Burial

British electronic musician
Person human Q552245
Burial
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Burial

Summary

Burial is a human[1]. He was born in Croydon[2]. He was born on 1979[3]. He worked as a composer[4] and record producer[5]. He ranks in the top 0.67% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,840 views/month, #6,727 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Born in Croydon[2], Burial…
  • Burial was born on 1979[3].
  • Burial held citizenship in United Kingdom[7].
  • Burial's professions included composer[4].
  • Burial's professions included record producer[5].
  • Burial's education included a stint at Elliott School[8].
  • Burial is recorded as male[9].
  • Burial's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Burial's genre is dubstep[11].
  • Burial's genre is future garage[12].
  • Burial's genre is ambient music[13].
  • Burial's record label is recorded as Hyperdub[14].
  • Burial's discography is recorded as Burial discography[15].
  • Burial's family name is recorded as Bevan[16].
  • Burial's given name is recorded as William[17].
  • Burial's given name is recorded as Emmanuel[18].
  • Burial's pseudonym is recorded as Burial[19].
  • Burial's official website is recorded as https://hyperdub.net/collections/burial[20].
  • Burial's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Burial (musician)[21].
  • Burial's instrument is recorded as digital audio workstation[22].
  • Burial's nominated for is recorded as Shortlist Music Prize[23].
  • Burial's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[24].
  • Burial's topic has template is recorded as Template:Burial[25].
  • Burial's birth name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'William Emmanuel Bevan'}[26].
  • Burial's start of work period is recorded as 2001[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1979-08[30]

  • Genre(s): 2-step, ambient, dub, dubstep, electronic, future garage, uk garage[31]

  • Community tags: 2-step, ambient, britannique, british, dance and electronica, dub, dubstep, electronic, english, future garage, london, moody, summer vibes, uk, uk garage[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9ddce51c-2b75-4b3e-ac8c-1db09e7c89c6[33]

Body

Origins and Family

Burial's place of birth was Croydon[2]. He was born on 1979[3].

Education

Burial's education included a stint at Elliott School[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include composer[4] and record producer[5].

Why It Matters

Burial ranks in the top 0.67% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,840 views/month, #6,727 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

Where was Burial born?

Burial's place of birth was Croydon[2].

What did Burial do for work?

Burial worked as composer[4] and record producer[5].

Where did Burial go to school?

Burial was educated at Elliott School[8].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . tinymixtapes.com. tinymixtapes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . thewire.co.uk. thewire.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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