Ambivalence Avenue

Bibio | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warp Records
• ASIN: B00292SQNA
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,947 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #72 in Music > Dance & DJ > Turntablists

Editorial Reviews

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. A

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic shift in a new direction, June 28, 2009

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J. Butler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ambivalence Avenue (Audio CD)

Bibio's Ambivalence Avenue is one of those CDs you have to listen to a few times to really pick up, unlike some releases like Squarepusher's "Hello Everything" and most of what Boards of Canada releases. However, likewise you become very hooked on it in a short period of time.

It starts off with a track I had received a preview of weeks before (The title track) and I was a bit staggered to hear the use of guitars with wah pedals on the next track. There are high points in each track but you have to really let the songs progress to have them show through, which is not something I necessarily enjoy with most music but it is implemented well here, and it has a very good flow to it. I've yet to really grasp a lot of the songs but the album is still a fantastic listen overall.

Although I really got into Bibio through his ambient acoustic sounds, this album is really great. I'd recommend it to any fan of Chris Clark, FlyLo or J Dilla, though this is definitely not the place to look if you want ambient guitar vignettes--I'd definitely check Bibio's previous three albums first.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, August 1, 2009

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C. Haskins (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ambivalence Avenue (Audio CD)

This album was entirely unexpected less than half a year after "Vignetting the Compost" but more to the point its content took me completely by surprise. Gone is most of the ambient lo fi acoustic noodling that let you drift off. This stuff has a beat, some harsh 8 bit moments, definitely the use of an MPC and some groove. I love it. It is so far my favorite release of 2009. (I had extremely high hopes for I Monster's second release but it didn't quite wow me like the first)

Some aren't going to be pleased with this direction but I like his sound experimentation and there is still plenty of acoustic beauty on this album. Clear stand outs are Haikuesque and the palm of your wave. But the j dilla moments on Sugarette and Fire Ant are just awesome, gritty and satisfying. S'vive is pretty fun as well.

I like old Bibio but I welcome the new experimentation. He isn't breaking new ground here but he is really putting his own stamp on it and man does it work.

5.0 out of 5 stars Ambivalence Avenue, March 1, 2010

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Stephanie Rae Lozo Davies "Stephanie" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ambivalence Avenue (Audio CD)

Bibio's Warp debut, Ambivalence Avenue, is one of the stealth albums of 2009, its pastoral psychedelia reminiscent of Super Furry Animals idly punting with Towers of Asia.