Appleblim
Appleblim came to light running and releasing on the now defunct Skull Disco with Shackleton. Having been regulars at FWD>> from late 2002, then the only place you could hear dubstep, they were inspired by the likes of Digital Mystikz, Youngsta, D1 & Skream, to set up Skull Disco to release their own efforts at production. After the success of their vinyl only singles, the label went on to achieve more success with their popular CD compilations Soundboy Punishments 1 & 2.

With more and more DJs opening up to their sound after Ricardo Villalobos famously opening his sets with pitched-down Shackleton tracks, the label went from strength to strength when they released Vilalobos's epic 18 minute remix of 'Blood On My Hands' , which many saw as a meeting of the dubstep and techno worlds (although Appleblim & Shackleton would just say was a good tune!).

In the meantime, Appleblim was asked by FWD>> boss Sarah to do some warm up sets at the influential dubstep and future music club. After seeing how his sets went down there she asked him to mix the 6th installment of Tempa's genre-defining mix series Dubstep Allstars. The mix garnered rave reviews in the dance music press, featuring in many Top 10s of the year, and even appearing in Resident Advisors forthcoming Top 20 mixes of the decade.

When he and Shackleton decided to fold Skull Disco on a high, Appleblim went about setting up Apple Pips - an outlet for some of the amazing music that he was getting passed and playing round the world.. The label debuted with Martyn's 'Suburbia' and has since released genre shattering tracks by Brackles, Instra:mental, Ramadanman, Al Tourettes, Greena, Jus Wan & Brendon Moeller.

Concentrating mainly on collaborations with Ramadanman, Geiom, Komonazmuk & Al Tourettes, Appleblim has gained a name for truly interesting and challenging remixes of Brendon Moeller, The Black Ghosts, and Planetary Assault Systems for reknowned labels such as Wave Music, Southern Fried, & Ostgut Ton. Apple Pips continues to release quality electronic dance music of all genres, with a concentration on more upcoming Bristol based talent as well as tracks from talented producers round the world.

Al Tourettes
Al Tourettes, known to his Mum & Dad as Alec Storey, was born in 1983 has been playing drums since he was 9. His father is also a musician, & he started DJ’ing when he was 15, writing music on an Atari 2 years later. He studied Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University from 2002 - 2005- incidentally the same course as Appleblim, Gatekeeper, Luke's Anger and Wedge. Alec had his first release in 2006 on Growth Recordings, with subsequent releases on Birmingham’s KracktroniK Records and Sweden’s Input Output Recordings as well as remixes for Lukes Anger's Bonus Round Records.

In Spring 2008 Al met Appleblim, and became interested in the Dubstep/ Techno crossover. They collaborated on a remix of Hector & Bryants ‘Tension’ for Phonica Records debut vinyl release in Spring 2009. In Autumn 2009 he released ‘Dodgem’ on Apple Pips Recordings and followed it with a storming exclusive mix for Mary Anne Hobbs world renowned BBC Radio 1 show. Al collaborated again with Appleblim on a remix of Planetary Assault System’s ‘X Speaks to X’ for Berlin’s OstGut Ton, the in-house label of the legendary Berghain / Panoramabar club, released in October 2009. He followed this with a mix for Rob Booth's highly regarded 'Electronic Explorations' website in February of last year.

Summer 2010 saw the release of his EP 'When I rest I Rust/ The Next Meal' on Bristol imprint 'if symptoms persist' to critical acclaim, and a collaboration with Appleblim entitled "lipsmacker/ Mr Swishy' on Will Saul's 'Aus' Music. The pair also featured alongside Underworld on their latest album 'Barking' released in September 2010 with the track 'Hamburg Hotel'. The track is also due for a limited edition release on Apple Pips in Spring 2011. Other forthcoming releases include an EP for Bloc's in-house label Baselogic featuring a remix from AI records Datasette, as well as a remix with Appleblim of an Axel Boman track called 'Esteban Peligro', for Glass Table records. Both are due for release in early 2011.

Aside from personal projects, Al has recently contributed a special piece of music for Darren Aronovsky's Oscar Nominated film 'Black Swan' starring Natalie Portman.

The last year has had many highlights in terms of live shows and saw Al perform at a number of well respected club's and events in the UK and europe including Fabric, Nuit Sonores, Bloc Weekend, Shambala festival and Space Ibiza. When playing live, he uses Ableton and several controllers as well as electronic drum pads, drawing from his previous experience as a drummer. Al's music has been described as "intricate", "deep", "driving" and "darkly-tinted" with many influences from Electro-Funk and Techno, to Dubstep and Bass music in general.??