Burial (musician)

Burial is the stage name of the British dubstep musician William Bevan. His music contains elements of dubstep, Two Step, Ambient and House. As a person, the artist remained anonymous until August 2008, biographical data are hardly known.

Music

His 2006 self-titled debut album was posted to a majority of above-average reviews. The British magazine The Wire chose it for album of the year, in Mixmag was voted fifth best album of the year 2006. In September 2007, the label Hyperdub announced the release of their second album. Untrue was released on 5 November 2007. Criticism also took the second album on consistently positive. On his MySpace blog, the artist denied the circulating at the same place on the internet rumor that 2008 would be a Burial album in the DJ-Kicks series appear.

According to the company Burial produces almost all of its pieces with the audio editor Sound Forge. He wanted to avoid the use of trackers and sequencers.

Identity

Although both albums was very well received, Burial remained anonymous until August 2008. In an earlier interview he said that " only five people know that I 'm doing songs " ( "only five people know I make tunes" ). In February 2008, The Independent reported that Burial was an alumnus of the London School named William Bevan Elliott.

Since the release of his first album, the myths around Burials identity. It is always the assumption that Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet Burial was discussed on the Internet. In June 2013, the website posted an article about it Equalizer in which a Facebook screenshot of Four Tet and a Twitter message from Caribou should verify this claim. However, this is at page called a satire site and the posted images can not be tracked. In addition, Kieran Hebden responded immediately by Twitter and refuted the rumor: "I have Never Said ever did I am Burial anywhere You Should all show a bit more respect for Will Bevan who is Burial One of the greatest musicians / producers of our time. .. "

22 July 2008 The Guardian reported that Burial was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008. In the wake of the related reporting Burial confirmed the information of the Independent about his person. He posted a picture of himself on his MySpace page on August 5, 2008. Burial In a blog entry stated that he was " a restrained person ... just want to make a few songs, not more." The above award was won by the British alternative rock band Elbow.

Published in early 2014, the artist for the first time an official photo.

Discography

Albums

  • 2006: Burial ( Hyperdub )
  • 2007: Untrue ( Hyperdub )

EPs

  • 2005: South London Boroughs ( Hyperdub )
  • 2006: Distant Lights ( Hyperdub )
  • 2007: Ghost Hardware ( Hyperdub )
  • 2011: Street Halo ( Hyperdub )
  • 2012: Kindred ( Hyperdub )
  • 2012: Truant / Rough Sleeper ( Hyperdub )
  • 2013: Rival Dealer ( Hyperdub )

Collaborations

  • 2009: Moth / Wolf Cub ( with Four Tet, Text Records)
  • 2010: Vial ( with Breakage on Foundation, Digital Soundboy Recording Co )
  • 2010: Night Air ( co-production for Jamie Woon, Candent Songs)
  • 2011: Ego / Mirror ( with Four Tet and Thom Yorke, Text Records)
  • 2011: Four Walls / Paradise Circus ( Massive Attack, Inhale Gold)
  • 2012: Supernova ( with Four Tet )

Remixes

  • 2006: Blackdown - Crackle Blues ( Burial Remix) ( Keysound Recordings)
  • 2007: Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger ( Burial Remix) (Live Recordings)
  • 2007: Bloc Party - Where Is Home? ( Burial Remix) (Wichita Recordings)
  • 2007: Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night ( Burial Remix) (XL)
  • 2010: Commix - Be True ( Burial Remix) ( Metalheadz )
  • 2011: Massive Attack - Paradise Circus ( Inhale Gold)

Unpublished Songs

A number of non- issued songs have been added to various mix sets with. Previously, they were mainly in sequences of Mary Anne Hobbs ' "Experimental Show" and Benji B's "Deviation Show" radio station BBC Radio 1 been heard. Some of the songs were built by Kode9 in his nearly 20 -minute preview of the album Untrue.

  • 2011: Untitled ( with dBridge & Instra: mental )
  • 2012: Untitled ( with Four Tet )
  • Afterglow
  • Archeron
  • Cold Planet
  • Feral Child Witch
  • Gaslight
  • Lambeth
  • Speedball 2
  • Stairwell
  • Stay
  • True Love
  • U Hurt Me (version)
  • Unamed ( untitled2 )

Samples used from movies

In many of his songs Burial integrated samples from movies. Among others, he used the following samples:

  • Ghost Hardware ( Ghost Hardware EP, # 1): " He Looked inside me" ( The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Peter Webber, 2003)
  • Gutted ( Burial, # 8): "Me and him we're from different ancient tribes ......" ( Ghost Dog by Jim Jarmusch )
  • In McDonald's ( Untrue, # 7): " You look different. " ( Bullet Boy by Saul Dibb, 2004)
  • Kode9 Mashup of Untrue / Unreleased: "It is possible for a kid Who believes in his dreams ... " (Forest Whitaker's speech on the Oscar winning 2007)
  • Kode9 Mashup of Untrue: "Sometimes I feel like I'm not solid, I'm hollow ... " (Sylvia by Christine Jeffs, 2003)
  • Loner ( EP Kindred, # 2): "There is something out there " ( Flatliners by Joel Schumacher, 1990)
  • Shell Of Light ( Untrue, # 9 ): " Hug " ( Bullet Boy by Saul Dibb, 2004)
  • Shutta ( Ghost Hardware EP, # 2): " See ya! " ( Bullet Boy by Saul Dibb, 2004)
  • Untitled ( Burial, # 1): "God even knows When a single hair moves on your head ... " ( 21 Grams by Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2003)
  • Untitled ( Untrue, # 1): " I'll show you light now. It burns forever. " ( Inland Empire by David Lynch, 2006)
  • Untitled 2 ( Burial, # 13): " I woke up and I went into the bathroom ... " ( The Mothman Prophecies, 2002)
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