Burial, the self-titled debut album by an anonymous dubstep producer from London, proved one of the more surprising success stories of 2006. It was voted Album of the Year by the influential experimental-electronic magazine The Wire and was fawned over by a long list of other media, from Mixmag to Pitchfork. Upon the release of Untrue, the second Burial album, the cycle of acclaim appeared likely to repeat itself. While Untrue isn't likely to win many, if any, Album of the Year honors (in the wake of the debut's acclaim, the novelty of Burial lessened considerably), the album's arguably even better than its predecessor. Untrue finds its anonymous producer streamlining the varied approach of his debut, resulting is a uniform collection of tracks that are subtly evolving variations of each other. Following an untitled, foreboding intro, Untrue kicks off with the simply melodic "Archangel" and culminates 45 minutes later with the majestic "Raver," a summary conclusion. There aren't any MC-featuring tracks such as "Spaceape" as there were on the debut, nor is there any hard-hitting tech-step ŕ la "Southern Comfort"; instead, every track on Untrue seems cut of the same cloth, emphasizing ghostly vocal loops, shadowy ambient motifs, and the warped rhythmic signatures of 2-step. One of the key highlights is "Ghost Hardware," the closest the album comes to genuine dance music. It's followed by another standout, "Endorphin," an ambient interlude that shimmers for three minutes, entirely free of beats, before the sub-frequency bassline of "Etched Headplate," one of the album's most melodic and memorable songs, cuts through the stillness. Untrue is most evocative when listened to in sequence, for the moods and characteristics of each track evolve as the album progresses. Once "Raver" brings the proceedings to a close, though, it's the overall impression of the Untrue that stays with you, more so than any particular tracks. If you can appreciate the style of dubstep employed by Burial, it's easy to fall head over heels for Untrue, an album on which there are absolutely no mainstream-crossover concessions, no ego trips, and no willful stylistic variation -- an album where the music, a singular style of it, takes center stage with no distractions or sideshows, where there's never the urge to skip to the next track, because they're all part and parcel of the greater whole.
It seems like all the best electronica is in some way linked to England, or at least the Uk, but Burial's latest release is so popular in the US that I am beginning to think that a lot of new artists are going to appear from the states. Flying Lotus for example is by far my favorite new electronica artist, and even he is signed to a British label, but what is more important is how deeply engra...
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Along with 2step, grime and bassline, dubstep has been percolating in the UK garage scene since at least 2001. Last year it began leaking from the clubs to the mainstream as a few albums were issued that were more than just collections of tracks from 12" singles, from Burial, Skream and Kode 9. Many of these artists were in the soundtrack for the movie Children Of Men, and the Burial album top...
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Modeselektor's pet pigAnother year, another list. It's always an interesting time of year for me as I get the chance to peruse other blogs' top album choices and on that note Large Hearted Boy has started to compile everyone's year end lists - check them out here. And there's a twist in the tale today - I'm actually going to make this a top 11 as I have 2 titles vying for the number 1 spot and ...
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Due to popular demand, the two person review is gonna become a semi regular event - the people have spoken! Guest reviewer this week is good friend Ethan E. from Oregon)*rating* 7.6*amount of hipster genre namedropping in this review* 9.1ST: Alright, this week we've got Untrue, by Burial - the enigmatic London MC making waves with his homespun dubstep masterpieces.EE: Ooh yeah, i've heard o...
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!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/2035045908_9855f33ff1.jpg?v=0!Jittery, drizzly, late-night rhythmic garage, subterranean sounds, unintelligible voices, headphone music, from beatless to breathless, the amorphous “Untitled” to the sinewy “Raver”, so secretive, mercurial, anonymous, like its unknown creator, you want to question the tracks…!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/203504
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Burial wants everyone to know that he's a real person and it's not a big deal. The elusive musician made airwaves flutter round-the-world last year with the release of Untrue. The album of experimental electronic music is touted as the most accesible and mainstream dubstep creation to date. The success of Untrue made Burial a household name, but not a familiar face. Nothing was known about ...
