Burial: Shell of Light (Hyperdub 2007)

[@shokosugi2346]

All my homies cry to Burial.

[@prodbycinder]

only the realest

[@glx404]

fr

[@zeusconquers]

Lol

[@elixs5380]

Burial's music hits so deep that it almost feels wrong that other people are listening to it, It's just too personal

[@mistaken5289]

exactly! i was lowkey pissed that g easy and some italian rapper sampled this song lol

[@user-gu1il8dp7p]

this is the most accurate comment ever

[@elixs5380]

@@mistaken5289 yeah, They should leave this stuff alone its too good for them hehe

[@manumusicmist]

That's selfish 🙃

[@elixs5380]

@@manumusicmist How is it selfish?

[@jake1366]

My mate locked himself in his room so he could blast this during an acid trip at about 4 am. Our neighbour came round complaining and I had to answer the door tripping to apologise with this song flowing down the stairs in the background. When I opened the door of my mates room to tell him to turn it down a bit a wall of blue sound hit me. Good times, immense tune!

[@moonrocks9549]

@Shultz Ey 🤓

[@ketufo]

@Shultz Ey it’s his experience fella

[@PeppyOoze]

One of my fave KZbin comments..

[@docmadhattan]

Haha, awesome, thanks for sharing man, wicked comment. Really brings you into that place.

[@DJL3G3ND]

@Shultz Ey yeah, Ive never had drugs but I dont want to. I know about the great things they can do based on what people have said but Im happy to be able to enjoy things without the need for it, seems good enough already to me

[@mullzman19]

Burial is like Boards of Canada, both make you nostalgic for a moment you've lived, but you're not really sure what that moment was.

[@jcrisp90]

bang on my friend. it reminds me of a period of my life for sure though, just maybe not a specific place

[@Jimsock3y3]

Yess bro, even though their music is completely different from one another, both of them give me nostalgia for times or places that i dont remember.

[@aworthlessboi6957]

Boards of Canada has a retro electronic sound to it, Burial is more so of an ambient style of electronic

[@AldenDoble]

I have a theory about this feeling - your body is made up of atoms that comprised of a different state before you came into existence. The "nostalgia" you experience is your consciousness briefly recalling this past composition, but unable to associate it with any memories as your conscious was not currently present at the time. If you were to say your consciousness was a programme then you could describe the feeling as a broken code. Nonetheless, it's the closest you can possibly get to understanding your connection to the entirety of the universe whilst in your conscious state. The fact that a piece of music has triggered this sensation is truly mind-blowing.

[@willb1405]

BOC are like nostalgia for the past, whereas burial is like nostalgia for a lost future haunted by the past

[@kurtdewittphoto]

Everyone is commenting on 3:29. To me it evokes such an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. Reminds me of random childhood memories like laying in the grass on a hot summer day with a sprinkler hitting me.

[@visagemsc]

For me it's going to my mum's office after school ends in around 4.30. Looking around the campus and the people around me while an afternoon sky greets you.

[@Grawlix_Jungle]

It’s comforting and wistful but aching and longing

[@Myriadis]

The ambient part after 3:29 actually contains a sample from "Nice" by the Band "Crocheted Doughnut Ring", which is generally considered the first ambient song ever created - in 1967!

[@kurtdewittphoto]

Thanks for the info. Amazing.

[@thedevollsadvocate]

thanks for the sampling insight good sir

[@Myriadis]

@Allen Zhu No clue about that one, according to Whosampled it's a sample from Ernie Halter - Whisper, somewhere around 45 seconds in that song, I can kinda hear it.

[@ladygabes5558]

Ambient music has been around since 1800

[@FeeldahVibe1]

Theoretically. Erik Statie created Ambient music out off acknowledging the Theory of it. Not sure if he ever wrote music that was an creation of out of the idea tho.

[@arcaneinArcadia]

The end made me burst into tears uncontrollably.

[@albertcamuswashere]

same 🥺

[@abundantharmony]

You'd ball your eyeballs out if you heard "Endorphin". The original one, and the slowed down ones.

