Bibio - The First Daffodils

What this video is

Released in May 2013 as the opening track of Bibio's sixth album Silver Wilkinson on Warp Records, 'The First Daffodils' arrives at a moment when UK electronic artists were reengaging with organic, pastoral sounds after years of digitally-dominant production. Bibio (Stephen James Wilkinson, from Wolverhampton, England) had studied Sonic Arts at Middlesex University and built a reputation for blending lo-fi folk…

Why it matters

The video exemplifies the low-intervention, durational visual language associated with the Warp Records electronic-acoustic crossover of the early 2010s — a mode of music video production that eschews performance and narrative in favour of contemplative image-making. Its zero-cut structure and…

The director

Jared Reeves is credited as the director of the Bibio 'The First Daffodils' music video, as attributed on the video's official Vimeo upload (vimeo.com/87109659). No further independently verifiable career biography could be confirmed from available sources…