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Much speculation surrounded the identity of Burial, the creator of Untrue and its predecessor, 2006's eponymous Burial––speculation quashed when its maker dropped the mask and revealed himself to be William Bevan, a fairly ordinary South Londoner who was just quite fond of making and releasing tunes without all the surrounding fuss. Such revelations, however, cannot quash the haunting beauty of Untrue itself. Released as most of Burial's dubstep peers were chasing darker sounds and heavier, wobblier bass in an effort to move dancefloors, tracks like "Archangel" and "Etched Headplate" take an altogether different, rather more serene route. 2-step garage rhythms are drenched with glowing, ethereal synths and vinyl crackle, and where vocals appear, they're heavily treated, chopped-up and pitch-shifted, until they sound like the coos and croons of a particularly soulful angel. Aided by occasional snatches of found sound and spoken narrative--"He's not hardcore ... he's not setting out to hurt people" promises one lonely voice, out of the gloom--it's a record that flows remarkably, a journey through a lonely metropolis that's both melancholy and strangely uplifting. ––Louis Pattison
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Of all the artists past and present who claim to let their music do their talking for them, Burial is one of the elite band of whom this truly is the case. In fact, so reluctant is he to engage with the cult-of-personality hoopla that surrounds almost every modern producer and musician of merit, that he remains a genuine recluse; he has never appeared live, only one obliquely-angled publicity photgraph is known to exist, and the number of interviews he has given can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Yet despite this, his music speaks loud and wide, and the world has been listening ever since his South London Boroughs EP debut on Hyperdub in March 2005. His eponymous album, which began life as a low-key release in May 2006, is now widely regarded as the benchmark release of the ever-widening dubstep genre, picking up unanimous critical acclaim along the way, and ending the year heavily featured in many best of polls. Now Burial returns with Untrue , a new record of weird soul music, which lovingly processes spectral female voices into vaporised R&B and smudged 2step garage. Vocal lines are blurred, smeared, pitched up pitched down and pitch bent until their content is cast adrift from their original context and they whisper their saccharin sweet nothings into the void. The album continues with the debut s crackle-drenched yearning and bustling syncopations, haunted by the ghosts of rave, but also reveals some new Burial treats with a more glowing, upbeat energy. Kicking off with the skittering 2step syncopations and vocal science of Archangel , Near Dark and Ghost Hardware , before long it descends into a space of radiant divas and ambience. Where Burial first was humid, suffocating and unrelentingly sad, Untrue is less sunless. Many of the tracks are so sweet, they become toxic, underscored by the almost geological rumbles of growling basslines. Unlike the overpoweringly melancholic prevailing mood of before, Burial s sound is now better defined as a downcast euphoria typified by the epic, muted optimism of the album s last track Raver .
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53 of 54 people found the following review helpful
By Twig
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Never heard anything quite like this. It's haunting and magnificent, taking me on a journey round the streets of London I grew up in.
A muffled clatter of shutters, hissing neon lights, snatches of conversation and music drifting down from open windows. Late night buses. The last tube... And it's packed with emotion, the soundtrack to loners walking the streets, couples parting, doorway confrontations and confessions. Lush fragments of tunes overlaying irresistable beats.
Perhaps this is the album DJ Shadow should have made instead of the Outsider to keep fans of Endtroducing on side. But he didn't. It was left to Burial, unknown genius, to create this peerless masterpiece.
A muffled clatter of shutters, hissing neon lights, snatches of conversation and music drifting down from open windows. Late night buses. The last tube... And it's packed with emotion, the soundtrack to loners walking the streets, couples parting, doorway confrontations and confessions. Lush fragments of tunes overlaying irresistable beats.
Perhaps this is the album DJ Shadow should have made instead of the Outsider to keep fans of Endtroducing on side. But he didn't. It was left to Burial, unknown genius, to create this peerless masterpiece.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
walking home from a club down deserted streets on your own, head down...dog barking in the distance...footsteps somewhere behind you...glass smashing down an alleyway...it's the sound of any urban city centre somewhere in the witching hour between 4.00am and 5.00 am...
