Self-limiting himself to just one piece of basic audio editing software - and a computer that could barely muster the processing power to run it - Burial (real name William Emmanuel Bevan) unlocked the darkly-hued vibes of his seminal second album Untrue.
Gaining traction on the back of his intriguing 2005 EP, South London Boroughs, and his impactful self-titled debut released later that year, it was the mood-driven 2007 follow-up Untrue that cemented Burial as one of electronic music’s most compelling figures.
It's truly staggering to learn that this sublime album was meticulously built within early audio editing software Sound Forge. This legacy waveform editor was incredibly basic in comparison to its more advanced, music production-focussed successors.
“I wish sometimes that I’d gone to college to learn music production, but other times I’m like ‘no, f**k, I’m happy I didn’t’”, he admitted to The Wire.
