APPLEBLIM & SHACKLETON

SOUNDBOY PUNISHMENTS

SKULL DISCO

2CD

(MAY 2007)

Skull Disco’s reputation as an innovative and boundary pushing record label seems to be ever growing, whilst Shackleton and Appleblim’s reputation as two dubhead mavericks single-mindedly following the path seldom travelled and being far the more interesting as a result is already well-formed by those in the know.

Now seems to be the ideal time for releasing a document of the first releases. From the tender, melancholy chords of Shackleton’s ‘Blood On My Hands’ through to Appleblim’s brutal riffage on ‘Fear’, this is music that defies easy categorization – on the one hand huge, swooping basslines and explosive snares, on the other delicate percussion and tripped out melodies.

The first CD is a collection of the first five releases on Skull Disco (each standing out from its peers), whilst the second CD is a collection of the more eclectic, unreleased, or non-Skull releases, including the eagerly anticipated Ricardo Villalobos remix of Shackleton’s ‘Blood On My Hands’ and a couple of unreleased beasts from each producer.

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