Untrue – Burial (2xLP)

Of all the artists past and present who claim to let their music do their talking for them, BURIAL is one of the elite band of whom this truly is the case. In fact, so reluctant is he to engage with the cult-of-personality hoopla that surrounds almost every modern producer and musician of merit, that he remains a genuine recluse; he has never appeared live, only one obliquely-angled publicity photgraph is known to exist, and the number of interviews he has given can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Yet despite this, his music speaks loud and wide, and the world has been listening ever since his "South London Boroughs" EP debut on Hyperdub in March 2005. His eponymous album, which...

Reviews

U. Kirbach in Stereo 2 / 08: "The second album "Untrue" exceeds all expectations. More frequently and, above all more pleasing float and britzeln now the fragmented, often almost pulverised voices in the stratified "Sound landscapes as intangible as ethereal dream beings."