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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 |
| Mogwai love The Magnificents, and rightly so. Put simply, this is a f**king brilliand follow-up to their eponymous debut. One of Scotland's best uncelebrated talents, The Magnificents have delivered another album of jittery electro punk of the highest order. But that doesn't come close to doing this justice, as their sound is a huge, cinematic, tightly drawn blitzkreig of excitement from the moment first track "Ring Ring Oo oo" kicks in with its gorgeously squelched bass line. Their song-writing talents are evident throughout, with huge, infectious choruses and angular melodies surprising and delighting in equal measures. Pisses all over shite like the Klaxons, and will still be shining long after the day-glo light has went out. Get it, enjoy it, love it. It might just be the best thing you'll hear all year. 5/5 - Reverb |
