Honestly it just completely entrances everyone, the set at fwd last year is probably the single greatest thing I've ever heard
definitely an unforgettable night that one.
argh that hurts, was this him playing his older stuff?
really regret never making it to see him when i was in london. the few sets i have from him are realy really heavy.
sometimes I thought the skull disco stuff sounded a bit rigid and kinda dull at times, although it did love pretty much all of it.
i agree that it was rigid and quite right, some of the tunes were a bit dull, but when he got it right… ah. also, in the right context (live for eg) monotony works. sometimes one loop sounds so good i want to wander around in it for a while.
a part of me wants to hear him return (if only momentarily) to the sheer brutality of some of his more dubstep sounding tunes, ie 'naked'.
yeah basically this. the skull disco concept really struck a chord with me that i haven't felt since i was into jungle. it’s that uplifting/call to arms feeling that i really miss in dance music right now. shackleton really hit that spot for me on quite a few of his releases. i think the skull disco sound could still be further developed and refined without getting tired. in a way it’s really tantalizing to think of where it could be taken to. the new stuff is still interesting and i'd take it over probably 80% of the rest of music that's being made right now in the dubstep and surrounding areas just because it's still genuinely trying new things, but somehow it doesn't feel quite as cohesive a concept to me,
yet. i guess i'll just have to see what he will follow it up with.
i realize he has to move forward as an artist and this is just me being a curmudgeon holding on to the good ol' days, but somehow i feel like there was potential for something much higher than was reached and it would be a shame to let something like that slip away.