BICEP | GLUE (Official Video)

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Published 2017-11-02
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Taken from ‘Glue EP’ released 2nd November 2017 via Ninja Tune.

Inspired by the song’s homage to the rave era, the video for Bicep’s GLUE by Joe Wilson is a series of landscapes which revisit the sites once brought alive by now infamous raves. Today they sit desolate and empty, retreating back to their former state, with little to show of their impact they had on UK music culture. The static shots offer space to reflect on the importance and idiosyncrasy of these locations and how an abandoned lido, remote airfield and disused warehouse helped to shape the lives of a generation.

Juxtaposed with the images are the hazy, fragmented recollections of those who were there, lifted from Youtube comment sections of the genre’s most defining sounds. Perhaps the most beautiful and poignant pieces of evidence from the period, they eulogise over a time of unity and euphoria, and are a longing to be returned for just one more night.

Film by Joe Wilson (joseph-wilson.co.uk/)
Executive Producers: Saskia Whinney & Freddie Fraser-Forsyth
Producer: Carla Steinberg
Production Company: TOPSAFE (topsafe.london/)
Camera Assistants: Corey Bartle-Sanderson, Lottie Bea Spencer, Holly Lucas
Colourist: Myles Bevan at Time Based Arts
Typography: Studio Terrasse

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All Comments (21)
  • I was 19 years old at my first rave when my mates older brother said to me “here ya go kid, take one of these, do half now and see how you go”....well the next thing I know I’m 38, engaged to be married and raising 2 kids. Still can’t seem to figure out where the last 20 years went, but I wouldn’t change them for the world. The journey which I embarked on from that night 20 years ago was one which changed me as a person, made me see life and other people in a completely different way, a better way, which only those of you who know what I’m talking about will fully understand. Despite frying probably a million brain cells along the way, I have a mind full of the most amazing and beautiful memories which I will cherish for the rest of my life. For the most part, these memories make me smile, but sometimes they make my heart sink when I think that it’s all over now, those crazy care free days are now in the past and will never return. To all the young ravers who read my comment, savor and relish every moment of your youth, many of you may not yet appreciate that you’re living the greatest days of your life....and trust me, they flash past you in the blink of an eye. “Don’t be sad because it’s gone...smile because it happened.” There’s no school like the old school. I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat if I could. Time goes too fast.
  • I remember that morning, coming back with friends from my first rave. We sat in a local cafe, had a drink and got in the car. Looked at the sunrise, overwhelmed with emotions, a friend says I have a song for you ... he plays this masterpiece on his phone, the third friend who drove puts on his glasses and slowly starts the car. For the next five minutes no one said a word, I looked out the window, the sunrise warming my face. I will remember that moment, those emotions and that morning for the rest of my life.
  • @efektor
    I'm 42, I have two kids, I have memories. I'm divorced, I lost almost everything. Almost everything... but I can listen to this song. It brings back memories that I will never lose, that will be with me forever. This song motivates me to generate new memories. I love this song ♥️Bicep - Glue♥️ Marcin
  • @ZirrEEWTF
    This song is truly a transportation between infinite youth and inevitable ageing, every person listening knows exactly where they are on that journey and accepts it
  • @exg0rd-764
    This song is like when you're coming home for the first time after a walk with someone you've fallen in love with
  • @alfie_177
    This song means so much to so many people yet it doesn't speak a single word. This is the true power of music!
  • 54yo old skool raver from SE London here. Many many messy funny memories made. Coming out of clubs sun rising then onto after parties without a care in the world. So glad i was there. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
  • im 54 now and only went to a few raves, wish i went to more of them, no kids 3 heart attacks multiple strokes died twice but the music still plays on ,,, peace,,,
  • @romanalexia735
    This song makes me feel “that feeling”. “That feeling” for me is when it’s past 4am at a party and the comedown has everyone, while you’re starring at yourself in the bathroom mirror drunk and high af, with your hair messy and your makeup ruined, trying to remember your name, hearing the party’s music in the backround, and you’re just sitting there looking at yourself wondering what you’re gonna do with your life
  • @sharonbaele
    I lost my son 2 weeks ago, he was only 19. This was our song ❤
  • @sasmayte
    This song just reminds me of the end of the night, walking home with your mates from a night out, sharing stories, smoking, finishing our drinks just great memories
  • @markl577
    This is by far the most beautiful comment section I've had to pleasure of reading on YT & I've only scratched the surface. I'm 49 years old & now a grandfather, every comment seems to be drawing on dormant thoughts & memories from my mind that I thought were long gone. This tune transcends music.. I'm listening to this, thinking of friends that have passed & relationships that have gone. Life move so fast. Much love to all of you. 🙏❤
  • This song is like recalling the old childhood memories, playing around everywhere without having a tension of being lost somewhere, cycling to a far place with friends, without having a single idea that one day we'll return home and never go back again. Back to present
  • @ModiRising
    My recent ex was a raver. After her ketamine addiction, I stuck by her and trusted her in recovery, she was clean and doing so well, until she ended up relapsing to mephedrone; I was shocked, upset and wanted to help her, but she gave the classic addiction excuse of "let me live my life how I want", then deflected towards me and my shocked/upset reaction, and used that as an excuse to leave. It destroyed me, coming to terms with the fact she doesn't want to be helped, and how I can't help her for that reason.... This was her favourite song in troubled times. So, I'm sitting here at 1AM, listening to this, still aching from her loss. Rona, If by any chance you're reading this, even if you don't want me, please get help; You deserve a better life. It is not too late. I love you. -Markus
  • @ashleys6498
    This song makes me cry. I don't want to grow up and leave my youth behind.
  • @IHTFTIHTDT
    "So glad to have something to look back and say I was there." So, so true. if you were there, you know. peace love and dance music
  • @monacogarage7296
    ANEMOIA - (neologism, uncommon) Nostalgia for a time or a place one has never known.