Double up: Five surprising production collaborations we're delighted happened
Teamwork makes the dream work
Burial & Zomby
As two of the foremost figures in dubstep, this collaboration wasn’t so much unexpected musically, but we were surprised that a personality clash didn’t get in between these two working together. While they’re both elusive artists, with Burial this takes the form of almost total reclusion, having never played a live gig and rarely giving interviews, and with Zomby it transpires as maintaining anonymity by wearing an ostentatious golden mask, while being vocally outspoken and semi-regularly fighting people online and IRL. Regardless of the circumstances, we’re glad it came to be because they’re two of the best UK producers of the past decade and the resulting track ‘Sweetz’, which featured on Zomby’s 2016 album ‘Ultra’, is a brilliant cut, combining Zomby’s rude ‘arcdore styling with Burial’s unmistakable atmosphere.
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