Untrue

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5024545486520 Label: Hyperdub Manufacturer: Hyperdub Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Hyperdub Release Date: 2007-11-05 Studio: Hyperdub
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Editorial Reviews: 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
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: This is not music....this is pure and raw emotion on a CD Comment: Im not really one for Dubstep and to be frank, Dubstep annoys me a little. However, one day this guy Burial comes along and changed my life. In a world of changing emotions one often needs a medium to "escape" as it were from life and the crap that comes with it. This is where Burial steps in. This is quite possibly the finest bit of musical work to ever be made. Its not your orthodox album, it needs to be heard from track 1 to track 13 all in one go. As someone else posted earlier, this is seriously a night bus album. Burial infuses his trademark 2-step sounds with haunting melodies and a crackling in the background that makes this piece work ever more haunting.... Why am i going on? Bloody buy this...when your pissed off or need to escape from everything, go for a walk at 12am at night or sit in your room smoking a bud, put this on and youll know what im talking about... Customer Rating: Summary: Aural Art Comment: What can be said that has not already been said, modern art for a modern age. Understated, beautifully crafted soundtrack of so many lives. What I liked about it most... no flashy inserts, lyrics or politics or just two words: THANK YOU. A class artist. Customer Rating: Summary: Buried interpretation Comment: This album is an enigma. Despite it's 2-step rhythms and broken samples, the soundscape is too haunting and soul-searching to be considered in any of the plastic categories netted over Drum and Bass producers today. Burial stands apart from any of his peers and turns over the under belly and sheds light on the ego behind contempory Britain, it's rave culture, it's hedonistic head-first run and denial. It whispers self-contempt, loneliness and isolation. But overall, It's here for interpretation. A genuinely absorbent listen that will leave you at nothing less than thoughtful and absolved. Customer Rating: Summary: Atmospheric beats and vocal loops Comment: Reminds me of a number of bands I used to listen to on the Warp label - Seefeel, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada - and none the worse for that. Also sounds like a direct descendent of Eno's early ambient works. Not sure where the dubstep label comes from but this is a mighty fine piece of work. I rarely listen to contemporary bands but heard a short clip of this on the Mercury Award show and was impressed enough to part with my cash. Certainly not disappointed. Love the way it reverbs around my flat and creates its own atmosphere. Customer Rating: Summary: Hmmmmm...disapointed Comment: I'm a lover of dark music. I don't know much about Burial, but from what I'd heard in reviews and comment, I really thought this would work for me. I went for Untrue because it seems to have generated the most chatter; highly positive chatter at that. Well, what can I say? Hugely disapointed and underwhelmed. Firstly; the drum palette is practically the same throughout the entire record. As are the crackles on every track, the same synths, the same swells of white noise. etc. Practically EVERY track feels the same. The drum programming is minimal, opting for pretty much just a repetitive loop, no fills, no frills. The album kind of sounded like an ambient record with some half-arsed beats thrown over the top (there's one track where the loop sounds broken, slightly off, I'm sure it's intentional, but it does not work for me at all - it just irritated me). I can't imagine for one minute this record took very long to make, as it sounds as though he started with the same ingredients and just re-arranged them slightly for the 13 different tracks. Perhaps I'm a little ignorant of the genre. But I know dark; I grew up on drum and bass; the early darkcore; breaks - I'm no heathen to the sound. I wanted this album to be awesome, but in the end it was just a bit boring. Shame. More Reviews