Burial's Untrue is the most important electronic album of the century

is that a famous quote already

^no but I'll get someone to write a think piece about it and it will be

  On 11/11/2017 at 12:18 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 11/9/2017 at 7:12 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

 

  On 11/9/2017 at 7:05 PM, Berk said:

dancing about architecture

 

Pretty sure this is exactly what I was doing at the last Autechre show I went to, and it felt good.

 

 

I hearby nominate "dancing about architecture" most IDM 2018

 

brutalism step

  On 11/11/2017 at 12:54 PM, dr lopez said:

is that a famous quote already

Aye, though a very tangled one to attribute to - https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/

I remember

  On 11/8/2017 at 3:03 AM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 11/8/2017 at 2:40 AM, DavieAddison said:

 

  On 11/8/2017 at 2:18 AM, zaphod said:

can someone explain why this album is good? 

 

Music is subjective

 

 

Definitely. I know my singing in the shower is a 9/10 for some review sites. 

 

 

Essential.

*BNM*

Frank Zappa-ing about Autechre

"no"

Untrue is good but for me, 'Trademark Ribbons Of Gold' is better.

  On 11/17/2017 at 2:03 AM, fumi said:

Untrue is good but for me, 'Trademark Ribbons Of Gold' is better.

I like pizza but horseriding is better.

What the shit - he was sampling pop superstar vocalists almost exclusively?  How did he get all those samples cleared?  Did nobody sue?

  On 11/17/2017 at 9:03 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

What the shit - he was sampling pop superstar vocalists almost exclusively?  How did he get all those samples cleared?  Did nobody sue?

 

  Quote

Samples

Track one on the CD issue of the album contains samples of Inland Empire and portions of the score for Alien 3, composed by Elliot Goldenthal.[54]

"Archangel" contains samples of "One Wish" by Ray J and portions of the score for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, composed by Harry Gregson-Williams.[55][56]

"Ghost Hardware" contains samples of a live acapella version of "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera (Originally broadcast on Saturday Night Live in 2004), "Freedom to Decide" by Norihiko Hibino, "Turn the Page" by Bobby Valentino, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and Metalheadz: Talkin' Headz.[54]

"Endorphin" contains samples of "Lost Carol" by Akira Yamaoka and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn.[54]

"Etched Headplate" contains samples of "Ready for Love" by India.Arie, "Angel" by Amanda Perez, "You Got Me" by The Roots featuring Erykah Badu and Eve, and Bullet Boy DVD cast interviews.[54]

"In McDonalds" contains samples of "I Refuse" by Aaliyah.[57]

"Untrue" contains samples of "Resentment" by Beyoncé, "Whisper" by Ernie Halter and "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan.[58]

"Shell of Light" contains samples of "Cruisin'" by D'Angelo, "Whisper" by Ernie Halter, and "Promise" by Ciara.[59]

 

 

 

I just assumed they were so damn pitch shifted and time stretched it was a moot point. Some instrumental hip-hop seems the same way, like this Dilla's stuff ~ 2:00 onward especially is a good example

 

 

What is really impressive is the trainspotters who ID the samples.

Edited November 17, 2017 by joshuatx

I heard he used to sample from cover versions and stuff to get round that ( not sure if that's true and even if it is, could you still be sued for that?)

 

Anyhow the samples are so well mangled that maybe queen bey and the likes never even noticed! :) 

  On 11/17/2017 at 2:28 AM, usagi said:

I like pizza but horseriding is better.

Yeah you got a point. I still need to go back and actually listen to it again. The samples of it from all these videos sound good.

  On 11/17/2017 at 2:02 PM, kirm said:

I heard he used to sample from cover versions and stuff to get round that ( not sure if that's true and even if it is, could you still be sued for that?)

 

Anyhow the samples are so well mangled that maybe queen bey and the likes never even noticed! :) 

 

The Aguilara one is a live version from a youtube clip so there's that. One of his samples is a youtube video of a girl covering a song so again that's like not a direct sample from a studio album.

Yeah, pretty sure he samples YouTube acapella covers, especially for Rough Sleeper's Forever Young.

  On 11/13/2017 at 9:29 PM, Salvatorin said:

 

This ruined my day

I'm sorry guys, it's a bad artist.

South London Boroughs and Kindred Eps are my favourite discs from Burial, Kindred in particular is the exact point where he showed a huge leap in progression from his earlier sound. I was expecting epic things from him at that point, but for me it never materialised. 

 

I don't give a rats arse about Untrue either, but you know I've had plenty of people (including here on watmm HQ) who tell me Pink Floyd are boringly terrible....

 

Yeah? Fuck you (in a nice way)

Edited November 17, 2017 by beerwolf

  On 11/17/2017 at 5:33 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

I'm sorry guys, it's a bad artist.

Nah.

Edited November 17, 2017 by drukqs

  On 11/17/2017 at 6:06 PM, drukqs said:

 

  On 11/17/2017 at 5:33 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

I'm sorry guys, it's a bad artist.

Nah.

 

yah