Shackleton - Music For The Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
It's time to dust off the IDM label. This is both clearly part of the dance music continuum and also clearly not for dancing to! Which is kind of where IDM sat. It really reminds me of people like Bill Laswell and Jah Wobble in the sense of producing experimental music but which is clearly informed by a more mainstream genre like Funk, Dub Reggae or Dance.

It also highlights the current problem of trying to name, categorise and create boxes for (sub)bass-heavy musics particularly from the UK melting pot. "dowuhtulike - we'll name it later" is a valid response but it's a bit of a cop out so here's another take. There's DM (dance music), sometimes called IDM that is DM designed for listening to while doing something else. As opposed to DM that is designed to jack your body and that only really makes sense while played at high volume on a dance floor.

The "intelligent" bit of IDM is a bit insulting because it suggests that there's Stupid Dance Music (SDM?) as well. Well there certainly are DMs that are stupid (psy-trance comes to mind!) but that's not the intention.

AnyRoadUp, no matter what we decide to call it, Shackleton is pushing boundaries with some extraordinary sounds that are still accessible. Dig it out, listen to it, enjoy. RA gave it 4.5 out of 5 and IMHO that's deserved.

http://thequietus.com/articles/08633-shackleton-quiet-hour-drawbar-organ-eps
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=10964
http://www.thisisourhouse.org/2012/05/reviews-shackleton-music-for-the-quiet-hourthe-drawbar-organ-e-ps-woe-to-the-septic-heart/
http://www.spin.com/blogs/genre-shall-not-be-named-dubstep