Shifted – The Light Touch (Digital EP – Stroboscopic Artefacts)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, minimal-techno.
Background/Info: Guy Brewer aka Shifted is back on track, adding one more EP to his growing discography. I especially know the artist from his work released by Avian and Hospital Productions (where he released his last full length now 3 years ago). This work is also available as 12”.
Content: “The Light Touch” features 3 songs. The title track is a dark-technoid piece with a minimal EBM touch on top. A few extra sequences are progressively joining in. Both next pieces are moving on a similar way; featuring repetitive loops, cold sequences and a last cut ending in a transcendental sensation.
+ + + : The title song is cool song, which I especially like the dark sound treatments mixed with some minimalism. The song is pretty representative for the Shifted-sound. Both B-side cuts are less convincing although I like the trance flavor emerging from “Mixen”.
– – – : I remember previous releases from this producer, which were also featuring IDM influences. This is an aspect I’m missing here, Shifted becoming more techno orientated than before.
Conclusion: “The Light Touch” sounds cool, but is not exactly revealing the best side from this artist.
Best songs: “The Light Touch”, “Mixen”.
Rate: (7).
Artist: www.facebook.com/shiftedUK
Label: http://stroboscopicartefacts.com / www.facebook.com/StroboscopicArtefacts
About Shifted
Shifted is the alias of UK techno producer and DJ Guy Alexander Brewer, who also records as Relay, Pacific Blue, Alexander Lewis, Covered In Sand and Tradecraft. His most recent full length before “The Light Touch”, the 2016 album “Appropriation Stories”, was released on Hospital Productions.
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