Bibio talks about Campfire Headphase

[nick47]

According to the dutch interview in OOR magazine the new album will shock people. So my guess it will be nothing like their last full length output; how else would it be able to shock people if it were more of the same. They also literally stated people won't expect this from them.

So it must be something really different...

Where is this OOR interview? Are you talking about "Play twice before listening"?

http://translate.google.com/translate?u ... =&ie=UTF-8

How is that 5 year old interview relevant to a "new album"? I found the place where fredd-e quoted, but theres no way they had ANY idea what they were producing next...

[polar sky]

But yeah, if their new one (if they are still making music) sounds anything like the last full length? Ugh...

According to the dutch interview in OOR magazine the new album will shock people. So my guess it will be nothing like their last full length output; how else would it be able to shock people if it were more of the same. They also literally stated people won't expect this from them.

So it must be something really different...

True!

[vermillionsnake]

I have to admit it took me ages to "dig" the campfire, it sat in the glovebox of my car for a year before I decided to slip it in once more, and I suddenly saw the light. I really like campfire now and find it a really uplifting experience. I too listen to it more than I do the others, maybe it's because I adore slow this bird down and If I listen to the whole album I know my ultimate favourite is coming and I need the build up to it. I still love the other albums, of course I do. I tend to listen to geogaddi less than the others, but that is because it is darker than the rest, and I want to keep it specially dark for a certain mood I'm in. I can understand anybody not quite "into" campfire because it took me quite a while myself.

[Mexicola]

I have to admit it took me ages to "dig" the campfire, it sat in the glovebox of my car for a year before I decided to slip it in once more, and I suddenly saw the light. I really like campfire now and find it a really uplifting experience. I too listen to it more than I do the others, maybe it's because I adore slow this bird down and If I listen to the whole album I know my ultimate favourite is coming and I need the build up to it. I still love the other albums, of course I do. I tend to listen to geogaddi less than the others, but that is because it is darker than the rest, and I want to keep it specially dark for a certain mood I'm in. I can understand anybody not quite "into" campfire because it took me quite a while myself.

^^Agreed^^

I find myself coming back to Campfire.. more and more. I truly love that record. What on first play sounded less interesting than I'd hoped (albeit still great) now sounds stunning. It's a subtle thing and all the better for it in my opinion. Slips under the radar.

As to shocking everyone with their next record, I think the biggest shock will just be the fact that they've finally released something (anything) before the next ice age comes and goes

[Spenner]

Interesting talk. I quite agree that they state things I've experienced before, but just hadn't had the words to use for them. Very neat.

[Waterbagel]

But yeah, if their new one (if they are still making music) sounds anything like the last full length? Ugh...

According to the dutch interview in OOR magazine the new album will shock people. So my guess it will be nothing like their last full length output; how else would it be able to shock people if it were more of the same. They also literally stated people won't expect this from them.

So it must be something really different...

hey good call, Fredd-E

[Mexicola]

Naive me equating a five year gap to an ice age. I knew nothing!!

[Skytree]

Naive me equating a five year gap to an ice age. I knew nothing!!

Ha! So much clarity in hindsight.

I never read Bibio's thoughts on Campfire until now, so I'm glad this 17 year old thread got a bump in 2026, for all the right reasons.

When Bibio says he feels like BoC have some kind of cosmic consciousness, I hazard to guess that we all do, really. Some are just much more tapped in, perhaps as a multi-variable function of nature, nurture and practices through life. But I think we all innately carry this capability from birth to the grave.

I'm biased toward speculating that part of this has to do with growing up in nature and remote areas, where formative memories are imbued with a certain fundamental quality that can get washed out or overridden in urban environments.

I grew up in several US National Parks as a kid, namely Grand Teton and Yellowstone, and spent a fair amount of time in Banff too. So, when I saw the cover for MHTRTC in passing at a local record store, I instantly recognized the terrain pictured on it (perhaps having sat at that exact spot with my brothers), picked it up on the spot for that reason, and I've been hooked ever since.

This has in many ways grown out of sense of distant camaraderie through nature - specifically the Rocky Mountains - and how well their music takes me back to the literal places of my childhood.

I was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, and had a view of the foothills of the Rockies out my first bedroom window. I spent the last 7 years in Boulder, with a similar view from my studio window. These days I live in the midst of 250 year old buildings in Philadelphia, which has its own gorgeous qualities, but connection to nature is not really one of them. I require frequent excursions to feel connected to myself and right in the head, so have built up a roster of semi-secret spots nearby.

I've heard several fans describe the nostalgia from listening to their music like yearning for a time they never experienced, but on my end, it often takes me to a very precious and cherished time of my life, and very specific places and memories. To me, their music is a time machine.

My "happy place" - when I want to invoke some cheer into my perspective - is String Lake in Grand Teton....a perfect place...for cubs. Reflecting on such places makes me feel as if I'm tapping into that same cosmic consciousness Bibio is referring to.

