Ribbons

Electronic · 2019 · 17 tracks · 55m

Ribbons

Pastoral folk filtered through the hiss and wobble of vintage tape. A sun-drenched collection of acoustic mandolins, fiddles, and grainy electronic textures.

It sounds like a 1970s folk record that's been left in the sun until the edges started to curl.

A serene and sun-drenched nostalgia that feels like looking at old family photographs through a warm filter.

Ribbons · vs · Bibio

Gentle+1.2σ

The vocals lean notably further into gentle than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks · 55m

01

Beret Girl

1:56

02

The Art of Living

3:17

03

Before

3:11

04

Curls

3:18

05

Ode to a Nuthatch

2:03

06

Watch the Flies

4:00

07

It’s Your Bones

4:43

08

You Couldn’t Even Hear the Birds Singing

1:23

09

Pretty Ribbons and Lovely Flowers

4:17

10

Erdaydidder‐Erdiddar

4:55

11

Frankincense and Coal

1:51

12

Old Graffiti

3:29

13

Patchouli May

4:04

14

Valley Wulf

3:20

15

Quarters

3:21

16

Under a Lone Ash

2:55

17

Violet

3:20

Moments Worth Waiting For

The way the mandolin on Curls feels like it is physically vibrating against the microphone.

The sudden shift into a grainy, funk-inflected groove on Old Graffiti that breaks the folk spell.

The haunting use of traditional-sounding fiddle on Erdaydidder-Erdiddar that feels centuries old.

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