Burial (musician)
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| Burial | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | William Bevan |
| Origin | South London, UK |
| Genre(s) | Dubstep |
| Occupation(s) | Producer |
| Instrument(s) | Personal computer (using Soundforge)[1] |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Label(s) | Hyperdub |
Burial is an English dubstep producer. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim. The Wire magazine named it their album of the year,[2] along with achieving fifth place in the Mixmag 2006 Album of the Year list[3], and eighteenth in the best of the year list of The Observer music monthly supplement.[4] Burial's second album, Untrue, was also released to critical acclaim and was the second-highest rated album of 2007, according to the review-collating website, Metacritic.[5]
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[edit] Identity and Mercury Prize nomination
Although both albums have been met with much critical acclaim, Burial remained anonymous until August 2008, stating in a past interview that "only five people know I make tunes".[6]
In February 2008, The Independent reported that Burial was an alumnus of south London's Elliott School named William Bevan[7] (another alumnus, Hot Chip's Joe Goddard, said in 2006 that Burial was in the year above him)[8]. The school's alumni also include Kieran Hebden, who Bevan has collaborated with. [9]
On 22 July 2008 The Guardian reported that Burial was a nominee for a 2008 Mercury Music Prize.[10] NME reported on 31 July 2008 that Burial was the favourite for the award. [11] After much Mercury Prize-related coverage in tabloid newspapers in the UK, speculating that Burial was either Richard D. James or Norman Cook, Burial confirmed The Independent's information and posted a picture on his Myspace page on August 5, 2008. A blog entry stated "I'm a lowkey person and I just want to make some tunes, nothing else", as well as announcing a forthcoming four-track 12", and thanking his fans for their support up to this point. On 9 September 2008, Elbow collected the award in question.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] Singles and EPs
- South London Boroughs (2005)
- Distant Lights (2006)
- Ghost Hardware (2007)
- Moth / Wolf Cub (2009), Text – collaboration with Four Tet
[edit] Individual tracks
- Versus on the Warrior Dubz compilation (2006), Planet Mu
- Unite on the Box of Dub compilation (2007), Soul Jazz Records
[edit] Remixes
- Crackle Blues (Burial Remix) – Blackdown (2006), Keysound
- Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix) – Jamie Woon (2007), Live Recordings
- Where is Home? (Burial Remix) – Bloc Party (2007), Wichita
- And It Rained All Night (Burial Remix) – Thom Yorke (2007), XL
- Be True (Burial Remix) - Commix (2008)
[edit] Unreleased tracks
A number of unreleased tracks confirmed as Burial productions have featured in various mixes. So far, these have been mostly restricted to appearances on the Mary Anne Hobbs Experimental show on BBC Radio 1 (either directly or through promo mixes from Kode9) and mixes for Blackdown, although some remixes have been heard on other stations.
Unreleased Burial tracks include Gaslight, Rain, You Hurt Me (Version), Feral Witchchild, Archeron, Stairwell, Afterglow, Sinkheart, Speedball 2, Cold Planet, Stay, True Love VIP and Lambeth.[13][14][15][16]
[edit] DJ-Kicks
On 21 April 2008 the news about a forthcoming DJ-Kicks release on !K7 Records (on 23 June 2008 [UK][17] and July 8th 2008 [US][18]) appeared in different blogs and fan sites in the Internet. The CD was not released on those dates, but there was official confirmation of the postponed release in early August on the DJ-Kicks website[19]. The only statement from Burial regarding the release was on Myspace, stating "fake djkicks tracklist got put up somewhere i got messages from people & producers thinking it was real. if i do djkicks it will be mostly old jungle tunes & new tunes. big up". The original release date was set for November 11, 2008, but was postponed to January 6, 2009. It was once again postponed to a later date.
[edit] References
- ^ Fisher, Mark.Burial: Unedited Transcript Wire magazine. Retrieved on January 21, 2007.
- ^ "Rewind 2006". The Wire (275). October 2006. http://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/275/. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
- ^ "Best of 2006". Mixmag. December 2006. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mixmag.html#2006. Retrieved on 2008-07-25.
- ^ The OMM's best albums of 2006
- ^ Best Albums of 2007
- ^ Hancox, Dan. "Only five people know I make tunes". The Guardian, October 26, 2007. Retrieved on January 21, 2008.
- ^ Brown, Jonathan; Lucy Kinnear (2008-02-11). "The real school of rock". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-real-school-of-rock-780693.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ Parkin, Chris (2006-10-02). "Hot Chip: interview". Time Out London. http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/2058.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-27.
- ^ Famous Elliott people, from the Elliott school website.
- ^ Mercury Prize Nominations
- ^ NME, 31 July 2008
- ^ "Official Album Chart for the week ending 20 September 2008". ChartsPlus (Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd) (369): 5–8.
- ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs - Tracklisting
- ^ Blackdown: Keysound Radio: 4Bristol mix
- ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs - Tracklisting
- ^ Blackdown: Dub War and Rinse
- ^ Backspin Promotions Blog: Burial - DJ-Kicks
- ^ Backspin promotions: Burial - DJ-Kicks - !K7
- ^ Burial DJ-KiCKS (!K7CD227) Microsite coming soon!
