Bibio - Top Soil

[dgmulf]

Really amazingly cool and... nostalgic... music video. OH WOW I just noticed that the man himself directed the video! Haha, no wonder it fits the music so perfectly! ^_^

[unskeptable]

I see dead nature and pollution with this song

[truemaybell]

<3

[Bhousm76]

this. is. life.

[wonderwoman1148]

beautiful images.

[Ghostpelt101]

This reminds me of the Lovely Bones movie... don't ask me. It just does. o_o

[ferankferd]

how can that be called a song?

[mrsaganscosmos]

@ferankferd there is a chord progression, rhythm, melody, harmony, repetition. the only thing missing is lyrics, and music existed long before anyone put words to it. This music is more to give you a certain feeling or vibe, maybe nostalgia? i think it succeeds very well

[eshoelick]

summer is comming...

[suzannethepainter]

the cat @ 0:15 looks EXACTLY like my cat that died back in '03 very eerie, and sad.. makes me miss her.. a lot...(<3 BIBIO)

[MRG06]

Coards of Banada

[shiprecksandbravery]

i love how the comeback is always more popular than the comment it was replying to.

[loyda]

i saw this video a long time ago, and it's amazing how this video has changed the way i see life.

[ferankferd]

you should probably get some glasses then.

[stencilstencil]

muy bueno



[niniss33]

Im not complaining about the fact that it sounds like BOC. And I dont agree with people who do. Im so happy that bands are making the same kind of music. I think its a good thing.

sorry for my english,im French

[nima12312]

@niniss33

You have made a good comment with well spoken english, peace dude!!!

[88Cortex]

Gorgeous warm track

[poptartcannibal]

tycho, bibio, everything sounds like boards of canada to you people. just love each band for the creations they make and stop comparing them.

[interpolluter29]

I'm convinced! I'll look for some Bibio next time I hit a record store.

[whatabeautifulscene]

Bibio>Boards of Canada

Period.

[Zvanunhoft]

boards. definitely boards. who's with me?

[neurofunker]

¡Ay los gaticos!

[MegaShine5]

Wow!

[zwroshdy]

CATS

[RavedByTheBell]

What does the symbol the video starts with mean? Seen it many times before :o

[nsputnik]

@RavedByTheBell It is the Artist Valley logo. This is Bibio's crew which includes Andy Harber Richard Roberts who are also both member of Letherette and Loafe and Merge. They have a mysace, check it out.

[RavedByTheBell]

@nsputnik I already found out, but thanks anyway!

[CalmLikeABombX]

I just top soiled me self

[TerentiaWillsomethin]

@CalmLikeABombX LOL xD

[WhoIsTreG]

Depressing.

[zacaronidesign]

they're affiliated, this song is so beautiful.

[zacaronidesign]

they're affiliated : )

[XxslitwristsxX]

Five people are fucking IDIOTS.

[poeticphantom]

Is this 16mm or super 8?

[zacaronidesign]

@poeticphantom looks like super 8, I can't wait to get film for mine!

[Tamagumo]

@zacaronidesign This made me want to buy such a camera : ) are they and the film hard to get?

[mrbibio]

@Tamagumo There are hundreds of super 8 cameras out there, some more advanced than others. Some are just point and shoot, others do time lapse and slow motion or stop frame animation. Film is still being made by some companies. Super 8 is still alive, thankfully. This video is all super 8 footage.

[whatabeautifulscene]

@mrbibio Where was all of this filmed at?

[mrbibio]

@whatabeautifulscene Several Places over a few years. In no particular order at several locations in these counties - (England): West Midlands, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Greater London - and (Wales): Ceredigion.

[whatabeautifulscene]

@mrbibio These places all look so magnificent. Especially under the contrast and grain of the film. Excellent work and excellent song! Could I ask one thing, though? And I completely understand if you don't feel like explaining the process, but how do you get that wobble sound out of your recordings? I have tried numerous things on my 424 and digitally. Nothing is doing it.

[eshoelick]

wow im going back in time...

[theorganicshadow]

awesome, but i can't get the video to play past 2:28. it just stops. f5-ed etc. hmmm... guess i will just buy the album. :)

[shoney]

This sounds a lot like boards of canada.

[skykid]

Hmm...sounds like a certain song from the game Earthbound.

[igetbuisy]

this is beautiful. thank you so much for sharing this.

[185niteowl]

Sounds alot like a Boards of Canada type tune.

[rhythmwork]

Excellent! ;)

[ptitvuitton]

...woh...

[shirstk]

sensaciones, emociones...

me encanta! :D

[Woozygulag]

Was a lot of this film shot in Wales by any chance?

[dinomoh]

also see: discovery of magnetic north

[TheKitXune]

"Emos"?

What in the world are you talking about? O.o

[juanman100]

Bibio's music reminds me of Boards of Canada

[cjdawdj]

@juanman100 Bibio is in Boards of Canada... quite shocking really eh? =P

[theorganicshadow]

@cjdawdj Stephen Wilkinson is not in Boards of Canada......... yet. ;)

[cjdawdj]

@theorganicshadow ah youre right i just remembered seeing something on the wiki page, its just influences tho, makes sense tho

[Panopticonpeter]

@cjdawdj

no he's not, Steven James Wilkinson is Bibio, Boards of Canda is Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin...

[cjdawdj]

@Panopticonpeter thanks for repeating what's already been said...