[@B.l.i.s.s.f.u.l]

Bro what

[@mikhailstewart]

Just came from the video "All My Homies Hate Skrillex" and heard the final 30 seconds leaves you feeling a kind of way..... let's see. Ohhhhhhhh sheeeet.

[@sarge083]

Exact same

[@PolackZac]

Same

[@rowanhoneysett7315]

yeah, i'm having a dubstep renaissance after watching it

[@TheVividProject]

me tooooo

[@UIM-Koda]

yeah I am about to mate...

[@SzulcSzymon]

14 years late to the party...glad I've finally arrived.

[@polubojarov7]

welcome, you've deserved it :)

[@talltrini10]

17 for me.

[@vinniecentz]

The mastering of this song is pure genius. The volume goes up and down in various point, almost every four bars (0:57, 1:11, 1:27, 1:42)

[@psSubstratum]

good catch

[@gilesbeattie5988]

The way the first half of the album was so dark and then suddenly you just hear this delicate 'closer' refrain is what makes this my favourite track of the album

[@thebluefalcons92]

I’ve been living life on numb so long. This song reminds me I still have emotions.

[@JuanJimenez.]

Real.

[@king--kang.]

The whole song is great but the second part, that starts at 3:29 is beyond words....

[@DangaiRo]

themostawesomepig Did You had that type of ending of a relatioship?

[@king--kang.]

Not really. They usually are the opposite of this song, they start great and end up like "meh"

[@untrue7295]

Completely agree. There's an extended version of the ending

[@Nookinizm]

Ernie Halter Whisper

[@bendthatdickcuminbitch7853]

go listen to the slowed version on soundcloud!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯

[@blaze-xb7jt]

Looked for this after seeing "All my homies hate skrillex." I mainly listen to deathstep (moth, code pandorum, havel, etc.) and was interested in the hype around the last 30 secs of this track; but the entire song is an amazing blend of sound. Wish I'd found Burial sooner lol.

[@Watsonincorporated]

same!!

[@AN-999]

Glad you found it, but i find the phrase "wish I'd found it sooner" so negative. You're changing all the time. Always new interests, hobbies,....etc You'll find what you'll find.

[@ihatehandles]

that Timbah on toast video is what introduced me to "real' dubstep, and made me find one of my new favorite genres

[@nirau]

Strangely as it sounds, this song and another listening to this album made me realise how fortunate I am to have a great girlfriend. I went to her room to give her a kiss. I'm afraid to be in that stat as I was before her. Burial is something else, this album is on another level. Words cannot express how deeply I feel, how connected? Idk it's just hits you right in the soul. I hope everyone is okay here, peace.

[@fedegufedegu]

Burial made my night

[@nome3795]

Burial is my shell of light

[@SkinnyEMedia]

The ending bit of this song which samples again "we could be frien-eee-nds!" is the best thing in this major tunage! Makes me nostalgic for journeys down to Kent.

[@edificioisabel7161]

MIN 2:19

[@4theluvofyou]

love the D’Angelo sample ❤️

[@phillybogana]

Ha, thought I recognized that voice!

[@pezushka]

omdzzzzzzzzzzzz i never knew this

[@boxed1084]

4:20 these two chords coming after an euphoric sample gets me everytime. It's like spending time thinking about all these childhoods and blissful memories, then realizing they are all in the past now, and you can no longer go back…

[@albertcamuswashere]

3:29 💕 I always come here to listen this part

[@tigerlilly1179]

Emotional stuff. Love it.

[@yeanah2571]

I understand why everyone feels for this song. Archangel will always be the one. Driving down the road after a bad break-up, and you have to pull over because you're gutted and sobbing. Weirdly, I don't look back at that badly, it was closure, letting go. It's been 12+ years, and she messaged me a few months ago, and Im not going back. Ever.

[@AwesomeMusicDude]

Well done sir 🙏

[@JuanJimenez.]

Username checks out lol

[@BlackAlbino2000]

Going through so many emotions while listening to this (and basically every other Burial track) . A true pioneer of this style of music

[@DangaiRo]

God Can You whisper in her ear... I wasn't sure we could be friends.

