It's the BURIAL Tracks Poll!!! Dubstep garage rap grime ambient dub search keywords etc. etc.

I've liked a lot of his tracks, but it never really got better than South London Boroughs for me.

Although Unite is a close second.

Archangel. I also would have Unite as my second choice.

Unite is my vote but it's a close one. Runners up include Raver, Archangel, and a bunch more.

Forgive.

unite

Raver

"Etched Headplate"

Unite is my vote but it's a close one.

Ditto. One of the most interesting artists of the decade, IMHO.

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Potentially. He needs to diversify a little if he wants to maintain that interest.

I think he already has.

I haven't heard everything here, but I'm picking "Raver".

'in mcdonalds', for the incredible moment when the aaliyah sample comes in

Are people not voting for "Archangel" because it's too obvious?

"Prayer", which demonstrates his versatility. Second album seems a bit hackneyed compared to the first. Still waiting for "Stairwell" to come out, a year after it was slated for release.

I shouldn't vote cus I'm only familiar with Untrue
but from that set of songs I have to second grozart's question

i did vote for archangel, I think it's the best track on Untrue, but there's a lot of competition here, especially from things on the, superior imo, first album.

I just slightly prefer Headplate. Archangel would be second. Raver third (things drop off steeply on that second record after that though.) Unity fourth.

I just prefer Unite to Archangel. Like Alex, Archangel would be second for me.

Untrue's definitely quite flabby - I've made a seven track edit of it which works much better IMHO.

The first album is too, frankly, just the highs aren't quite as high for me as the seconds.

I could hear an argument that Boroughs was the best thing he did, just cuz it's the only thing that's not chock with filler. "Nite Train" is really quite nice too.

i can understand burial being a gateway for people into dubstep but i do hope a lot of the converts make the effort to step through that gateway...

i'm still not fully indoctrinated into dubstep, just a little bit of flirting now and again. would like to know more, but admittedly burial is the main flex and archangel seems to be the "obvious" choice. need to get down to stink like sock in cambridge and experience it really loud. i saw some warm up act who came on before public enemy at primavera last year - don't remember their names but chuck d was going mental about them. sounded quite different from any uk dubstep i'd heard. is there even a scene in the US?

untrue is really not that good compared to the earlier stuff.

Hey Lex (or indeed anyone), can you recommend any albums in the genre beyond Skream/Burial/Benga/Vex'd? I've got a few comps and shit as well.

i saw some warm up act who came on before public enemy at primavera last year - don't remember their names but chuck d was going mental about them.

this was actually The Bomb Squad DJs

and they were playing all UK dubstep. it was surprising.

Hank Shocklee was going on about DMZ and shit in some interview last year and played a night with them in New York iirc.

also he djed dmz.

cheers for clearing that one up steve. so are they actually brits then?

no.

i believe they are Irish

it's not really an album genre, i'd recommend this soul jazz comp as a primer, and appleblim's dubstep allstars mix, though

Thanks, I'll check those out. I think it has the potential to be more of an album genre than, say, DnB.

I've been torrenting a few random dubstep packages, and they tend to be full of cheesy wobwobwob stuff.

2562's Aerial is quite good, and the upcoming album by Martyn (Great Lengths) sounds like it'll be pretty good.

dont bother with the albums. just go to getdarker or google a bit for old rinse fm sets. those are best.

also, bomb squad are vietnamese.

the mixes on their myspace are kinda cool tho its a bit warmer than uk dubstep and has more of a 90s vibe in places.

I've just DLed a load of Skull Disco stuff. Spooky!

"Archangel" easily. And check the amaaaaaaaaaaazing 8-Bits Simple Re-Mix to hear how perfectly it discos.

i relistened to the first ep this morning (thru pc speakers admittedly) and am surprised the massive attack-type crowd caught on so slowly.

How long did it actually take? The first album was pretty big new IIRC.

Both Round Black Ghosts comps are pretty good too, chap (second I guess got a bit of a bad name for including a slew of older tracks, but that won't matter to you.) Kode9's album/Dubstep All Stars 4 might be also be your cup of tea if you can tolerate Spaceape.

This poll makes no sense to me because, other than "Archangel", I can't tell his tracks apart.

