Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
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Artist: BibioEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-06-23
Music Label: Warp Records
Soundtracks:
- ambivalence avenue
- jealous of roses
- all the flowers
- fire ant
- haikuesque (when she laughs)
- sugarette
- lovers' carvings
- abrasion
- s'vive
- the palm of your wave
- cry! baby!
- dwrcan
Music reviews of Ambivalence Avenue
Music Review: Stale fresh air
Rating: 4 Stars
Real progress is often subtle. Stephen Wilkinson a.k.a. Bibio delivered an EP and an LP in less than a year and now, merely five months later, gives us a record that may be the crystallization of a vision so blurred and so genial at the same time.
Bibio has taken a chance and broaden in every direction to include pop and folk structures mixed with his trademark lo-fi and ethereal compositions. S'Vive is the clearest example of where he's headed as he perfects subtlety: it shows his obsession with sound wear and dirty noise all encased in a pop melody, likable yet daring.
All the flowers bears an irrepressible resemblance to Boards of Canada, but the step beyond he takes in Fire Ant shatters all comparisons at once.
A surprising improvement is the singing. He can truly sing and does it in a way that not only complements the music but also leads inserting cadence when needed and disruption when demanded. More robust with confidence he now makes a simple piece soar with indelible beauty.
There is not a straight line like in the folk-inspired Vignetting the compost but the permanent mutation of aesthetics is more than welcome. The entire album digests as a piece of candy, impossible not to like. The variety and convergence of genres in one place, or along many in little spurts, made me come back for pleasant discoveries each time.
The clear achievement in this record is the level of experimentation Wilkinson has mastered, more with urban and electronic sounds than with created atmospheres. What was stripped in Vignetting the compost has been dressed in a fine layer of refined and seemingly carefully composed arrangement that leaves lots to the imagination but much more to the listener's enjoyment. It is a richness that deserves to be shared and contemplated as the first step to something big in the future.
It is tough to compare the "old" and the "new" Bibio, mostly because each phase carries a unique personality, but it is unbelievable to witness such successful departure only months apart. If it was simple to box his music once as a "follower of" now it could easily be classified as "creator of" and for all that matters that is a leap forward worthy of celebration.
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Description of Ambivalence Avenue
WARP RECORDS new signing BIBIO (aka Stephen Wilkinson) is a home grown purveyor of bright, colourful Summer music. He's been described as "the antidote to the modern laptopia of pristine electronic music" by Marcus Eoin of label mates BOARDS OF CANADA. AAlternative Rock CDs
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