Bibio - Phantom Brickworks (Edit)

What this video is

Released in November 2017 via Warp Records, Phantom Brickworks emerged during a period of widespread cultural anxiety and digital fatigue, with ambient and drone music experiencing a critical resurgence. The album is rooted in Bibio's concept that 'places can be haunted by meaning,' drawing on the post-industrial landscapes of Britain — particularly Wales and the West Midlands — as sites of collective memory and…

Why it matters

Phantom Brickworks is widely regarded as Bibio's most accomplished release and a landmark in 2010s ambient/drone music. Compared by critics to William Basinski, Brian Eno, and Gas, it represents the full maturation of Wilkinson's ambient practice developed over a decade. The (Edit) single format…

The director

Stephen James Wilkinson (born 4 December 1978), known as Bibio, is an English musician, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from the West Midlands who studied sonic arts at Middlesex University. He has released music on Mush Records and Warp Records since…