Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity Artist_Lupintic Six when Richard Russell first approached

when Richard Russell first approached Gil with the suggestion of making a new record

DIY affair that lasted not much more than a year

turns them into an armful of kick-ass songs

they all use Satoh’s own vocals as sound as well as electronics

formative influences such as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Solaris

Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity Artist_Lupintic Six when Richard Russell first approachedElectricity is the fourth and most progressive album from Ibibio Sound Machine, and, like all good Afrofuturist stories, it begins with an existential crisis. "It's darker than anything we've done previously," says Eno Williams, the group's singer. "That's because it grew out of the turbulence of the past year. It inhabits an edgier world." Electricity was produced by the Grammy Award and Mercury Prize nominated British synth pop group Hot Chip, a