Burial

If funny = makes no sense, I guess. The Shadow comp seems spot on though.

Although I guess there is/was racial baggage with Shadow than there is/was with Burial.

ahem, "more".

"Although I guess there is/was racial baggage with Shadow than there is/was with Burial.

-- Alex in SF"

i think comparing burial to shadow is pretty close in terms of mood and atmosphere, at least as close any i can think of. not sure why there should be racial baggage with shadow though, he did shit with Paris and his crew included Blackalicious amongst many others, he was no isolated white guy. do you mean in getting crazy hype just because he was a white guy? even still, im not sure that was the exact reason, how many people really knew he was a white guy just from hearing his music? i wouldn't have guessed it and he wasnt even pictured on Endtroducing.....

Just breath, pipecock. There is always racial baggage when white american guy's make hip-hop and I doubt you can find too many pieces from 95-6 on Shadow that didn't mention his race or the fact that his music was out of place in the present world of hip hop.

Anyway I wasn't thinking so much sonically in terms of the Shadow-Burial connection (although there are some similarities, yeah) more just two guys obsessed with a particular strand of a genre that was largely out of vogue at the point where they were making music (Steinski-style cut-n-mix instrumentals for Shadow, El-B-style 2-step) and who achieved as much if not more success from fans who normally wouldn't care about the music scene they were ostensibly and rather distantly a part of (in Burial's case, seemingly by choice, in Shadow's . . . well.)

The big difference being that half if not more of the 2-step producers were white anyway.

is the thom yorke remix any good? (available from boomkat, nicely)

So is Burial definitely white?

Everything I've read indicates it's really lazy.

Yes. Definitely. Positively.

I have a photo of Burial and his girlfriend - I've even come up with the perfect lolcat caption with which to leak it to the internet. Unfortunately he doesn't have long curly hair so I think I've been played.

the thom yorke remix is easily burial's worst remix/track yet. the excellent modeselektor and various remixes more than make up for the weak burial effort.

to be honest i havent felt his remixes at all and im a huge fan of his original productions.

are the soul jazz compilations (featuring burial) any good?

They're okay. The Burial track on the first one is quite good and there are a few other good tracks on each one. A lot of it tends more towards digi-dub than dubstep (which can be good depending on your POV), but either way is sadly rather boring.

suugestions wanted: if you like burial you might also like ...

...walking through London late at night in the rain?

Adele

see, i was expecting the first reply to be "enya".

I'm still wrapping my brain around "Untrue" - and I mean that in the best way possible. It's like someone murdered a 2-step mix disc: here is its ghost back to haunt you with its unsettling familiarity.

I love listening to individual tracks, but I find the whole thing way too
melancholy to process in one sitting.

Yeah, I feel the same way. If I try to listen to it through, by like track five I'm thinking "Oh christ, more dirty bass noises and minimal shuffling beats. Oh, and here come the spectral vocals". Then when a track from the second half of the album comes up on shuffle and I really enjoy it. I'm still not feeling the beat-less tunes though, don't know under what circumstances I'd be in the mood to listen to one.

"suugestions wanted: if you like burial you might also like ..."

You could start with his obv influences: Omni Trio, Foul Play, Todd Edwards, El-B/Ghost, etc. . .

"sugestions wanted: if you like burial you might also like ..."

...cyrus and moving ninja

rhythm and sound

If you like any music produced anywhere I recommend Rhythm & Sound.

true. they are some of the greatest musicians of this generation.

muslimgauze mixes well with burial as does akira rabelais

This is one of the strangest records I have heard in quite awhile. I am unsure at who this is aimed at. The dancefloor?

The nearest I can come up with is that it works quite nicely as a soundtrack to the late night stoner set.

Yeah, it's late night bedroom music. Definately a cerebral album. Also if you listen to it on headphones walking the streets after dark you feel like you're in a film.

Also if you listen to it on headphones walking the streets after dark you feel like you're in a film.

in fact, this is the only way I ever listen to this...

I am unsure at who this is aimed at.

Well, it's certainly not aimed at trip-hop fans because it's, um, not trip-hop.

There are still trip-hop fans?

Also if you listen to it on headphones walking the streets after dark you feel like you're in a film.

Yeah, but for me, it works best when you're walking the streets after dark and -- this is the key -- it's cold. I love the new Burial disc, but I can't listen to it unless the nighttime temperature dips into the 60s (remember, I live in balmy, humid South Florida).

There are still trip-hop fans?

Anyone who likes Burial apparently because according to deej, Burial is trip-hop.

Heh, I live in North London, pretty different. Helps if you've got a bit of run down Victorian architecture about as well.

xpost

this seems like a lot of work

Well I liked it pretty much straight away, but I fulfil all the criteria for liking it - it's basically partially about my city, and partially about recontextualising UK dance music, which I'm very interested in.

Anyone who likes Burial apparently because according to deej, Burial is trip-hop.

I can see the resemblance.

Yeah I don't think that's a controversial comparison at all. But I wouldn't call most fans of Burial trip-hop "fans" unless they are suddenly busting out Headz II or something.

I like the new one in small doses, but it annoys me as a whole. Should have been an EP.

sweet

http://www.dj-kicks.com/burial/

I was hoping for another fake tracklist.

oh i didn't see we'd already covered it

It's on another of the million Burial threads, yeah.

I hope Burial comes out as Moby

It's just some guy. It's on his wikipedia page, I think.

"William Bevan"

so much for the mystery

why does nobody believe my 'Burial was the white guy in Babycakes' rumour?

woop i mean 3 Of A Kind (Babycakes was the song)