Burial

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)

erk, finally listened to this (Untrue). Its horrible, like Akon on mogadon.

One Trick Pony?

Oh come ON. It's great, it really does sound like human burial. In frozen ground. It scares the piss out of people I don't like.

Burial is good but it's really not that awesome next-level thing that you have been hungering for.

^^^how I break it down to an extent

it's really not that awesome next-level thing that you have been hungering for.

But really, what is?

I downloaded the last one. Listened to it a couple of times. His DJ Kicks could be interesting though...

still dont really like the 2nd one anywhere near as the debut. the vocals on there dont really reach the 'deep' vibe theyre going for. they just sound a bit ropey.

i still have a lot of love for both albums, tbh. and while it's not the future of music or anything that second album is catchy as hell

Oh come ON. It's great, it really does sound like human burial. In frozen ground. It scares the piss out of people I don't like.

― u s steel, Friday, 30 January 2009 03:55 (5 hours ago) Bookmark

If it sounded like The Marble Index with added bass, this'd be an A1 description. sadly not.

why are people still talking about his DJ kicks? why the hell would i want to listen to the musical tastes of someone who gets 90% of his samples form cutscenes in in metal gear solid?

i love his music though.

The Marble Index is boring! Stop trying to be cool.

word on that