[@aarneuuk9601]

God can you whisper, in her ear: " I wasn't sure. We could be friends "

[@nonentity7709]

everyone says that the ambient part is better.. I don't agree. I like the first part *-* it's so tender. like.. idk. just so soft and tender. eargasm

[@petrivanov1814]

First part rule

[@DurabilityNB]

its about how you feel, second part goes too deep, maybe you dont recognise such feelings

[@crackerackadingdong]

i cant remember but i feel like its the only major key song on the album? or one of the only. its like the happiest one

[@Sunny-sc5oh]

@@crackerackadingdong for sure, it’s even called shell of light while the other tracks have more somber names( near dark, archangel, homeless etc)

[@teion.]

@@Sunny-sc5oh never thought of it that way. With that perspective, it makes the ending hit me even harder because that light is only a shell, and can only last for so long.

[@robmarshall9026]

Ending gets me every time

[@shanewhite1273]

This is real music.

[@Sunkhrist]

Its the repeating words of "Love Yourself" that just... hits you ❤

[@Official_Proxy]

The first part is like Silent Hill trip-hop with vocals. Second part is like... when you finish Silent Hill and can finally leave with a bittersweet feeling. I'm almost positive Burial got inspired by Akira Yamaoka. It wouldn't be surprising considering Burial used Silent Hill 3 samples in his tracks.

[@crackerackadingdong]

the fog in silent hill alone probably inspired a lot of burial's stuff

[@sylvianblade75]

The vocals on endorphin are sampled from silent hill 3

[@BurntToast502]

this whole album was produced using sounds from metal gear solid!

[@B4Block]

This album is a real work of absolute artistic greatness for as corny as that sounds. It continues to haunt me with every listening. I want it buried with me in my grave.

[@cs_n_7]

Beautiful from 3.29... I’m just so speechless how someone can put so much emotions in music . I love it so much ❤️

[@adityajaishankar4509]

The vocals remind me of the xx . Its so clear how much burial has inspired other UK electronic acts like Jamie and Romy

[@mrskizzlewizzle]

So this is what some of the Lofi hip hop songs are sampling

[@buried4430]

This is what they wish they were

[@thefoxylady90]

That outro though 😩🤍

[@janisjan5787]

Just in case you dont know the Shlohmo remix, it is insane if you like the 3:29 part especially. Burial - Shell Of Light (Shlohmo Remix) [HD]

[@EduardoPalacios-hq3og]

Beautiful

[@CrashPadBeats]

This song and “think about it” by phaeleh got me thru so much. Thanks

[@joshstuckey6481]

love that d'angelo sample

[@un3kn3own0]

Absolutely beautiful

[@barbaraavina2551]

Beauty of Sound and Tone

[@bazazzzz4347]

After hours........ @7 am after 10hours rave 🖤🖤

[@Georgesevencostanza]

1:48

[@captinweestain526]

Love the driving deep bass of the first part.

[@rockkiller124]

Timeless track & record

[@lexlong85]

3:30 forever

[@edificioisabel7161]

3:29 jaja

[@paceyombex]

Came here from the video "All my homies hate Skrillex" to check out the final 30 seconds. I'll edit my response down after I listened to the song. Wow, the shiver down my spine! My goodness, I'll have that one more time.

[@forglory5288]

4:20 this part sounds like a silent hill soundtrack

[@ms.smccreath5176]

Who else is listening to this at 5am in 2021?

[@SlickEvader]

Geazy - opportunity cost. Had the outro piano of this song 🎶 super cool

[@Parker_Travels]

Surprised this was 2007

[@irimph]

This song is the reason i bought a cd of this album

[@petrivanov1814]

Unreal song great

[@KonstantinDonchev]

This is timeless people!

[@agreenmountain805]

Give me a hug. Closer...Closerr...who knew?...Love you so...love you sooooo God can you whisper into her (my?) ear...I wasn't sure if we could be friends

[@albertcamuswashere]

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

most positive Burial's track ever

[@crackerackadingdong]

yeah this one is almost happy in a way with that major key

[@DirtiestSoul]

weird... i feel this like one of his saddest tracks

[@Fratsenpats]

Just hauntingly beautiful. ❤️

[@Adama.1]

I've heard music like at 3:29 often. I don't associate it with dubstep. Especially 4:20. I feel like a lot of ''space music'' can sound like that. Many of those songs sound very sad but also somehow open a gate to your soul. I can lay in bed and feel like I am floating through space. Look up Kevin Kendle - Spiral.

