Bibio - Raincoat (Session)

What this video is

Released in mid-2013 to accompany Bibio's sixth studio album Silver Wilkinson (Warp Records, May 2013), this session video represents a broader trend in early-2010s indie and electronic music of artist-directed, unproduced live session films as promotional tools — paralleling the rise of platforms like Vimeo, Boiler Room, and KEXP sessions. Bibio's DIY approach, filming in a friend's rural Somerset shed, reflects…

Why it matters

Represents a key document within the 2010s folktronica and organic downtempo movement, illustrating how Warp Records artists of this period used intimate DIY session videos to humanize electronic and hybrid music. The format — static camera, real space, no edits — contrasts sharply with…

The director

Stephen James Wilkinson, born Wolverhampton, England, is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and producer recording as Bibio. He studied Sonic Arts at Middlesex University (1999–2002) and began releasing music on Mush Records in 2004 before signing to Warp…