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Burial

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UK Dubstep

Burial is a performance name for the person William Bevan.

Biography

Burial (born William Bevan) is a musician located in East London who produces electronic music containing elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim. The Wire magazine named it their album of the year, along with achieving fifth place in the Mixmag 2006 Album of the Year list, and eighteenth in the best of the year list of The Observer Music Monthly supplement. Burial's second album, Untrue, was also released to critical acclaim and was the second-highest rated album of 2007, according to the review-collating website, Metacritic.

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  1. Mercury Prize Nominations - One Day To Go

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  1. Untrue 2007

    Untrue

    Reviewed by Si Hawkins

    A dark return to two step territory, and a somnambulent classic in the making...

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Since December 2008

  1. The best new music shoved in your ears

    Zane Lowe BBC Radio 1

  2. New music and alternative classics

    Colin Murray BBC Radio 1

  3. Left field dance, dubstep and guest mixes

    Mary Anne Hobbs BBC Radio 1

  4. Live guests, brand new session tracks and classic archive ones, features and more

    Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music

  5. Future pop playlist with a night-time twist

    Nick Grimshaw BBC Radio 1

  6. Hip hop, dubstep and broken beats, all with a soulful twist

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  7. Morning music from Iyare and classic archive sessions

    Weekend Breakfast BBC 6 Music

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Since December 2008

  1. BBC Radio 1 100%

  2. BBC 6 Music 50%

  3. BBC 1Xtra 25%

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