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Artist:	SHIFTS
Title:	Equal/Unequal
Label:	FOURTH DIMENSION (UK)
Format:	10"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	FD 59

"Shifts is a Netherlands based guitarscape platform by Frans De Waard (Beequeen, Kapotte Muziek, Staalplaat). Already having released several albums and a number of limited edition singles to considerable acclaim, Shifts now takes part in Fourth Dimension's series of 10"s and offer two cuts of iridescent guitar shimmer that come on like a timbral vapor trail to Stars of the Lid or Labradford. Minimalistic, evocative, and hypnotic, Equal/Unequal makes for an enriched & energized aside to the main courses served by the albums." Edition of 275 copies.

Artist:	SHIFTS
Title:	Mechanica
Label:	K-RAA-K 3 (BELGIUM)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	K3 015

"Shifts is Frans De Waard. Famous for his ground-breaking releases on his own Korm Plastics/Bake/Microwave labels (all available as CDRs) and his work for Staalplaat (which he didn't found, contrary to popular belief) and from a thousand other projects as Goem, Beequeen and Kapotte Muziek. Shifts produces another angle of De Waard's minimal music. The guitar is the source of Shifts. After a string of 7"s, 10"s and 2 CDs, we are proud to say that Mechanica is one of his best. The album is a continuation of his work on Meme but probably more guitar oriented. No surprise since this CD is the first in the (K-RAA-K)3 improguitar series. The music builds up like a rolling thunder of quiet guitar strumming, processed through several effects. Like Dean Roberts, he creates a world on his own, leaving the listener very relaxed. While the tension is sometimes very stretched, the music develops into a bewildering experience you take in yourself. It only leaves your mind hours after the CD has stopped spinning. A mechanical orchestra humming on end."

Artist:	SHIFTS
Title:	Seven Dots
Label:	MEME (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	MEME 006

"This is the 2nd full length CD by Frans de Waard (Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen, Goam, Quest, Captain Black)'s guitar drone unit. Not seven songs, there are seven dots..." "Solo recordings from Staalplaat/Vital info-head Frans De Waard, a member of recent Raster signings Goem. Telephone-band (375hz-1.5K) oscillations spiralling around the resonant frequency of your block's arterial structure/sinuses, intent on making you feel 'woozy' or 'gelatinous'. Resultant pulsations don't offend; they merely massage the temple area thoroughly and with vigor. Label completists: if you made it through the Sukora CD (your effective hazing), this one should be a breeze. 'Recorded 1997 in Den Haag, The Netherlands using guitar, four tracks and the pt device'. Points to guesser of the origins of said device." --Hrvatski.

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