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Fabric 55

Shackleton

Fabric 55

Berlin-based dance producer Sam Shackleton with a studio recorded mix of his live set

Label
Fabric
UK Release date
06/12/2010
  1. 10.0 |   State

    His hyperactive percussion and trippy rhythms gives his sound an ancient quality which invokes primitive emotions and moods
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  2. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    While his music remains both beautiful and compelling outside of a mix, within this collage-like context it's lent an otherworldly, labyrinthine grace
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  3. 8.5 |   BBC

    Its moments of light – the minimalist dancehall organ stabs on International Fires – and dark – the eerily uninflected biblical quotations on penultimate track Massacre – are emblematic of its overall effect: bold and galvanising
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  4. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    Shackleton has always been kin to minimal techno producers, but Fabric 55 isn't spare so much as careful and modest... Dance music with African rhythms, reggae melodies, and Far Eastern vocals
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