Raver is the one with the 4-4 bdrum

Forgive is the one that sounds like My Bloody Valentine

one of these:

Southern Comfort

U Hurt Me

Untrue

Forgive is the one that sounds like My Bloody Valentine

???

Bumpity bump.

Please vote! Thank you everyone!

'Raver', without a single doubt

broken home.

great poll, fascinating read, ilm still goin on strong w00t

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v358/AlexClarke/Starfighter/sarcasm_detector.jpg

I created the poll and I still haven't voted...

unite

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Oh man. Need to vote.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

The only confusing placement is "In McDonalds" but that aside... nice!

Wow, no votes for Gutted or Pirates?... I reckon Loner and Ashtray Wasp would both place in the top 5 (top 3?) if this poll were done today.

what about 'street halo'? it's the only burial tune i've ever heard played out in dj sets (and for me it's pretty close to perfect).

Wow, no votes for Gutted or Pirates?... I reckon Loner and Ashtray Wasp would both place in the top 5 (top 3?) if this poll were done today.

i prefer kindred

i'd vote for kindred if the poll were done today

That ep may be the best thing he's done.

https://twitter.com/GrimeySimey/status/14680206786

^^^

True. 'Kindred' (the track) is also excellent, as is 'Street Halo'. I think that EP definitively put to rest this notion that he only had one trick up his sleeve (which was never really true to begin with). Also, I don't understand how some people think 'Archangel' is his only good track. Nonsense.

last couple of minutes of ashtray wasp constitute some of the best, uh, "electronic" music i've heard in years

Untrue is 10 years old now! and it's still great

great longread here https://pitchfork.com/features/article/why-burials-untrue-is-the-most-important-electronic-album-of-the-century-so-far/

burial soothes the soul

"nova" w/four tet

"playground circus" w/hope sandoval

two favs

Prior to its release I was fairly sad about the state of texturally focused and experimental electronic music. Much of what I loved from the ambient and IDM scenes in the 90's and early 00's dissolved either into smug glitch heavy esoteric masturbation, or cross genre experiments into indie/folk/world music/hip hop. Much of the electronic music that I was enjoying at the time was from the electro revival and a lot of nu disco.

Then the first two Burial albums dropped, within about a year at that (!!), and it felt like finally texture, atmosphere and lush melancholy was back and being painted with entirely new brushes. I'll never forget how this record inspired me to explore and discover a whole new wave of psychedelic beats and led me to many great discoveries and creative results.

Crazy it's been ten years already.

'Ghost Hardware' got robbed.

Burial has released some great music but none of it since the albums, and much as it's not his fault he has legions of imitators, there is a lot of hacky blubstep stuff still being churned out that just leaves me numb now.

Am I alone in thinking the S/T album is both better and "more important" than Untrue? I get that Untrue is Burial in sui generis mode and was an important crossover moment which set the template for so many subsequent producers (not to mention legions of imitators), where the first album is more "Burial does dubstep", but to me the impact of the latter felt so much bigger.

we need a "Burial vocal samples" poll some day

trying to figure out / remember where the "take me to the dream world" sample is from on the new one

is "loverboy" / "all night long" a concatenation of mariah carey?!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et5B-zfAIIo

kindred through to rival dealer is his peak

yes, i was just going to say that with respect

Burial has released some great music but none of it since the albums

is definitely not correct

burial soothes the soul

"nova" w/four tet

"playground circus" w/hope sandoval

two favs

― Week of Wonders

You mean Paradise Circus? I’ve only heard the Gui boratto remix and I love it haven’t heard the burial one.

Young Death is one of my favourite Burials.

Moka, yeah "Paradise Circus". Burial's mix is pretty sublime, like an aural tranquilizer.

His two new tracks are some of my favorite things he's done period.

It's way too much to expect someone to change the face of their genre with every release, just because it happened once (or twice!!) before.

I think my answer to the imaginary new poll in my head would be Come Down to Us. I think it's the most complete expression of one aspect of his aesthetic - the sentimental - and find it painfully affecting at times.

That would be a fun poll; you should do it. I'd probably vote for Come Down to Us too, but Stolen Dog destroys me almost as much.

"Come Down To Us' is second only to "Rival Dealer" as my absolute favorite Burial track