With 2009 kicking and screaming to a close, many magazines and other publications often spit out their best-of lists.

Usually it’s the opinion of one person sat in an office. Most of the time, people with any sense flick past them as they don’t need someone else telling them what is considered to be good.

Though we could use the arse end of 2009 to go over the artists we’ve looked at, we won’t. Instead, we’ll still try to at least bring you something creatively different and worth investing in. This week, we couldn’t pick a better artist for mixing things up than Bibio. Whilst we don’t know if it’s pronounced Bi-bio or Bib-io, the records released by him are bloody fantastic.

Signed up to Warp Records, Bibio has released three albums this year alone. Quite the busy individual, he’s pumped out more records than some people do in a decade. But is it just Bibio releasing a hoard of collected tracks for an easy payday, sacrificing quality over quantity? Thankfully not, everything he releases is top notch and our bank accounts are considerably emptier since discovering him.

Style wise, there is a lot going on. An interesting blend of field recordings mixed with droning electronics with a splashing of guitar and hints of folk make for an album full of tracks that makes you wonder where they’re going next. Just when the guitar comes in, everything gets swept in a lazy back beat that distorts and twists away.

Fire Ant - taken from his latest album Ambivalence Avenue – sums up what we’re wittering on about. The production is sublime as each of the songs elements come together and don’t get lost or frozen out as they battle to be heard.

For more:

Bibio MySpace page