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SHACKLETON - THE 6 MIX WITH MARY ANNE HOBBS 13.02.26 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th February 2026
Sam Shackleton, born in Lancashire and now resident in Berlin, emerged during the early rise of the Dubstep scene, running the now defunct label Skull Disco alongside Appleblim from 2005 to 2008. Shackleton launched the label Woe To The Septic Heart! in 2010. He has just released a new album Euphoria Bound, the UK producer's debut for AD 93.
The 6 Mix is the new flagship mix on BBC Radio 6 Music, curated by Mary Anne Hobbs.
Each week, Mary Anne Hobbs will introduce a one-hour mix from a past, present or future icon of electronic music - artists, DJs, labels, and clubs.
Mordant Music - Gaining Momentum [Mordant Music]
Alice Coltrane - Sita Ram [The Verve Music Group]
Wrecked Lightship - Reeling Mist [Peak Oil]
Rhythm & Sound - Spend Some Time [Burial Mix]
Shackleton & MC Yallah - Tongues (Late Junction Collaboration Session)
African Head Charge - Stebeni's Theme [On-U Sound]
Fatala - Gongoma Times [Real World]
Andreas Gerth & Carl Oesterhelt - Abdication [Umor Rex]
Uwalmassa - Majuh [Mana]
Shackleton - One Of Us Escaped [Woe To The Septic Heart]
C.O.B. - Sweet Slavery [Tapestry]
Shackleton & Six Organs Of Admittance - Spring Will Return [Drag City]
Suicide - Sweetheart [Mute]
SHACKLETON & WACŁAW ZIMPEL - BLEEP MIX #271 (256kbs-m4a/177mb/1hr36mins)
Bleep podcast: 6th September 2023
To celebrate the release of their second collaborative album, Woe To The Septic Heart / Skull Disco's Shackleton is joined by visionary avant folk virtuoso Wacław Zimpel presenting an exclusive and very special edition to our Bleep mix series. An ode to the meditative and trance inducing vocals imparted by Siddhartha Belmannu on the album In The Cell Of Dreams - the mix features an intoxicating blend of Indian works alongside their own productions.
1. - Raga Aberi
L. Shankar - violin
Zakir Hussain - tabla
Vikku Vinayakram - ghatam
2. - Karaikudi Mani - mridangam
Harishankar G - khanjira
3. - "India" by John Coltrane from the album "Impressions"
John Coltrane - soprano sax
Eric Dopphy - bass clarinet
McCoy Tyner – piano
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Reggie Workman – double bass
Elvin Jones - drums
4. - "Uprise" by Saagara from the album "2"
Waclaw Zimpel - alto clarinet
Mysore N. Karthik - violin
Giridhar Udupa - ghatam
Aggu Baba - khanjira
K Raja - thavil
5. - Siddhivinaayakam
U Shrinivas - mandolin
6. - "Eastern Man" by Terry Riley from the album "Songs for the Ten Voices of the Two Prophets"
7. - Raga Aberi
L. Shankar - violin
8. - Raga Kanakangi
S Balachander - VEENA
9. - "Ebb and Flow" by Saagara from the album "2"
Waclaw Zimpel - alto clarinet
Mysore N. Karthik - violin
Giridhar Udupa - ghatam
Aggu Baba - khanjira
K Raja - thavil
10. - "Ocean Lies Between Us" by Shackleton/Zimpel with Siddhartha Belmannu from the album "In The Cell Of Dreams"
Shackleton - electronics
Waclaw Zimpel - processed alto clarinet
Siddhartha Belmannu - vocal
SHACKLETON - BLEEP MIX #152 (256kbs-m4a/116mb/63mins)
Bleep podcast: 10th December 2020
The enigmatic genius Shackleton's contribution to Bleep's mix series is completely and utterly captivating. In his first mix in almost a decade, the music blends tracks from 2019's Reach The Endless Sea and 2020's Like The Stars Forever And Ever, the two LPs Shackleton has made as part of the group Tunes Of Negation. These numbers are spliced together with live versions, improvisatory passages and droning interludes which were fashioned by Shackleton resampling pre-existing tracks. Those who know Shackleton from his dubstep days will find that his sound has changed considerably since then - his intoxicating style now nods more to Jon Hassell's fourth world explorations, Indian classical music, the rhythmic phasing of Steve Reich and post-minimalist artists like Midori Takada. This earthy, psychedelic hour serves as a fascinating chronicle of how Shackleton's artistic voice has developed down the years.
"The mix is made up of tracks from the two "Tunes Of Negation" albums, some live versions, and some studio improvisations. I made some bridges between the tracks with drones and the like that I created out of parts from existing tunes that I resampled and generally messed around with." - Shackleton
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - The World Is A Stage (Live version from Atonal Festival 2019) (0:00)
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - Your Message Is Peace (10:47)
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - Tundra Erotic (19:01)
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - Naked Shall I Return (28:09)
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - Studio Freakout (36:00)
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - The Time Has Come (Studio Version) (38:26)
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - More Freakout (48:52)
Shackleton - Tunes Of Negation - Nowhere Ending Sky (54:52)
SHACKLETON & MC YALLAH - LATE JUNCTION SESSION 04.11.22 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/25mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 4th November 2022
Verity Sharp shares the results of our latest long-distance collaboration session, between enigmatic English producer Shackleton and Kenyan rapper MC Yallah.
