It is stunning and is going to get the full CoM treatment.
It's what I always imagined grime/dubstep should sound like - empty, vast and deeply emotional.
I doubt any record will sum up the grey steel of 2006 London more fully than this one. It seems to be a compilation of tracks recorded between 2001 and now. But on early listening this is astonishing; the blackened mirror image of SAW II, Horsepower Productions in negative, Post-Millennium Tension.
Any thoughts?
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 07:59 (seventeen years ago) link
pretty good album, sounds like it should soundtrack Blade Runner or something
it has a similar vibe to classic Tricky albums too
― splates (splates), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 08:48 (seventeen years ago) link
As I said before the only thing I don't like is the track with the rap on - the only thing I've really liked that Spaceape has done was the cover (of sorts) of Sign 'O' The Times he did on an earlier Hyperdub EP.
If I was running any kind of electronic label right now I would be commissioning remixes from this guy. In fact... why not Relevee (Burial Mix)? :)
― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 09:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 09:20 (seventeen years ago) link
The production is awesome yeah. Although again there's a distinction b/w the tracks with great, fluid rhythms and those with more run-o'-the-millish dubstep and halfstep beats. And the Spaceape track is definitely the weakest.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 10:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Tried this Sunday night, awoke deeply disturbed, switched to the radio and it was "Gotta See Jane" by R Dean Taylor. "Windscreen wipers splishing, splashing..." It seemed strangely apt.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 10:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 10:28 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 10:31 (seventeen years ago) link
ANYWAY: Have you heard the "Original Garage" mix of "U Hurt Me"? Its only on one mix (available here...http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_blackdownsoundboy_archive.html#114529091176863831) dunno if it'll be released later, but its basically a Balearic-pop version...
IMHO: Spaceape track works well (it IS distinct to the rest as it has a live vocalist rather than distressed samples)but it has a tightly wound minimalist funk in its slightly out-of-time beats (especially when the hi hats come in) which is really compelling...
― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 13:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 13:15 (seventeen years ago) link
It was nice, and unexpected, to read your thoughts on The Kiki mix Marcello.
― fandango (fandango), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Glad you liked the Boogybites piece...I also have things to say about the Luciano mix (Sci Fi Hi Fi Vol 2) when time allows.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link
i needed to get one listen through my system to forget all the garbage written for it (hauntology = another excuse for nonsensical flowery prose). after that, this is brilliant. the space ape track is noticeably weaker than everything else he has released.
― natedey (ndeyoung), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link
It's the whole "elegy for Omni Trio" bizniz that I don't get - if anything this is (at its best) a cross b/w early dubstep and the more musical/emotional techstep a la the first Dom & Roland album.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:57 (seventeen years ago) link
pot, kettle
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― grapple (grapple), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Hooray! ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 00:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 00:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― jewess harvell (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 00:16 (seventeen years ago) link
I think Paul Autonomic's (great) mix might be all the Dubstep I really need this month to listen to at home. Also, I just don't think I'm in the mood for any more gloom & despair at this precise moment.
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 00:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 00:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I think this is the cruellest comment I've seen Ned make yet.
― like murderinging (modestmickey), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 02:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― hector (hector), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 02:52 (seventeen years ago) link
It was ok, but not much melody or anything else gripping for me, I couldn't make it through the whole thing.
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 03:02 (seventeen years ago) link
First thing that has to be stated is that this isn't a straight up dubstep album. It can't be, there's far too many clever rhythmic and
melodic twists and turns to keep it held down by something as trivial as genre or style. He takes dubstep's distinctive motif's (warping b-lines, downward drums, silent gaps) and furnishes incredibly layered pieces of futurist funk.
The eastern sunrise opener of 'Tauhid' might be weighted down with swathes of sub. But, like the rest of the album, there's a light footprint to it all. Even the murky, out-of-focus echo of 'Skuff'd' seems to have a spring in its step. Whilst bass-heads will find solace in darker moments like the magnificent 'Brood'. The rest of us will find this a seasonally apt piece of accomplished electronic music.
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 03:04 (seventeen years ago) link
I agree that the album ain't straight-up dubstep (although it basically is in parts - the weakest parts ha) but the second half of this statement is ridiculoid.
The beats at their best are better than most current dubstep but not all (and generally not as good as first-wave Horspower/El-B etc. for the sake of an easy comparison) - the focus here is really the texturological side of tings, the heaviness of the synths and samples which gives the music a physicality not in the sense of groove, but in the sense of it feeling physically tangible, like you're gonna get damp if you listen to the tracks with rain sounds.
