kwes. - bashful.

What this video is

Released in March 2012 as the lead single from kwes.'s 'Meantime' EP on Warp Records, 'Bashful' arrived at a pivotal moment in UK electronic music when post-dubstep had fractured into more intimate, songwriter-led forms — a lineage including Burial, James Blake, and Mount Kimbie. Kwes (Kwesi Sey), a Lewisham-raised producer with synesthesia, used synaesthetic colour perception as a compositional principle, adding…

Why it matters

A significant early document of the UK Warp Records experimental electronic R&B microgenre, 'Bashful' sits at the intersection of post-dubstep, art-pop, and DIY music video culture. Its visual language — near-black exposure, long takes, surreal staging — established an aesthetic grammar that…

The director

Born in Minorca, Spain, raised in England, studied at UCA Farnham. London-based commercial and music video director. Won UKMVA Best Budget Video in 2011. Nominated three times for Best Director at the UKMVAs. Work recognised at MOBO Awards, Camerimage…