Shackleton At Juno Download

Review: The original version of "Deadman" is a tense, dense affair that skirts on the edges of dance floor accessibility, but is chiefly concerned with setting a tone rather than delivering instantaneous gratification. Admittedly, there are pummelling tribal drums and rolling percussion at the heart of the arrangement, but they act as a facilitator for the eerie textures and the almost detached-sounding vocal intoning "everyone starts from point one, no one Honest Jon's have recruited Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin to contribute a remix as King Midas Sound and their "death dub" version certainly lives up to its title. Dispensing entirely with the already tenuous dance floor link, the duo conjure up foggy textures that sound more malignant than anything the current wave of dub techno producers could muster, and use them as the basis for an eerie, childlike vocal - like the creepy kid from "The Sixth Sense" movie on qualudes. Finally, the crackle remix provides some light relief, with tiny, chiming bells tinkling through an abstract take characterised by soft-focus edges.

Review: It's entirely typical of a revered producer such as former Skull Disco boss Shackleton that some new material from the Berlin based producer should arrive without the necessity for PR fanfare that far too many musicians require. It's even more typical of Shackleton that Music For The Quiet Hour is just so damn epic in scale and execution. Whilst this digital version doesn't convey the full brilliance of Zeke Clough's artistic contribution in the manner the vinyl or CD versions do, it does allow you to focus fully on the music. Largely formed of mesmerizing material produced on an Italian drawbar organ module the producer has been experimenting with for the best part of two years, theses 16 tracks are bristling with the sort of all consuming basslines and unique percussive melodies that Shackleton has made his own and true fans need little more reason to indulge.