Burial - Untrue [Hyperdub CD002]
18. November 2007 – 14:54 by
I haven’t been listening to electronic music a lot this year, let alone bought much. Mostly it’s been jazz, punk, whatever. However I bought Burial’s new album Untrue last week. I was impressed by his first album which was released last year. It was a very good album and has been one of the reasons I got interested in dubstep a little bit. However apart from buying a couple of early DMZ, Hyperdub, and the like from Bleep.com I have lost interest rather quickly. It’s not that those releases were bad - quite the contrary actually - but that period marked the beginning of my distaste for electronic music.
So now that I haven’t been buying or listening to new dubstep tunes for over one year what can be said about Untrue? Well, it’s simply phantastic, even better than the first album. It is very moody, melancholic even. Though I can’t decide if it’s warm or rather cold sounding. Strings are used throughout the entire CD and vocal samples echoing from the background add to an ambient atmosphere. The underlying dubstep beat and the huge basslines are still there, though the overall impression of Untrue is that it seems to be produced rather for home listening than clubs.
I am not sure what the dubstep crowd thinks of the album. Maybe it’s too much in home listening and IDM territory for them. Though if you’re into good electronic music you should give it a try. One of the top albums of 2007 for me.
7 Responses to “Burial - Untrue [Hyperdub CD002]”
True, “Untrue” is a great album. I must admit that I didn’t like his first release that much, but this one is mesmerizing and definitely a winner. Burial created some almost catchy melodies, which is quite remarkable for a dubstep record, I guess. I’m pretty sure that some of the songs will work very well in a club, but, yes, you want listen to it at home as well.
By Matthias on Nov 18, 2007
Burial is the shit.
By marcel weiss on Nov 18, 2007
Anyone listened to Boxcutter’s new album? I liked the first one.
By Carsten Pötter on Nov 18, 2007
Hey, I am a huge fan of electronic music and DJ.ing. And am currently in love with the hard and dirty / skankin’ sounds of current dubstep music. I personally can not even listen to Burial and would barely consider this music dubstep, it also has no place in the club. Might work o.k. as a soundtrack to some movie, I can see why people like it, but I can not appreciate it when listen alongside so many great and legitimate dubstep artists.
By marc on Dec 5, 2007
burial’s listing as a dubstep artist seems to be a categorical mistake.
By marc on Dec 5, 2007
It all comes down to personal taste, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s not club music but listening music but it has all the aesthetics of dubstep.
By Carsten Pötter on Dec 5, 2007