Very beautiful track. English producer Burial reworks "Paradise Circus" by Massive Attack. The original features the vocals of American singer Hope Sandoval (of Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions).
I was not too crazy about the original version by Massive Attack but then came two remixes (a remix and a dub version) by Brazilian techno artist Gui Boratto that did more justice to the track. Those were quite upbeat. And now this...this is just amazing. A slow, haunting, atmospheric, dark, dubby, enveloping post-urban soundtrack where Burial adds his trademark ghostly sample vocals - heaven knows where he digs out those vocal samples - and interplays them with Sandovals hazy croon. Brilliant! Not a very big fan of the whole dubstep thing but Burial is an incredible artist. Both his albums - Burial (2006) and Untrue (2007) - are great.
(The clip above is taken from Mary Anne Hobbes' XFM radio show. I think her monologue towards the end contains some views on Burial that seem a bit too much of the essentialist, speculative kind...but kudos to her nevertheless for sharing the track with the world!)
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