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Untrue |  | Artist: Burial
Label: Hyperdub Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 19566
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
EAN: 5024545486520
ASIN: B000WTBMBK
Release Date: November 6, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Archangel | | • | Near Dark | | • | Ghost Hardware | | • | Endorphin | | • | Etched Headplate | | • | In McDonalds | | • | Untrue | | • | Shell of Light | | • | Dog Shelter | | • | Homeless | | • | UK | | • | Raver |
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Album Description
2007 sophomore release from the UK's mysterious and much-acclaimed Burial. Of all the artists past and present who claim to let their music do their talking for them, Untrue, is a record of weird Soul music, which lovingly processes spectral female voices into vaporized R&B and smudged two-step garage. Vocal lines are blurred, smeared, pitched up pitched down and pitch bent until their content is cast adrift from their original context and they whisper their saccharin sweet nothings into the void. Forget central heating -- the radioactivity of this album is all that you'll need to keep you warm this winter.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very Atmospheric July 7, 2010
Ann
I'm really not sure why this comes up when I search for dubstep - this is unlike any dubstep I've ever heard. But I'm glad it did.
Off gates, I didn't like the first 3 tracks. Maybe it was the source material, or the beats, but I just couldn't get into them. However, from Ghost Hardware and on, this album manages to set an incredible mood that is hard to describe. Very cyberpunk-ish with its dark futures and technology-filled dystopias, yet chill and sensual like a late-night jazz lounge. Either way, it gives off that 'Big City, Rainy Night' vibe very well. Especially Dog Shelter - love that track.
He reminds me a great deal of Mt Eden, actually, sans the heavy bass and distortion. And, oddly enough, Ghost In The Shell as well. I can almost fool myself into believing that I'm listening to a modern rendition of the original movie's OST.
 important June 5, 2010
kgr (new york, new york United States)
easily one of the most important and influential releases in electronic music in a decade (think K&D: Sessions, and BoC: Music Has the Right to Children). untrue combines heart-wrenching subtleties with disjointed beats that keep the listener on edge. deeply moving. peace.
Dark and mysterious April 21, 2010
J. Casey
Vocals are very Dave Gahan-ish which makes this record far better than what Depeche Mode has put out lately. Listening to this album will transport you to a new, fascinating albeit slightly creepy place.
Burial-Untrue April 20, 2010
Techno Sonic the Hedgehog
Burial's second album "Untrue" reinforces the artist's distinct sound. His compositional method is nothing new. As a production oriented artist, Burial layers and arranges sampled drum beats and vocal phrases, along with other samples and textures in a software environment. These techniques are handed down from the originators of dub-reggae (Burial is considered dub-step). So what makes it sound so unique? The answer lies somewhere in its rich flowing textures and infectious off-kilter rhythms.
Computers have been expanding musical possibilities since early computational music before computers were small enough to fit in homes. Now we have the affordability of personal computers and portability of laptops. Even cell phones these days feature musical applications. Computer technology today has eliminated many of the limitations of acoustic and analog music. From simple recording to synthesis and effects processing, the computer has become a limitless virtual instrument.
Burial's "Untrue" could not achieve its distinct sound without what computers have to offer. The ability to juxtapose any combination of sounds, musical or environmental, is a technique taken for granted today. Imagine an orchestra trying to project real world sounds without sampling technology. Computers enable the playback of sounds that are not possible in the physical world.
One of the most distinct characteristics of the album is the unique rhythmic qualities from song to song. Not necessarily as complex as poly-rhythms, the beat on every song sounds nothing like what we're used to hearing. They sound somewhat broken, with strange hesitations in each measure. Strangely, they contribute to a more natural life-like pace than the metronomic beats we normally hear. Adding these rhythms to heavily processed samples and richly textured synth phrases, each song engages the listener's attention through otherwise repetitious looping, just long enough to want to hear the end of the song (not to mention engrain the phrases in our heads).
Mostly, the samples, timbres, and key signatures Burial uses contribute to an overbearing mood that characterizes the album. Minor scales and yearning lyrics create a sense of darkness and emotional pain. The repetition and echo of the beats are reminiscent of a busy and repetitive life in the city, and minor details embedded in the background are ever-present, just like the inescapable anthroprogenic sounds of city life. More so than before computers, music today can express a reflection of the environment, as Burial's music reflects an urban environment.
Somehow, "Untrue" introduces a completely distinct sound that sets itself apart from any other artists, even though the album uses fairly common techniques. It mostly serves as a testament to the endless utility of computers in music composition and to Burial's creative ability to take existing techniques and make them his own.
great cd December 2, 2009
M. Fretz (Los Angeles)
i just love this cd... even its a few years old its still one of the best album
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