[@marcoangelo]

I wasn't sure we could be frieeeeeeeeends

[@brandnewday2750]

This album made me feel more than I’ve ever felt listening to music

[@costavojik]

Night made my burial

[@korick28]

I get

[@vertsk8er419]

by*

[@normalkettle]

Made Night Burial My

[@luman1109]

It's my birthday This song always makes me feel less bad about being sad

[@whatthesigmaW]

Happy b day even tho it was 10 months ago lol.

[@em_y1229]

Happy bday, one month in advance

[@Jimsock3y3]

I feel like im the only one who likes the part before 3:29 better

[@mariskaneerman]

Me too

[@Jimsock3y3]

@@mariskaneerman at least someone agrees😂

[@antonhystrix]

No, you're not alone.

[@aworthlessboi6957]

all of the song is good regardless if it was before or after 3:29

[@un3kn3own0]

Saaame

[@bobbyl9240]

Pure 🔥

[@ladygabes5558]

its my first time listening to something like this and im so confused 3:39 hit and im still confused, not my cup of tea, but i can understand why so many people like it so much

[@starrdub]

I'd pay money to hear Burial for the first time again. Must've been like 15 years.

[@jcrisp90]

iconic

[@OG_BlackBazooka]

The last 30-40 seconds tho

[@DragonglEvgeniy]

"Shell of light" think about right meaning of this tune...

[@mumdidntraisenofool]

BIG UP

[@melissarees4703]

Sent It ✳️

[@williammorcillotabares]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@MODUN王者ZENYU]

heaven

[@LuckyKids-h3x]

play back to 0.75 is Milwaukee protocol a2

[@MiguelSebastianGo]

A3*

[@CarpeMignon]

[@stelisimo]

all the feelings

[@johnlau4580]

Is it possible to buy ur signiture? Its a joke

[@banjogyro]

This song sounds green

[@postman232]

мягко

[@marcchagall8211]

Αλλού..

[@lordnill997]

You know you searched for this..

[@fozlesgitit1568]

you know u defo just found this from that one video

[@nicholasfultz3122]

Timbah said the last 30 seconds hit like a train, lets see what we working with start - I enjoy the build and the glassy blunted keys quite a bit mid - It sounds like the bass is literally weeping. This is haunting but gorgeous later mid, post reincorporation of the rain - tearing up although not entirely sure why fated last 30 - nice break right as the emotional impact of the previous section was starting to simultaneously overload and wear off. Was marginally overhyped I believe overall 4/5 damn decent track, pulls on the heartstrings a bit while still being unique and not overbearingly emotional. Leads into a cathartic release at the late mid / end of track that leads to introspection and causes you to give pause to process what you just heard

[@Nookinizm]

Ernie Halter Whisper

[@joe.black-mortem.angelos]

Burial is unlike anything but Burial

[@ciko5012]

OGGI MI PIACE COME TI VESTI

[@ProducedByMERC]

Looks like I'm 7 years late

[@BruceGamble2000]

Lay of the Gary's then hahahaha

[@aworthlessboi6957]

4:20 it’s the way I feel inside and it’s all because you lied...

[@inactiveguy03]

A3

[@johnofark]

not for me man

[@binair0]

you don't like it?

[@johnofark]

@@binair0 yeah

[@JuanJimenez.]

​@@johnofarkthen it not for you mate

[@joplin2510]

algun chilenito por aqui?

[@joseluisnunezrivera3615]

roxana paredes Yo jaja :)

[@joplin2510]

@@joseluisnunezrivera3615 jajaja buena buena! estamos en todas partes donde menos se piensa 😂 viva Chile mierda! y la buena música !