Still think it's an amazing EP masquerading as a decent album.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 05:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 05:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 09:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link
that comment pretty much makes me want to avoid this album even though i am intrigued. i am very resistant to this premature canonization stuff. was "timeless" critically reviled on it's release? i recall reading a few recent posts here that tear it apart pretty well, but "ought to have been"?
― breakfast pants (disco stu), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― pdf (Phil Freeman), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Once Blogger is back up and running, I will deliver a more persuasive argument for you purchasing the Burial album.
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link
i don't understand why he would even mention tricky.i don't understand why he would even mention Goldie.
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― artdamages (artdamages), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link
co-sign that, ufo.
(although i did really like 'claustro' and consider it among that lot of "his absolute best")
― please don't refer to me as (Austin), Saturday, 8 January 2022 00:05 (two years ago) link
Every time I listen to this guy I press play, promptly forget about it, and realize I’m still listening 15 minutes later
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 00:56 (two years ago) link
Really enjoyed this new one. Ran it several times through. As calstars said - you try to listen actively and it takes you away so quickly.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Sunday, 9 January 2022 00:00 (two years ago) link
there's some really harsh, unpleasant frequencies on this, and it doesn't do enough otherwise
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
digital release of 2 Burial-Four Tet collaboration tracks (Nova from 2012, Moth from 2009 - originally vinyl only)
https://fourtet.bandcamp.com/album/nova-moth
― StanM, Monday, 14 February 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link
okay, that's fun.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 14 February 2022 17:50 (two years ago) link
(new to me)
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Monday, 14 February 2022 17:51 (two years ago) link
I've warmed up a bit to "Chemz" and "Dolphins," but I will go to my grave not understanding why Antidawn was not hailed as a major statement upon release. Even here, there didn't seem to be much enthusiasm for a record that is to me a really fascinating pivot from one of the most innovative artists of the past twenty years. Maybe everyone was secretly hoping for a return to form, ie just repeating Untrue but less good?
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 August 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
Antidawn is what my niece and nephew call my wife, but hey
― Mark G, Friday, 12 August 2022 21:45 (one year ago) link
untrue isn't even his peak though, kindred through to rival dealer is much much better
i don't think antidawn was that much of a pivot though, he'd been putting out similar ambient stuff occasionally for a while, going back to "subtemple" and "young death"/"nightmarket"
― ufo, Friday, 12 August 2022 21:49 (one year ago) link
That's true, but committing himself so completely to that vibe was rather unexpected, no? And I actually agree about Untrue, I just assume that's the consensus pick. The early singles will always be my favorite Burial shit, along with the self titled LP
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 August 2022 21:53 (one year ago) link
from 2016 onwards his output has been kinda all over the place so going further with a style he'd already spent a while exploring wasn't really a big surprise, him putting out something album length was though
― ufo, Friday, 12 August 2022 22:04 (one year ago) link
Been hammering Rival Dealer recently - never not sent into a different world when the "saw myself crying" bit rolls in on "Come Down to Us"
― bain4z, Friday, 12 August 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link
i still think about dog latin's "foster care advert" remark and i lol. but i love that shit
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 12 August 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
The early singles will always be my favorite Burial shit, along with the self titled LP
I agree! I'm not sure why most people go for Untrue over the debut but there you go
― paolo, Sunday, 14 August 2022 09:51 (one year ago) link
Antidawn was a bit of a let down for me I gotta say. Committing himself to that vibe over an album length release was a bit of a surprise but it's not like it came completely from nowhere, as has already been pointed out.
― paolo, Sunday, 14 August 2022 09:53 (one year ago) link
New EP out of nowhere, more like his older work:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPvtn81LHgg
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:48 (one year ago) link
as if today wasn't stacked enough lol
― ufo, Thursday, 20 October 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link
omg
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 20 October 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
The first track, “Hospital Chapel” (the title itself is almost too painfully evocative if you’ve ever lost a loved one in a hospital), is a slow ambient track that I can see people not connecting to - it takes a long time to get going - but it is great
― Dan S, Friday, 21 October 2022 00:05 (one year ago) link
i don't think this is "more like his older work", it's more ambient stuff
― ufo, Friday, 21 October 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
high-frequency chimes, ominous low-end synths and percussion, vinyl crackles, cuts and buzzes, beatific vocal samples, ghostly sound effects, and a mournful dream state
― Dan S, Friday, 21 October 2022 01:35 (one year ago) link
^^^
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 21 October 2022 02:24 (one year ago) link
great ambient stuff.
