With its 45 minutes divided into five new compositions, Antidawn is the most substantial proposition of the enigmatic Burial since Rival Dealer (2013), even in its musical form exploring the environment in a much less austere way than on its previous singles. The surprising noise collages of Strange Neighborhood and the opening title piece still bear the signature of the British composer. The beautiful harmonies, the fragments of melodies of the voice samples that roll in a loop, the grainy textures, then a diffuse rhythmic pattern that emerges on Shadow paradise. The highlight of the EP is called New Love, while Burial recycles the sample heard on the first piece to put it to a muffled house rhythm smeared with the sounds of a classical orchestra (the flutes stand out in the sound of the strings) which asserts itself even better in the first minutes from Upstairs Flat in conclusion. Often melancholy, Burial’s music takes on Antidawn EP almost mischievous airs.
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