3 Elements That Define Burial’s Untrue

Pitch-shifted vocal samples The album uses vocal samples from UK garage and R&B, pitch-shifted and time-stretched to create ghostly, melancholic melodies.

London field recordings Ambient sounds of London nightlife—like trains, rain, and distant chatter—are layered into the tracks, grounding the music in a specific urban atmosphere.

Sparse 2-step rhythms The beats hover around 140 BPM, using minimal, shuffling 2-step patterns that leave space for the vocals and textures to breathe.