― StanM, Friday, 21 October 2022 05:17 (one year ago) link
yeah this is great, he's really perfected that form
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 21 October 2022 06:25 (one year ago) link
I like this a lot more than Antidawn.
― StanM, Friday, 21 October 2022 07:24 (one year ago) link
snap crackle pop
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 21 October 2022 11:28 (one year ago) link
Sucks that the vinyl isn't available till late January but I'm pre-ordering anyway
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 21 October 2022 12:32 (one year ago) link
Ambient medley Burial is nice and all but bring back beat-based Burial, let's be real.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 21 October 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
https://burial.bandcamp.com/track/unknown-summer
― StanM, Friday, 21 July 2023 04:43 (nine months ago) link
Lovely as always. The Kode 9 song is a belter too.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Sunday, 23 July 2023 02:22 (nine months ago) link
pic.twitter.com/bA6LVFCRMd— XL RECORDINGS (@XLRECORDINGS) January 1, 2024
― ufo, Wednesday, 3 January 2024 02:23 (three months ago) link
https://questionmarqdj.bandcamp.com/track/distant-lights-quest-onmarq-bootleg-burial
I really enjoy quest?onmarq's bootleg remixes of the classic material, I just wish this was longer and faster to fit in with my current mix.
― pattern loader, Wednesday, 3 January 2024 10:20 (three months ago) link
the last three minutes of "Boy Sent From Above"..... jfc
― Murgatroid, Saturday, 20 January 2024 19:02 (three months ago) link
"boy sent from above" is the best thing he's done in a decade
― ufo, Saturday, 20 January 2024 22:30 (three months ago) link
co-sign. very good.
(other side is not bad)
elsewhere: great way to tease new music in the streaming era. all those unauthorized fan uploads on youtube had to have been expected by xl; subvert everything.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Sunday, 21 January 2024 00:09 (three months ago) link
revisiting his past year or so of tunes because of this and i have to say how much i've come to like 'unknown summer.' it's such a subtle slow burning joy of a track+ufo i have to challenge your assertion that it doesn't at least compete with 'boy sent from above' in that category.
(let us also not forget the thom yorke collabs, but i digress; 'boy sent from above' a very significant tune)
further, the few stray non-hyperdub tracks from the past few years -'temple sleeper', 'pre dawn'+'indoors'- are all pretty neat in retrospect of this new material for xl.
hi. my name is austin+i ♡ burial.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Sunday, 21 January 2024 00:49 (three months ago) link
Definitely my favorite Burial in a while, and I say that as a staunch fan and apologist for ambient Burial and the very underrated Antidawn EP. I liked Chemz / Dolphinz and Streetlands, too, though not as much.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 21 January 2024 01:35 (three months ago) link
what happened here? did he have a good day or something?
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Monday, 22 January 2024 22:42 (three months ago) link
love it obvs. thanks B for the new display name
― default damager (lukas), Monday, 22 January 2024 22:43 (three months ago) link
I mean he has the perfect career, doesn't have to tour or do interviews, still makes a lot of money from records (and syncs), everyone respects him, I sure hope he's happy now.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 22 January 2024 22:46 (three months ago) link
relistening to the new tunes again and guys this question comes from a place of pure respect-
anyway, does burial make musical fan fiction?
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Wednesday, 24 January 2024 01:57 (three months ago) link
you guys like the other side but i really dig this dreamfear!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wooh1L8c-Q
― scott seward, Saturday, 10 February 2024 18:31 (two months ago) link
so cool.
South London Burroughs getting another reissue, at last. The fact that it's a "20th anniversary" release makes me feel ancient.
https://burial.bandcamp.com/album/south-london-boroughs
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 12:32 (three weeks ago) link
err, "Boroughs"
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 12:33 (three weeks ago) link
Is he doing a performance in London, did I read that?
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 13:37 (three weeks ago) link
Spotify told me that was the case but think it's the metal band with the same name
― nxd, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 13:56 (three weeks ago) link
Could be some good crossover fans though
Reminds me of the time my mate accidentally saw the play Titus Andronicus
― nxd, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 13:57 (three weeks ago) link
actual lol at your friend, thank you for that
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 2 April 2024 14:09 (three weeks ago) link