Bibio - dwrcan

Name: Bibio - dwrcan
Uploaded: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released in June 2009 as the closing track of Bibio's debut Warp Records album Ambivalence Avenue, 'dwrcan' (Welsh for 'woodpecker') occupies a unique position as a piece explicitly produced for a video installation. Bibio — Stephen James Wilkinson from Wolverhampton — built his aesthetic from a synthesis of lo-fi acoustic folk, analog…

2009 · Late 2000s Indietronica/Folktronica Bloom (2009) · music video

2009Late 2000s Indietronica/Folktronica Bloom (2009)Post-IDM Folktronica / Warp Records Experimental Electronica (2009)

What this video is

Released in June 2009 as the closing track of Bibio's debut Warp Records album Ambivalence Avenue, 'dwrcan' (Welsh for 'woodpecker') occupies a unique position as a piece explicitly produced for a video installation. Bibio — Stephen James Wilkinson from Wolverhampton — built his aesthetic from a synthesis of lo-fi acoustic folk, analog synthesis, field recordings, and IDM influences including Boards of Canada and…

Why it matters

A rare example of an explicitly installation-origin music video within the folktronica/indietronica canon. 'Dwrcan' represents the ambient, meditative pole of Bibio's work on Ambivalence Avenue — an album that bridged hip-hop sampling, acoustic folk, and IDM — and demonstrates the influence of…

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