a r t i s t : Bibio
t i t l e : Hand Cranked
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Mush (MH-244)
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2006
t r a c k s : 14
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 74,3 MB
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It's ironic that Bibio (aka Stephen Wilkinson) first came to
the attention of the Mush label via the recommendation of
Boards of Canada's Marcus Eoin, his wonderful 2004 debut Fi
and this excellent new album manage to work in all the places
BOC's recent Campfire Headphase album failed. Taking much the
same formula that characterised his debut, Bibio's music
places its focus on those de-tuned interludes and aged
educational television soundtracks that have peppered all 3
Boards albums - turning transition pieces and oddities into
the focal point of the record. There is a beautifully timeless
charm to the dusty guitar lullabies that make up the majority
of Hand Cranked, at times displaced and augmented by found
sounds, old cassette recordings, quiet dictaphone loops and
even the odd vocal interjection from Wilkinson himself, never
failing to evoke a hazy spool of half-formed memories and
misplaced nostalgia that were the trademark of those first
tantalising moments from Bibio's artistic Patrons up in
Edinburgh. It might be difficult for Wilkinson to stick to
this formula for any follow-up material without starting to
lose the attention of his audience, though for now Hand
Cranked serves its purpose wonderfully as an evocative,
lilting collection of subliminally life-affirming music for
lost souls and emotional vagabonds searching for the haziest
musical recollections of childhood. Beautiful music.
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01-The Cranking House [02:01]
02-Cherry Go Round [05:53]
03-Quantock [04:07]
04-Black Country Blue [02:08]
05-Marram [02:08]
06-Aberriw [01:46]
07-Zoopraxiphone [03:53]
08-Dyfi [04:02]
09-Ffwrnais [03:11]
10-Woodington [05:19]
11-Above The Rooftops [03:41]
12-Snowbow [03:45]
13-Maroon Lagoon [02:38]
14-Overgrown [05:46]
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50:18 min