Really spot-on feature with the creator of my favorite album of the year in this month's Wire. Ever-reclusive Burial opens up deep, talking about his working methods and how he's never been to a rave. He's got a lot of love for M. R. James ghost stories, jungle, garage, 2-step, secret doorways, and the motion tracker sound from Alien. Also those bizarre snares and clickety-clackety percussive sounds he uses? Straight up sampled off the telly from Playstation games.



Some good bits:

"I don’t really go on the internet, it’s like a ouija board, it’s like letting someone into your head, behind your eyes. It lets randoms in."

"I’ve never been to a festival. Never been to a rave in a field. Never been to a big warehouse, never been to an illegal party, just clubs and playing tunes indoors or whatever. I heard about it, dreamed about it.... It was like when you first saw Terminator or Alien when you're only little. I’d get a rush from it, I was hearing this other world..."

For more read the complete unedited transcript of the interview.

Also the new Burial remix of Bloc Party is floating around. It sounds like you could drop it right in the middle of Untrue without feeling out of place.

Bloc Party - Where Is Home? (Burial Remix)