(snagged when I was down at Seedy Brew's this past summer)
holy mother of god
but we do fancy this here dubstep
BOOMKAT says: Renegade dubstep mavericks Shackleton and Appleblim finally commit their Skull Disco back catalogue to a shiny double-CD format. Over the past two years Skull Disco have kept us right on the edge of our seats with a timely succession of mould-breaking, vinyl-only releases and the odd exclusive dub to really get our bones going.
In a steady stream ever since, the Skull Disco clan have constantly upped the ante on each new installment, with the contrasting sonic personalities of Shackleton and Appleblim chasing the dubstep dragon deeper into their own personal visions.
Shackleton heads on a deeply percussive journey into the mid-East territories on 'Hamas Rule' or the pan-generic, peerless low-end melancholy of the astonishing 'Blood On My Hands', and belying a strangely coincidental fascination with the sonic possibilities of this turbulent part of the globe with his Lancashire counterpart Bryn Jones a.k.a Muslimgauze.
Appleblim continues to forge a headstrong and unique dubstep expression with tracks like 'Girder' or 'Fear' owing as much to Monolake as the Bristol and FWD sounds he is heavily involved with.
From a shared palette of sounds, influences, and ideas, Shackleton and Appleblim have developed a fierce arsenal of future Soundsystem weapons showcased on CD2 with the Villalobos mix of 'Blood On My Hands', an 18-minute trip into opiated minimalism, and the jackin stepper 'New Dawn', alongside Appleblim's previously unreleased 'Gold and Silver'.
Adorned with Zeke Clough's definitive artwork, this is the full package!
---> timely too! <---
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