Burial has been an enigma his entire music career, following next to no routine and releasing sporadically and when he feels the time is right. 2020 saw the release of the marathon piece ‘Chemz’ in the run up to Christmas. The track was the last solo work we saw from Burial, serving as a eulogy for all the raves that never happened during the year of lockdown. But as of Friday Burial has returned in a joint venture with Keysound label owner and fellow producer/collaborator Blackdown on an extended play titled ‘Shock Power Of Love EP’.

The EP runs for twenty-seven minutes and features two tracks each from both artists. Blackdown begins with a VIP remix of his track ‘This Journey’, followed by the first Burial track titled ‘Dark Gethsemane’, a track invoking a strong political message repeating words from the title of the joint project. Blackdown’s second track is a remix of a song originally by Heatmap titled ‘Arklight’, followed by the second affair from Burial titled ‘Space Cadet’. Burial is renowned for his extreme crate digging abilities, finding samples from the most niche communities of music, and his fans are just as eager to find the originals. With Space Cadet, one of the samples has already been discovered, that of a Finnish synthpop track ‘Ajetaan Tandemilla’ by Freeman from 1976.

This collaborative EP between Burial and Blackdown is available on all major streaming services along with a limited physical release run. Along with this release arrives the announcement of the highly anticipated two track EP from Burial ‘Chemz / Dolphinz’ featuring the already released track and an unreleased outing. After multiple push backs the EP is set to release on Bandcamp for the tentative date of 21^st May on Hyperdub. For now, stream the Shock Power Of Love EP below.