Bibio - Dye The Water Green

What this video is

Released in January 2014 as the lead visual for Bibio's The Green EP on Warp Records, this video arrives at a moment when a strand of UK electronic artists — rooted in Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, and mid-century British folk — were reclaiming analog degradation as a mark of authenticity against the clinical perfection of HD digital production. The collaboration between Wilkinson, a musician-filmmaker steeped in…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of Warp Records' pastoral-electronic tradition, the video synthesises UK experimental folk-electronics with American avant-garde video art practice. Its use of degraded analog tube cameras as an intentional aesthetic instrument — rather than nostalgic affectation — positions it…

The director

Stephen Wilkinson (b. West Midlands, England) is the musician behind Bibio, signed to Warp Records; he studied sonic arts at Middlesex University and has incorporated filmmaking into his practice across multiple video collaborations. Michael Robinson (b.…