Bibio - Two Paths

What this video is

Released in November 2017, 'Two Paths' belongs to Bibio's Phantom Brickworks project, an entirely ambient record conceived around the concept that 'places can be haunted by meaning.' The album and its accompanying videos emerged from Wilkinson's visits to decaying industrial and rural sites across Britain, responding with improvised loops of piano, synth, and guitar surrounded by tape hiss and field recordings. The…

Why it matters

A landmark in Bibio's discography as part of his first entirely ambient release, 'Two Paths' represents the convergence of hauntology aesthetics, British landscape folk tradition, and drone minimalism. Its visual counterpart — slow forest footage rendered in VHS-warmed lo-fi — encapsulates a…

The director

Stephen James Wilkinson (born 4 December 1978, Wolverhampton, England) is the musician, producer, and visual artist behind the Bibio project on Warp Records. He studied Sonic Arts at Middlesex University (1999–2003). Wilkinson creates the majority of Bibio's…