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Burial – Antidawn
Burial continues to thrill, inspire and reach new territory
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Burial
Antidawn
(Hyperdub)
THE debut album from Burial in 2006 came from the conceptual viewpoint of south London being flooded and overrun by the Thames river. It represented a milestone in left field experimental dub step. Few in the genre were not deeply affected by it and put Hyperdub, the label behind Burial, centre stage.
The album Untrue in 2007, equally unique and since then a series of EPs, 12inch releases and the Tunes 2011-2019 collection. Work with Four Tet and Thom Yorke and in December 2020 Chemz, a rave-inspired fusion of breaks, UK garage, 90s hardcore and pitch-shifted repetitive vocal samples.
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