The Apple and the Tooth

Vignetting the compost is easily his best work followed by ambivalence avenue. Boards of Canada is how he started and it's classic. Not a huge fan of mind bokeh though I still listen to it.

harsh critics here. Absolutely incredible! I've absolutely loved everything Bibio has put out. From Fi and Vignetting to Ambivalence and now Apple. It's rare to find such premium remixes. The new tracks in the beginning are also really great. I can see the comparison to Boards of Canada with Bibio's past music but really guys listen to the music! It's different and unique. Nothing else i have heard has anything similar to that distinguished Bibio sound that i can connect with so much.

I'd have to say this is his second best album so far because it wasn't like all of his old albums before joining Warp records. I found his old albums were like listening to non-stop acoustic guitars on an old, messed up record player, and I started to kind of give up on him until his "Ambivalence Avenue" album came out. That album made me start to come back to his music and it is by far his best album yet. I've really liked that album and then the remixes came, in which was almost as excellent as his best album. I've really enjoyed this album also and I'd recommend listening to it after you've listen to Ambivalence Avenue.

As far as not being as timeless or being overly trendy, I think that depends on one's perspective, be it more rock oriented or more beat driven. I'm the latter, and tend to appreciate more of the "trendy lounge" style which pittysteel mentions. (I'm not sure why that's used with a negative connotation as if we should be worrisome of what trendy lounges play. What about trendy indy bars? Would they play the other half of the album?) I'm tempted to get his Vignetting the Compost album, but it just sounds like ambient Boards of Canada tracks to me, and I keep waiting for beats to drop in. Maybe the samples offered are throwing me off base? I guess this also explains why I like the remixes on this album. They tend to have harder beats and I find that a bit more accessible. @ DISCO BLASTER: I'm pretty sure that DJ Cam track sampled a Lady Kier riff from Deee-lite's "Picnic in the Summertime (Picnicapella)." I don't hear that sample at all, and I tend to think they're just sampling the original "Lovers Carvings" track, but I'm just talking out my azz here.

I can appreciate Stephens need to experiment and put out new sounds...but in my opinion the music of Hand Cranked, Fi, & Vignetting the Compost are his best and most unique work to date. Those works have a "timeless" feel to them. "Ambivalence" and "The Apple" don't evoke the same emotion...and feel more like music you'd here in a popular, trendy lounge. Its good music, but not music to grow with.

I really like Bibio's sound, but Lovers Carvings (Leatherette Remix) uses exactly the same sample, in nearly exactly the same way as Dieu Reconnaitra Les Siens off of DJ CAM's seminal and epic Mad Blunted Jazz double album released sometime in the mid '90's.

Simply amazing. This is the type of work I've come to expect out of Bibio/Stephen Wilkinson. Once again...beautifully crafted. Thank you for another contribution.