Burial’s Rival Dealer Inspires Short Film

Late last year we announced the good news that the enigmatic and then anonymous bass music producer Burial would be seemingly out of nowhere, be releasing new material last December.

Entitled ‘Rival Dealer’ the three track EP released via Hyperdub generated more than a little sense of de ja vu in the office due to the releases startlingly similarity to Burial surprisingly announcing and releasing an EP at almost exactly the same time the year before. Continuing Burial’s theme of crackly spectral sounds, we were as ever suitably impressed and inspired with the producers work.  

Well now UK director Ben Dawkins has unveiled a short film drawn from his inspiration and scored by the title track from ‘Rival Dealer’. Running for 12 minutes ‘Dealer’ follows a London drug dealer as he attempts to navigate a series of increasingly volatile scenes, each encounter perfectly visualizing the dark soundscapes that defined the EP on which they’re based.

Given the blessing of both Hyperdub and Burial himself you can check out the film for yourself below.