Phantom Brickworks

by Bibio

Phantom Brickworks cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 November 2017
  • Label: Warp
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:13:16
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 12 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stephen Wilkinson drastically pivots away from the bright folktronica and funk of his previous work for a collection of completely beatless, improvised ambient pieces. Inspired by the decaying industrial architecture of the UK, the album utilizes heavily degraded tape loops of piano and synthesizer to create ghostly, atmospheric soundscapes. It functions as a deeply melancholic, impressionistic meditation on physical and historical erosion.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Instrumental, instrumental, atmospheric, repetitive, ambient, piano, lo-fi, nature

Tracklist

  1. 09:13 (7:03)
  2. PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (13:47)
  3. PANTGLAS (4:31)
  4. PHANTOM BRICKWORKS II (16:44)
  5. CAPEL CELYN (8:12)
  6. PHANTOM BRICKWORKS III (9:27)
  7. IVY CHARCOAL (2:03)
  8. BRANCH LINE (8:42)
  9. CAPEL BETHANIA (2:44)

Credits

  • Bibio - primary artist
  • Stephen James Wilkinson - design, written-by, recorded by, producer
  • Guy Davie - mastered by

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