We love Bibio and new music from him is always a very exciting and special treat. Back in 2017, the English musician and producer released Phantom Brickworks, realizing later it had became an ongoing project. Bibio is now continuing it and has announced the release of PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (LPII), arriving on November 22nd through Warp. As with the first album, it features mostly improvised music and is inspired by certain places around Britain and the charge they carry. Bibio comments:

“Human beings are highly sensitive to the atmospheres of places, which can be enhanced or dramatically altered when you learn the context of their history… echoes and voices can sometimes be heard, in some way or another. Places sometimes have things to say.”

He continues:

“When I announced the first ‘PHANTOM BRICKWORKS’ album, I discussed how places can be charged with meaning, depending on what they’d been through. That observation continues with the new album. It consists of mostly improvised music, using some of the same techniques as before as well as developing new ones that are unique to this album. Some familiar territory is revisited, both musically and in terms of the types of locations that interest me. North Wales plays a significant role, but this album reaches beyond – extending into the realms of legends, as stories passed down through generations can sometimes haunt a place more vividly.”

The eerie and atmospheric ‘DINORWIC’ is the first single to emerge from his upcoming album. The track is named after a well known former slate mine in Llanberis, Wales, and Bibio has made a video to accompany it. Watch it now.