[DADDYMOUSTACHE]

@juanman100 He odes! They might be signed to the label

[Circa9993]

@juanman100 one of bibio's biggest influences is boards of canada.

[whalewhalewhale]

cats!

[Charlestokun]

tsk tsk tsk why supress my comment, just because i express myself?

that being....how does it says.....envious.?

[Charlestokun]

i hate people that are always giving the falut to the time, time do not have nothing to do with my toughts, in fact, understimate peolpe without knowing them it's a causee of inmatureness, i'm mexican that's why i can't write very good, that video it's made for people who thing watching a "special" video make them special.

[Hjaltivondi]

ok, I admit, I don't know you and your age doesn't matter. No1 has to speak good english and yours is fine. I'ts just that what you said in the first place was stupid and hurtful

[b41984]

great stuff miles beeter than bounds of cannda and

[NotNotOminous]

lol

[Existanceminimal]

Is that a fact?

[Charlestokun]

jaja, nope, but it looks like, or not?

aaarghh i hate that video, they are all subcontextual, i don't frekin' care what they think aboout in their emo world.

EMOS

[Existanceminimal]

That 13 year-old's autistic visual capabilities would very likely exceed this subcontextual video *

[unclehomunculus]

mushrooms?

[morongobob]

this calms me like you wouldn't believe.

[scramblecat1]

Watching this made the top of my head come off , then my brains spilled all over the carpet..very messy....incredible music!

[Foymaster]

Wow, it sounds like vangelis' soundtrack on a deteriorated vhs tape of blade runner I tried watching recently.

[adam0173]

This song is beyond me,i can't beleive the quality and layered sounds sheer beauty.

[skitch88]

that was really nice.

[Copernthesizer]

towers at 2:01

[tonzofunzo525]

pause @ 1:10

[SebastianSolorzano]

This combination of music and imagery is divine and wholly other-wordly.

[millfred123]

Boards of Canada meets Pat Metheny ... a winning combo

[plainspoken]

plus grizzly bear?

limited ear time?

[enjinfx]

so its Boards of Canada?

[inphlux]

your mom is Boards of Canada

[Milolucerox]

jajaaaaaaaaaaaa

[ElectricFizzPop]

@inphlux Boards remind me of your Canada.. watch your tongue, guy.

[THkaas]

it's bibio

[SebastianSolorzano]

Nicht nicht. (Try reading the next information veeery slowly) YOU MUST READ THE INFORMATION ON TITLES AND ATTACHED TO VIDEOS (AND TRUSTING IT) BEFORE POSTING COMMENTS, BUDDY.

[72HourBurnCycle]

Sounds like a better tomorrow.

[elvin100]

A great song and a great video!

[Synthetrix]

Great stuff. Bibio is my favorite artist at the moment.

[FRAT99Po]

me too.

[killtoneTV]

Christ, it's like he's stolen my childhood super 8 movies and put em on you tube.

Perhaps I should have got out and played football a little more as a kid.....

[stethoscanomaly]

yeah seriously, shameless boards of canada imitation, in music and video style

[jimmyedgar]

nah, there is a psychadelic and strange, almost sinister undercurrent in a lot of BoC that's not really present in Bibio's music.

[ishouldbegaming]

Id like to see you do this, Get signed to warp and be able to get 6,000 views. Pussy boy.

[stethoscanomaly]

yeah i cant believe im such a pussy. i mean, i actually think this song and video are clearly boards of canada imitations, that makes me such a pussy! bibo fans sure are uppity and insecure. i didnt even say anything bad about the song or video bc i like them both, all i said was that it is obviously drawing on a single influence which is boards of canada. if there had been no boc there would not be this song or vid

[ishouldbegaming]

Hey i just wanna apologise and explain.. Bibio was a teacher at my College before he got signed to warp.. and we were in the library looking at this video, and i went off to get my books and my friend commented you... Sorry for any concern, I'm not that socially retarded haha.

[Leveretis]

you say you didn't say anything bad, but using the word 'shameless' implies that there should be a certain amount of shame in imitation of another band's style. and you say that bibio has no shame, which surely is a bad thing.

[billsteer909]

its best if people didnt place primative, tribal allegiances on music. that sort of rationalisation belongs in sports, not music. its pretty daft to say that boc are the only influence here. its not that bibio fans are uppity and insecure (as i dont even own a bibio record), its jus that your opinions dont even warrant the slightest amount of creditable merit, serving only to fracture music, pigeonhole it, and thus devaluing it. leave that to people who care bout commodity. it has no place here.

[FunkyFooNikkel]

Marcus from BoC actually helped Bibio out early in his career

[DDRpwnerer]

Did he? I always just thought he had just been influenced by them, rather. Where did you hear that? I'm kind of curious.

[therickstah]

Actually it's a blatant ripoff ... but that's a GOOD thing ... :)

[DDRpwnerer]

Bibio does a lot more acoustic work, though... I think that's something BoC very rarely even attempts to do. xD I still love them both very very much.

[erolish]

Awesome!!

[Jerdna3]

Its like boards of canada without being a blatant ripoff though, beautiful song

[erolish]

very similar to boards of canada

[goulddc]

Gorgeous as always. Thank you.

[TerentiaWillsomethin]

Bibio reminds me of boards of canada + grizzly bear.

i love this already :D

[isolatedoddball]

Very nice, a tad distorted in a mellow way, and summery. Love the cats in the video, and the video as a whole.