XLR8R — In an unfortunate turn of events, Shackleton has been forced to cancel his upcoming US tour dates due to visa issues. read more more info

XLR8R — It has been some time since we've heard from Shackleton, the Berlin-based Woe to the Septic Heart label boss and bass-focused experimental producer. Nearly two years after releasing his Music for the Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ EPs box set, the... more info

XLR8R — Before shifting its focus to album-oriented releases in 2014, Modeselektor's 50Weapons label has announced the details of an upcoming compilation entitled 50WEAPONSRMX01-09, which will gather the DJ-friendly remixes from the imprint's disco... more info

Impose Magazine — Ernest Shackleton was a manly British explorer who died in a valiant quest for discovery of the South Pole. The Shackeltons, whose flip-flopped spelling might indicate a different kind of breed, express a similar thirst for thrills as they release th... more info

XLR8R — As far as genre is concerned, New Zealand producer Fis (a.k.a. Oliver Peryman) refreshingly doesn't give listeners much to go on. His EPs have been loosely lumped in with drum & bass, if only because of tempo, but Peryman is about as close to th... more info

XLR8R — It would be difficult to deny that, in some ways at least, Bristol resident Laurie Osborne (a.k.a. Appleblim) has a natural aptitude for electronic music. He was, after all, one of the two producers behind Skull Disco; a label-cum-collaborative proje... more info

XLR8R — From the perspective of media outside the UK, Bristol's Peverelist and Kowton have been more closely associated with dubstep than certain peers—for instance, the Hessle Audio trifecta of Ben UFO, Pearson Sound, and Pangaea—who came up in the... more info

Sky News — Two men successfully recreate one of the most dangerous journeys ever made nearly 100 years after it was first undertaken. more info

Sky News — The team will use a replica boat to recreate Sir Ernest Shackleton's 800 nautical mile journey across the South Atlantic in 1916. more info

Guardian Music — Industrial decline? Far from it. Luke Turner hails the craftsmen of a very British, bleak but danceable, hammer-and-tongs technoLike a tin of WD40 and a clapped-out drill, there has long been a satisfyingly functional relationship between industrial ... more info