Shapeshifter

Experimental live drum’n’bass/electronica group Shapeshifter were shaped in 1999 by 4 young Brand-new Zealanders using a hunger to create their love for digital dance music to the level. The music group spent its initial season touring with organizations such as for example Salmonella Dub and Pitch Dark, building up a big grassroots group of fans. Shapeshifter’s high-energy live shows and eclectic mixture of affects generated significant hype in the underground music picture, ultimately bringing in label interest. Virgin/EMI examined the waters using the group’s debut D.N.A. EP, soon accompanied by their 1st full-length documenting, Realtime. Shapeshifter had been showered with honours, heralded as New Zealand’s “Greatest New Take action” and their record as the country’s “Greatest Electronic Launch.” The music group was right now headlining the country’s largest locations to sold-out viewers. In 2002 Shapeshifter relocated to Melbourne hoping of experiencing a larger marketplace. Shapeshifter spent a lot of 2002 touring Australia, moving gears in 2003 to composing and generating their sophomore launch, Styles. Following a album’s launch, the group required on former visitor vocalist Paora “P Digsss” Apera like a long term addition. Shapeshifter founded Truetone Information in 2004 for the discharge of their third studio room album, Riddim Smart. The record quickly accomplished gold position in the group’s indigenous New Zealand, just the next drum’n’bass album ever to attain such levels. The band’s 4th record, Soulstice, premiered in 2006 to very much critical acclaim.