Birth name Sam Shackleton Born Lancashire, England Genres experimental，electronic，techno，post-industrial，avant-garde Years active 2004–present Sam Shackleton, better known by his stage name Shackleton, is an English electronic producer and founder of the record labels Skull Disco and Woe to the Septic Heart!. Sam Shackleton was born in Lancashire, England.[1] He participated in various musical projects throughout the years, playing in punk bands as a teenager and later performing as part of a dancehall duo with Earl Fontainelle (aka Vengeance Tenfold).[1][2] He first began producing music on a computer in 2003.[3] Around this time, Shackleton was becoming more familiar with grime and dubstep through regular visits with Laurie Osborne (aka Appleblim), Necta Selecta, and Engine Room to FWD>> club nights.[4] Shackleton's first release was a track entitled "Stalker", released on Mordant Music in 2004.[1] The track was later picked up by Rough Trade Shops and included on their Counter Culture Best of 2004 compilation.[2] The combination of the Rough Trade release and "seeing that people were making interesting bass music"[2] led Shackleton to create the record label Skull Disco with Appleblim in 2005. The label's name was inspired by a book Shackleton was reading "about a tribe from Cameroon who dug up their ancestors remains so as they could enjoy watching the festivities while the living members of the tribe played music, danced and got pissed."[2][4][5] Shackleton was impressed with Appleblim's track "Mystikal Warrior", and it appeared on the first Skull Disco release, a double A-side with Shackleton's track "I Am Animal" on the flipside.[2] Shortly after, Shackleton created the now defunct Skull Disco club nights in London.[2] In 2008, Shackleton and Appleblim said goodbye to the Skull Disco label after ten vinyl releases.[1][6] In the same year, Shackleton relocated to Berlin.[1] In 2009, Shackleton released his debut album, Three EPs, on Perlon. The album was originally conceived as three separate releases and w