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.

Tracklist 01. Flesh Rots, Pip Sown 02. Mr. & Mrs. Compost 03. Everglad Everglade 04. Dopplerton 05. Great Are The Piths 06. Odd Paws 07. Under The Pier 08. Weekend Wildfire 09. The Clothesline And The Silver Birch 10. Torn Under The Window Light 11. The Ephemeral Bluebell 12. Over The Far And Hills Away 13. Amongst The Bark And Fungus 14. Top Soil 15. Thatched 16. The Garden Shelter

Release Details Full Album Lyrics   Release Date: 02/03/2009   Running Time: 64:52   Download/Available/$7.00 CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: World Excluding Japan

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

Reviews

...And Music Will Set You Free / 30Music / All Music Blog / All Music Guide / Alternative Music Talk / Audio Drums / Blurt / Cyclic Defrost / Earz Mag / Evil Monito / Fast Forward Weekly / Losing Today / Lycanthropy / Makeshift Reviews / Music Week / Ongakubaka / Pitchfork / PopMatters / PopMatters / See / Shock Mountain / Skeleton Crew Quarterly / Soundscapes / Spectrum Culture / Strangeglue / The Agit Reader / The Coast / The Decibel Tolls / The Music Lobby / The Walrus / The Whisper Council / This Is Book's Music / Under The Gun / Urb /

Now this is cutting edge - but only if you happen to still be living in 1982. Still, retro is not new and, after nu-metal's cack-handed dabbling in '80s synth-pop, a bunch of Scottish art students throwing themselves into a timewarp is almost a relief. So The Magnificents opens like Atari Teenage Riot with toothache before settling down into dour pieces that infiltrate the cortex with perfect robotic efficiency and all the warmth of a low-tech android's crotch. - Kerrang!