Had a fair few nice chats with him too - it was fun how accessible he was back in the Myspace days. Still use the field recorder he recommended I pick up. And now, having written all of this, I feel quite old, but ok with that fact (for now). The field recorder still works, though it's a little worse for wear, and I suppose I can say the same of myself.

[Waterbagel]

Ha! So much clarity in hindsight.

I never read Bibio's thoughts on Campfire until now, so I'm glad this 17 year old thread got a bump in 2026, for all the right reasons.

i've enjoyed my renewed presence here a bit with some thread-necroing - and enjoying that forums make such a thing possible, and in fact enjoyable!

Had a fair few nice chats with him too - it was fun how accessible he was back in the Myspace days. Still use the field recorder he recommended I pick up. And now, having written all of this, I feel quite old, but ok with that fact (for now). The field recorder still works, though it's a little worse for wear, and I suppose I can say the same of myself.

really! that's awesome. i reckon i didn't have the fortitude or realization that i could be talking with him back then. that's really cool. what's the field recorder? I was just thinking i'd like to pick one up... think my wife has one or two lying around already though

[Skytree]

what's the field recorder? I was just thinking i'd like to pick one up... think my wife has one or two lying around already though

It's a Roland R09HR, formerly Edirol: https://www.roland.com/us/products/r-09hr/

Probably would be completely destroyed by now if it hadn't been for picking up a case for it in 2008 or so.

There are plenty of better options these days for the money, but I hold onto it and maintain it in part because of its connection to Stephen, and also because I get emotionally attached to specific inanimate objects.

It's a nice little form factor too, and can record at 96 KHz for some ultrasonics, etc. Easy to chuck in a jacket pocket, no peripherals required.

An equivalent to the R09HR these days would probably be something like the Tascam DR-05XP: https://tascam.com/us/product/dr-05xp

But its heritage persists in the modern Roland R07: https://proav.roland.com/global/products/proav_r-07/

Side note: I have a few pieces of gear personally named by Sean of Autechre too. My Electro-Harmonix Memory Man was deemed "The Splund", and my Holiest Grail is named "Orinoko". He provided no explanations. I've learned to live with that.

[Waterbagel]

all makes sense to me. i gotta say, i like the look of that tascam. might have to pick one up. i've got years of little audio snippets on my phone, but the quality's shit. not that that can't still turn into something, but .. keep that bad boy in my bike bag or something, and we're in business

[Wildfire]

all makes sense to me. i gotta say, i like the look of that tascam. might have to pick one up. i've got years of little audio snippets on my phone, but the quality's shit. not that that can't still turn into something, but .. keep that bad boy in my bike bag or something, and we're in business

I've had so many field recorders over the years and I can attest to the fact that the Tascam is great value for money. The Roland was a great unit too for that matter, I had both, but they both sound fairly similar.

[Negamuse]

A friend of mine had the tascam or something that looks an awful lot like it, with those goofy looking antennas. I remember at the party we had before I got married, we'd rented someone's farmhouse, he bought it along to get countryside ambiences and there was a definite point where everyone else was partying and me and he were whacking the heck out of a metal cow trough to get drum hits. Good times

[Soul_Slip]

A friend of mine had the tascam or something that looks an awful lot like it, with those goofy looking antennas. I remember at the party we had before I got married, we'd rented someone's farmhouse, he bought it along to get countryside ambiences and there was a definite point where everyone else was partying and me and he were whacking the heck out of a metal cow trough to get drum hits. Good times

Haha that sounds like a great time, I came across a Tascam DR-40 for free and use that all the time for random samples. Sounds great and the detail is mind blowing for some recordings…. like rain in a puddle for example or water or steam pipes

[Skytree]

A friend of mine had the tascam or something that looks an awful lot like it, with those goofy looking antennas. I remember at the party we had before I got married, we'd rented someone's farmhouse, he bought it along to get countryside ambiences and there was a definite point where everyone else was partying and me and he were whacking the heck out of a metal cow trough to get drum hits. Good times

Haha that sounds like a great time, I came across a Tascam DR-40 for free and use that all the time for random samples. Sounds great and the detail is mind blowing for some recordings…. like rain in a puddle for example or water or steam pipes

Stories like this and a shared appreciation of highly specific things are why I keep coming back to the Twoism community. It is a rare vibe on the internet these days. That, and field recording is the best. Happy cycling y'all.

[Skytree]

A friend of mine had the tascam or something that looks an awful lot like it, with those goofy looking antennas. I remember at the party we had before I got married, we'd rented someone's farmhouse, he bought it along to get countryside ambiences and there was a definite point where everyone else was partying and me and he were whacking the heck out of a metal cow trough to get drum hits. Good times

Haha that sounds like a great time, I came across a Tascam DR-40 for free and use that all the time for random samples. Sounds great and the detail is mind blowing for some recordings…. like rain in a puddle for example or water or steam pipes

Stories like this and a shared appreciation of highly specific things are why I keep coming back to the Twoism community. It is a rare vibe on the internet these days. That, and field recording is the best. Happy cycling y'all.