A Mineral Love

Since 2005, Stephen Wilkinson has forged a unique sound as Bibio—organic synthesis brimming with pastoral secrets. But his eighth record pushes into funkier territory (“Town and Country”, “Light Up the Sky”). He also brings the best out of his guest stars: Gotye sounds magnetically mournful on “The Way You Talk”, which grows from an intimate ballad to an awe-inspiring cathedral of sound, and Wax Stag lends his Beach Boys-indebted harmonies to the refracted synths of “Gasoline and Mirrors”. Still, Wilkinson\'s trademark remains intact: “Raxeria” is classic Bibio, evoking a chillwave makeover of the *Trumpton* U.K. TV theme.

Bibio's collage and pastiche-based music is hard to pin down, but his latest beams with a relaxed joyfulness that is refreshing after a spate of more laborious records.

The musical polymath is a title oft flouted in modern age of bands, blogs and bandcamp, but is rarely truer than for the released work of Stephen Wilkinson.

Bibio's Stephen Wilkinson is no stranger to revisiting and updating the past on his albums, whether it's the history of music in general or just his own.

The latest full-length from Stephen Wilkinson's Bibio moniker, A Mineral Love, is saturated in sounds from decades past, coming off as somet...

Bibio may not be the biggest name on the Warp roster, but he certainly is one of the choice cuts in any assessment of the legendary label's line-up. A Mineral Love, the artist's third full-length installment, sees Bibio focus more on his own talent as a s

Initially laborious to work through, the glossiness of Bibio’s seventh studio remained concealed until a fateful walk in the Spring sun.