Burial

From Strangel 01/23/2024 23:20 | #301430

English writer Mark Fisher’s evocative description probably sums up Burial’s work as well as any I’ve read;

“Burial's London is a wounded city, populated by ecstasy casualties on day release from psychiatric units, disappointed lovers on night buses, parents who can't quite bring themselves to sell their Rave 12 inches at a carboot sale, all of them with haunted looks on their faces, but also haunting their interpassively nihilistic kids with the thought that things weren't always like this. It is like walking into the abandoned spaces once carnivalised by Raves and finding them returned to depopulated dereliction. Muted air horns flare like the ghosts of Raves past. Broken glass cracks underfoot. MDMA flashbacks bring London to unlife in the way that hallucinogens brought demons crawling out of the subways in Jacob’s Ladder’s New York. Audio hallucinations transform the city’s rhythms into inorganic beings, more dejected than malign. You see faces in the clouds and hear voices in the crackle. What you momentarily thought was muffled bass turns out only to be the rumbling of tube trains."

From JulianR 12/29/2017 08:46 | #204072

He has really improved past Untrue. I know everyone praises that as his masterpiece, but compared to what he's been putting out lately, it sounds primitive. His recent releases are evocative, freeform masterpieces. Just as a side note, I love the way he's incorporated record static into a lot of his stuff; it seems to give it a warmer, softer feel.

From Strangel 05/17/2016 01:53 | #166245

His genius is in the subtleties of the samples merging into layer upon layer of intricate, hypnotic soundscapes. It is music to immerse yourself within using the best headphones you can acquire. He is a true artist using brush strokes of electronic colour.

Great artist, Atmospheric and unique. personally one of my favourite artists

The 21st centuries answer to Brian Eno. Thats all that needs to be said.