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  "slug": "burial",
  "name": "Burial",
  "description": "Burial appears 4 times in our Dubstep, The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, and The Waxonia Desk — The Night It Went National lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/burial/",
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      "title": "Archangel",
      "year": 2007,
      "label": "Hyperdub",
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      "whyItMatters": "Rain, vinyl crackle and a pitched-up R&B vocal grieving over garage percussion that never quite lands on the grid. The record that made this music legible to people who would never enter the club.",
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