"A lot of people assume that I'm trying to be a carbon copy of Burial but that I'm not good at it because I don't go out of my way to fill my music with subtle details and whatnot, but that's not really what I was going for to begin with (not that I don't love that about his tunes). I'm not really trying to impress people with my production work...  I'm just trying to make people feel the emotions that I'm trying to convey." 

On first hearing the music of New York based producer Svpreme Fiend, there is one comparison that instantly leaps to mind: Burial (Indeed, he says that besides the late, great J. Dilla, Burial is his biggest influence). Texturally, their music shares alot of common ground. The haunting vocals, deep pads and lo-fi production values found in Mr Bevan's work are also present in Svpreme Fiend's tunes. However, his music is by no means a "rip off" of Burial's and, no matter what the similarites are between these two artists, it has its own very unique feel to it.

I think the key difference is  in the atmosphere that it creates. Svpreme Fiend's music takes me to a warmer, more comforting place. The insecurity and lonliness that eminates from Burial tunes such as "Untrue" and "Distant Lights" or the deep sadness of "Near Dark" isn't felt with Svpreme Fiend. Sure, the music is still melancholic but the lead melody lines in tunes such as "Prover" or "Assurer" are nothing short of uplifting. The stripped down percussion, placed low in the mix, is made up of clicks, pops and heavily filtered snare sounds. It gives the tunes a certain organic quality to them: the drums in "Affecter" remind me alot of Mount Kimbie. Another similarity with Burial is that the rhythms are often built up around the ghosts of 2-step but this gives the tunes a real swing and bump to them. In a time when a lot underground electronic music is becoming saturated with sub-standard releases made solely to please the DJ and the "raving crew", these kind of raw, honest and achingly beautiful sounds have never been more essential.

He was kind enough to put together a nice little mix for us which we urge you to check out.

You can download the mix by clicking here. 

Tracklisting:

1. Svpreme Fiend - Untitiled II [Unreleased]
2. Svpreme Fiend - Prover [Unreleased]
3. Svpreme Fiend - Untitled III [Unreleased]
4. Svpreme Fiend - Affecter [Unreleased]
5. Svpreme Fiend - Assurer [Unreleased]
6. Svpreme Fiend - Haunter VIP [Unreleased]

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