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Bibio is Stephen James Wilkinson from Wolverhampton, England. Wilkinson studied ‘Sonic Arts’ between 1999 - 2002 at Middlesex University in North London, it was during this time in London he came up with the name Bibio. The name was taken from a small black and red fishing fly which was favoured by his father on their fishing trips to Wales during Stephen’s childhood, the name therefore has nostalgic meaning which is often a theme in his music. His recording career as Bibio started with Mush records in 2004. His Mush releases consist of 3 albums and 1 EP. In 2009 he signed to Warp records and so far has released a further 2 albums, an EP containing remix contributions from other artists and several singles. Bibio’s music combines electronic and acoustic/traditional instruments, his main instrument being guitar. Bibio’s signature ‘grainy’ sound is partly due to the use of analogue tape and vintage recording equipment, which is more exaggerated in his earlier Mush releases. Wilkinson himself labeled his debut on Mush as “Saturated Folk”. Bibio’s recent output, particularly on Warp, has been more diverse, with an increasing use of his own vocals, drums/beats and electronics. His Mush debut ‘Fi’ was described by Marcus Eoin of Boards of Canada as: “The antidote to the modern laptopia of pristine electronic music…”.
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  • boehj

    been digging 'fi' hard again recently.

    last week
  • onelittleatlas

    Variety is the spice of life. All his albums are killer.

    last week
  • timmycbc

    Mind Bokeh is amazing; what are you talking about?

    15 days ago
  • YouAreInvited

    What's so bad about Mind Bokeh? I do prefer his older stuff but it's still a pretty great album, especially the last track. I've never really understood the hate.

    17 days ago
  • blebbio

    i'd recommend listening oldest to newest maybe stopping before you reach mind bokeh (you don't want to hear that anyway). its cool seeing how his stuff has progressed.

    18 days ago
  • peedroohee

    my good, ambivalence avenue make me happy every day!

    18 days ago
  • peedroohee

    Fire Ant :) [2]

    18 days ago
  • Digitial5HT2a

    i'm in love. Can't even believe how much i've listened to this in the past 2 days.

    19 days ago
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