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Burial’s first solo release in two years (and first release of any description since a 2018 collaboration with The Bug) begins as you might expect. The crackle of needle on wax, wintery synth chords and soft beds of reverb soon give way to a degraded garage shuffle. A burbling bassline starts up before a gender-neutral garage vocal enters the mix, cooing with icy beauty.
All in all the opening strains of ‘Claustro’ are very ‘Archangel’ - so much so that you wonder if the one born William Bevan might be setting aside his forays into dark ambient, drone and techno and returning to the Untrue sound. However, while the beat continues in this vein, Bevan takes a left-turn around the midway point. Old-skool jungle and hardcore sounds have always informed Burial’s output, but rarely have we seen the parallel chords of 90’s party music enter the mix this prominently before. The extra-terrestrial keys that come in here link ‘Claustro’ to the revivalist rave aesthetic currently rife in UK club music, but when they’re deployed in Burial mode we find them to be haunted rather than exuberant.
B-side ‘State Forest’ retreats into the fog. This track strips out the drums and lets the listener get lost in grey blankets of sound. The ghostly fingers of reverb and lingering minor chords put us firmly back in the ambient drone territory Burial last occupied on 2017’s ‘Subtemple’/‘Beachfires’. The Caretaker and Fennesz are two comparable artists, though rarely have they made anything as sombre as this.
The latest entry in Burial’s discography might make overtures to other styles, but ‘Claustro’ and ‘State Forest’ see Bevan standing apart from the crowd once again.
Digital Tracklist
Burial
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- Artist
- Burial
- ReleaseProduct
- Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1401DS
- Release Date
- February 2, 2024
- 12”
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- Artist
- Burial
- ReleaseProduct
- Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1401DS
- Release Date
- February 2, 2024
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- Artist
- Burial
- ReleaseProduct
- Streetlands EP
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDB150D
- Release Date
- October 21, 2022
- EP
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- Artist
- Burial
- ReleaseProduct
- Antidawn EP
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDBCD050
- Release Date
- January 6, 2022
- EP
- CD
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- Artist
- Burial
- ReleaseProduct
- Chemz / Dolphinz
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDB134D
- Release Date
- May 21, 2021
- 12”
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- Artist
- Burial
- ReleaseProduct
- Tunes 2011-2019
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDBCD048D
- Release Date
- December 6, 2019
- CD
- Download
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- Artist
- Burial
- ReleaseProduct
- Pre Dawn / Indoors
- Label
- Nonplus Records
- Catalogue Number
- NONPLUS 043
- Release Date
- October 27, 2017
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Hyperdub
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- Iceboy Violet and Nueen
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- You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDBCD067D
- Release Date
- June 7, 2024
- LP
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- Artist
- Foodman
- ReleaseProduct
- Uchigawa Tankentai EP
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDB152D
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
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- Lee Gamble
- ReleaseProduct
- Models
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDBCD065D
- Release Date
- October 20, 2023
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Lila Tirando a Violeta & Sin Maldita
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- Accela
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDB151D
- Release Date
- October 13, 2023
- Cassette
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- Loraine James
- ReleaseProduct
- Gentle Confrontation
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDBCD064D
- Release Date
- September 22, 2023
- LP
- CD
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- Jessy Lanza
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- Love Hallucination
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- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDBCD063D
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- July 28, 2023
- LP
- CD
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Bass
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- Artist
- I. JORDAN
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- I AM JORDAN
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNL304
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
- LP
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- Iglooghost
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- Tidal Memory Exo
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- LUCKYME®
- Catalogue Number
- LM105D
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
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- DJ Seinfeld
- ReleaseProduct
- If U Like Me
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- Ninja Tune
- Catalogue Number
- ZENDNLS680W
- Release Date
- May 9, 2024
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- corto.alto
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- Bad With Names (The Remixes)
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- New Soil
- Catalogue Number
- NS0072D
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
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- Bodysync, Ryan Hemsworth and Giraffage
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- Rock It
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- Buddies Inc
- Catalogue Number
- BUDDY03DA
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- May 8, 2024
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- Joy Orbison
- ReleaseProduct
- Flight FM / Shiloh’s Revenge
- Label
- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1432TN
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- 10″
Electronic and Electronica
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- Artist
- L.B. Dub Corp
- ReleaseProduct
- Only The Good Times
- Label
- Dekmantel
- Catalogue Number
- DKMNTL101-B-
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- 12”
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- Muslimgauze
- ReleaseProduct
- Betrayal
- Label
- I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free
- Catalogue Number
- SONG21
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Jan Jelinek
- ReleaseProduct
- Social Engineering
- Label
- Faitiche
- Catalogue Number
- 880918264721
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- LP
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- Jogging House
- ReleaseProduct
- Rendezvous
- Label
- Seil Records
- Catalogue Number
- Seil056
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
- LP
- Download
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- Midex
- ReleaseProduct
- Untitled
- Label
- Wain Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAI008
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
- Cassette
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- Arab Strap
- ReleaseProduct
- I’m totally fine with it - don’t give a fuck anymore
- Label
- Rock Action Records
- Catalogue Number
- ROCKACT157
- Release Date
- March 8, 2024
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Ostgut Ton Funfzehn + 1
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- Ostgut Ton
- Catalogue Number
- Ostgut CD 50 Digital
- Release Date
- November 5, 2021
- CD
- Box Set
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Single / EP of the Week
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- Artist
- Tim Reaper
- ReleaseProduct
- The Cosmik Connection, Vol. 3
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- Unknown To The Unknown
- Catalogue Number
- UTTU123
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- March 24, 2023
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- Skee Mask
- ReleaseProduct
- ISS009
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- Ilian Tape
- Catalogue Number
- ISS009
- Release Date
- March 10, 2023
- EP
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- Artist
- Bibio
- ReleaseProduct
- S.O.L. EP
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- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAPD475EP
- Release Date
- March 7, 2023
- 12”
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- Artist
- Soichi Terada
- ReleaseProduct
- Asakusa Light Remixes
- Label
- Rush Hour
- Catalogue Number
- RHM 046
- Release Date
- March 3, 2023
- 12”
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- Artist
- I. JORDAN, SHERELLE
- ReleaseProduct
- M1, M3 / GETOUTOFMYHEAD
- Label
- Fabric Worldwide
- Catalogue Number
- FRO004D
- Release Date
- February 22, 2023
- 12”
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- @xcrswx & Lolina
- ReleaseProduct
- Untitled
- Label
- Feedback Moves
- Catalogue Number
- FM2
- Release Date
- February 17, 2023
- 10″
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- Artist
- altrice
- ReleaseProduct
- compciter ep
- Label
- Jiaolong
- Catalogue Number
- JIAOLONG025
- Release Date
- August 31, 2022
- EP
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- Artist
- Facta
- ReleaseProduct
- Emeline EP
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- Incienso (EU)
- Catalogue Number
- INC-020
- Release Date
- February 3, 2023
- EP
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