Description:	CD on Mush
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Electronica / IDM
	Label:	Mush
	Price:	£10.29
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...according to our Ant on 06 March 2009.

Someone just threw the third Bibio album at me to write about. 'Vignetting The Compost' is bursting with 16 tracks of intricate guitar pluckery. Some of the tunes have a delicious analogue production sound, like the master tapes have been left to warp and blister in the sweltering summer heat. There's a good combination of instrumental and vocal tracks that veer into slightly psychedelic territory and occasionally recall a less dark Alexander Tucker. The lo-tech approach he takes to the treatment of his sounds gives them an aged timeless quality, they almost smell musty like they've been buried in a 60's time capsule by some acid folkers. Smart stuff on Mush.

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What their label says...

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. Producer Stephen Wilkinson is a self-taught musician from an area in central England often referred to as the Black Country. His love for sound and noise led him to the University of London and the study of Sonic Arts where he discovered experimental electronic acts such as Aphex Twin, Autechre, and most importantly Boards Of Canada. His own musical identity was christened Bibio, in honor of a fly his father had insisted on using during the fishing trips to Wales that were so influential in establishing his love of the sounds of nature. Focusing on location recording using cassettes, a half-broken sampler, dictaphones, and experimental ways of affecting sounds, Bibio has crafted a unequalled style that is as subtle as it is powerful. Bibio was referred to Mush by Marcus Eoin of Boards Of Canada and has sold well to BOC fans including in the UK.

Tracklisting :

1. Flesh Rots, Pip Sown
2. Mr and Mrs Compost
3. Everglad Everglade
4. Dopplerton
5. Great Are the Piths
6. Odd Paws
7. Under the Pier
8. Weekend Wildfire
9. 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