Bibio - Look at Orion!

What this video is

Released in May 2013 alongside the album Silver Wilkinson on Warp Records, 'Look at Orion!' emerges from a moment in British independent electronic music defined by a return to organic instrumentation and analog warmth after the maximalist digital turn of the late 2000s. Bibio's self-directed video practice — minimal, contemplative, and visually self-sufficient — reflects a broader artist-controlled aesthetic…

Why it matters

Represents the mature DIY visual language of early 2010s British folktronica and ambient electronica. The single-shot, artist-directed format — stripped of narrative, performance, or conventional MTV grammar — anticipates the long-form contemplative video aesthetic that would become prevalent on…

The director

Stephen James Wilkinson (born 4 December 1978), known as Bibio, is an English musician, producer, and visual artist from Wolverhampton. He studied Sonic Arts at Middlesex University 1999–2002. Signed to Warp Records in 2008, he has released multiple albums…