Raver
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 16 March 2009 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
"Etched Headplate"
― Alex in SF, Monday, 16 March 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Unite is my vote but it's a close one.
Ditto. One of the most interesting artists of the decade, IMHO.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 16 March 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^Potentially. He needs to diversify a little if he wants to maintain that interest.
― chap, Monday, 16 March 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I think he already has.
― ilxor, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 05:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't heard everything here, but I'm picking "Raver".
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 07:00 (fifteen years ago) link
'in mcdonalds', for the incredible moment when the aaliyah sample comes in
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 07:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Are people not voting for "Archangel" because it's too obvious?
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 08:57 (fifteen years ago) link
"Prayer", which demonstrates his versatility. Second album seems a bit hackneyed compared to the first. Still waiting for "Stairwell" to come out, a year after it was slated for release.
― Discordian, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 11:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I shouldn't vote cus I'm only familiar with Untruebut from that set of songs I have to second grozart's question
― turtles all the way down (Face of Wolf), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 11:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i did vote for archangel, I think it's the best track on Untrue, but there's a lot of competition here, especially from things on the, superior imo, first album.
― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I just slightly prefer Headplate. Archangel would be second. Raver third (things drop off steeply on that second record after that though.) Unity fourth.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I just prefer Unite to Archangel. Like Alex, Archangel would be second for me.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Untrue's definitely quite flabby - I've made a seven track edit of it which works much better IMHO.
― chap, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The first album is too, frankly, just the highs aren't quite as high for me as the seconds.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I could hear an argument that Boroughs was the best thing he did, just cuz it's the only thing that's not chock with filler. "Nite Train" is really quite nice too.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i can understand burial being a gateway for people into dubstep but i do hope a lot of the converts make the effort to step through that gateway...
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm still not fully indoctrinated into dubstep, just a little bit of flirting now and again. would like to know more, but admittedly burial is the main flex and archangel seems to be the "obvious" choice. need to get down to stink like sock in cambridge and experience it really loud. i saw some warm up act who came on before public enemy at primavera last year - don't remember their names but chuck d was going mental about them. sounded quite different from any uk dubstep i'd heard. is there even a scene in the US?
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:50 (fifteen years ago) link
untrue is really not that good compared to the earlier stuff.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey Lex (or indeed anyone), can you recommend any albums in the genre beyond Skream/Burial/Benga/Vex'd? I've got a few comps and shit as well.
― chap, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 12:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw some warm up act who came on before public enemy at primavera last year - don't remember their names but chuck d was going mental about them.
this was actually The Bomb Squad DJs
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link
and they were playing all UK dubstep. it was surprising.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Hank Shocklee was going on about DMZ and shit in some interview last year and played a night with them in New York iirc.
― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link
also he djed dmz.
― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:05 (fifteen years ago) link
cheers for clearing that one up steve. so are they actually brits then?
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:10 (fifteen years ago) link
no.
― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i believe they are Irish
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:11 (fifteen years ago) link
it's not really an album genre, i'd recommend this soul jazz comp as a primer, and appleblim's dubstep allstars mix, though
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks, I'll check those out. I think it has the potential to be more of an album genre than, say, DnB.
I've been torrenting a few random dubstep packages, and they tend to be full of cheesy wobwobwob stuff.
― chap, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
2562's Aerial is quite good, and the upcoming album by Martyn (Great Lengths) sounds like it'll be pretty good.
― mr. anephric (the anephric project), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
dont bother with the albums. just go to getdarker or google a bit for old rinse fm sets. those are best.
also, bomb squad are vietnamese.
the mixes on their myspace are kinda cool tho its a bit warmer than uk dubstep and has more of a 90s vibe in places.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I've just DLed a load of Skull Disco stuff. Spooky!
― chap, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
"Archangel" easily. And check the amaaaaaaaaaaazing 8-Bits Simple Re-Mix to hear how perfectly it discos.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i relistened to the first ep this morning (thru pc speakers admittedly) and am surprised the massive attack-type crowd caught on so slowly.
― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:59 (fifteen years ago) link
How long did it actually take? The first album was pretty big new IIRC.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 15:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Both Round Black Ghosts comps are pretty good too, chap (second I guess got a bit of a bad name for including a slew of older tracks, but that won't matter to you.) Kode9's album/Dubstep All Stars 4 might be also be your cup of tea if you can tolerate Spaceape.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
This poll makes no sense to me because, other than "Archangel", I can't tell his tracks apart.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Raver is the one with the 4-4 bdrum
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 17 March 2009 22:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Forgive is the one that sounds like My Bloody Valentine
― I am using your worlds, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
one of these:
Southern Comfort
U Hurt Me
Untrue
― mark cl, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
???
― ilxor, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 13:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Bumpity bump.
Please vote! Thank you everyone!
― ilxor, Sunday, 22 March 2009 09:07 (fifteen years ago) link
'Raver', without a single doubt
― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 23 March 2009 10:06 (fifteen years ago) link
broken home.
