THE LIGHT TOUCH

TRACKLIST A The Light Touch B1 Seel B2 Mixen INFO Caustic, dense and centred around complex but exquisitely executed percussive motifs and driven, rising sequences - many would argue an alliance between Shifted™s heady, monochrome recordings and Lucy™s beloved Stroboscopic Artefacts label is long overdue. The music draws on much of the British producer™s previous work, assembled carefully using a characteristic sonic palette - but as ever, Brewer finds fresh space between sounds - showing off a tentatively more extroverted side to his work. Title track The Light Touch is perhaps one of Shifted™s more idiosyncratic pieces. Instantly recognisable with it™s heavily granular finish and subtle shifts in delay and reverb composition, the track is rich with groove and moves relentlessly across it™s five minute run time. Seel showcases the artist™s talent for building tension with minimal elements - built around a single warping lead, noise tracks drift in and out of the mix to generate effective builds and subtle releases. EP closer, Mixen, riffs on it™s predecessor™s approach but strips back the percussive elements further and ups the ante with searing drone signals rising up above the lead sequence driving the track. As ever, Brewer™s musical output looks to the heart of the genre - remaining true to purist sensibilities that favour economy of sonic components and studio prowess over unnecessary fanfare, but all the while forging new ground & refining a genuinely personal aesthetic. A powerful debut on a label in fine form that represents some of the best of the British artist™s work. DJ FEEDBACK early support from VTSS: thanks, the light touch!!!! Svreca / Semantica: Every stuff from Shifted is welcome; anytime, any label, any project. Shawn O'Sullivan: killer stuff from guy as always Lewis Fautzi: perfect! thank you Blue Hour: Downloading for a listen, thanks for sending sciahri: Happy to see something new from Guy, all the tracks are great as usual. thanks! brendon moeller / echologist BNJMN: all three are ridiculously well executed. thanks Orde Meikle: Thanx JK FLESH:Amazing! As always!!!!!!! <3 Aiken: Guy stuff is always welcome. thx for sending! VSK: Shifted touch is great as always...like a lot Seel , thank you !!! Refracted: Beauty in minimalism Jeroen Search: yes on all tracks! good stuff! Electric Indigo: light touch and mixen are my favorites at first listening, many thanks! Manmade Mastering KG: Yeah smokin hot tunes, Support! Tim X Benjamin Damage: Really nice EP Dimi Angelis: The A1 and B1 for me. Both killer! Joel Mull: Parabel Music Stockholm the first track. Love the whole release. The Light Touch is a perfect building track. Mixen just gets me in a headlock. Thank you for the Music. Kwartz: Killer EP, all tracks are awesome, as always from Shifted . Full support. Logos: Excellent release - Light Touch reminiscent in the best way (i.e. not derivative) in of the high points of UK techno circa 97-98 - Female/Regis/Ruskin etc. Great economy of touch. Donor: Nice one. A1 my favorite on here but into the whole EP. ASC: Will download to check. Thanks Borusiade: Love it!!! Thanks! Gareth Wild: Absolutely love it ! Cant get enough of your shit Guy keep it up man Reclaim Your City: Shifted can do no wrong! Flawless EP! Florian Meindl: The Light Touch is dope Norman Nodge: Superbe stuff here, many thanks! Marco Bailey: great label , great music Quail: exquisite - nothing but quality from shifted as usual. Thanks! Developer: nice cutz thanks Pablo Mateo: Great EP !! Every song is something special for the dancefloor. Thank you very much. Pablo Mateo Thomas Hessler: Nice one! Thank you! Laurent Garnier: Great trippy tracks -- wil play Richie Hawtin: downloaded for r hawtin Takaaki Itoh: The Light Touch is top for me Philippe Petit: Very nice A side - thanks! Material Object: Cool stuff, thanks, B2 :) Bambounou: absolutely amazing ep, so well executed, thank you for this. Paleman: Wicked textures, lovely mixes, nice work! Oliver Ho / Broken English Club: ooh la la, very good indeed. pure horizon dune body mind lizard music. Adriana Lopez: Nice! Thanks. Simone Gatto: Nice EP, will try out thanks! Albert van Abbe: I think Seel and Mixen are great! Understated-seductive-loopyness Ryuji Takeuchi: Quality! Love the 1st 2 tracks especially. T Fixmer: thx. nice to have some Shifted hypnotic energy, always quality music. Edit Select: Good to see Guy back fav is mixen .. Ilario Alicante: Downloading for Ilario Alicante, thanks for the music! Yotam Avni: king is back! Cassegrain: Been playing all of these for a while! Love it, fave is Mixen, thanks. X Amoik: Big, as expected! Definitely playing these ones, esp the B side. Answer Code Request: great work will play for sure Paul Ritch: dope it really drives me thanks Pfirter: great! will play all tracks thanks :) Kessell / Exium: Etapp Kyle: Thanks! Dave Miller (Abstract Division): Nice tracks! Will support (as always for Shifted) Echoplex: full support Exos: Good one JASSS: Nice Dax J: great thanks!!! Industrialyzer: Seel is the one for me thanks Jonas Kopp: Alienata: Fine mental cuts. Brando Lupi: Nice. Fav track : B2 / 3. Mixen. Thank you. Philipp Strobel:Thanks! Invite: Nice works! Thank you! AWB: merci ! Inland: pure and classy! nice one guy Juho Kusti: cool stuff. thanks! IORI: Full support! Dave Clarke: Will support \"Mixen\" Jay Clarke: The Light Touch works for me. Thx R¢dhåd: downloading for listen. thanks The Advent: top stuff from shifted.. Ben Sims: b2 doing the do, thx! Denise Rabe: Brilliant! Joseph Capriati: nice, will try out soon. thanks ! Ryan James Ford: So slick. Guy is one of my all-time favorite producer. Soma Records: Nice thanks Jeff Derringer: Excellent! Efdemin: how good is this? wow!