Untrue

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Track listing taken from sleeve other than A1 which is totally blank but refered to as 'Untitled' on Burials site. His reinterpretation of UK dance music, from the tripping gait of garage to the ambiguity of bass line, into bittersweet anthems all made by a producer whose identity remained defiantly in shadow, have been unquestionably influential. This complete vinyl pressing includes euphoric “Dog Shelter” and “In McDonalds” plus early single “Ghost Hardware” and the untitled intro track, which were previously only available on CD and digital versions of the album. It is updated to add the beatless atmospheric tracks that have always been integral parts of the complete CD versions.

Overflowing with charisma, sometimes reminiscent of Grace Jones, this album is fiercely sassy and celebratory.You can hear the problems that were present in London at the time of it's recording (knife crime, gang culture etc. The record is heavyweight, packed in a great sleeve and of course carries the best Dubstep/Garage-music my ears have ever had the pleasure of listening to. Sound Stage – wide and deep, whilst wholly artificial it significantly contributes to the dark brooding presence of this recording. My pre-owned copy is a little scratched up, but the pops just blend into the dusky haze of this music so well that it’s not distracting. Bass – low frequencies – very wide ranging, some uber or infra bass undertones which boom and baffle.

The record explores an interzone between dislocated, patchwork songwriting and eerie, open-world game-space ambience. Burial’s Untrue continued to refine the damp sonics and urban mood exhibited on his self-titled album released only a year prior, this time honing in on the hair-raising melodics and fragmented diva vocals that made “Distant Lights” such a standout. In fact, so reluctant is he to engage with the cult-of-personality hoopla that surrounds almost every modern producer and musician of merit, that he remains a genuine recluse; he has never appeared live, only one obliquely-angled publicity photograph is known to exist, and the number of interviews he has given can be counted on the fingers of one hand. I can partially understand the choice to leave apart Ghost Hardware for a separate dj-friendly release etc, but seriously, this puzzled me.Shimmering with the hauntological ghosts of a London after hours, the gloomy, rain splashed corners of post-rave twilight.