Bibio – Mind Bokeh
Warp
Warp man Stephen Wilkinson impresses with Mind Bokeh, a record further exploring the sweetly decayed funk and soul sounds of 2009 opus Ambivalence Avenue while retaining the IDM wistfulness that was his early calling card. ‘Bokeh’ is the out-of-focus region of a photograph and certainly this eclectic set does its damnedest to strain your senses. ‘Excuses’ pops and squeaks like lobsters in the pot, ‘Pretentious’ sounds like Boards Of Canada riding a G-funk groove and ‘Anything New’ bottles Stevie Wonder’s brilliance into an instrumental hip hop jam. The DFA1979-ish ‘Take Off Your Shirt’ sits oddly in the mix, but in the main Wilkinson’s daring works wonders here.
