Bibio - BIB10

Released 21st October 2022

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 hes decided to turn down. After 2019s Ribbons, an album he describes as organic and woody sounding with a psych folk vibe, for BIB10he 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.

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