Bibio - lovers carvings (letherette remix)

What this video is

Released in November 2009 as part of Bibio's The Apple and the Tooth remix EP on Warp Records, this Letherette remix arrived at a pivotal moment in UK electronic music. Letherette — childhood friends Andy Harber and Richard Roberts from Wolverhampton — first gained widespread attention through this very remix, which served as their calling card into the broader underground electronic community. The track samples…

Why it matters

This remix exemplifies the 2009 UK underground electronica moment in which sample-based producers from post-industrial Midlands cities were recontextualising Philadelphia soul and 70s funk through a hip-hop and house lens. It marks the public debut of Letherette, who would go on to release on…