anybody else here dig the enigmatic london hyperdub wunderkind "Burial"?

i first heard from Burial a few weeks ago when Thom Yorke's remix EP's
for the Eraser album were released on boomkat.com and amongst them was
the Burial remix for 'and it rained all night'.

i loved that mix so much that i looked into Burial and found that he's
released 2 albums 2 date "burial" and "untrue", both of which are just
stellar.

'burial' is rather diverse and sounds like nothing else out there. it's
just a league of it's own. and 'untrue' is like one long, dark, bleak
and desparing journey 2 the end of the night with each song developing
on the previous one.

the woodblock percussion beats are interstellar. especially on the 1st
track of "untrue"

tripple wow.

thom yorke "and it rained all night" (burial remix)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...xNROL1BDkM


burial "archangel"

http://www.youtube.com/wa...hI4bSCy9iE

i've posted a couple things about Burial on this site with n response.

yeah, untrue hasn't left my playlist since its release.

Burial's first self titled release is pretty heavy too, acutally it's heavier than the latest release, though, i dig the lastest one more.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

yup, untrue is my fav too. probably because it's more of a cohesive whole.

absolutely great albums, both. it's such great music to have on headphones
when walking with the dog after midnight.

btw, any clue as to who might be behind Burial? no i'm really wondering if he's remixing Thom's stuff.

IstenSzek said:

it's really nice listening to on a nice car system driving through the wet winter streets after midnight too, though i'd much rather have the scenery of the UK.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

the "official" story is that apart from a few family members only 5 people
know who burial actually is.

i wouldn't be surprised if he's someone who's already well known, doing
this as a sideline.

wouldn't it be a hoot if it turned out burial was a 70 yr old lady from
essex sampling her grandsons records

IstenSzek said:

yeah, i think we'd all be surprised. i'm thinking it's someone from a totally opposite genre. Maybe Beyonce or Timberlake.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

lol @ beyonce

i heard some elements of roni size and goldie in there but i think
both of those are so damn smug they'd come out to say they were it
when the first album became album of the year all over the place.

so it must be someone who's quite humble i guess.

i knew would be this thread's fate.



Well it might be appropriate with at title like burial, huh?

I've heard about them, and the album is getting major props. I may check it out.

magnificentsynthesizer said:

kinda surprising for a thread in this forum since usually people
are really on top of new stuff.

oh well, at least there's two of us

and we've managed to spark interest in moonbeam

'Untrue' gave me the creeps the 1st time I heard it. It was my Dad who stumbled across him/her/it after reading an article on Burial in a magazine. Although there is not one stand out track on the album as a collective it's fascinating. A great soundtrack to travelling on the tube at night in London.

JDInteractive said:

it's perfect for that!

Okay. I am addicted. But you sent the wrong album, Ist. You should have sent Burial.