Shackleton - Man On A String Part 1 and 2

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4...according to our Ant on Fri 12 Nov, 2010.

This Months Wire magazine cover star Shackleton drops the first 12" on his new label Woe To The Septic Heart and as expected it's a highly percussive affair. Expertly working the rhythms into a complex multi-layered track with tons going on, it builds with a massive slowly emerging synth and gets really intense then drops back down to some congas and african drums while he tweaks the filters. Now lots of elements I really do enjoy but I'm faced with the problem that I often get with Shackleton and that is that I'm reminded of headshop ethnic comedown music and someone wearing Aztec print trousers playing bongos over psychedelic chill out dub music at 5AM. The flipside is a little more energetic with slow sub bass action. Tidy sleeve from the guy that did the Skull Disco artwork.

Since writing the suicide note for Skull Disco in 2008, Shackleton has made a well received long player for Perlon and remixed the likes of Harmonia and Brian Eno, Moderat and To Rococo Rot as well as making a mix cd for the Fabric series and one of the final mixes for the Mary Anne Hobbes show on Radio One. This release however sees Shackleton once again with his own label which will go by the name of Woe To The Septic Heart!
Those who have heard Shackleton before may know what to expect and will not be surprised to hear two bass-heavy, percussive tracks with a psychedelic edge and an involved narrative that will perhaps not be played out on every dancefloor. More’s the pity.

a Shackleton – Man On A String Part 1 and 2
aa Shackleton – Bastard Spirit

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