The final chapter in the Skull Disco story arrived in the shape of a 2xCD compilation. Shackleton and Appleblim decided to call time on the label which acted as a platform mainly for their own productions, with one-off contributions from Bristolians Gatekeeper and Peverelist, leaving behind a small but perfectly formed body of work that helped evolve and re-define bass music for the 21st century.
Disc One of Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals collects all the tracks from SKULL006 to SKULL010, except Ricardo Villalobos's groundbreaking remix of Shackleton's 'Blood on My Hands' (SKULL007), which found its way onto the first Skull Disco CD compilation, Soundboy Punishments. Highlights include Appleblim's dub-techno masterpiece 'Vansan' and brooding Peverelist collaborations 'Circling' and 'Over Here', as well as Shackleton's 'Death Is Not Final' and the previously unreleased original mix of 'Shortwave'. Disc Two is dedicated to remixes of Skull Disco tracks, like the Pole remix of 'Shortwave' (originally out on -scape), Brendan Moeller's 'Over Here' version and T++'s frankily terrifying re-work of 'Death Is Not Final'. Check T++'s mix of 'Vansan'! As with all Skull Disco releases, Soundboy's Gravestone is packaged in terrific artwork by the inimitable Zeke Clough.
SKULL DISCO YOU'LL BE MISSED - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!