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Deviant.
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May 27th 2011


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I assume the "sonic movement" you are talking about (with Burial's 2007 release, Untrue) is the rest of the world catching up to the UK's decade-long obsession with dubstep, which is fine but you should probably elaborate on that.


I wouldn't even say that's what Untrue did. Granted it got a few more people aware of dubstep, but Untrue's main attraction was it was one of the first releases that began to move away from the fundamentals of the genre. Despite dubstep taking on many traits of garage, Burial's second lp was probably the first release that attempted to rejuvenate that genre and inspired a lot of artists to gravitate towards that sound. America (and the rest of the world) didn't truly latch onto the genre until the likes of Bar 9 and co began to make waves when they started to make the whole idea of the "whomp" one of the genre's main drawcards

Deviant.
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May 28th 2011


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True, but I'm reluctant to call that the defining moment for any "sonic movement". More just the fact that Burial, and that album in particular, remains as one of the most recognizable moments in the genre in terms of public interest and recognition. Not that it all began with him



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