The Bionic Harpist – Impressions

The Bionic Harpist – Impressions

Tibbitts draws very visual canvases

Tibbitts draws very visual canvases, tending towards a floating and soothing style but not devoid of more assertive energy on occasion. Night of Violet, the album’s marketing locomotive, also available in a polished video format, is particularly captivating. We think of Cinematic Orchestra in terms of production and richness of arrangements. Elsewhere (and if we breathe) we are in a minimalist intimacy that would not displease Ryuichi Sakamoto, or in exploratory urges that we would hear on an album by an alt-post-rock band from the Mile-End. The very polished aspect of the production, the mix of strings and electro, the cosy rhythms, all of this also reminds a bit of the golden years of trip hop (Massive Attack, Goldfrapp, Hooverphonic).