Bibio - BIB10. LP [Indie Exclusive Gold Vinyl]

Bibio - BIB10. LP [Indie Exclusive Gold Vinyl]

ABOUT
“I like contrast between my albums, ”says Stephen
Wilkinson aka Bibio. “When I finish an album, I crave
doing something different for the next one.”

No more so is this made apparent with Wilkinson hitting a
major milestone, releasing his 10th studio album. Over
those ten albums he has gracefully glided between
electronica, ambient, folk, pop, indie, funk, soul and just
about any other sonic avenue he’s decided to turn down.

After 2019’s ‘Ribbons’, an album he describes as “organic
and woody sounding” with a “psych folk vibe”, for ‘BIB10’
he decided early on that he wanted to use more synths,
drum machines, and electric guitars. “I wanted this album
to sound more polished and slick,” he says.“But not
‘software perfect’. My influences for studio production
mostly come from the 60s, 70s, and 80s where the craft
was very different - getting a more polished sound,
without ironing the humanity out of it, was part of the
ethos.”

The result is an album heavy in grooves, be them looping
guitar licks that lock into hypnotic swirls, buoyant funk
beats, silky disco, texture-heavy soul explorations or that
uniquely distinct tone that sounds like nobody other
than Bibio. The tone here is rich, deep, resonant and
conjures up a radiating warmth throughout.

TRACKLISTING

1. Off Goes The Light
2. Potion
3. Sharratt
4. Rain and Shine
5. S.O.L. (feat. Oliver St Louis)
6. Cinnamon Cinematic
7. Even More Excuses
8. A Sanctimonious Song
9. Phonograph
10. Fools (feat. Oliver St Louis)