It's dark and menacing and definitely NOT chill out music and yet it is somehow achingly beautiful and it truly breaks my heart every time i hear it. Like some other people have also said, i wouldn't even call it dubstep, it's so far out there on its own that you can't even compare it to any other genre. It's like someone got inside my head and diluted the sound of 20 years of my London clublife - house, rave, jungle, garage, techno, drum'n'bass - and then melted it all down and played it at slow-motion.
Burial, I salute you.
Genius.
It's dark and menacing and definitely NOT chill out music and yet it is somehow achingly beautiful and it truly breaks my heart every time i hear it. Like some other people have also said, i wouldn't even call it dubstep, it's so far out there on its own that you can't even compare it to any other genre. It's like someone got inside my head and diluted the sound of 20 years of my London clublife - house, rave, jungle, garage, techno, drum'n'bass - and then melted it all down and played it at slow-motion.
Burial, I salute you.
Genius.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Burial begins the quality onslaught yet again; standing head and shoulder above his contemporaries. Here he has diffused yet more of the trademark edgy tension that smacks of a limping Britain.
This is a subtle continuation of the first album, yet it somehow feels more wound up, as though the tracks simmer with silent frustration. The tracks ebb and flow serenely as though they are mirroring a strange urban narrative.
Busy rhythmic arrangements and growling dub basslines are often pacified by compelling moments of emotive clarity. The track 'In McDonald's' does indeed evoke strangely familiar feelings of tired and lonely journeys.
Sounding a little more toned this time and yet still retaining the beauty of underproduction, this is another heavyweight album from the unknown anti-hero of Dubstep.
Bag it.
This is a subtle continuation of the first album, yet it somehow feels more wound up, as though the tracks simmer with silent frustration. The tracks ebb and flow serenely as though they are mirroring a strange urban narrative.
Busy rhythmic arrangements and growling dub basslines are often pacified by compelling moments of emotive clarity. The track 'In McDonald's' does indeed evoke strangely familiar feelings of tired and lonely journeys.
Sounding a little more toned this time and yet still retaining the beauty of underproduction, this is another heavyweight album from the unknown anti-hero of Dubstep.
Bag it.
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Incredible album, disappointing LP.
This album is a masterpiece of Dubstep and it's always been one of my favourites since I heard it in 2007. Read more
Published 1 month ago by triforceguy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why didn't I buy it sooner
Since hearing this album, it has become without a doubt one of the best I've heard and will remain so for years to come. Infinite replay value!
Published 2 months ago by Grace Wye
5.0 out of 5 stars
Needs no introduction these days
A seminal album from a now seminal producer. There does not need to be much more said. I am sure that you are all aware of this producers contribution to modern electronic music. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robin Renwick
2.0 out of 5 stars
a bit miserable
dunno about this- was hoping for more pace but just clickety clacked along and never got up there. Put together in a nice polished way if you're into that sort of sound, but it... Read more
Published 4 months ago by manda A
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must Have!
Took a lot longer to deliver than I expected, but it was of course worth the wait!
A masterpiece album that should be in the collection of ANY music lover!
A masterpiece album that should be in the collection of ANY music lover!
Published 6 months ago by F. J. Dona
5.0 out of 5 stars
Chilled
Loved this album. It's perfect for a chilled listen at home but at the same time has some brilliant atmosphere.
Published 14 months ago by D
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very special album indeed
Easily one of the best albums I've ever heard. "Heard" is probably the wrong word though, because this isn't just mere music - it's an incredible, mindblowing experience.
Published 24 months ago by Ash
5.0 out of 5 stars
awesome chilled out beats
my only complaint about this cd is that it came to an end, I got into a chilled out trance over the course of the cd and felt physically bereft when it finished. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2011 by Lucy waterhouse
2.0 out of 5 stars
I think there's been a mess up somewhere
How is this classed as dubstep again?
Either Amazon messed up and put it in the wrong section, or the artist is trying to make dubstep which he has failed drastically at, but... Read more
Either Amazon messed up and put it in the wrong section, or the artist is trying to make dubstep which he has failed drastically at, but... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2011 by Chris L
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing Album, Despite Some Problems...
Burial's 'Untrue' has been the centrefold of electronica music ever since I first heard Archangel one time, stumbling upon the song by accident. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2011 by Jackadee
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