is an album for the ages. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| Some of Bibio's most varied and immediate work - All Music Guide / A beautiful, crackling bricolage of vintage sounds - Evil Monito / Bibio’s best record - PopMatters / Quite perfect - Losing Today / Bibio should have no problem calling his greatest - Urb / Beautiful, expressive pools of sound - The Agit Reader |
| In a similar vein to The Books, Bibio (Stephen Wilkinson) makes instrumental mood pieces, based around the deft plucking of a guitar and the choice use of electronics and bursts of vocals, flute and other instrumentation. Vignetting The Compost, Bibio’s third full-lengther, picks up the flowing stream introduced on Fi and Hand Cranked and runs with it, boasting both a maturity in songwriting and a willingness to bring his own reverb-drenched vocals to the fore. Part of Bibio’s strength lies in making his electronics sound totally natural, which counts for lots in this nature-inspired electronic canvas and results in a wonderful, lo-fi, rural English savanna. Highlights include the lush opener Flesh Rots, Pip Sown and the fantastically-warped Dopplerton. - Earz Mag |