[@ElGatoox]

yo

[@LolaTrolaGameplay]

aca uno mas

[@emiliopontigo248]

Wennaaa jajs

[@albertcamuswashere]

არ ვიცი არაფერი

[@albertcamuswashere]

შენი სიყვარულის გარდა

[@albertcamuswashere]

არც ეგ მცოდნია

[@melmontel]

MaximilianMus

[@Greenignitor]

F off

[@melmontel]

@@Greenignitor stick to loud music and leave!

[@Greenignitor]

@@melmontel f off

[@melmontel]

@@Greenignitor i didn't even like him... ):

[@LM-tass1ut]

This seems so abstract and strange to me, I really don't understand why this hits everyone so deep. Following the EDM evolution from its birth, I really don't know why this hits people so hard, relatively. Maybe because this is the first time listening to it in 2023, and knowing the wonders of 90s-20s trance, house, techno, prog, acid, electro... I am just too late and sullied to join the party... maybe its my innate hatred of Jazz and what it stands for musically... I need beauty and structure at once. This just sounds like Melodic Randomness.... can anyone elucidate? I really don't mean to insult anyone's tastes or experiences, some BT classics, and Children by R. Miles, get me going 25+ years later- I love equals and opposites in music, the intricacies, the dissonance complimenting the melody in ways, not mathematically, but artistically pleasing... but I need more context or something to appreciate this song the way so many others do, and I want to! Is this a case of ''you're too late and you'll never know'?

[@LM-tass1ut]

I keep listening trying to understand... I don't know. I do think this isn't an EDM category. Ambient? I dislike that word, and its not a genre either- unless its the sound of crickets chirping outside or a busy roadway. God bless, I'm confused.

[@hartenny]

MP's version is better.

[@Thomfamily5]

slow down by 0.75 to get the bpm of mp

[@JuanJimenez.]

What's the mp version?

[@scurly0792]

@@JuanJimenez. It was sampled in an album called 'Milwaukee Protocol' by PXTSERYU, in track A3

[@binary]

not even close, this version is FAR SUPERIOR because it has the best part: the last minute. what a dumb, limp wristed observation. terrible taste.

[@yourmotherisshameful]

Your mom's version is better.

[@Trypanosoma_]

This is actually awful. Am I missing something or are people joking when they say that they like this? I dig the parts past 3:30, but the rest sounds macabre and cacophonous

[@josephniedermeyer4874]

All the various the repeating samples with whatever audio effects he chooses for each just evoke a pretty strong feeling of nostalgia for me. The drums do feel odd at first but they add a bit of structure while being simple enough to not distract from those samples. For me they also kinda sound like a quickly ticking clock or a metronome, which sorta fits together well with that timely nostalgic vibe. I think the drums on this album in general almost serve to juxtapose the would be slowness of the samples and create a sort of unexpected / contrasting quickness to the songs. Just my thoughts tho I’d be curious to hear what you think

[@programclu1]

If you don't feel it you never will.

[@BlackWolf207]

I don’t hate it, I actually sort of like it, but I do agree it sounds weird with the Silent Hill-ish sounds in the first part. Judging from the comments, to like it, you either have to be depressed or on acid. Most likely both.

[@jujumama]

Love your vocab.. my brothers name is Sebastian. I didn't like this the first time, years ago, when i listened to the whole album, it was my least fav out of the "good ones" that i never wanted to hear. ..today I listened to it about at least 10 times for some reason that idk

[@iseeundeadpeople9]

Meh. I was expecting... I don't know what i was expecting. Didn't feel anything close to what i was promised.

[@cosmic5368]

meh

[@Akron162]

Boy, this was boooooring. This is why I hate this type of music: its so damn repetitive and pointless. Someone recently told me "go listen to Burial, i bet it will change your mind", well, my opinion remains unchanged.

[@em_y1229]

I feel like that's the point, repetition is a really good asset for a song that sounds so crisp and meditative I can see why don't you like it but there's wayyyyy more boring music out there

[@toplel1860]

I actually have to agree its not a bad song but it feels soo drawn out with maybe too much repetition.

[@siqongmason]

no soul

[@OptikC]

1:58

[@raindog7781]

3:30