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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 |
| Edinburgh's The Magnificents belong to that breed of rock musician who have discovered synths but who can't understand why they're so often used for girly, wussy genres like disco and pop. They want to use them, essentially, just to make a bit of racket. As a result The Magnificents sound a bit like the Faint with the Duran Duran influences excised. Considering that the Duran Duran influences are the best thing about the Faint this could be a bit of a problem. On the other hand you could look at them from the other end of the spectrum and say that they're one of the few bands to take so-called "krautrock" influences and use them to make something exciting and rock 'n' roll. "Kids Now," for example, has a staccato, Teutonic keyboard riff but also a bunch of excitable Scotsmen bellowing "Kids Now!" in a commendably punk rock manner. Apparently they're friends with Mogwai and there's a similar love of white noise in the static that burns into "Digital Dirt"... - Bullit |
