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01. SHIFTED - This Passage
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02. SHIFTED - Vacive
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03. SHIFTED - Flatlands
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04. SHIFTED - Life Backwards
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05. SHIFTED - Resin & Lacquer
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06. SHIFTED - Watchers
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07. SHIFTED - For Closure
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08. SHIFTED - In Respect Of Tactics
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09. SHIFTED - Spires
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10. SHIFTED - The Faintest Trace, The Quietest Whisper
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ARTIST
SHIFTED
TITLE
Appropriation Stories
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS
CATALOG #
HOS 470CD
HOS 470CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
10/28/2016
Guy Alexander Brewer
, aka
Shifted
, is involved in several projects taking in techno, noise and experimental electronics overlaying a once-hidden past in drum'n'bass. Having shunned his previous work in
Commix
, more recently Brewer has learned to look back, even making sideways stabs into breakbeat territory with his
Covered In Sand
alias. The process grows more intricate and subtle on
Appropriation Stories
for the Hospital Productions imprint helmed by
Dominick Fernow
(aka
Prurient
,
Vatican Shadow
, et al.). On
Appropriation Stories
, rigorous processing and studio treatments transform classic breaks into deeply hidden components that add new layers of character to his highly-developed techno sound. At first presenting itself as a dense wall-of-sound underpinned by an incessant pulse,
Appropriation Stories
at length reveals itself to be a much more complex work. In place of the stark minimalism, razor-sharp digital textures and smeared analog surfaces of his previous output, Brewer offers layered tracks with intricate mixes that reveal themselves gradually over time. For long stretches - opener "This Passage", "For Closure", "In Respect of Tactics" - the rhythm steps back from insistent to implied, further exposing the careful arrangements of pure sound. As his origins in purist techno grow ever-more distant, Shifted's sound has progressed from digital clarity to the murky-but-hard middle ground of his sophomore full length on Bed Of Nails,
Under A Single Banner
(NAIL 007CD/LP, 2013), and through a clear evolution on Brewer's own Avian imprint. Integrating his more searching work as
Alexander Lewis
and his increasingly introspective work as Shifted while eloquently addressing his past,
Appropriation Stories
is a comprehensive statement of intent and Brewer's finest, most mature work to-date. Mastered by
Matt Colton
at Alchemy.
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