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!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/2035045908_9855f33ff1.jpg?v=0!Jittery, drizzly, late-night rhythmic garage, subterranean sounds, unintelligible voices, headphone music, from beatless to breathless, the amorphous “Untitled” to the sinewy “Raver”, so secretive, mercurial, anonymous, like its unknown creator, you want to question the tracks…!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/203504
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Experimental dubstep musician Burial is about to release his sophomore album, titled Untrue on Hyperdub. His self-titled debut, released last year, was heralded by music critics of all walks even dubbed album of the year by The Wire. Hyperdub describes the forthcoming album:The new record is weird soul music, hypersoul, lovingly processing spectral female voices into vaporised R&B and smudged...
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There's been a lot of excitement around Burial's second album, Untrue. Burial is the name an anonymous London musician uses for his dubstep recordings. Here's a very cool track, "Archangel." Untrue is in my top ten albums of 2007 list.
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From the surprising second Burial album, this one takes my moody breath away.
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Burial, Untrue (Hyperdub)eight out of ten stars I’ve been thinking a lot about music lately. And I probably shouldn’t because, like Laurie Anderson once famously said, talking about music is like dancing about architecture. But still, I’m human, so it’s only natural to wonder why music—great music, I should say—can take such hold. What gives it such unspeakable power? Well I’m not ab
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Along with 2step, grime and bassline, dubstep has been percolating in the UK garage scene since at least 2001. Last year it began leaking from the clubs to the mainstream as a few albums were issued that were more than just collections of tracks from 12" singles, from Burial, Skream and Kode 9. Many of these artists were in the soundtrack for the movie Children Of Men, and the Burial album top...
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http://terriblelovesongs.com I'm a fan of Bristol based graffiti artist Banksy's work and I'm also a fan of DubStep so finding this video called Banksy vs Dubstep posted on YouTube by narcotect a few weeks ago was a nice moment.Unlike dubstep star Burial (real name Will Belvin and 2008 Mercury Music Prize nominee), Banksy is just about still keeping his anonymity intact.Here's the video:Banksy ...
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Due to popular demand, the two person review is gonna become a semi regular event - the people have spoken! Guest reviewer this week is good friend Ethan E. from Oregon)*rating* 7.6*amount of hipster genre namedropping in this review* 9.1ST: Alright, this week we've got Untrue, by Burial - the enigmatic London MC making waves with his homespun dubstep masterpieces.EE: Ooh yeah, i've heard o...
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It seems like all the best electronica is in some way linked to England, or at least the Uk, but Burial's latest release is so popular in the US that I am beginning to think that a lot of new artists are going to appear from the states. Flying Lotus for example is by far my favorite new electronica artist, and even he is signed to a British label, but what is more important is how deeply engra...
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This is my first post on the english talking Mog. I just found Mog, and I want to have my music diary among music diaries, it could be fun and rich, I enjoy the Mog concept. So sorry for my very special english, I 'm french and I 've never done an english blog ever. I read english better I 'm able to write it, I know my syntax is bad. But music will save me one more time. I hope we'll enjoy and...
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mp3: grouper :: heavy water (phaseone edit) [photo ] *********************** previously from phaseone : mp3: panda bear :: i'm not (phaseone remix) burial :: archangel (phaseone remix) ***********************
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...is not necessarily for listening to with your kids. According to the younger, "That's a little creepy, Mom. But I like it." And the elder just looks at us both and walks out of the room.So, there you have it. Two editorials, both succinct and fairly effective.from Wikipedia:Burial is the working name of an anonymous dubstep musician from London. Burial's eponymous debut album was released in...
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Well, here it is. a sudden rush of OMG to the head. i figured you could pick and choose to read about the ones that interest you if you find this the embodiment of tl;dr, but this is where this list nonsense ends for now.TOP 20071. Burial | UntrueHonestly, this was a surprise. i loved his first album, but this uk garage/2step influenced dubstep business is playing within the realm of purists th...
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What it brings to mind is that movie Dark City - rainy, cold, and wet, but cool (if you thought Dark City was cool). Like Dark City, it works consistently within its own existence, which is impressive in that Burial has developed his/her (I think his?) own grungy warm club sound. There's not a ton of variation, but the songs do something so particular and evoke such a strong, dark, sound it beg...
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| 1 [Untitled] |
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| 2 Archangel |
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| 3 Near Dark |
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| 4 Ghost Hardware |
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| 5 Endorphin |
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| 6 Etched Headplate |
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| 7 In McDonalds |
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| 8 Untrue |
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| 9 Shell of Light |
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| 11 Homeless |
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| 12 UK |
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| 13 Raver |
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