Burial's "Untrue" is like watching a black and white 8 millimeter movie on a damp dark basement, or standing in a mist covered grassy hill, the morning after a stormy night. Or driving by yourself on a derelict back-road, in the middle of nowhere. Yet that movie your watching in that basement is your wedding documentation,catching the very essence of your 40 something life with your spouse. Or that misty hill were actually the land of your forefathers,
forgotten for years and revisited only because a close relative have died. Or maybe you were driving on that derelict back-road for a reunion with your family, the very one you were taken from since your childhood. In short, it's vocabulary of contradictions is richer than Bunga Cinta Lawra's collections of fake english accent. And believe me, that's rich. XD

Not much can be told about the artist him/herself, as the creator's identity mirrors his/her works mysteriousness.Some of the known fact about Burial is that he/she release his/her works through the Hyperdub label, the same label that releases works from the likes of Kode9, Pressure, and other influential names in the dub step scene. Also, he/she once said on an interview that "only five people knows that i create tunes". Kamana atuh mister ius..

Compared to other dub step releases, Burial's musics are somewhat more human to me, not only due to the analog and organic use of sound and voices that envelopes the whole tunes, but also through his/her use of melancholic yet heart-warming melodies. The crackle and pop of old records ads up to its lo-fi aesthetique that condtradict the complex yet subtle compositions. It's brooding bass lines and ghostly vocals that comes and goes like a bad fever, forebodes the dark times ahead, or a solace of past yearnings long forgotten. Yet it's also sweet and give you this feeling you got when you cuddle up on a bed, all warm and sleepy, while it's raining outside. So cuddle up, roll'em n smoke'em, and let the tunes drowning landscape soothe your aching soul.This is burial, your burial. And you can finally be at peace.

Saya suka single swayzak yang satu ini, sound2nya relatif organik namun subtil, seperti berenang di antara rimbunan ganggang, di sungai jernih berpasir yang tenang, ditambah juga vocalnya yang romantis.. oh ya, itu untuk yg original mix nya. Yang versi remix nya apparat juga bagus, tapi soundnya cenderung mirip dengan salah satu lagu nya di album kolaborasinya bersama Ellen Alien, kurang lebih seperti kebalikan dari versi originalnya.. Yg versi Richard Davis cenderung lebih synth-pop, jadinya lebih.. urban mungkin. Nah buat yang gemar minimal tech, versi Cassy beatmixnya cukup juara.. all in all, saya suka single swayzak yang ini.. ayo cari!

Sometimes it can be very difficult to say something about a work of music, even if you feel at home with it immediately. Certainly, countless possible references spring to mind to describe what you hear. Vocals, arrangements, melodies and lyrics may remind one of the pop music of someone like Kid Montana or Aztec Camera. But what do you say when you find out that the person who made this music has just nothing in common anymore with the references we could possibly establish and that everyday history has placed him somewhere else completely? How do you proceed when it becomes clear that his music does not connect to those references from your own past and the seemingly detectable comparisons are nothing more than an awkward sheet anchor to put into words what you hear because we simply have forgotten how to see music as what it actually is, namely an accumulation of sounds brought to life by someone who tells a new and personal story through it? Roman's lyrics tell stories -- beautiful, short, long, strange, funny, and sometimes a little sad; and with his music he brings them to life for all of us; so much so that you sometimes even catch yourself singing along to the tracks. Rarely can this be said about music nowadays -- though at the same time it's one of the nicest qualities of pop music to obliterate for a brief moment the memory of your many, constantly repeated connections and references..

This is Cologne-based musician Roman's second album on Karaoke Kalk. Created out of pure, genuine pathos, So Ghost? is great pop meeting great gesture, with enthusiastically-raised arms waving from every corner. This is a highly demanding Janus-head-like album that changes its face with every track. Concerning his sounds and arrangements, Roman turns out to be a true daredevil: female choirs, over-amplified basses, staked-out keyboards and fan's noises from the background contrast with professional a cappella interludes. And overlaying everything is this voice somewhere between Aztec Camera, Style Council and Jacques Brel. An acoustic guitar (slightly out of tune) meets plastic synthies and a bolting drum computer. Skillfully-arranged beautiful string themes butt heads with a Gameboy's buzzing noises. Genuine club-stompers shake hands with samba-esque romances. And despite all its pomp and glory, So Ghost? still preserves the DIY charm of the bedroom production. Designed to elicit lighter-waving, teddy bear-throwing and misty eyes.

Review taken from forcedexposure.com

Kompakt kembali melanjutkan release seri kompilasi single-single juaranya, "Total", untuk yang ketujuh kalinya, dan emang gak salah, single2 bergenre micro-house/minimal tech dalam kompilasi ini emang juara. Bagi yang gak biasa, lagu2 keluaran Kompakt emang rata2 cenderung dingin, sedingin malam2 kesepian di puncak pass (anying!), tapi justru dari situlah muncul groove2 asik dari komposisi musik yang subtle & exact. Sebagai contoh, tracknya Gui Borrato, "like you" ,yang diremix sama supermayer (kayaknya sih superpitcher & michael mayer joinan garap lagu ini). Intronya agak mengingatkan gw sama starguitarnya chemical bros, tapi penepatannya lebih dubby dan yang gw seneng bgt flownya dari lagu ini, synthnya yg bergerak seperti seekor ubur-ubur kegirangan berenang-berenang ke sana kemari, dan berkesan "sengaja gak sengaja". Gak ketinggalan vocal ceweknya yang manis2 cuek dan main keluar masuk sama melody ubur2 tadi. Single2 andalan lainnya ada lagunya Wassermann (in Tyranis 2006) yang vokal dan soundnya berkesan retrospektif (kayaknya diambil dari lagu jerman yg jadul), Robert Babicz (3 Sontag) yg melodynya off-beat2 tapi pas, Hug (The Happy Monster) yang nyerempet2 electro, dan masih banyak lagi. Pokoknya juara lah!!