In 2007, he recorded the song "Ambivalence Avenue", which he now regards as a milestone in his career - "it combined the lofi tapey Bibio guitar sound with weightier beat based production, fingerpicking with jazz chords, it had a Brazilian influence, a folk influence and a hip hop influence, it was a realization of an idea in my head trying to come out, it was a combination I had been striving for a while. Making this track gave me a new confidence and triggered what became the most prolific period of my life so far." The song caught the attention of Steve Beckett of Warp Records, who encouraged him to keep recording in this style. Wilkinson "knuckled down" and recorded the tracks that would make up "Ambivalence Avenue" between 2007 and 2008. On the strength of these recordings Bibio signed to Warp Records in August 2008.