Burial is the moniker of William Bevan, a reclusive South Londoner who has become one of the most acclaimed, influential, and enigmatic electronic musicians of the early 21st century, thanks to his groundbreaking music as well as his reluctance to reveal any information about himself. Inspired by the anonymity of British club music, particularly garage, jungle, and hardcore, his tracks blend fractured breakbeats with mysterious, pitch-shifted voices and loads of vinyl crackle, rainfall, and submerged video game sound effects, creating gloomy, dystopian soundscapes that evoke lonely nights spent wandering around an empty, desolate city. While his self-titled 2006 debut (one of the first notable dubstep full-lengths) received wide acclaim from the underground music press, the astonishing 2007 follow-up <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/untrue-mw0000497266">Untrue</a>proved to be a major artistic breakthrough. Not only was it one of the most widely praised albums of the year, but its influence endured into the following decade, with countless producers emulating its vocal manipulations and dramatic, rain-soaked atmospherics. Collaborations with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/four-tet-mn0000741236">Four Tet</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thom-yorke-mn0000588887">Thom Yorke</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/massive-attack-mn0000378288">Massive Attack</a> followed, as well as several EPs which ranged from abstract, cinematic suites (2012's <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/kindred-mw0002285794">Kindred</a>, 2013's <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/rival-dealer-mw0002603573">Rival Dealer</a>) to more club-friendly singles (2017's "Rodent"). While Burial continued to refrain from making public appearances or releasing a third album, he collaborated with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="name-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kode9-mn0000543345">Kode9</a> to mix <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/fabriclive100-mw0003205745">Fabriclive100</a>, the final volume of the long-running mix CD series, in 2018. Occasionally including ambient tracks on his albums and EPs, he fully explored the genre on 2022's <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/antidawn-mw0003639148">Antidawn</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="album-link" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/streetlands-mw0003842015">Streetlands</a>. A more beat-driven single, "Dreamfear," appeared in 2023.