Home / Music / Burial's real identity was a mystery until 2008Music linernotes album music burialBurial's real identity was a mystery until 2008Burial is the alias of William Bevan, a British electronic music producer from South London. His identity was a closely guarded secret until The Independent revealed it in 2008. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBurial's Untrue was nominated for both the Mercury Prize and Shortlist Music PrizeBurial produced Untrue in Sound Forge, working mostly in the dead of nightPitchfork called Burial's Untrue the most important electronic album of the centuryBurial's Rival Dealer EP: three tracks, 28 minutes of ghostly UK garageBurial's 'Archangel' is the defining track from his landmark 2007 album Untrue on HyperdubExplorePharoah Sanders' 'The Creator Has a Master Plan' is his most famous recordingCaroline Shaw's Plan & Elevation was commissioned for Dumbarton Oaks' 75th anniversaryNeil Young held 'Powderfinger' back for years after writing it during the Zuma sessionsRated PG paired qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Peter GabrielAretha Franklin's 'Respect' transformed Otis Redding's 1965 originalPrevious Burial's Untrue builds its atmosphere from pitch-shifted vocals and London field recordingsNext Booker T., Cropper, Dunn, and Jackson made Soul Limbo