Rabit (musician)

Rabit
Rabit
Birth name	Eric C. Burton
Born	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Electronic; experimental; post-industrial; chopped and screwed; grime;
Instrument(s)	Synthesizer, computer, sampler
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Halcyon Veil, Glacial Sound, Tri Angle

Eric C. Burton, best known by the recording alias Rabit, is an American producer of experimental electronic music, as well as the owner of his own label Halcyon Veil, born in Houston.

Career

Burton began his musical career making experimental grime music for online record labels. Eventually, he released his debut album Communion on Tri Angle, which was released to critical acclaim. In a Pitchfork review by Philip Sherburne, where he rated the record 7.9 out of 10,^[2] he stated that it was 'violent music' and that 'you emerge even after just a few minutes' worth of the album's unrelenting barrage of beats and palette of sampled shrapnel feeling dazed and punch-drunk'.^[2]

In 2017, Burton was featured as a producer on Björk's Grammy-nominated^[3] album Utopia for the track 'Losss'. In the same year, he released Les Fleurs Du Mal, a shift in style to pure experimental electronic music outside of grime. He currently owns and releases music on the record label Halcyon Veil, which has existed since 2015.

Burton has also produced and independently released mixtapes of chopped and screwed music in the vein of DJ Screw.

Discography

Studio albums

Communion (2015, Tri Angle)
Excommunicate (2016)
Les Fleurs Du Mal (2017, Halcyon Veil)
Life After Death (2018, Halcyon Veil)
What Dreams May Come (2022, Halcyon Veil)

EPs

Terminator (2012, #FEELINGS)
Double Dragon (2013, Glacial Sound)
Baptizm (2015, Tri Angle)
Toe In The Bardo Pond (2018, Halcyon Veil)

Mixtapes

Cry Alone Die Alone (2018, Halcyon Veil)
Bricks in a Drought (2018)
The Dope Show (2019, Halcyon Veil)
Kold Summer (2019)
Star Belly (2019)

References

^ "Rabit's Les Fleurs Du Mal is a divine opium for mortal hearts". FACT. November 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rabit: Communion Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. October 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
^ "Grammy Nominations 2019: See the List | The New York Times". The New York Times. December 18, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

[factmag-1] "Rabit's Les Fleurs Du Mal is a divine opium for mortal hearts". FACT. November 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[pitchfork-2] "Rabit: Communion Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. October 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[nytimes-3] "Grammy Nominations 2019: See the List | The New York Times". The New York Times. December 18, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

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