Dubstep prodigy Burial, released his second record in his native UK yesterday. The new record is called ‘Untrue’ on Kode 9’s Hyperdub inprint. ‘Untrue’ is a follow-up to Burial’s 2006 critically-acclaimed self-titled debut LP. That first record was atmospheric—It was an eerie score to life’s more perturbed days—which might be the bulk of them. That first record was one of my absolute favorite records of last year, and it got Burial on the “best of” shortlists of The Wire, BBC, XLR8R, The Guardian, Time Out, Prefixmag, Pitchfork and countless bloggers. After a couple listens of ‘Untrue’, I’m thinking this album will repeat that success.
Kode 9, Hyperdub’s founder and Burial’s mentor did a promotional mix on Maryanne Hobbs’s BBC Radio 1 radio program ‘Experimental’ (formerly titled ‘The Breezeblock’). Once you get past her two plus minutes of utter fan-girl fawning, it’s a nice little auditory slice of what Burial is about.
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MP3: Burial – Untrue preview (mixed by Kode 9)
Or if you prefer, just one choice selection plucked from ‘Untrue’:
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MP3: Burial – Archangel
And if you missed it, here’s a few from the first LP and another track ‘South London Boroughs’ that was the A-side of Burials first single, but didn’t appear on the LP:
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MP3: Burial – Gutted
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MP3: Burial – South London Boroughs
It’s worth mentioning that Kode 9 made a fine record with his partner the Spaceape last year. Release on Hyperdub, of course, ‘Memories of the Near Future’ is similar to Burial’s sound, but adds the Spaceape’s deep ragga drawl.
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MP3: Kode 9 & the Spaceape – Bodies
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MP3: Kode 9 & the Spaceape – Portal
Burial is an anonymous and reclusive producer who doesn’t preform live, but we hope that changes. You can stay up on things by visiting Burial at his MySpace.
You can purchase ‘Untrue’ and other Hyperdub records on Amazon, or alternatively, Boomkat in LP/CD/MP3/FLAC formats (OMG FLAC!).
Visit Hyperdub on MySpace or at their official site.
