Antidawn
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| Released | 6 January 2022 | |||
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| Length | 43:30 | |||
| Label | Hyperdub | |||
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Antidawn is an EP by British electronic musician Burial, released 6 January 2022 via Hyperdub.[1]
Composition
Antidawn is a collection of beatless ambient music, cementing the direction that Burial had taken since his late 2010s work,[2] and was his most ambient work yet.[3] The tracks have unconventional structures and focus on distorted vocal samples and crackles, combining into a "loose, amorphous soundscape".[4] Tom Kingsley of Clash Music wrote that Burial's only previous track "that comes close" to Antidawn was the 2021 B-side "Dolphinz".[4] Resident Advisor reviewer Emeka Okonkwo described it as a release of "spectral, wintery ambient sound-collages" and compared it to previous Burial tracks "Rival Dealer" and "Beachfires".[3] For Loud and Quiet critic Luke Cartledge, the EP is a "familiar blend of rainy, minor-key textures and forlorn-sounding field recordings".[5] "New Love" is the only track to contain percussive elements, although they are vague and distant.[4]
Kingsley compared the music to the KLF's Chill Out (1990) due to their use of collage "as a way to convey a sense of movement, not only through space ("all the way down the East Coast") but through time" and for their use of musique concrète, "piecing together functional, everyday sounds – the strike of a lighter, coughs and muffled voices, metallic clangs – to create something totally otherworldly."[4]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[6] |
| Metacritic | 81/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Beats Per Minute | 90%[8] |
| Clash | 9/10[9] |
| Crack | 8/10[10] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10[5] |
| NME | [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[11] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[12] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Antidawn received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 from 7 critic scores.[7]
Year-end lists
| Publication | # | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Gorilla vs. Bear | 14 | [13] |
| PopMatters | 64 | [14] |
| Slant Magazine | 32 | [15] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by W. Bevan
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Strange Neighbourhood" | 11:04 |
| 2. | "Antidawn" | 8:43 |
| 3. | "Shadow Paradise" | 10:20 |
| 4. | "New Love" | 7:13 |
| 5. | "Upstairs Flat" | 6:07 |
| Total length: | 43:30 | |
References
- ^ a b Jolley, Ben (6 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn EP review: enigma returns with videogame-style ambient immersion". NME. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ a b Simpson, Paul. "Antidawn - Burial". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ a b Okonkwo, Emeka (13 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d Kingsley, Tom (6 January 2022). "Burial – Antidawn". Clash Music. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b Cartledge, Luke (6 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn - Album Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Antidawn EP by Burial reviews". AnyDecentMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Antidawn [EP] by Burial Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Wohlmacher, John (7 January 2022). "Album Review: Burial - Antidawn EP". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Kingsley, Tom (6 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn". Clash. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Kent-Smith, Jasmine (10 February 2022). "Burial: Antidawn". Crack. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip (11 January 2022). "Burial: Antidawn Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Soulsby, Nick (8 February 2022). "Burial Has Carved Out an Inimitable New Space With Antidawn". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Cantalini, Chris (1 December 2022). "Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2022". Gorilla vs. Bear. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Britt, Thomas (6 December 2022). "The 80 Best Albums of 2022". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ Erickson, Steve (7 December 2022). "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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