Browse by Label: SKULL DISCO (UK)

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soundboy Punishments
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 001CD

1st CD release from 2007. "Skull Disco's reputation as an innovative and boundary-pushing record label seems to be ever growing, while 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. As both producers seem to be on the verge of greater popularity, Shackleton's unique percussive sound-winning plaudits from the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Radio Slave and Kode 9, who have all put Shackleton releases in their sets while Appleblim's bass line fury has been unleashed on many a dancefloor, including the legendary Forward Club, with devastating results. 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. Appleblim and Shackleton's styles not only contrast with each other, but are diverse within their own individual domains, never stuck on an idea, always looking how to reach the next level of invention. So here we have it, on the first disc, the collection of the first five releases on Skull Disco, each standing out from its peers with its idiosyncratic nature and bloody minded refusal to follow the crowd. The second CD, 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,' the Mordant Music and Hot Flush releases, and a couple of unreleased beasts from each producer. This is as comprehensive as it gets." Last copies of the original UK version; now licensed to Rough Trade in the U.S.

Artist:	SHACKLETON/APPLEBLIM & PEVERELIST
Title:	Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 002CD

"The final chapter in the Skull Disco story has arrived, in the shape of a 2CD compilation, Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals. Shackleton and Appleblim have decided to call time on the label, which over the past three years has acted as a platform mainly for their own productions, with one-off contributions from Bristolians Gatekeeper and Peverelist. Although Skull Disco will be sorely missed, massive respect to Shack and 'Blim for quitting while they're ahead and leaving behind a small but perfectly formed body of work that helped evolve and re-define bass music for the 21st century. Disc one of Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals collects all the tracks from SKULL006 to SKULL010, except Ricardo Villalobos' groundbreaking remix of Shackleton's 'Blood On My Hands' (SKULL007), which found its way onto the first Skull Disco CD compilation, Soundboy Punishments. Highlights include Appleblim's dub-techno masterpiece 'Vansan' and brooding Peverelist collaborations 'Circling' and 'Over Here,' as well as Shackleton's 'Death Is Not Final' and the previously-unreleased original mix of 'Shortwave.' Disc two is dedicated to remixes of Skull Disco tracks. Some have been released before, like the Pole remix of 'Shortwave' (originally out on ~scape), Brendan Moeller's 'Over Here' version and T++'s frankily terrifying re-work of 'Death Is Not Final'; but others, by the likes of DJ/Rupture, Geiom, Badawi and Bass Clef, are new. T++'s long-awaited mix of 'Vansan' also finally sees the light of day here. As with all Skull Disco releases, Soundboy's Gravestone is packaged in terrific artwork by the inimitable Zeke Clough."

Artist:	SHACKLETON
Title:	Soundboy's Nuts Get Ground Up Proper EP
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 003EP

"Shackleton's tracks have been getting a caning from the likes of Kode 9 and N Type on Rinse FM, through to the likes of Rob da Bank on Radio One and also on XFM, and at raves such as DMZ and Subloaded. Shackleton and his Skull Disco partner, Appleblim, along with top drawer rave master Necta Selecta, have been playing at various venues this year, from their own Skull Disco parties where they, along with Digital Mystiks, smashed it up in legendary style, through to Manchester with Vex'd and Bristol."

Artist:	SHACKLETON/GATEKEEPER
Title:	Soundboy's Bones Get Buried in the Dirt Volume 1
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 004EP

2006 release, repressed. "Shackleton's tracks have been getting a caning from the likes of Kode 9 and N Type on Rinse FM, through to the likes of Rob da Bank on Radio One and also on XFM, and at raves such as DMZ and Subloaded. DJ support from people as diverse as Richard Villalobos. Positive reviews of previous releases have appeared in The Wire, IDJ, Fact magazine, and many more. Soundboy's Bones are going to get buried in the dirt."

Artist:	APPLEBLIM/SHACKLETON
Title:	Soundboy's Ashes Get Chopped Out and Snorted
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 006EP

2007 release, repressed. "Once again Skull Disco returns after a brief hiatus with two bangers for the new year. On the A-side, there's Appleblim once again upping his game with his deepest and most developed track yet. 'Vansan' is sure to be appeal to fans of Basic Channel, through to dubsteppers and the whole dubhead fraternity. Pure weight and thickness. Great stuff. Shackleton on the AA side brings the percussive vibe with a track that increases his use of intricate beats and middle-eastern influenced rhythms. It's a sprawling journey across the wasteland here with the tension increasing with every increment. You know the man's style. Out on its own!"

Artist:	APPLEBLIM & PEVERELIST
Title:	Soundboy's Ashes Get Hacked Up And Spat Out In Disgust EP
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 008EP

"Skull Disco presents a collaboration between the well regarded producers of minimal dubwise beats Appleblim & Peverelist. While Appleblim will need no introduction to Skull Disco followers or ravers at the legendary Forward club where he is resident DJ, Peverelist has also been making waves through his own sublime releases on his Punch Drunk label and has had interest in his music from dubheads, to established radio DJs such as Mary Anne Hobbs through to techno DJs such as Luciano. This collaboration has brought out the absolute best in both producers, the end result being two outstanding tracks with the most depth and complexity yet on a Skull Disco release."

Artist:	SHACKLETON
Title:	Death Is Not Final
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 009EP

"For the 9th release in the Skull Disco series we see Shackleton teaming up with Tenfold Vengeance and the legendary Berlin producer T++ (Monolake, Dynamo, Erosion etc.) who is for our money up there with the finest and most notorious Berlin producers right now, pushing the sounds of Basic Channel right through to the bass music that co-exists between techno, breaks and dubstep. Kicking off where Blood on My Hands left us, with the minimal techno vibe still firmly intact and a heavy tribal, Eastern influence. Both tracks are absolutely epic, inspiring and represent the mash-up of genres influencing the Skull Disco camp."

Artist:	SHACKLETON
Title:	Soundboy's Suicide Note
Label:	SKULL DISCO (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	SKULL 010EP

"Shackleton continues to push the musical envelope, reaching beyond the realms of dubstep into some dark fissure of future dread history. Drawing from a familiar palette of beats and bass, 'The Rope Tightens...' scatters rambling paranoiac poetry across a rushing moonscape soundstage, reprised in the brooding storm of '...But The Branch Is Weak.' 'In the Void' adds dashes of ethnic strings to color the darkness slightly, and 'Shortwave' finishes up with a rolling barrage of percussion, subs and icy gusts."

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