{"title":"Shackleton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSam Shackleton, born in Lancashire and now resident in Berlin, emerged during the early rise of the Dubstep scene. He ran the label Skull Disco alongside Appleblim from 2005 to 2008. In 2010, Shackleton launched his own label Woe To The Septic Heart!. His unique sound has made him a standout figure in the electronic music world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShackleton's music is often described as experimental and boundary-pushing. Drawing inspiration from various genres such as dub, techno, and tribal rhythms, he creates intricate sonic landscapes that captivate listeners. His tracks are characterized by deep basslines, hypnotic beats, and haunting melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a discography spanning over a decade, Shackleton has collaborated with renowned artists including Pinch, Kode9, Peverelist, Zomby, and many more. His live performances are immersive experiences that showcase his mastery of production techniques and ability to create an atmospheric journey for his audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"in-the-cell-of-dreams","title":"In the Cell of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from their critically acclaimed debut album, the second album from Shackleton \/ Zimpel represents the culmination of the ecstatic trance urge that has underlined both artists work since they embarked on their singular yet somehow parallel paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe duo, consisting of electronic music maverick Sam Shackleton and visionary avant folk virtuoso Waclaw Zimpel, sees them link up with one of Indian Carnatic music’s greatest emerging young vocal talents, Siddhartha Belmannu, to bring an album which is equal parts both a meditative exercise and an urge to transcendence whilst thematising both the acceptance of our mortality and the joyous celebration of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artists’ intention behind the album was to make a piece of work that was beautiful, deep and moving and which engages with the listener in a direct and honest way. Avant and forward looking music which doesn’t rely on cynical gestures to keep attention or enhance its artistic credentials. Put more simply, it is intended to go straight to the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album consists of four long form tracks which eschew the traditional verse and chorus structure in favour of getting lost within the trance. There are musical cycles within musical cycles whilst diverse time signatures and phrases exist alongside each other in a manner that is in stark contrast to much of Western music tradition. Whilst this may seem demanding for the listener, the artistry of the musicians and Siddhartha’s beautiful and deeply moving vocal, for the most part in his native language Kannada, make for a sublime listening experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"7K!","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50421261205835,"sku":"2048538","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/In_the_Cell_of_Dreams_feat._Siddhartha_Belmannu_a9a6da44_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726756537"},{"product_id":"jinxed-by-being","title":"Jinxed by Being","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat might appear to be the most unlikely collaboration of 2024 proves also to be one of\nthe most invigorating listens of the year! Shackleton and Six Organs of Admittance are\nin full aural \/metaphysical alignment in their mutual effort to become \u003ci\u003eJinxed By Being\u003c\/i\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn first listen, it becomes immediately clear that this fusion of Shackleton’s bass-heavy\ncosmic dread and Six Organs’ ritual folksong makes total sense. Longtime listeners know\nthat both Shackleton and Six Organs of Admittance have been unafraid to pursue their\nmuse into any and all encroaching depth of darkness or outer boundary of potential dissonance — in fact, that has always been their default mode, finding more of resonance way\nout there in the process.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey also share that ol’ maverick psychedelic ritual transcendental music vibe, don’t\nthey? And a fascination with repetition and cycles. And a mutual inspiration drawn from\nalternative tunings and literature...all this considered, it’s been basically inevitable that\nBen Chasny and Sam Shackleton would work together.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt took a while for them to find each other—and once they did, it was almost eerie, how\npreordained it felt. When the music started coming, though — that’s when it got really eerie.\nThe mood rises from the music like smoke, a sure signal of total integration.\u003ci\u003e Jinxed by Being\u003c\/i\u003e\nfinds Shackleton and Six Organs of Admittance delighting in their synthesis. Reveling in\nthe unique sonic textures found in the collage, they launch small details that unfold into a\nmassive space, then fracture into multiple lines of dimensional reality, crossing the stereo\nspectrum with enervating motility.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere lies all the proof you need against the danger of categorizing by perceived genre\nrather than intention - encounters like Shackleton and Six Organs of Admittance might\nnever have found the linear space in which they sit next to each other, beyond alphabets\nand other institutional organizing principles. Rearrange your libraries — or you might miss\ngetting Jinxed By Being.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drag City","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50442767532363,"sku":"2200046","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Jinxed_by_Being_7712b59e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727004296"},{"product_id":"the-majestic-yes","title":"The Majestic Yes","description":"\u003cp\u003eKiller EP. Next-level Shackleton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking off from Beaugars Seck’s foundational sabar drum rhythms — recorded by Sam in Dakar in February 2020 — Shackleton has constructed a trio of intricately layered, luminous, enchanted, epic excursions. The second is more dazzled and meandering, with jellied bass, insectile detail, and discombobulated jabbering; the third is more liquid, fleet of foot, and psychedelic, with a grooving b-line and funky keyboard stabs, scrambled eastern strings and hypnotic vocalese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe harmonium in The Overwhelming Yes sounds like Nico blowing in chillily from up the desert shore. The overall mood is wondrous, twinkling with light, onwards-and-upwards; an uncanny, dubwise mix of the ancient and the futuristic. Mark Ernestus’ Version is stripped, trepidatious, mystical, and stranger still, with just a snatch of the original melody, extra distortion and delay, and crystal-clear drum sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty minutes of startlingly original music, with Shackleton the maestro at the top of his game, and a characteristically evilous dub by Mark Ernestus. Mastered by Rashad Becker; handsomely sleeved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSick to the nth. 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Shackleton’s work explores conceptual and spiritual themes with an emotional depth beyond most artists working in European dance music today, and his visions of inner space, apocalypse and dread are more timely than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis record was conceived after Holy Tongue and Shackleton shared a festival line up in Sweden. Holy Tongue were initially keen to get Shackleton to remix one of their existing tracks but they soon decided to have a project together and work on some fresh new music, allowing Shackleton to do something more creative with it in the studio. Thus Holy Tongue recorded a collection of raw material in the studio and sent it to Shackleton. The result is far more than the sum of its parts. 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