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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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| 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 |
| These days, it's a little passé to berate Russell Brand. His shaggily coiffured bouffant and pseudo-Victorian disposition has somehow conquered a wave of public disaffection. But what of his musical inclinations? Well, by championing Edinbugh avant-gardes The Magnificents, it seems the flamboyantly attired one has a more delectable taste in tunes than TV shows. Pulsating like a psychedelic freak-out, new EP Ring Ring Oo oo is a sharp blast of transient synths and ragged Beta Band-esque percussion. With its looping bassline and warped lyricism the title track opener will undoubtedly cavort across dancefloors like a jellified Gary Numan. The cyber-punk massacre of "Caught In A Cyclone" proves to be the EPs most intelligle moment, before veering headlong into the frothing electro-acid vat of "Back To The Dog Palace" and "Keep Running." A masterclass in robotic hypnotism. - The Skinny |
