Bibio's Stephen Wilkinson had a banner year in 2009. He rang it in with Vignetting the Compost, an album that seemed to beckon spring with its delicate, pastoral electronics, then took his music several steps forward with that summer's Ambivalence Avenue, which was as dazzling as it was eclectic. Wilkinson closed the year with The Apple and the Tooth's hybrid of new songs and remixes by similarly wide-ranging artists who found plenty of ways to push Ambivalence Avenue's tracks in even more far-flung directions. Even if The Apple and the Tooth is more a summation of where Bibio was in 2009 than another bold step forward, it's still a very enjoyable look back on his artistic growth that year.

Track Listing
1 The Apple and the Tooth
2 Rotten Rudd
3 Bones & Skulls
4 Steal the Lamp
5 S'vive [Dark Remix]
6 Sugarette
7 Dwrcan [Eskimo Remix]
8 Lovers' Carvings
9 Haikuesque
10 All the Flowers
11 Fire Ant
12 The Palm of Your Wave [Bibio Remix]