Burial – Rival Dealer – 12 Vinyl

Following suit from last Christmas’ ‘Truant’, Hyperdub present three new pieces from the shadowy producer. It’s a fine salve for seasonal woes, ripping loose with running man-style rave breaks and darkcore motifs across the dystopian sonic fiction of A-side, ‘Rival Dealer’, whilst the flipside reveals a whole new dimension to his sound with the soaring harmonies, twinkling chime-trees and ’80s power drums of ‘Hiders’ and the tortuous, cinematically edited narration of ‘Come Down To Us’. The heads will have a feast picking this one apart – what’s up with all the references to sexuality or his newfound penchant for FM synth sounds?