The Eye - 2008 Mix
Clockman - The Final 2008 Extended Mix
Runners. The original Version (1996, remastered in 2007). 5.3 MB
Twenty Years On - Ten Years On Mix.
Happy For Now Remastered, 2007. Guitars and Vocals taken from the ‘Eggs & Mocheck’ practice tape. 4mb.
Wrong Faces 'Flying' version. Full Band (1998) 4.2 MB
Brother Flying' version. Full Band (1998) 5.6 MB
Want to know more? The band’s extremely rare and widely unread ‘unauthorised autobiography' is available from this site. This chronicles the highs, lows and even lowers of life in a little known local rock band. It makes vital reading for anyone who ever thinks about getting their music out in public, or for anyone who wants to be heartened by a demonstration of how a dash of mindless optimism can take you through almost anything is available here (as a 3.2Mb pdf direct download). We hope you enjoy it.
Finally, an explanation of sorts...
Shifter were a loose collective of friends who took it upon themselves to write and play what they referred to as ‘music’. As enterprising sorts they then insisted on broadcasting it to startled and unsuspecting audiences around the Thames Valley.
Although Shifter operated as a live unit between November 1998 and April 2002, the band was formed as highly experimental sound collective ‘Interesting Phenomena’ in the early 1990s. They were the eventual owners of around 60 songs, some of which they could remember.
In their time they won a regional heat of the Budweiser Battle of the Bands competition, had chart topping stars at their gigs, and were banned by the Israeli Security Forces. Venues played included the Alleycat (now the Fez), the Rising Sun Pub, Scruffy Murphys, the Rising Sun Institute, the College Arms, Bar Oz, South Hill Park, Bracknell and a wedding, although it was their own drummer’s. They also played a couple of pantomimes, which they don’t like to talk about.
And then it all went quiet. The band split, due to irreconcilable geographic differences, and have left us with a noisy sonic legacy, hosted here, along with some new mixes.
Who were Shifter? What happened to them? And can we get our money back?
ORIGINAL SONGS
REMIXES
The Eye - 2008 Antidote Mix
Back For More Dance Remix (draft) (2005). I really ought to sort this out. 8.1MB
Runners Ambient Orchestral Mix (2007). A mix of two halves, as I couldn't make my mind up. 5.7 MB
Runners Weird Mix (2007). An offcut. Everything on here (apart from the drums and a little bit of bass) started life on a ten year old eight track tape. A bit odd. 5.1 MB
INTERVIEWS WITH ‘MIXED UP MAGAZINE’
Made up, by the way...