― resolved, Monday, 23 March 2009 10:25 (fifteen years ago) link
great poll, fascinating read, ilm still goin on strong w00t
― r|t|c, Monday, 23 March 2009 12:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/AlexClarke/Starfighter/sarcasm_detector.jpg
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 23 March 2009 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I created the poll and I still haven't voted...
― ilxor, Monday, 23 March 2009 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
unite
― ABSOLUTELY NO SCRUBS WHATSOEVER, Tuesday, 24 March 2009 08:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 29 March 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man. Need to vote.
― ilxor, Monday, 30 March 2009 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 30 March 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
The only confusing placement is "In McDonalds" but that aside... nice!
― ilxor, Monday, 30 March 2009 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, no votes for Gutted or Pirates?... I reckon Loner and Ashtray Wasp would both place in the top 5 (top 3?) if this poll were done today.
― azaera, Saturday, 3 November 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
what about 'street halo'? it's the only burial tune i've ever heard played out in dj sets (and for me it's pretty close to perfect).
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Saturday, 3 November 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
i prefer kindred
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 3 November 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
i'd vote for kindred if the poll were done today
― Anime Mann (diamonddave85), Saturday, 3 November 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
That ep may be the best thing he's done.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 3 November 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/GrimeySimey/status/14680206786
^^^
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 November 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
True. 'Kindred' (the track) is also excellent, as is 'Street Halo'. I think that EP definitively put to rest this notion that he only had one trick up his sleeve (which was never really true to begin with). Also, I don't understand how some people think 'Archangel' is his only good track. Nonsense.
― azaera, Monday, 5 November 2012 07:55 (eleven years ago) link
last couple of minutes of ashtray wasp constitute some of the best, uh, "electronic" music i've heard in years
― monotony, Monday, 5 November 2012 07:59 (eleven years ago) link
Untrue is 10 years old now! and it's still great
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 6 November 2017 06:33 (six years ago) link
great longread here https://pitchfork.com/features/article/why-burials-untrue-is-the-most-important-electronic-album-of-the-century-so-far/
― StanM, Monday, 6 November 2017 06:48 (six years ago) link
burial soothes the soul
"nova" w/four tet
"playground circus" w/hope sandoval
two favs
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 6 November 2017 06:55 (six years ago) link
Prior to its release I was fairly sad about the state of texturally focused and experimental electronic music. Much of what I loved from the ambient and IDM scenes in the 90's and early 00's dissolved either into smug glitch heavy esoteric masturbation, or cross genre experiments into indie/folk/world music/hip hop. Much of the electronic music that I was enjoying at the time was from the electro revival and a lot of nu disco.
Then the first two Burial albums dropped, within about a year at that (!!), and it felt like finally texture, atmosphere and lush melancholy was back and being painted with entirely new brushes. I'll never forget how this record inspired me to explore and discover a whole new wave of psychedelic beats and led me to many great discoveries and creative results.
Crazy it's been ten years already.
― octobeard, Monday, 6 November 2017 08:19 (six years ago) link
'Ghost Hardware' got robbed.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 6 November 2017 16:24 (six years ago) link
Burial has released some great music but none of it since the albums, and much as it's not his fault he has legions of imitators, there is a lot of hacky blubstep stuff still being churned out that just leaves me numb now.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 11 November 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
Am I alone in thinking the S/T album is both better and "more important" than Untrue? I get that Untrue is Burial in sui generis mode and was an important crossover moment which set the template for so many subsequent producers (not to mention legions of imitators), where the first album is more "Burial does dubstep", but to me the impact of the latter felt so much bigger.
― ed.b, Saturday, 11 November 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
we need a "Burial vocal samples" poll some day
trying to figure out / remember where the "take me to the dream world" sample is from on the new one
― mh, Monday, 13 November 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
is "loverboy" / "all night long" a concatenation of mariah carey?!?
― mh, Monday, 13 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et5B-zfAIIo
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 04:42 (six years ago) link
kindred through to rival dealer is his peak
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:22 (six years ago) link
yes, i was just going to say that with respect
Burial has released some great music but none of it since the albums
is definitely not correct
― monotony, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 05:35 (six years ago) link
― Week of Wonders
You mean Paradise Circus? I’ve only heard the Gui boratto remix and I love it haven’t heard the burial one.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 07:33 (six years ago) link
Young Death is one of my favourite Burials.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 14 November 2017 10:38 (six years ago) link
Moka, yeah "Paradise Circus". Burial's mix is pretty sublime, like an aural tranquilizer.
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
His two new tracks are some of my favorite things he's done period.
It's way too much to expect someone to change the face of their genre with every release, just because it happened once (or twice!!) before.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 November 2017 15:06 (six years ago) link
I think my answer to the imaginary new poll in my head would be Come Down to Us. I think it's the most complete expression of one aspect of his aesthetic - the sentimental - and find it painfully affecting at times.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
That would be a fun poll; you should do it. I'd probably vote for Come Down to Us too, but Stolen Dog destroys me almost as much.
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
"Come Down To Us' is second only to "Rival Dealer" as my absolute favorite Burial track
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 5 December 2019 11:54 (four years ago) link