Growing up amongst what he has described as the rugged and merciless landscapes of Northern England, Shackleton is a producer in his own lane, a purveyor of stark and uncompromising electronic rhythms and textures. Founder of record labels Skull Disco and Woe To The Septic Heart!, his music defies categorisation, drawing elements from the worlds of dubstep, techno and ambient, as well as musique concrète, Indonesian gamelan and Moroccan gnawa. Now based in Berlin, his latest EP, The Majestic Yes, builds on the rhythms of Senegalese sabar drum rhythms to craft a web of intricately layered musical explorations.
Kenyan rapper MC Yallah has been a formidable figure in the Ugandan hip hop scene since the 90s. An affiliate of the Nyege Nyege crew since its inception in 2013, her fierce and intense lyrics are drawn from real-life experiences and often address women's issues. Delivering her words in a range of languages including Kiswahili, Luganda, English and Luo, MC Yallah's artistry is shot through with integrity and self-determination.
1. Shackleton & MC Yallah - Interview 1
2. Shackleton & MC Yallah - Pakasa (Demolition)
3. Shackleton & MC Yallah - Interview 2
4. Shackleton & MC Yallah - Back In The Yard
5. Shackleton & MC Yallah - Interview 3
6. Shackleton & MC Yallah - Tongues
SHACKLETON - DRONES OVER LANCASHIRE (192kbs/42mb/31mins)
BBC Radio Lancashire On The Wire 30th Anniversary broadcast: 20th September 2014
Shackleton - In Our Lancashire Drones
Shackleton - Crumbly, Creamy, Tasty
Shackleton - Horsefaced Judas
SHACKLETON - FABRIC 55 (320kbs/74mins/180mb)
UK, CD Fabric (Fabric 55) released 6th December 2010
01: Shackleton - Come Up
02: Shackleton - Moon Over Joseph's Burial
03: Shackleton - Hypno Angel
04: Shackleton - Visontele
05: Shackleton - Interlude: Blood Rhythm With Wishy Drones
06: Shackleton - Operatic Waves
07: Shackleton - Closeness To Nature
08: Shackleton - Negative Thoughts
09: Shackleton Featuring Vengeance Tenfold - Death Is Not Final
10: Shackleton - International Fires
11: Shackleton - Paper
12: Shackleton - Deadman
13: Shackleton - Interlude: Point One, Sense It
14: Shackleton - Man On A String (Part 1)
15: Shackleton - Man On A String (Part 2)
16: Shackleton - Ice
17: Shackleton - Busted Spirit
18: Shackleton - Bottles
19: Shackleton - New Dawn
20: Shackleton - Something Has Got To Give
21: Shackleton - Massacre
22: Shackleton - Stripped
SHACKLETON - FABRIC 55 (RADIO MIX 2) (320kbs/137mb/60mins)
Download December 2010
Shackleton & Vengeance Tenfold - Stripped III (Version)
Shackleton - Man On A String Part 1 and 2
Shackleton - Angel On A String
Shackleton - Fireworks
Shackleton - Deadman
Shackleton - Bottles
Shackleton - Hypno Angel
Shackleton - Something Has Got To Give
Shackleton - Massacre
Shackleton - Torn Skin III (Version)
SHACKLETON - FABRIC 55 (RADIO MIX 1) (320kbs/84mb/37mins)
Download December 2010
Shackleton - Fireworks
Shackleton - Deadman
Shackleton - Bottles
Shackleton - Hypno Angel
Shackleton - Something Has Got To Give
Shackleton - Massacre
Shackleton - Torn Skin III (Version)
SHACKLETON - ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS 133 (VBR/111mb/62mins)
Electronic Explorations download November 2010
Shackleton & Vengeance Tenfold - Stripped III (Version)
Shackleton - Man On A String Part 1 and 2
Shackleton - Angel On A String
Shackleton - Fireworks
Shackleton - Deadman
Shackleton - Bottles
Shackleton - Hypno Angel
Shackleton - Something Has Got To Give
Shackleton - Massacre
Shackleton - Torn Skin III (Version)
SHACKLETON - MAH MIX 26.08.10 (320kbs/84mb/37mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast 26th August 2010
FAREWELL MIX FOR MARY ANNE HOBBS
Shackleton & Vengeance Tenfold - Untitled
Shackleton - Stripped II
Shackleton - Bottles
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final (Version)
Shackleton - International Fires
Shackleton - Paper
Shackleton - Deadman
Shackleton - Busted Spirit
Shackleton - Something Has To Give (Version)
Shackleton - Massacre (Version)
Shackleton - Torn Skin II
Shackleton - Blood On My Hands (Version)
Thanx to ENNISELLIS for FM upgrade
SHACKLETON - MAH MIX 09.09.09 (192kbs/54mb/39mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast 9th September 2009
Shackleton - Jackal Deep
Shackleton - Let Go
Shackleton - Deadman 1
Shackleton - Negative Thoughts
Shackleton - Deadman 2
Shackleton - Time for Love
Shackleton - Sirens
Shackleton - Moon Over Joseph's Burial
Shackleton - Mountains of Ashes
Shackleton - Tremblin Leaf
Shackleton - Cyclical Bass
Shackleton - There's a Slow Train Coming
SHACKLETON - MAH MIX 14.11.07 (320kbs/71mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast 14th November 2007
SOUNDBOY'S SUICIDE NOTE
Shackelton feat. Tenfold Vengeance - The Rope Tightens (Skull Disco Dubplate)
Shackleton - In The Void (Skull Disco Dubplate)
Shackleton feat. Tenfold Vengeance - ...But The Branch Is Weak (Skull Disco Dubplate)
Shackleton - Satan Is In The Labyrinth (Skull Disco Dubplate)
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final (Skull Disco Dubplate)