Burial

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Originally Posted by Lx_Nen

My point was that anyone could make the same sort of soundscapes as Burial, not that anyone could be as good as Burial.

i'm not sure why this is an interesting or significant point...?

The next stage for me is to make another one of these tracks, but with the handmade timings explained in the article and some suitable 2step/uk garage samples (not genres I'm very familiar with, so please bare with me while I find some), and see how much of the magic is Burial, and how much is Burial's samples. I'm still linterested in finding out the answer to the question I posed earlier - is Burial good because he's in a field of his own, or is he good despite being in a field of his own?

this seems very simple. some people have an ear (eye, whatever) for beauty that others don't. their technique and reference points are independent factors. for those of us who know the history of the music Burial is referencing, that adds a lot, but it doesn't change the fact that the music is clearly emotional and well-thought out. re: technique, if you listen to "Unite," which was made in Logic and not SoundForge, you'll find that it's as good as anything else he has done. i'm not sure why you are on a detective mission to answer a bogus question.