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Not everyone who wears mask ends up sticking with the anonymity though, I can imagine the pull of fame can be irresistible for some. Deadmau5 for example. Other

Not everyone who wears mask ends up sticking with the anonymity though, I can imagine the pull of fame can be irresistible for some. Deadmau5 for example. Others have managed staying hidden just by not appearing anywhere, like Burial.

dijksterhuis 6y ago
Pretty sure burial once tweeted a selfie to say he was taking a break from music to play diablo or something
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  Best way to announce a tour break ever.
  - ehsankia 6y ago
    Tour break? I don't think he's ever played live. Maybe anonymously. Kode9 sometimes plays his new songs but that's it.
    - imwillofficial 6y ago
      I have no idea, I’ve only heard songs, no sets. Good to know!
- ehsankia 6y ago
  It was Dark Souls 2 but yeah, it was kinda hilarious, since it was basically the first time we ever heard directly from him or got an "official" selfie in almost a decade of him making music, and it was just to say "I'm not sure if I will have many new tunes for a while because I need to play that game a lot", even though he already had the reputation of not putting anything out for long stretches of time. It was so bizarre.
- sjm 6y ago
  It is hypothesized that Burial made a little guest appearance at a James Blake boiler room set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8idi7PcsbU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8idi7PcsbU It definitely looks like him, but who knows.
  - ehsankia 6y ago
    For reference, it's the guy in the black hoodie on the right side for the first third or so. Also his song plays at around 6m in, and you can see him rolling a join a bit later, hah.
- somishere 6y ago
  i'd always imagined burial was a side gig for kieran hebden / fourtet .. got ridiculed by everyone i mentioned it to in confidence .. they were right
pmarreck 6y ago
Had to google Burial. My hipster inspection is way out of date.
- ehsankia 6y ago
  He is pretty "famous" in the underground dubstep scene (and by dubstep, I mean the original UK 2-step music, not whatever it became in the 2010's. He's always been enigmatic and hidden until that one post out of nowhere, releasing music through his friend/record company Hyberdub. Semi-related, but one of my favorite satire posts of all time: https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/jk-rowling-recorded-two-dubstep-albums-as-burial-2013071575752 https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/jk-rowling-rec...
- sjm 6y ago
  Next time you find yourself alone on a gloomy drizzly night, throw on Untrue and walk through the streets for a unique experience.

dijksterhuis 6y ago

Pretty sure burial once tweeted a selfie to say he was taking a break from music to play diablo or something

imwillofficial 6y ago
Best way to announce a tour break ever.
- ehsankia 6y ago
  Tour break? I don't think he's ever played live. Maybe anonymously. Kode9 sometimes plays his new songs but that's it.
  - imwillofficial 6y ago
    I have no idea, I’ve only heard songs, no sets. Good to know!
ehsankia 6y ago
It was Dark Souls 2 but yeah, it was kinda hilarious, since it was basically the first time we ever heard directly from him or got an "official" selfie in almost a decade of him making music, and it was just to say "I'm not sure if I will have many new tunes for a while because I need to play that game a lot", even though he already had the reputation of not putting anything out for long stretches of time. It was so bizarre.
sjm 6y ago
It is hypothesized that Burial made a little guest appearance at a James Blake boiler room set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8idi7PcsbU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8idi7PcsbU It definitely looks like him, but who knows.
- ehsankia 6y ago
  For reference, it's the guy in the black hoodie on the right side for the first third or so. Also his song plays at around 6m in, and you can see him rolling a join a bit later, hah.
somishere 6y ago
i'd always imagined burial was a side gig for kieran hebden / fourtet .. got ridiculed by everyone i mentioned it to in confidence .. they were right

pmarreck 6y ago

Had to google Burial. My hipster inspection is way out of date.

ehsankia 6y ago
He is pretty "famous" in the underground dubstep scene (and by dubstep, I mean the original UK 2-step music, not whatever it became in the 2010's. He's always been enigmatic and hidden until that one post out of nowhere, releasing music through his friend/record company Hyberdub. Semi-related, but one of my favorite satire posts of all time: https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/jk-rowling-recorded-two-dubstep-albums-as-burial-2013071575752 https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/jk-rowling-rec...
sjm 6y ago
Next time you find yourself alone on a gloomy drizzly night, throw on Untrue and walk through the streets for a unique experience.