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Mind Bokeh - Bibio
  • Band Name: Bibio
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Mar 29, 2011
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75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

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  • Band members: Stephen James Wilkinson
  • Summary: Bibio, the moniker for UK producer Stephen Wilkinson, is a danceable, electronic music project with pop and chillwave undertones.
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Indie Electronic, Post-Rock, Electro-Acoustic
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM)
    Apr 5, 2011
    83
    While there may not be a song to soundtrack an Amazon advertisement in this bunch, it'll work nicely to soundtrack bleary summer nights–probably for years to come.
  2. Under The Radar
    Jun 8, 2011
    60
    It takes a while for Mind Bokeh to get going, and once it does it's rather compelling, but after the uniformly excellent Ambivalence Avenue, the album can't help but feel like an overcast sky with too few rays of sunshine shining through. [May 2011, p.89]
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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Mar 29, 2011
    20
    Bibio aims to express an exquisitely blurry mind-state; instead, his lack of focus conjures only a musty shadow of the varied, sportive electro-pop album he strains to create.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. ddawson311
    7
    My first impressions of this album were that it was a step back from the excellent 'Ambivalence Avenue'. Initially, it seemed like Bibio was experimenting with just a few too many ideas and not really focused on creating songs. I read one review that hit it perfectly by saying that it's difficult to tell where one song ends and the other begins. That's all fine, and I'm all for experimentation, but I also yearn for song structure and melody, which some of his noises tend to eschew. Overall, there definitely are moments that I love on the album and it's grown considerably on me since that first listen.… Expand
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