Sorry it doesn't get you, pal. I agree as to originality &c., but to my ears Burial's music is loaded with feeling and really works. We'll see how it holds up for me.

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Mortimer 
>Sent: Jan 12, 2008 8:35 PM
>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>Subject: [Csnd] Re: [OT] Burial
>
>
>OH NO! somebody save me please...
>
>I've just been having this discussion with a bunch of friends about Burial
>in conjunction the Wire magazine's top 50 for the year.....
>
>The whole thing with Burial (& I  don't quite understand the accolades) is
>how much of his sound is unoriginal to my ears.
>
>In itself no crime, but I don't understand quite why all of a sudden
>"Burial" is the bees knees.
>
>A lot of his aesthetic is based on Maurizio & Basic Channel, who in the mid
>to late 90's & early naughties released a number of 10" & 12" under the
>"Rhythm & Sound" & "Burial Mix" monikers (!!!!) that are quite frankly some
>of the most sonically seductive reductionist "heavy nosie floors" music one
>could ever hope to hear in one's lifetime. As far as i'm concerned this
>stuff makes Burial look like just another dude in a bedroom with a PC...
>(EVERYBODY on this list should immediately go & download Burial Mix / Rhythm
>& Sound  tracks such as "Mango Drive", "King of My Empire", "Never tell you"
>etc etc...
>
>Then there's Pole, & Deadbeat, Jan Jelinek's "Loop Finding Jazz Records",
>the ~scape label in general, a large part of the Chain Reaction labels
>output....
>
>Of course, NONE of this music was made on PC (with the exception of Deadbeat
>- & as far as praise goes, i pretty much limit my enjoyment to a few tracks
>on ~scape number 15 - don't remeber the title...)
>
>So fair enough, Burial takes this aesthetic, nails it onto a UK urban
>context (by syncopating his kickdrum & swinging his high hats - fine by me,
>i LOVE 2 step garage)  - but it's pretty much the same thought i entertained
>myself circa 2003, but i was (& am) still struggling to master digital
>production to a level i'm happy with that i would think about releasing
>something... & in that respect, Burial (whoever he or she is) has one up on
>me, & good luck to him
>
>I don't understand the hype though - to me he's just (re)stating the
>bleeding obvious.
>
>My decision in response to all this was to basically try & nail Feldman to
>this aesthetic instead! ; ) Things change however....
>
>Even Burial's "anonimity" copies directly from the Basic Channel / Pole
>lineage & aesthetic...
>
>& i say all this admittedly without even having heard the 2007 burial
>album...
>
>Most other "grime" & "dubstep" i've heard has been dissapointing.... 
>
>If you like Burial, you should love Pole 3, Jan Jelinek's "loop Finding
>Jazz", & Most of the Rhythm & Sound / Burial Mix back catalog (despite their
>being no PC in sight...)
>
>There's a lot better & slicker 2 step out there too i'd reckon..
>
>now let the retorts commence....
>
>
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