This week: BibioA recent discovery for me, that he may be, this laptop-folk practitioner has been around since '04, having recorded an LP that was championed early on by Boards Of Canada. In fact, he was signed to Mush Records on the strength of BOC's word, and now, the artist has just signed to the forward-thinking electronic label Warp. His style will draw obvious comparisons to BOC, however, he samples a lot of his own compositions through lo-fi cassette recorders, even singing occasionally with an English folk sensibility. His Warp debut
Ambivalence Avenue drops on June 22, and the lead-off limited 7" vinyl single looks promising.
As a producer he is able to showcase drastic variation in style from song to song, with side B's "Fire Ant" as evidence; chopping the "Impeach The President" drum break (leaning more towards a left-field hip-hop bent, recalling J Dilla et all), but "Ambivalence Avenue," in its erstwhile psych-folk stasis, is entirely stunning. The melody and 3/4 rhythm is curious, perhaps appropriated from somewhere on the Balkan peninsula, sung in haunting tones equally as retrograded as the guitar loops themselves. Recommended.
This week: Bibio
